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10 // COASTWEEKEND.COM A SONGWRITER’S MUSIC FESTIVAL Genre-bending acts play Sou’wester Lodge at Lose Yr Mind event By ERICK BENGEL COAST WEEKEND T he music festival taking place at Seaview’s Sou’west- er Lodge in late September features Portland artists who travel in many indie and alternative lanes. Their genres cover folk rock, shoegaze, alt-country, psychedelic surf rock and other esoteric subge- nres. But underlying them all is a “connection of phenomenal song- writing,” said Ivy Ross Ricci, the music curator at the historic lodge. The all-ages festival, held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30, is or- ganized by Lose Yr Mind, an orga- nization launched in 2014 that hosts an annual music fest in Portland. The two-day show is more of a “mini-festival” — a kind of weekend retreat — the company’s founder, Elizabeth Elder, said. It also serves as a warm-up for Lose Yr Mind’s major festival in Portland next month. The lineup — a representative sample of Portland’s tight-knit music community — opens shortly after 7 p.m. Friday with a solo performance by Aan’s Bud Wilson, followed by Nick Delffs, and clos- ing with an hour of Jenny Don’t and the Spurs. On Saturday, the show resumes at 4 p.m. with a “kickoff” potluck dinner and a DJ. The evening slate: Plastic Cactus, Sama Dams, Matt Dorrien, Sunbathe, Old Age, Can- dace and a full hour of Kyle Craft. Elder said she chose the bands not simply to highlight a handful of her favorites, but because they are a “good fit for the aesthetic of autumn on the coast and the Sou’wester.” “They’re not loud punk bands,” Elder said. “They’re really talented musicians that are a little quieter, that (make) for a relaxing weekend.” Though rooms at the lodge will be booked, Ross Ricci said some camping spots will be left for festi- valgoers. The festival, however, is for everyone, not just people staying at the Sou’wester. Transcending genre Though sonically diverse, the bands complement each other, Pan- dora-playlist style. And many defy easy classification. SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 29 7:15 to 7:45 p.m. AAN (solo performance by Bud Wilson) 8 to 8:40 p.m. Nick Delffs (full band) 9 to 10 p.m. Jenny Don’t and The Spurs Saturday, Sept. 30 4 p.m. kickoff / potluck dinner with DJ 4:30 to 5 p.m. Plastic Cactus (Pavilion) 5:15 to 5:50 p.m. Sama Dams (Pavilion) 6 to 6:35 p.m. Matt Dorrien (Lodge) 6:45 to 7:20 p.m. Sunbathe (Pavilion) 7:30 to 8:05 p.m. Old Age (Lodge) 8:15 to 8:50 p.m. Candace (Pavilion) 9 to 10 p.m. Kyle Craft (Lodge) THE SOU’WESTER LODGE IS ‘NOT THE PLACE THAT MAKES SENSE FOR MOST TOURING ARTISTS; YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL THE SOU’WESTER IS TO WANT TO COME PLAY THERE.’