They Are Dead, They Are Gone, Charli XCX Forever<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"They](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Charli.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Lea Garn*\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tCharli XCX is going really hard for her Music, Fashion, Film<\/a> <\/em>tour, and Outside Lands got to experience the second-ever full show of the era, following her appearance at Lollapalooza<\/a>. There was a little something for every one of Charli\u2019s angels. Her hyperpop statements were there in the pandemic-era freak-out \u201cPink Diamond\u201d and Pop<\/em> 2 favorite \u201cTrack 10\u201d; Brat<\/em>\u2019s most frenetic bangers were featured in a mid-show act; her baroque Wuthering Heights <\/em>tracks provided something of a respite; and, flanked by a gaggle of backup dancers, she gave fans lots of quasi-choreography that recalled her Crash<\/em> tour. The crowd head-banged and roared along to Music, Fashion, Film<\/em>\u2019s most fried-out vocals with ardor, even when the bass threatened to swallow up everything in its wake on the night\u2019s standout, \u201cCamera.\u201d Charli ended her rock-heavy show by creating a living painting with her dancers (think a Renaissance mural, if it was blocked at CBGBs) as filmmaker David Cronenberg\u2019s refrain that \u201cno one lasts forever\u201d echoed across the grounds. For those in the audience, the motto became Charli XCX forever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nLucy Dacus Conducts a Lovefest<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Lucy-Dacus.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Steve Jennings\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tLucy Dacus delivered one of the coziest sets of the weekend. Dacus and her band strode in wearing matching \u201cLD\u201d letterman jackets and floated through the boygenius singer-songwriter\u2019s most dreamy tracks on a hazy afternoon. Friends and lovers alike held hands and swayed along to swooners like \u201cBest Guess\u201d and \u201cHot & Heavy\u201d before screaming along to her final song, \u201cNight Shift.\u201d As an added gift, Dacus brought out Julien Baker, her partner and self-proclaimed best friend, to sing \u201cBullseye\u201d as they traded cheeky glances. In those few intimate minutes, it was as if Dacus and Baker forgot they were playing to tens of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nDeath Cab for Cutie Give Us a Heartwarming Show<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Death-Cab-for-Cutie.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Dana Jacobs\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tDeath Cab for Cutie performed two radiant sets at Outside Lands spanning their discography, and their first, early in the afternoon on Sunday, paid tribute to a fan-favorite record. Playing their fifth record, Plans<\/em>, from start to finish on the festival\u2019s final afternoon gave the biggest Death Cab loyalists (including someone with a Transatlanticism<\/em> crow puppet) a well-deserved reward after two stacked days. Even though he stated he could barely talk the morning before their first set, Ben Gibbard\u2019s earnest voice was on point and he shouted out the onsite medical volunteers for getting him back into shape: \u201cThanks to Sabrina and Penny for giving me some steroids,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I want to fight 100 men right now. Let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nDijon Delivers a Mind-Melting Performance<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Atmosphere](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Dijon.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alive Coverage for Outside Lands\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tDijon Duenas created an intimate vibe that felt as if you\u2019d stumbled into one of his studio jam sessions. The singer-songwriter warped sound in inexplicable and entrancing ways, and his band (including jaw-dropping percussionist Henry Kwapis and multi-instrumentalist Mike Haldeman) bolstered Dijon\u2019s passionate performance. He got the crowd grooving with the early-set song \u201cAnother Baby!\u201d and slowed things down for fan favorite \u201cThe Dress\u201d and the stunning \u201cYamaha.\u201d He ended his performance with an impassioned iteration of Baby <\/em>coda \u201cKindalove,\u201d walking along the stage\u2019s barricade as if caught in a reverie. It all felt hypnotic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nGeese Migrate to the Bay<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Geese.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Miikka Skaffari\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tGeese enthusiasts know the Brooklyn band\u2019s festival sets go a little something like this: They play their most reliable live songs with meditative fervor, make it known they are a New York band first (their opening montage featured Knicks forward OG Anunoby\u2019s instantly iconic tip-in), and finally, pull a practical joke on the audience during \u201c2122.