Diplo, Muse, Spank Rock, Drones, Hot Chip, Tool also set for Australian fest At Pitchfork HQ, scarves and shivers pretty much make up January and February s forecast, but for occupants Hemisphere, it s bikinis and sweat. Early next year, Australia and New Zealand will celebrate their summer with the 15th annual festival. The event will travel to Auckland on January 19, Gold Coast on January 21, Sydney on January 25, Melbourne on January 28, Adelaide on February 2, and Perth on February 4.

Day Out boasts a boatload of both touring and select-show-only acts, including the Killers, Tool, Violent Femmes, the Streets, Peaches, Muse, Lupe Fiasco, Lily Justice, the Presets, the Drones, the Vines, the Sleepy Jackson, and more. For a more complete lineup, head ; local acts Clinic, Hella, Okkervil's Sheff Added to Noise Pop
Black Angels, Macromantics, French Kicks also new to lineup completing its 2007 lineup, quite a few new artists have made their way on six-day party, now in its 15th year, will run from February 27-March 4. In original lineup), Ted Leo/Pharmacists, John Vanderslice, and Jolie Holland, the following are slated to play the festival: Okkervil River s Will Sheff, Clinic, Hella, French Kicks, Josh Ritter, the Black Angels, Macromantics, Richard Swift, Autolux, Midlake, Earlimart, Vic Chesnutt, Ghostland Observatory, Midlake, Pop Levi, and Seawolf.

More information on the (currently incomplete) artist list . Badges for the festival go on sale today.
The sixth annual has a lot to live up to, as artists who have performed at the Tennessee fest in the past include Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, Beck, My Morning Jacket, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power, Devendra Banhart, and many, many more.

Bonnaroo 2007 will run from June 14-17 on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee as , but
Sonic Youth, Stooges, Deerhoof, Gang of Four, Dinosaur Jr., Nurse With Wound play this weekend in England happening today. And tomorrow (December 9), and the next day (December 10).

fest (taking place at Butlins Minehead in Somerset, England) has finally rolled around, and if you a) live in the UK, b) are in your right mind, and c) already bought a ticket (since it s sold out), you re probably boiling over with lineup standouts include Sonic Youth (duh), Iggy the Stooges, dkt/MC5 feat. Mark Arm, Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr., Melvins, Sun City Girls, Six Organs of Admittance, Nurse Sunburned Hand of the Man, Bardo Pond, Charalambides, Magik Markers, Negative Approach, Prurient, No Neck Blues Band, Flipper ( ), and the newly added Bark Haze (a collaboration between Thurston Moore, Gown, and Pete Nolan), Comets on Fire, Kudos to the for putting on a college show without the likes of Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, and Kill Hannah.

including Joanna Newsom and her 11-piece orchestra, Bill Callahan (the man formerly known as ), Brother Ali, Ambulette, Hockey Night, and more. And did we mention that the entire thing is free? place at various venues around campus.

For a full artist roster, head . New Pornos, Cat Power, Hold Steady to Play Langerado
Also My Morning Jacket, Cut Chemist, but we couldn't fit their names in the headline festival has got to be fucking with us at this point. Is it a coincidence that while the staff at Pitchfork HQ Chicago is dreading an oncoming 25-degree temperature drop, a press release rolls in for the fest (which is bands and not-so-cool (literally) weather?

Nope. It s damn fine marketing, and Langerado 2007 will run from March 9-11 at Sunrise s Markham Park. Lineup additions since last time include My Morning Jacket, the New Pornographers, Cat Power, the Hold Steady, and Cut Chemist.

Malkmus the Jicks, Girl Talk, Band of Horses, Four Tet and Steve Reid, Blackalicious, Toots and the Maytals, Explosions in the Sky, Sharon Jones the Dap-Kings, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Apollo Sunshine, and a boatload of jam bands/acts (Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, moe., B e la Fleck the Flecktones, O.A.

R., the Disco Biscuits..

.) will also be present. View the full roster .

Tickets are on sale this Friday, December 1. As , has a show tonight in Seattle and one in Vancouver tomorrow, and it seems they will be her last gigs with the Memphis Rhythm Band with whom she has been touring this year.
Chan Marshall has recruited Dirty Three s Jim White, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion s Judah Bauer, the Delta 72 s Gregg Foreman, and Lizard Music s Erik Paparozzi to accompany her on the rest of her tour dates this year, under the appropriate band name of Dirty Delta Blues .

Four of those dates feature White and Bauer as the opening act and two will be in California for New Year s celebrations with Gnarls Barkley and the Flaming Lips.
Speaking of White and Dirty Three, Cat Power has just been added to lineup for the All Tomorrow s Parties curated by the Australian group. Spiritualized, Bill Callahan, A Silver Mt.

