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(This is Part 1 of 3 of our Download Festival coverage. You can view part 2 here and part 3 here.)

Resident photographer extraordinaire Muhammad Asranur made his way to the San Francisco edition of the Download Festival, which featured bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Gang of Four, Yeasayer, M83, Brand New, Mates of State and bunch more. He got shots of 15 bands so each post will feature 5 bands total. Part 1 includes: Datarock, The Duke Spirit, Flosstradamus, M83 and Tapes ‘N Tapes. Check them out here.

Although San Francisco and Los Angeles are finished, you still have time to get tix for the final date in Philadelphia on August 2, which has The Killers, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Colour Revolt and more.

More info on the Download Festival:
http://www.downloadfestival.com

Artists:
www.ilovem83.com
www.datarockmusic.com
www.dukespirit.com
www.myspace.com/flosstradamus
www.tapesntapes.com

And in the spirit of the Download Festival, here are a few downloads:
M83 – “Graveyard Girl” – [mp3]
Tapes N Tapes – “Hang Them All” – [mp3]
Datarock – “Fa Fa Fa” – [mp3]
Datarock – “Princess” – [mp3]
Flosstradamus – “Overnight Star” – [mp3]