Despite a dark, blustery start to the weekend, the tenth annual Hopscotch Music Festival charged forward. On Thursday, Sleater-Kinney debuted new drummer Angie Boylanย in the band’s first show since Janet Weiss quit (the consensus: S-K still shreds). On Friday, Arts Editor Brian Howe lost himself in the metamorphic density of James Blake, while the Triangle’sย Jooselord and Pat Junior brought it homeโ€”and gained some national interestโ€”with a set at Neptune’s.

Elsewhere, INDY photographer Jade Wilson captured Jenny Lewis’s shimmering City Plaza set, Asheville’s Faye Webster at Red Hat, and all the fans, love,ย leopard-printย in between. We’re onto night three, but see below for shots from the first two days.

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