Zion, Mick Harvey, Conway Savage, Shannon Wright, Devastations, Felix Lajko, and Josh Pearson have also been added since . The festival will take place April 27-29 in Somerset, England.
Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Whitey, Quintron and Miss Pussycat also on board No Fun Fest, you have finally met your mortal enemy.

, taking place in Austin, TX s Waterloo Park this Friday (December 1), is a one-day event where Artist highlights include Spoon, Peaches, the Black Angels, Lucero, the Octopus Project and Dead Meadow on the Indie Stage , Circle Jerks and Negative Approach on the Prefuse 73, Whitey, and Quintron and Miss Pussycat. For a full lineup, click has always been pretty theatrical, but he s about to take it to the next level. According to NME.

com, Mr. Hegarty, along with Natalie Merchant, Gavin Friday, and former Cocteau Twin Liz Fraser, is scheduled to run in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on February 24 and 25. NME says that it will then tour Nottingham, Manchester, Gateshead, and Leeds, England in March.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra.
weekend a year, the California desert is packed with sweaty fans of the latest and greatest in indie and alt-rock, hip hop, and electronic music, as the takes over Indio s Empire Polo Field. In 2007, come extra prepared for the triple-digit-degree weather, because the fest has expanded its But that s not all the news for next year.

Billboard.com will kick off a currently untitled country music festival, also in Empire Polo Field, the following weekend, May 5-6.
Williams, Sugarland, Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, and notably outlaw and storytelling areas, will be erected for the party, with as has become tradition, will keep us in the dark with regard to its lineup until late January or early February.

According to Billboard, so far, only Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have confirmed their Built to Spill, Notwist, Sparklehorse Play Fan ATP The second festival of 2007 will take place May 18-20 at Butlins Minehead in Somerset, England, and the first bands on the lineup are Built to Spill, the Notwist, Sparklehorse, Echo the Bunnymen, Akron/Family, Do Make Say Think, Brightblack Morning Light, and Death Vessel. ( , the first ATP is the , happening April 27-29, and featuring Dirty Three, Low, Nick Cave s new band Grinderman, Bill Callahan [formerly Smog], Shannon Wright, Papa M, the Drones, Faun Fables, Devastations, A Silver Mount Zion, Magnolia Electric Co., and many more.

)
The biggest announcement, however, is the curators of the festival (or half of it, anyway): the fans. When festival-goers purchase their tickets, ATP will give them directions to a where they will list the ten bands they would most like to see play. ATP will tally the votes and list them on their website in order of popularity.

The bands at the top of the list will receive invitations first, which means earlier votes will have more impact than later ones. If these bands accept their invitations, they will form half of the festival s lineup. The other half will be chosen by ATP (as in the case of Built to Spill et al.

).
Voting begins on November 24, and because they do such a good job of explaining the specifics themselves, here are the official rules, via the ATP :
performance of the year. The legendary folk singer only a handful of U.

S. gigs in 2006, so that diamond event, slated to take place this weekend, November 17-19, at the aforementioned festival highlights include Charalambides, Smegma, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake, Burning Star Core, no fewer than two projects featuring 90 Day Man and Bottle bartender extraordinaire Rob Lowe (Dreamweapon and the Lichens and White/Light hybird White/Lichens) and, of course, a premier booze selection.
To ensure you get your money s worth, the fest features a sideshow stage-- which, in past years, has been the corner next to the sound booth where the gear is stashed-- to squeeze in extra acts during set changes.

That means, count em, at least seven different tongues each night.
Malkmus, Girl Talk, Band of Horses Play Langerado
Also: Four Tet, Explosions in the Sky, Sharon Jones the Dap-Kings, jam bands The fifth annual has just made its first lineup announcement, so while you re out buying the warmest coat you can in preparation for the winter, take comfort in knowing that what is quite possibly the first big festival of 2007 will take place March 9-11 at Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida.
Here s a look at the lineup: Stephen Malkmus the Jicks, Girl Talk, Band of Horses, Four Tet, Blackalicious, Toots and the Maytals, Explosions in the Sky, Sharon Jones the Dap-Kings, and the usual outdoor festival jam band fare (Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, Bela Fleck the Flecktones, Medeski, Martin Wood, O.

A.R., etc.

).
Report: Be the Riottt! Festival [San Francisco, CA; 11/11/06] With sparsely-attended Veterans Day festivities underway in San Francisco s Civic Center plaza (because nothing pays tribute to our esteemed men and women of war quite like a high school drill team in miniskirts and garters performing LeAnn Rimes Can t Fight the Moonlight ), the city s young and adventurous began lining up outside the nearby for the inaugural festival.

