Score free passes to MusicFestNW using only your brain

MusicFestNW
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan

PDX's largest, nuttiest festival returns Sept 3-8th, with more than 160 bands hitting 16 venues over the course of five days -- and we want to give you free tickets to several of the shows via our ThrillistPDX Twitter feed. To get tix, you need to know your Diplos from your Queen Kwongs, and to help you be more savvy than a record store clerk, we've come up with a quick quiz below. Click the right answer, you'll go to the artist's page. Click the wrong one... good luck getting that out of your head.

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This performer totally wants you to think his/her/its name is spelled the way it is to make it easier to find his/her/its music on Google.
A. Chvrches
B. Shlohmo
C. Joey Bada$$
D. XXYYXX

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This performer guested on The Roots' classic "The Seed 2.0" and does not require an EpiPen in the event that you come into contact with him.
A. Gang$ign$
B. Cody Chestnut
C. Natasha Kmeto
D. Charles Bradley

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Formed in Irvine, CA, this group's future could include a lucrative endorsement w/ Nyquil if cash from its smash self-titled debut -- which also included the hit "My Body" -- dries up.
A. Young the Giant
B. The Joy Formidable
C. Animal Collective
D. Superchunk

MusicFestNW

This global superstar was once part of a duo (and MFNW act) known as Major Lazer, which helped popularize a dance form called daggering that -- much to the chagrin of Game of Thrones fans -- involves a lot of aggressive air-humping and not actual daggers.
A. Justin Townes Earle
B. Bonnie Prince Billy
C. Diplo
D. RL Grime

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This performer also periodically performs in a punk outfit called Ian Rubbish & The Bizarros, paying tribute to the history of the genre.
A. Fred Armisen
B. Bob Mould
C. Ty Segall
D. Chet Faker

MusicFestNW

This avant-garde international sensation takes its name from a 1976 Japanese documentary about a Japanese biker gang.
A. Chromatics
B. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
C. Murder By Death
D. Onuinu

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This Portland band takes its name from a horror film featuring a blood-puking cat, a dancing skeleton, and a flying head that bites people in the ass for fun.
A. Old Light
B. Hausu
C. Typhoon
D. Queen Kwong