Music Festival Wizard is covering our first Finnish festival! For our inaugural festival, I chose Sideways in Helsinki because of their killer indie rock lineup and was not disappointed. Here’s just a few of the acts I caught this weekend, the atmosphere of the festival, and a few words I wrote about the weekend.

Olavi Uusivirta

Olavi Uusivirta

Olavi Uusivirta

Snail Mail

Snail Mail

Snail Mail

IDLES

IDLES

IDLES

IDLES

IDLES

IDLES

Chisu

Chisu

Chisu

Suede

Suede

Suede

Empress Of

Empress Of

Empress Of

Empress Of

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks

D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S

D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S

D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S

Cass McCombs

Kurt Vile & The Violators

Nas

Nas

3TM

Georgia

Georgia

Henrik!

Henrik!

Henrik!

Danny Brown

Hot Chip

Hot Chip

Let’s Eat Grandma