Put together by burgeoning music/art/culture website , Be the Riottt! basically united those two towering bastions of underground music: white dudes with guitars and black dudes with microphones and turntables-- with a few laptops and ladies tossed in for good measure. By genre statistics, however, the fest boasted a pretty diverse lineup, with heavy doses of indie rock (the Rapture, the Wrens, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Metric, Tokyo Police Club) and hip hop (Clipse, Living Legends, Zion I, Sage Francis, P.

O.S.), a few sprinkles of dancier stuff (Girl Talk, the Presets, Weird Science), and a couple random screamo bands snuck in for no apparent reason (Fall of Troy, Heavy Heavy Low Low).

Riottt! birthed this baby with a bang, and was kind enough to treat Pitchfork to a Frisco trip to witness the blood, the sweat, and the joyous tears of that birth live. A quiet Riottt!

this most certainly was not.
Trail of Dead, PGMG, Blood Brothers Play Anti*Pop
So do Bob Mould, the Elected, Dosh, Saul Williams, Celebration, and more up, Backstreet Boys-- take a cue from *NSync and vanish before round two of the barnstorms your hometown. From November 13-19, a swarm of indie artists will move in on several of Orlando, Florida s finest venues to bring the indie rock goodness that this latest generation of youngsters craves.

highlights include: ...

And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, the Blood Brothers, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Saul Williams, Peanut Butter Wolf, the Elected, Margot and the Nuclear So So s, Dosh, Celebration, Earl Greyhound, and, er, Kasabian. You may view the full day-by-day lineup . The fest will also feature panels held throughout Saturday, November 18, and flaunting topics like The acoustic solo show).

A series of free parties goes down as well, at which everybody will rock their bodies to the tune of free Pabst Blue Ribbon and Jack Daniels, as well as some
As do Richard Buckner, Jennifer O'Connor, Two Dollar Guitar concept of both the garage band and, uh, the garage. Opened in 2004, their shoots to provide an affordable venue for local creative souls to put on shows. Since its inception, the space all mediums, music included.

week, the (art) Garage is holding one of the biggest tiny venue events we ve ever been made aware of. The week-long spree of shows, 12. Highlights include the Slits and the Apes (tonight, November 7), the Mountain Goats and Jennifer O Connor (tomorrow, November 8), The Fall [Hiro Ballroom; c.

9:15 p.m.]
If you re at all familiar with Mark E.

Smith, you sort of expect him to fuck with you. So it wasn t entirely disappointing when, around the time Smith and the current incarnation of the Fall were expected to take the stage at the Hiro Ballroom, some guy with a laptop came out instead and poked big-screen PowerBook fun at easy targets-- Tom Jones, fat Elvis, Barbra Streisand-- in the guise of avant-garde audiovisual.
By the time Smith took the stage, the band s rhythm-heavy post-punk assault was well overdue.

Though the whole thing was over in five or six songs (only the guys with video cameras know for sure), Smith s typically inscrutable persona and the solid grooves (two bass guitars, after San Francisco-based openers the Ohsees didn t even have one!) made for time well spent right through to a bristling cover of the Move s I Can Hear the Grass Grow . And then it was all over, despite vain, half-hearted efforts to get the clever bastard back out for an encore.

I live in Brooklyn, but the TV Eye/Southern Lord event at Rockstar Bar was the first of this year s CMJ-related shows I attended in my own borough. Wait, I thought Manhattan s cultural life was dead? I d planned to see Fucked Up tear through that Avail-bating Toronto hardcore at Northsix, but the kids were stuck at the Canadian border (I checked their blog to make sure), so I didn t trek to the Jade Tree showcase.

No worries: There was free beer (thanks) and the wooden mermaid centerpiece at Rockstar to keep me company and help me drown those sorrows. The musical focus of the evening was Greg Anderson and a freshly shaven Stephen O Malley joined by Earth s Steve Moore (on trombone, Korg) and David Grubbs (on guitar) for a set of drone with additional details.
Grubbs is a much busier, less patient player than Anderson or O Malley, often adding arpeggios and contra chords to their sustain.

He was also the most expressive-- rocking and rolling and picking like slow-mo Townshend. O Malley offered ecstatic faces here/there; Anderson kept his back to the audience. Moore fell somewhere between O Malley and Grubbs.

The lights went out for a few seconds, and I welcomed that veil of black. Choreographical analysis aside, Anderson and O Malley are clearly the essential nucleus in any Sunn 0)))-related outing; additions are fun, and the band has always explored collaboration, but Grubbs s Gastr Del Sol-nimble fingers felt unnecessary. The band s amazing when working with the right vocalists-- a la Malefic and Wrest-- but when you have instruments as heavy as theirs, why bother adding a noodling guitar?