\u201d Frontman Cameron Winter pulled out his phone to play the Glee<\/em> edition of Journey\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d explaining that \u201cWe couldn\u2019t license the original master, this is the Glee<\/em> cast re-recording\u201d before launching into the rest of the chaotic, dust-kicking track from Geese\u2019s 2023 album 3D Country<\/em>.\u00a0 Some were stunned, others knew this was a regular Friday evening for the quartet, but either way, it delighted the crowd who went wild for Emily Green\u2019s guitar playing on \u201cBow Down\u201d and the anthemic \u201cTaxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nAudrey Hobert Is for the Quirky Girls<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Audrey-Hobert.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Steve Jennings\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tAudrey Hobert first turned heads as the 27-year-old writing partner for Gracie Abrams, caught the music world\u2019s attention with her quirky yet poignant solo music, and kept people coming back for more with her over-the-top festival stints, like when she was on a step ladder and wearing a trench coat for \u201cI Like to Touch People\u201d and on a mini trampoline for \u201cSue Me,\u201d and delivered general theater-kid melodramatics during her Outside Lands set. Her reliable bag of tricks and confessional songs won plenty of hearts in the crowd with her endearing performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nGrace Ives Makes Some New Fans<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Kerala](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-grace-ives.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alive Coverage for Outside Lands\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tGrace Ives rocked out at her concise and reliable performance early in the afternoon at Outside Lands. The Brooklyn-based artist\u2019s cotton-candy-pink mane flowed in the wind as she flitted across the stage and played songs from her brilliant third record, Girlfriend<\/em>, which arrived this spring. That album\u2019s single \u201cStupid Bitches\u201d had the crowd twirling and jumping even under the overcast skies at Golden Gate Park. Ives nabbed herself some new fans at the Bay Area festival ahead of a massive 2027, where she\u2019ll be opening for Olivia Rodrigo and Gracie Abrams on select dates for their respective tours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nJade Knows She\u2019s the It Girl<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Jade.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Dana Jacobs\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tFrom her disco floor-filler \u201cFantasy\u201d to the anthemic send-off \u201cFUFN,\u201d Jade Thirlwall delivered a festival set chock full of enough bangers to make her seem like someone who\u2019s been a major solo artist for years. The British star sang her heart out to tracks from what is actually her debut solo album, That\u2019s Showbiz Baby!<\/em>, but also performed a medley of Little Mix tunes to pay tribute to the girl group that jumpstarted her career. She said she was grateful to the crowd who packed in to see her, before launching into her finale, \u201cAngel of My Dreams,\u201d a love\/hate letter to the industry that transformed her from a North England teenager to an icon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nThe Strokes Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Surprise Guest Charli XCX<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Atmosphere](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-The-Strokes-Charli.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alive Coverage for Outside Lands\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tA Strokes concert in the 2020s typically includes the New York band\u2019s greatest hits, plus plenty of Julian Casablancas\u2019 onstage antics, and their performance at Outside Lands was no exception. Like at previous recent shows, the Strokes frontman embellished their appearance with spoken interludes containing the type of fare you might hear during an intermittently humorous and rambling comedy routine at the local pub. It\u2019s increasingly difficult to discern when he\u2019s being serious, so when he called Charli XCX to the stage to perform \u201cTake It or Leave It,\u201d it was a shock when she actually appeared, looking like the sixth member of the band. The band rocked through highlights \u201cSomeday\u201d and \u201cWhat Ever Happened?\u201d as a thick fog settled over Golden Gate Park, before closing out with their First Impressions of the Earth<\/em> hit \u201cYou Only Live Once.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nSan Francisco Matches Tinashe\u2019s Freak<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Atmosphere](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Tinashe.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alive Coverage for Outside Lands\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tWhen Tinashe strutted onto the Twin Peaks stage in a baby T-shirt that said she was \u201c69% horny\u201d and pulled out her microphone out of an ostentatious ballet pink purse, the Outside Lands crowd knew they were in for a treat. The ever-transforming artist made a major splash when she made her Outside Lands debut, performing tracks from her upcoming album Pop Star<\/em>, including the crunk-inspired \u201cCrash Out,\u201d and her 2024 viral hits \u201cNasty\u201d and \u201cNo Broke Boys.