• Billboard Pro
  • Subscribe
  • Charts Weekly
    • Hot 100
    • Billboard 200
    • Billboard Global 200
    • Billboard Global Excl. US
    • Artist 100
    • All Weekly Charts
    Year-End
    • Year-End Hot 100 Songs
    • Year-End Billboard 200 Albums
    • 2020 Year-End Boxscore
    • Google's Top Hummed Songs 2020
    • All Year-End Charts
    Decade-End
    • Decade-End Top Artists
    • Decade-End Top Artists - Interactive
    • Decade-End Hot 100 Songs
    • Decade-End Billboard 200 Albums
    • All Decade-End Charts
    Bandsintown X Billboard
    • Buzzing Livestream Artists
    • Rising Livestream Artists
    • Top Livestream Artists
  • News Genres
    • Pop
    • Hip-Hop/R&B
    • Dance
    • Country
    • Latin
    • Rock
    • K-Pop
    Topics
    • Year In Music 2019
    • Pride
    • Podcasts
    • International
    • All News
  • Video Video Series
    • Billboard News
    • Live Videos
    • Quizzed
    • How It Went Down
    • Emerging Artists: You Should Know
    • My Billboard Moment
    • All Videos
  • Photos
  • Pro Industry News
    • Legal and Management
    • Executive Turntable
    • Touring
    • Record Labels
    • Streaming
    • Tech
    • Publishing
    • Radio
    • All Industry News
    Pro Tools
    • Insights
    • Deep Dive
    • - Songs For Sale
    • - Music On TV: What Works Now
    • Close Calls
    • Chart Search
    • Boxscore
    • Billboard Bulletin
    • Artist index
    • Song Index
    Pro Charts
    • Pop Songs
    • Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs
    • Hot Country Songs
    • Songwriters & Producers
    • View All Pro Charts
  • Newsletters

Billboard Pro

  • Subscribe
  • Sign In

Follow Billboard

About Billboard

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • AdChoices

© 2021 Billboard Media, LLC. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD is a registered trademark of Billboard IP Holdings, LLC

  • Charts Weekly
    • Hot 100
    • Billboard 200
    • Billboard Global 200
    • Billboard Global Excl. US
    • Artist 100
    • All Weekly Charts
    Year-End
    • Year-End Hot 100 Songs
    • Year-End Billboard 200 Albums
    • 2020 Year-End Boxscore
    • Google's Top Hummed Songs 2020
    • All Year-End Charts
    Decade-End
    • Decade-End Top Artists
    • Decade-End Top Artists - Interactive
    • Decade-End Hot 100 Songs
    • Decade-End Billboard 200 Albums
    • All Decade-End Charts
    Bandsintown X Billboard
    • Buzzing Livestream Artists
    • Rising Livestream Artists
    • Top Livestream Artists
  • News Genres
    • Pop
    • Hip-Hop/R&B
    • Dance
    • Country
    • Latin
    • Rock
    • K-Pop
    Topics
    • Year In Music 2019
    • Pride
    • Podcasts
    • International
    • All News
  • Video Video Series
    • Billboard News
    • Live Videos
    • Quizzed
    • How It Went Down
    • Emerging Artists: You Should Know
    • My Billboard Moment
    • All Videos
  • Photos
  • Pro Industry News
    • Legal and Management
    • Executive Turntable
    • Touring
    • Record Labels
    • Streaming
    • Tech
    • Publishing
    • Radio
    • All Industry News
    Pro Tools
    • Insights
    • Deep Dive
    • - Songs For Sale
    • - Music On TV: What Works Now
    • Close Calls
    • Chart Search
    • Boxscore
    • Billboard Bulletin
    • Artist index
    • Song Index
    Pro Charts
    • Pop Songs
    • Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs
    • Hot Country Songs
    • Songwriters & Producers
    • View All Pro Charts
  • Newsletters
    • Billboard Pro
    • Subscribe
Three Sixty
Top Artists
View All
Top Charts
Hot 100 Songs
Billboard 200
View All
Top Videos
Blackpink's Rosé Teases New Solo Music, BTS' Forthcoming Release & More Top News | Billboard News
BTS Set to Drop 'BE (Essential Edition)' in February | Billboard News
View All
Top Articles
Demi Lovato to Star in NBC Comedy
Which Country Act Should Get Kennedy Center Honors After Garth Brooks? Vote!
View All
Watch Now

Backstage Photos From Noise Pop 2012

By Billboard Staff
2/27/2012
  • Copied to clipboard
1 / 37
Item 1 of 37

1703479-sleigh-bells-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Sleigh Bells perform at the Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco, February 2012.