There was even a moment when things sorta fell apart.
That said, a small dream of mine is a collaboration between Sunn 0))) and Tony Conrad. The Rockstar set, though not revelatory, seemed like a revelatory step in the right direction.

Check the equation: Grubbs has worked with Conrad and now Sunn s done stuff with Grubbs. We can solve it with the transitive property, or something, I think.
The Drones [Mercury Lounge; 8 p.

m.] I ve especially dug this rabid, Australian quartet since last year s Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By, and am happy to report that new offering, Gala Mill, is even better. So, uh, why the hell haven t they caught on in the States?

Who knows...

makes no sense to me.
They went from story hour into a superbly ragged rendition of Shark Fin Blues . Frontman Gareth Liddiard looks to be about 7 tall (from my vantage) and yet puts his mic a bit above his head, forcing himself to look upward as he snarls and spits.

They shredded another great song from Wait Long by the River and showcased some new material. The Drones are forever coming apart at the seams-- they start from the simplest element (say a repetitive bass line) and slowly add layers and swagger until it seems the song will lose its stitching. By the end of the set, the drums had literally fallen apart, but Noga kept banging the cymbal mercilessly.

I noticed that more and more impeccably dressed folks were pouring in, but couldn t understand why; after the set, I went outside and saw Albert Hammond Jr. penciled in for the headlining set. That guy can draw a crowd, but the Drones can t?

What the fuck...

American Heritage [Ace of Clubs; 9:30 p.m.] I was too late to see Unearthly Trance, sadly, but did catch the Atlanta/Chicago trio American Heritage.

They ve been around close to a decade (during which time they did a 2003 split 7 with Mastodon) and have gone through various flavor shifts, but have never hooked me. Accordingly, I ve been on the fence about their recent Translation Loss full length, Millenarian; it s brutally relentless and tight, but lacking in personality. Well, live they bring the personality.

Hell, I should ve known that a band with a song titled It s Like Fucking a Napkin Full of Toenails and who list Snappily-dressed throngs of fascists marching dutifully off a cliff, tumbling past doe-eyed unicorns who look startled for a moment but soon go back to grazing on four-leaf clovers and blue diamonds under influences on their MySpace page would have good between-song banter. For instance, a story about punching butts and the brown light district sorta went well with a discussion about the brown note the night prior. Dysrhythmia [Ace of Clubs; 10:30 p.

m.] It was a thrill just to see the Decemberists playing in front of so many people, i.e.

more than 3,000 if you believe the internets. Colin Meloy and his merry madrigalists were a little blown away, too-- We re going to do our best to pretend we re playing at the Mercury Lounge right now -- but they ultimately used the increased scale to their advantage, much like they did on The Crane Wife. Fans on the floor and two balconies indulged the theatrical PDX popsters by participating in Meloy-encouraged dance competitions, sing-alongs, vocal warmup drills, and the Myla Goldberg shoutout to NYC.

For an encore, members of the band marched into the crowd to reenact The Charge of the Light Brigade . The final song, I Was Meant for the Stage , took on new meaning in Hammerstein s vast setting-- yes, Meloy was meant for this stage, too. But it s still a fucking trip.

The Big Sleep [Pianos; 11 p.m.] I always imagined the whole point of events like CMJ was to discover music you hadn t heard before, but my luck hasn t been too good the past two years.

Pulling into Pianos as part of the Frenchkiss showcase, The Big Sleep were my pleasant surprise of the night. The Brooklyn-based trio banged out muscular avant-rock textures with a totally bonkers Mick Fleetwood bugeye drummer who did those Zep things Dom Leone loves and a guitarist as content to hash out blues riffs (over bassist Sonya Balchandani s teutonic drone) as ear-splitting electronic noise. It would ve been next to impossible to buy beer in this sardines-packt crowd, so at least the music was pretty kickass.

All photos by Ryan Schreiber, except Mew by Lavender Diamond [205 Bar; 5 p.m.] With more than a year s worth of under-the-radar critical adoration behind them (but still no album), Los Angeles four-piece Lavender Diamond have quietly signed with a high-profile U.

S. indie label (plus, Rough Trade in the UK!), and deservedly so: You Broke My Heart , the lead track off their 2005 self-released The Cavalry of Light EP, guaranteed that alone.

Opening the Chicago-based Windish Agency s four-artist bill at Chrystie Street s 205 Bar, frontwoman Becky Stark projected just the right balance of charisma and flighty eccentricity, her sheepish banter hinting at a charming if possibly slightly cracked personality behind the rapturous voice. Even more than that song, that voice is what revellers are quick to mention; strong yet somehow serene, Stark s carefully trained alto is Lavender Diamond s most striking characteristic. But as compelling a character as Stark makes, their stage show could stand some development.