\u201d The latter had the crowd shouting along to its colorful and anthemic lyrics. The high point of her set came when she sang and danced to \u201cNeeds,\u201d her BB\/Ang3l <\/em>highlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nTurnstile Ignite the Crowd<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Turnstile](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-Turnstile.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Florence Shen\/San Francisco Chronicle\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tBecause of its setting in a mini-valley and its compact setup, the Sutro stage is Outside Lands\u2019 crown jewel for weekend-best sets, and Turnstile left attendees in awe with their debut set at the San Francisco festival. The colossal turnout at the Sutro recalled their legendary hometown show at Baltimore\u2019s Wyman Dell Park even with security parameters in place, and moshing and crowd surfing continued nonstop across their hour-long set. Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker made a backstage cameo during a cheeky bit during Never Enough <\/em>banger \u201cDull,\u201d and the Baltimore club-inspired outro to \u201cLook Out for Me\u201d was a poignant tribute to their roots. Even the most bashful and unsure few dwelling in the crowd let their hair down and rocked out for the triple finale of \u201cMystery,\u201d \u201cBlackout,\u201d and \u201cBirds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\nThe xx Find the Pocket<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"Atmosphere](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-the-xx.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Alive Coverage for Outside Lands\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tThough the members of the xx (Jamie xx, Romy, and Oliver Sim) have kept busy over the near-decade since their last record together, fans have been desperate for the trio to reunite. Their Outside Lands performance was a reminder of their quiet brilliance. After their stellar opener, \u201cCrystallised,\u201d Romy said she was overcome with reverence at the massive crowd that piled onto the narrow strip at the Twin Peaks stage and the colossal eucalyptus trees towering through the landscape. The British trio played their most recognizable songs (\u201cVCR,\u201d \u201cIslands,\u201d a special remix of \u201cShelter\u201d) and also peppered their set with each other\u2019s solo work (a surprise appearance from Jamie xx\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll Take Care of You\u201d remix especially thrilled the crowd, who likely recognized the song as the roots of Drake\u2019s \u201cTake Care\u201d). They expertly transitioned \u201cNight Time\u201d into \u201cSunset\u201d creating a trance-like effect, and left the crowd in awe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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\nMar\u00eda Zardoya Makes Outside Lands Feel Like a Fairytale<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t![\"SAN](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OSL-not-for-radio.jpg?w=300\")
\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Dana Jacobs\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\n\tMar\u00eda Zardoya\u2019s Not for Radio performance was one of the weekend\u2019s most bewitching. Zardoya slinked onstage to sing songs from her solo project like \u201cKitten\u201d and \u201cPuddles\u201d while standing on a bed of moss, letting her delicate cooing awe the crowd. During the first half of her stage time, she donned a Bj\u00f6rk-like white feather and lace ensemble, but later swapped into a black number that made her look like an elegant swan. She sang two unreleased songs, including \u201cComet\u201d where she head-banged in the most glamorous way possible. Zardoya\u2019s Outside Lands showing was straight out of a fairytale, with her playing the role of a trance-inducing siren, and her mini-chamber group of musicians bolstering her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\n\tCharli XCX is going really hard for her Music, Fashion, Film<\/a> <\/em>tour, and Outside Lands got to experience the second-ever full show of the era, following her appearance at Lollapalooza<\/a>. There was a little something for every one of Charli\u2019s angels. Her hyperpop statements were there in the pandemic-era freak-out \u201cPink Diamond\u201d and Pop<\/em> 2 favorite \u201cTrack 10\u201d; Brat<\/em>\u2019s most frenetic bangers were featured in a mid-show act; her baroque Wuthering Heights <\/em>tracks provided something of a respite; and, flanked by a gaggle of backup dancers, she gave fans lots of quasi-choreography that recalled her Crash<\/em> tour. The crowd head-banged and roared along to Music, Fashion, Film<\/em>\u2019s most fried-out vocals with ardor, even when the bass threatened to swallow up everything in its wake on the night\u2019s standout, \u201cCamera.