Dream Pop

Four acts for the sleepy set

Beach House
Beach House

Empress Of

Fri., 8:15pm, Forest stage
Spanish-Honduran Brooklynite Lorely Rodriguez pops with trippy R&B on 2015 debut LP Me.

The Relationship

Sat., 3:10pm, Dragon’s Lair stage
Weezer guitarist Brian Bell stretches his legs along with hummable pop choruses marked by fuzz guitar.

Beach House

Sat., 9:15pm, Dragon’s Lair stage
Stormy Baltimore synth duo rooted by Victoria Legrand's sultry French alto dropped both its fifth (Depression Cherry) and sixth (Thank Your Lucky Stars) LPs last year.

Purity Ring

Sat., 10:55pm, Dragon’s Lair stage
Canadian duo brought post-dub to the masses through seductive layers of bass over pop hooks on 2015 sophomore full-length Another Eternity.

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