I mean, we know the backing dudes are getting on in years and everything, but you know, just for the audience, it kind of rules if the band is standing up. Loney, Dear [205 Bar; 6 p.m.

] Another group from Stockholm with fey, introspective lyrics, a self-depricating frontman, and nine members? Awesome. So we know what Sweden s arts council goes in for.

It s a nice utopian concept and all, inviting all your friends to be in your band, but that s what you have a MySpace for. The question is, how many of those members do you really need? Recent Sub Pop signing Loney, Dear had the answer last night: One.

Just the dude who writes the admittedly pretty catchy songs that I suppose sounded sort of really fantastic amped up to bursting in that cozy, tinfoiled little room. Granted, I might be playing up the nine members thing a bit too much, just because the Windish website describes them as the one-man band with nine members. Truth is, only five of them were in tow.

I guess I m just crabby cause so many of these Stockholm indie pop bands are really obnoxiously great, despite being more or less indistinguishable. So, Sweden, I got this great idea: Put out a record that sucks. Think how fucking leftfield that would be!

Rjd2 Peanut Butter Wolf [205 Bar; 5 p.m.] Meanwhile, downstairs, the mellowest DJ set ever was in full force.

Like, Bill Withers Lovely Day mellow. It was day four; they knew people would be beat. No one in that room needed another round of Rex the Dog and Jacques Lu Cont remixes.

Sometimes sweet-vocaled 70s soul shit is all you need. Don t tell people I said that. Deerhoof [Hiro Ballroom; 8:45 p.

m.] In the absence of now-departed member Chris Cohen, some might say Deerhoof are just without..

.something. And I mean something besides a member.

But as missed as Cohen s fancy fretwork and creative contributions might be, the band somehow sounded as confident and complete as ever, tightening up arrangements and rocking the classics front to back. Proof positive economy pays. Stockholm, are you on this?

Mew [Bowery Ballroom; 11 p.m.] The Cake Shop revved Silver Apples Oscillations immediately after 120 Days Tuesday set.

The next day at Webster Hall, we got entropic NYC synth/drum duo Shy Child, whose opener The Noise Won t Stop continued the Apples rattle and late-1960s racket-- albeit well aware of the sad fact that electroclash did exist a few years ago in Williamsburg. Was I the only one who heard some Rapture vocalisms from singing keyboardist Pete Cafarella? Quick fact: He s also in Supersystem.

Whatever-- the people wanted disco. Brighter spotlights and a crowd s collectively bigger smiles welcomed a cowbell s entrance, while the rat-a-tat/whirl-whirl formula grew pretty standardized until a guest saxophonist appeared from the shadows. At one point Cafarella jokingly announced the show as a dinner set -- and that he and his drummer compatriot planned to get dinner afterwards.

If that s really the case, it s too damn bad because then they missed an absolutely brilliant effort by my favorite NYC crew not named Excepter.
Gang Gang Dance [Webster Hall; 8 p.m.

]
I had every intention of catching Blue Cheer at the Knitting Factory-- my second reunion show in as many nights, god help me-- but the Load/Cock Rock Disco showcase was, as I should ve suspected, running behind schedule. Seriously, noise rockers are the biggest procrastinators. But, wanting to check out Brian Gibson s other non-Lighting Bolt band, I opted to accept the fluctuating schedule and overlong laptop drum-n-mace and bask in Wizardzz s glow.

The Pussycat s the ideal noise-show hovel: The second floor of a strip joint, it s outfitted with dirty carpet, a catwalk (perfect for laptops!), a lap dance couch (perfect for laptops!), stars on the walls, a Smog chandelier, black light, mirrors.

..felt like I was in the church of Quintron.

Most of the bands played too long, but when Wizardzz-- Gibson and Bug Sized Mind s Rich Porter-- started smoking immediately following Welcome to the TerrorDome , they kicked it all professional-like in their silky-ass outfits, never speaking to the audience, just getting down to shredding. The duo s debut, Hidden City of Taurmond, had hints of this sort of thing, so I was pleased to witness them nailing that swampy, psyched Ornette Coleman dervish, especially in a stripper funhouse of color. While I was nodding my head, thinking of Barkley s Barnyard Critters, and trying to figure out Porter s pedal situation, they ended in mid-stride, before anyone expected it.

Perfect.
Heading down the stairs and onto the street (where a bunch of guys in suits milled about, though it was close to 2 a.m.

), I suddenly felt revitalized, liked I could watch noise nonstop for another ten hours. My second CMJ day began at the Kill Rock Stars/5RC party at Mo Pitkin s, with a performance by the astonishing Marnie Stern. One of KRS newest signings, Stern looks like Kirsten Dunst and shreds like Mick Barr.