\u201d Charli ended her rock-heavy show by creating a living painting with her dancers (think a Renaissance mural, if it was blocked at CBGBs) as filmmaker David Cronenberg\u2019s refrain that \u201cno one lasts forever\u201d echoed across the grounds. For those in the audience, the motto became Charli XCX forever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tLucy Dacus delivered one of the coziest sets of the weekend. Dacus and her band strode in wearing matching \u201cLD\u201d letterman jackets and floated through the boygenius singer-songwriter\u2019s most dreamy tracks on a hazy afternoon. Friends and lovers alike held hands and swayed along to swooners like \u201cBest Guess\u201d and \u201cHot & Heavy\u201d before screaming along to her final song, \u201cNight Shift.\u201d As an added gift, Dacus brought out Julien Baker, her partner and self-proclaimed best friend, to sing \u201cBullseye\u201d as they traded cheeky glances. In those few intimate minutes, it was as if Dacus and Baker forgot they were playing to tens of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tDeath Cab for Cutie performed two radiant sets at Outside Lands spanning their discography, and their first, early in the afternoon on Sunday, paid tribute to a fan-favorite record. Playing their fifth record, Plans<\/em>, from start to finish on the festival\u2019s final afternoon gave the biggest Death Cab loyalists (including someone with a Transatlanticism<\/em> crow puppet) a well-deserved reward after two stacked days. Even though he stated he could barely talk the morning before their first set, Ben Gibbard\u2019s earnest voice was on point and he shouted out the onsite medical volunteers for getting him back into shape: \u201cThanks to Sabrina and Penny for giving me some steroids,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I want to fight 100 men right now. Let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tDijon Duenas created an intimate vibe that felt as if you\u2019d stumbled into one of his studio jam sessions. The singer-songwriter warped sound in inexplicable and entrancing ways, and his band (including jaw-dropping percussionist Henry Kwapis and multi-instrumentalist Mike Haldeman) bolstered Dijon\u2019s passionate performance. He got the crowd grooving with the early-set song \u201cAnother Baby!\u201d and slowed things down for fan favorite \u201cThe Dress\u201d and the stunning \u201cYamaha.\u201d He ended his performance with an impassioned iteration of Baby <\/em>coda \u201cKindalove,\u201d walking along the stage\u2019s barricade as if caught in a reverie. It all felt hypnotic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tGeese enthusiasts know the Brooklyn band\u2019s festival sets go a little something like this: They play their most reliable live songs with meditative fervor, make it known they are a New York band first (their opening montage featured Knicks forward OG Anunoby\u2019s instantly iconic tip-in), and finally, pull a practical joke on the audience during \u201c2122.\u201d Frontman Cameron Winter pulled out his phone to play the Glee<\/em> edition of Journey\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d explaining that \u201cWe couldn\u2019t license the original master, this is the Glee<\/em> cast re-recording\u201d before launching into the rest of the chaotic, dust-kicking track from Geese\u2019s 2023 album 3D Country<\/em>.\u00a0 Some were stunned, others knew this was a regular Friday evening for the quartet, but either way, it delighted the crowd who went wild for Emily Green\u2019s guitar playing on \u201cBow Down\u201d and the anthemic \u201cTaxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tAudrey Hobert first turned heads as the 27-year-old writing partner for Gracie Abrams, caught the music world\u2019s attention with her quirky yet poignant solo music, and kept people coming back for more with her over-the-top festival stints, like when she was on a step ladder and wearing a trench coat for \u201cI Like to Touch People\u201d and on a mini trampoline for \u201cSue Me,\u201d and delivered general theater-kid melodramatics during her Outside Lands set. Her reliable bag of tricks and confessional songs won plenty of hearts in the crowd with her endearing performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tGrace Ives rocked out at her concise and reliable performance early in the afternoon at Outside Lands. The Brooklyn-based artist\u2019s cotton-candy-pink mane flowed in the wind as she flitted across the stage and played songs from her brilliant third record, Girlfriend<\/em>, which arrived this spring. That album\u2019s single \u201cStupid Bitches\u201d had the crowd twirling and jumping even under the overcast skies at Golden Gate Park. Ives nabbed herself some new fans at the Bay Area festival ahead of a massive 2027, where she\u2019ll be opening for Olivia Rodrigo and Gracie Abrams on select dates for their respective tours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tFrom her disco floor-filler \u201cFantasy\u201d to the anthemic send-off \u201cFUFN,\u201d Jade Thirlwall delivered a festival set chock full of enough bangers to make her seem like someone who\u2019s been a major solo artist for years. The British star sang her heart out to tracks from what is actually her debut solo album, That\u2019s Showbiz Baby!