See more: The Best of 2012: The Year in Music
By Billboard Staff
2/27/2012
  • Copied to clipboard
Artists Mentioned

Archers of Loaf

Atlas Sound

Built to Spill

Cursive

Die Antwoord

Dirty

Glass Candy

Grimes

Hotel

2 / 37
Item 2 of 37

1703469-sleigh-bells-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Sleigh Bells performs at the Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
3 / 37
Item 3 of 37

1703459-sleigh-bells-noise-pop-3-2012-617-409

Sleigh Bells performs at the Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
4 / 37
Item 4 of 37

1704059-built-to-spill-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Sleigh Bells performs at the Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
5 / 37
Item 5 of 37

1703119-surfer-blood-twin-peaks-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Surfer Blood hangs at Twin Peaks during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
6 / 37
Item 6 of 37

1703149-bleached-rickshaw-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Bleached performs at the Rickshaw Stop during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
7 / 37
Item 7 of 37

1703159-bleached-rickshaw-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Bleached sound checks at the Rickshaw Stop during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
8 / 37
Item 8 of 37

1703669-two-gallants-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Two Gallants perform at the Edinburgh Castle during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
9 / 37
Item 9 of 37

1703659-two-gallants-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Two Gallants perform at the Edinburgh Castle during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
10 / 37
Item 10 of 37

1703099-glass-candy-mezzanine-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Glass Candy performs at The Mezzanine during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
11 / 37
Item 11 of 37

1703089-glass-candy-mezzanine-2-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Glass Candy performs at The Mezzanine during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
12 / 37
Item 12 of 37

1703079-veronica-falls-rickshaw-stop-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Veronica Falls at the Rickshaw Stop during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
13 / 37
Item 13 of 37

1703139-dodos-great-american-music-hall-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

The Dodos perform at the Rickshaw Stop during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 26th.
14 / 37
Item 14 of 37

1703179-archers-of-loaf-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Archers of Loaf perform at The Great American Music Hall during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco, February 2012.

See more: The Best of 2012: The Year in Music
15 / 37
Item 15 of 37

1703069-wye-oak-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Wye Oak performs at The Independent during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
16 / 37
Item 16 of 37

1703059-wye-oak-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Wye Oak performs at The Independent during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 24th.
17 / 37
Item 17 of 37

1703169-atlas-sound-bimbos-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Atlas Sound performs at Bimbos during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco on Feb. 25th.
18 / 37
Item 18 of 37

1703109-imperial-teen-mosser-hotel-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Imperial Teen hangs at the Mosser Hotel during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
19 / 37
Item 19 of 37

1691549-die-antwoord-noisepop-2012-617-409

Die Antwoord performs at The Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
20 / 37
Item 20 of 37

1691539-die-antwoord-noisepop-3-2012-617-409

Die Antwoord performs at The Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
21 / 37
Item 21 of 37

1691519-die-antwoord-noisepop-5-2012-617-409

Die Antwoord performs at The Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
22 / 37
Item 22 of 37

1691559-die-antwoord-noisepop-7-2012-617-409

Die Antwoord performs at The Regency Ballroom during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
23 / 37
Item 23 of 37

1689539-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-2-2012-617-409

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, photographed at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
24 / 37
Item 24 of 37

1689529-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-3-2012-617-409

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, photographed at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
25 / 37
Item 25 of 37

1689519-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-4-2012-617-409

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, performd during the Noisepop festival at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
26 / 37
Item 26 of 37

1689479-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-5-2012-617-409

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, performd during the Noisepop festival at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
27 / 37
Item 27 of 37

1689459-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-7-2012-617-409

Wayne Coyne, lead singer of The Flaming Lips, performd during the Noisepop festival at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
28 / 37
Item 28 of 37

1689469-flaming-lips-wayne-coyne-noisepop-6-2012-617-409

Fans in the crowd from The Flaming Lips, performd during the Noisepop festival at Bimbo's in San Francisco on February 21, 2012.
29 / 37
Item 29 of 37

1691509-grimes-noisepop-2012-617-409

Grimes plays at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival.
30 / 37
Item 30 of 37

1691499-grimes-noisepop-2-2012-617-409

Grimes plays at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival.
31 / 37
Item 31 of 37

1691489-grimes-noisepop-3-2012-617-409

Grimes plays at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco during the 2012 Noise Pop Festival.
32 / 37
Item 32 of 37

1689509-dirty-ghosts-daytrotter-noisepop-2012-617-409

The Dirty Ghosts perform at the Daytrotter Sessions during Noisepop 2012 in San Francisco.
33 / 37
Item 33 of 37

1689499-dirty-ghosts-daytrotter-2-noisepop-2012-617-409

The Dirty Ghosts perform at the Daytrotter Sessions during Noisepop 2012 in San Francisco.
34 / 37
Item 34 of 37

1689489-dirty-ghosts-daytrotter-3-noisepop-2012-617-409

The Dirty Ghosts perform at the Daytrotter Sessions during Noisepop 2012 in San Francisco.
35 / 37
Item 35 of 37

1691479-young-prisms-noise-pop-2012-617-409

Young Prisms dig into a buffet at the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
36 / 37
Item 36 of 37

1691469-young-prisms-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

Young Prisms backstage at the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.
37 / 37
Item 37 of 37

1691459-cursive-noise-pop-2-2012-617-409

The band Cursive kicks back during the 2012 Noise Pop festival in San Francisco.
By Billboard Staff
2/27/2012
  • Copied to clipboard

Watch Now

News

Blackpink's Rosé Teases New Solo Music, BTS' Forthcoming Release & More Top News | Billboard News

8 hours ago

Follow Billboard

The Daily

A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry

  • Subscribe
  • Billboard Events
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • FAQ
  • Feedback
  • Sitemap
  • Media Kit
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • AdChoices
  • California Privacy Rights

© 2021 Billboard Media, LLC. All rights reserved. BILLBOARD is a registered trademark of Billboard IP Holdings, LLC