But unlike Barr and so many other guitar virtuoso dudes, Stern sings while she manhandles her ax, cooing about glass slippers and diamonds as her nimble fingers fly across the fretboard. I m eagerly anticipating Stern s debut album, In Advance of the Broken Arm, produced by Hella s Zach Hill and due out January 23. Her brief solo set was a revelation.

No such revelations were to be had during Loney, Dear s performance opening Sub Pop s CMJ extravaganza at the Bowery Ballroom. The Swedish group, centered around Emil Svan a ngen s tender indie pop songs, were perfectly competent, but lacked any sort of magic. Svan a ngen stood stock still, staring at a fixed point out in space in front of him, his expressionless face retaining the same look throughout the set.

When he told the crowd he was happy to be there, I didn t believe him. Loney, Dear [Bowery Ballroom; 7 p.m.

]
Given that Oxford Collapse s Michael Pace is the singer/guitarist in a power trio that happens to be signed to Sub Pop, I gotta hand it to him for having the balls to wear a plaid button-down shirt to his label s showcase. Not that anyone would ever confuse Pace with Kurt Cobain--in addition to his brown curly hair, thick moustache, and goatee, Pace dedicated a song to Pat O Brien and joked about receiving a neck massage before the show to relieve his symptoms of metal neck (aka headbanging too hard). Oxford Collapse s focused, intense performance, which included several standouts from their new album Remember the Night Parties, highlighted how much Oxford Collapse are basically an early-90s emo band (see: Cap n Jazz).

Oxford Collapse [Bowery Ballroom; 8 p.m.]
Frida Hyv o nen [Skirball Center at NYU; 8 p.

m.]
Swedish pianist Frida Hyv o nen plays soft dinner music with jarringly sexual lyrics, and she likes grapes. It s a very social fruit, she explained.

As her fingers dashed playfully across the ivories, Hyv o nen sang about cocks and reminded us not to take off our pants. The smattering of New York University kids who arrived early, before the Wrens and Walkmen-- I ve got, like, two papers due tomorrow ..

. Dude, why are you even HERE? -- politely applauded.

The Wrens [Skirball Center at NYU; 9 p.m.]
Hold any lately?

Proceed with caution. Wait, forget that-- risk it all to get to Castell o n, Spain for the eighth edition of the music festival, running several venues across the city: Centro Municipal de Cultura, Teatre Principal, and Casino Antiguo. Might want to ditch the cell phones, clinking beer bottles, and boisterous buds, however, as Tanned Tin s website boasts an almost religious silence accompanying past festival performances.

Yikes!
Acts scheduled to perform include: M. Ward, Six Organs of Admittance, Okkervil River, Psychic Ills, I Love You But I ve Chosen Darkness, David Thomas Broughton, Lisa Name Is Alive, the Radio Dept.

, Magik Markers, and more. Wonderful, spectral folkstress Annelies Monser e will open the festival with a free show on November 8. Make the jump for the complete event schedule.

The Twilight Sad [Fontana s; 8 p.m.]
CMJ boot camp began on trash night in Chinatown, Metallica s Master of Puppets lifting spirits in Fontana s upstairs bar.

Meanwhile, in the basement, noisy Glasgow pop group the Twilight Sad tore eardrums: The quartet s self-titled EP s great, but I imagine if I hadn t heard it three dozen times, I would ve failed to untangle the melodies from the feedback. They opened with vocalist James Graham wielding a drum stick and smashing cymbals along with the fresh-faced, Campbell Soup-kid drummer. But it was the Daniel Johnston t-shirt wearing guitarist who stole the show with his awkward teenage Kevin Shields impersonation-- all the more charming because he was out of tune.

Strumming in a slapdash style, now again sipping from a cup with a Yankees logo on it, he looked bored and utterly fascinated at the same time. Still, despite the white noise hubbub, the general focal point remained the swoony Graham, who another Pitchforker later called the most attractive man alive. Well, he must ve been scared of his own beauty because he kept his eyes shut for 75% of the set, issuing romantic utterances about kids on fire in the bedroom, running out of time, the invisible boy, and feeling bitter, so very bitter.

Halfway through, amplifier problems led to a slight delay, so a bearded oldster jumped on stage and read, gently, a poem, Twilight Sad. It was a great calm in the storm, but had me wondering: What came first, the poem or the band? Anyone?

Beach House [Cake Shop; 10:15 p.m.]
The Knife s performance at Webster Hall last night wasn t just great, it was kind of revelatory.

Olof and Karin Dreijer, dressed in black coveralls and black ski masks (or was it blackface makeup?), were just a small part of the entire immersive experience, a combination rave/art installation/laser light show. They stood both behind and in front of screens, on which were projected trippy geometric shapes, childish drawings, and ghastly figures, and were flanked on the stage by balloons bearing images of distorted faces.