<\/em>, but also performed a medley of Little Mix tunes to pay tribute to the girl group that jumpstarted her career. She said she was grateful to the crowd who packed in to see her, before launching into her finale, \u201cAngel of My Dreams,\u201d a love\/hate letter to the industry that transformed her from a North England teenager to an icon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tA Strokes concert in the 2020s typically includes the New York band\u2019s greatest hits, plus plenty of Julian Casablancas\u2019 onstage antics, and their performance at Outside Lands was no exception. Like at previous recent shows, the Strokes frontman embellished their appearance with spoken interludes containing the type of fare you might hear during an intermittently humorous and rambling comedy routine at the local pub. It\u2019s increasingly difficult to discern when he\u2019s being serious, so when he called Charli XCX to the stage to perform \u201cTake It or Leave It,\u201d it was a shock when she actually appeared, looking like the sixth member of the band. The band rocked through highlights \u201cSomeday\u201d and \u201cWhat Ever Happened?\u201d as a thick fog settled over Golden Gate Park, before closing out with their First Impressions of the Earth<\/em> hit \u201cYou Only Live Once.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tWhen Tinashe strutted onto the Twin Peaks stage in a baby T-shirt that said she was \u201c69% horny\u201d and pulled out her microphone out of an ostentatious ballet pink purse, the Outside Lands crowd knew they were in for a treat. The ever-transforming artist made a major splash when she made her Outside Lands debut, performing tracks from her upcoming album Pop Star<\/em>, including the crunk-inspired \u201cCrash Out,\u201d and her 2024 viral hits \u201cNasty\u201d and \u201cNo Broke Boys.\u201d The latter had the crowd shouting along to its colorful and anthemic lyrics. The high point of her set came when she sang and danced to \u201cNeeds,\u201d her BB\/Ang3l <\/em>highlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tBecause of its setting in a mini-valley and its compact setup, the Sutro stage is Outside Lands\u2019 crown jewel for weekend-best sets, and Turnstile left attendees in awe with their debut set at the San Francisco festival. The colossal turnout at the Sutro recalled their legendary hometown show at Baltimore\u2019s Wyman Dell Park even with security parameters in place, and moshing and crowd surfing continued nonstop across their hour-long set. Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker made a backstage cameo during a cheeky bit during Never Enough <\/em>banger \u201cDull,\u201d and the Baltimore club-inspired outro to \u201cLook Out for Me\u201d was a poignant tribute to their roots. Even the most bashful and unsure few dwelling in the crowd let their hair down and rocked out for the triple finale of \u201cMystery,\u201d \u201cBlackout,\u201d and \u201cBirds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tThough the members of the xx (Jamie xx, Romy, and Oliver Sim) have kept busy over the near-decade since their last record together, fans have been desperate for the trio to reunite. Their Outside Lands performance was a reminder of their quiet brilliance. After their stellar opener, \u201cCrystallised,\u201d Romy said she was overcome with reverence at the massive crowd that piled onto the narrow strip at the Twin Peaks stage and the colossal eucalyptus trees towering through the landscape. The British trio played their most recognizable songs (\u201cVCR,\u201d \u201cIslands,\u201d a special remix of \u201cShelter\u201d) and also peppered their set with each other\u2019s solo work (a surprise appearance from Jamie xx\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll Take Care of You\u201d remix especially thrilled the crowd, who likely recognized the song as the roots of Drake\u2019s \u201cTake Care\u201d). They expertly transitioned \u201cNight Time\u201d into \u201cSunset\u201d creating a trance-like effect, and left the crowd in awe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n \t<\/p>\n \n\tMar\u00eda Zardoya\u2019s Not for Radio performance was one of the weekend\u2019s most bewitching. Zardoya slinked onstage to sing songs from her solo project like \u201cKitten\u201d and \u201cPuddles\u201d while standing on a bed of moss, letting her delicate cooing awe the crowd. During the first half of her stage time, she donned a Bj\u00f6rk-like white feather and lace ensemble, but later swapped into a black number that made her look like an elegant swan. She sang two unreleased songs, including \u201cComet\u201d where she head-banged in the most glamorous way possible. Zardoya\u2019s Outside Lands showing was straight out of a fairytale, with her playing the role of a trance-inducing siren, and her mini-chamber group of musicians bolstering her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nLucy Dacus Conducts a Lovefest<\/h2>\n
Death Cab for Cutie Give Us a Heartwarming Show<\/h2>\n
Dijon Delivers a Mind-Melting Performance<\/h2>\n
Geese Migrate to the Bay<\/h2>\n
Audrey Hobert Is for the Quirky Girls<\/h2>\n
Grace Ives Makes Some New Fans<\/h2>\n
Jade Knows She\u2019s the It Girl<\/h2>\n
The Strokes Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Surprise Guest Charli XCX<\/h2>\n
San Francisco Matches Tinashe\u2019s Freak<\/h2>\n
Turnstile Ignite the Crowd<\/h2>\n
The xx Find the Pocket<\/h2>\n
Mar\u00eda Zardoya Makes Outside Lands Feel Like a Fairytale<\/h2>\n