The way the elaborate light show hit their own faces made the pair look alternately like jack-o-lanterns, monkeys, or bank robbers, which pretty much sums up the varying moods of the performance: mischievous, playful, terrifying. I m not sure how much live music the Dreijers actually performed. Karin s mouth definitely moved, and Olof was certainly hitting something with his giant drum sticks, but it wasn t clear whether or not those motions corresponded with anything inside the crystal clear, surround sound sonic stew enveloping the venue.

They played rejiggered versions of Silent Shout favorites such as Like a Pen , We Share Our Mothers Health , Forest Families , and the title track, and even threw in a shimmering, subdued take on Heartbeats . The music was flashier and more dance-oriented than on record, much closer to Euro-trance/cheese/trash than I m used to. Of course, it sounded amazing.

So we re confronted with the reality of one of the best albums of the year, by one of Pitchfork s favorite bands, delivered using tropes that send the authenticity police into fits of rage: lip-synching, silly dancing, cool light show, superclub dance beats. Does that mean the Knife s performance was insincere, or lightweight, or somehow less worthy than that of a band sweating through a set, pounding on their own instruments and pouring their hearts out on the mic? Fuck no.

Does it mean that we need to alter our antiquated notions of worthiness and realness in pop music performance? Fuck yes. The Knife [Webster Hall; 11:30 p.

m.] Dr. Dog [Bowery Ballroom; 10:25 p.

m.]
Wednesday night at the Bowery Ballroom felt like a Battle of the Bands Awkward Names. The shaggy hippies of Dr.

Dog played a pretty glorious pop set, but is that a medical degree that dog has? (These guys seem more homeopathic.)
Cold War Kids [Bowery Ballroom; 11:25 p.

m.]
The Rapture [Bowery Ballroom; 11 p.m.

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Photo by Brendan Reid.
Season s greetings from the Rapture s singer/bassist, Mattie Safer: What s up, Halloweiners? Other than statuesque rockstar frontman Luke Jenner s too-short skeleton costume pantlegs, he must ve meant.

Jenner s exposed ankles and the band s cute, playfully choreographed Monster Mash entrance added welcome unpretentiousness to a night of taut dance-rock, lofty vocal yowls, and costume-wearing indie kids who apparently still remembered learning how to dance. Newer songs like The Devil reached the spooks up in the rafters, but older favorites like House of Jealous Lovers and Sister Savior provoked the most frenzied funky-getting. Out of the races, and on till All Saints Day.

Hey party people: buy a drink this November, as the venerable electronic/dance imprint celebrates the big twenty-one. Originally launched as a video production company in 1985, !K7 has gone on to release quality records by some of the dancefloor s biggest names-- including this year s Herbert smash, Scale, and the DJ-Kicks series.

To commemorate this coming of age (as U.S. law would have it, anyhow), !

K7 will host three nights of hijinx in London from November 14-16. !K7 and two of its subsidiaries-- hip-hop/soul label and indie imprint -- will each curate a night apiece of live music and photo exhibitions, going down at London s Phonica, Luminaire, and KOKO.

Performers include Herbert, France s Cyann Ben, and new !K7 signing . Full details below.

Adulthood doesn t mean slowing down for always-prolific !K7, however, as the label keeps churning out those DJ-Kicks mixes. The latest, featuring Berlin-based Schwarz, hit shops abroad earlier this month and graces U.

S. shores on October 31.
A relative newcomer, Schwarz gained notoriety for a spate of 12 s and a few high profile remixes, including tries at Coldcut and Alex Smoke.

His DJ-Kicks disc sees him mixing a broad palette of styles, with everything from James Brown, D Angelo, and Marvin Gaye rubbing up against cuts from Rhythm Sound, Arthur Russell, and Schwarz s own material. Click on the interview below to hear Schwarz discuss his influences, selections, and computer-based mixing process.
Folks who scoop up the CD version of this DJ-Kicks will be pleased to find a special download code that provides access to an alternative version of Schwarz s mix, while 12 purchasers will be treated to an exclusive download track.

And start practicing those club moves now, because according to a press release, the next installment of DJ-Kicks will be mixed by none other than Hot Chip. Clinic, Parts Labor to Play Audioscope06 Cut all that gimme shelter B.S.

and give to Tomorrow afternoon and evening holds this Oxford, England event, now in its sixth year. Musicians scheduled to perform include Clinic (in their last-known UK date of the year), Magn e tophone Sonic Boom (aka Peter Kember of Spacemen 3), Parts Labor, Piano Magic, I m Being Good, Kids in Tracksuits, the Rock of Travolta, Trencher, and Sunnybale Noise Sub-Element. All proceeds from Audioscope06 will Looks like we re in for five more festival-filled summers here in Chicago.

Yesterday, s organizers signed a contract with the city to hold their annual extravaganza in downtown s Grant Park through 2011. In exchange for the privilege of bringing boatloads of bands to the beautiful lakefront location, Lollapalooza will pay five million dollars to the s , reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The money will go towards our ability to fund new projects, youth programs and greening initiatives throughout Chicago s parks, according to a quote from Parkways Foundation president Laura Barnett in a press release.

The 2007 festival will take place August 3-5, and according to the Sun-Times, may include up to 15,000 more people allowed per day, bringing the daily total up from 60,000 to 75,000, if the event sells out. That s a lot of Porta Potties. Elf Power, Melvins, Patton Oswalt Perform for Chunklet
So do the Jesus Lizard's David Yow, Harvey Milk, Zach Galifianakis, Big Business, and more throws a four-day bash in celebration of their 13-year anniversary?

, clearly. The publication has prepared an action-packed blowout to run from today through Sunday evening, and a slew of its favorite artists (and comedians, and puppet show acts) are diving in headfirst for the party. Of course, all of these bands suck and are totally overrated.

(the Jesus Lizard), Patton Oswalt, Zach Galiafinakis, Elf Power, Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Scharpling and Wurster), Harvey Milk, Tenement Halls, the Rattler, Big Business (performing in and before the Melvins), puppet crew Pull the String Players, and of four Georgia venues this weekend-- the 40 Watt Club, the Drunken Unicorn, Variety Playhouse, and WhirlyBall Atlanta. The last place will serve as Photos by unless otherwise indicated. Click for parts , , and .

The final night of really didn t feel like the final night for two reasons: first of all, Sunday night-- featuring a single local showcase-- is actually the final night. Secondly, it felt a bit anti-climactic after incredibly strong lineup. This is not to say that it made one bit of a difference to the inebriated locals and foreigners wandering the streets-- Reykjavik, for better or worse, might just be the drunkest city in the world: witness the hipster kid jumping on the hood of a passing car and shattering the windshield with a swift kick.

No one batted an eye.
The night began much less violently with s set at . These young Icelandic musicians (including photographer Le o Stef a nsson) play in various Reykjavik bands, and have combined here to bring back 1980s Clash/Blondie disco, jerky electro, and funky house.

The initially sparse crowd grew as the band tested the dancefloor with trombone, keys, guitar, and laptop.
At , Icelandic chanteuse (aka Kristin Bj o rk Kristjansdottir) began her set to a darkened, hushed theater. Comparisons to another Icelandic Bj o rk are tempting here, but not really accurate, as her childlike voice floated in and out of ambient electronics and ethereal piano tones.

Over in the , , who ve had several radio hits this past summer, played somber, adult contemporary love songs for an adoring, youthful crowd. Back at , popular Icelandic band performed confident, sweeping alt-rock to a more lively audience.
The UK s were up next, and this possible next big thing began their set with perfectly harmonized vocals before launching into their thankfully not post-punk-referencing indie rock-- it s just nice to hear something different once in a while.

Finally, over at the , the decidedly post-punk-referencing sibling act (pictured above) were wrapping up, using their guitars in an onstage light saber duel. The headliner of the night, , closed the night and peppered their vivacious set with cheesy quips like, You re a good-looking people! and So I heard Reykjavik likes to drink!

This is a medium-sized band with one album and an arena-rock mentality, and while their music is tight and fun, they can lay it on pretty thick.
And that about wraps up Iceland Airwaves for this year. This well-run festival is much smaller than the continental behemoths that rule the European summers, but the unbelievable zest for music and celebration in Reykjavik made these past four nights feel much larger than they were.

More photos ahead.
As the Reykjavik weekend got into full swing, night three of found the venues completely packed, the streets flooded with music fans, and the city full of staggering drunks roaming about until six in the morning.
The night began with the wonderful at the .

Benni s sentimental ballads draw as much from lo-fi indie as they do from country, and are enhanced by a full brass section that flares up at the appropriate moments, lending his performance an epic quality.
Up next were crowd-favorite Canadians , dressed all in white and playing their indie-rock showtunes like their lives depended on it. Nick Diamonds even graciously busted out a new tune for the eager audience, a promise of good things to come from this band.

This was a hard act to follow, but Iceland s (pictured above, and really a quintet-- doesn t the drummer count?) was up for the challenge. Playing a mad scientist array of vintage synths and organs, the Quartet, crisply attired in smart suits, blazed through poppy electro and massive industrial waves of analog sound.

Over at , Icelandic favorites pressed their new wave-influenced power-pop into the faces of what seemed like a dangerously over-capacity crowd. If one person moved, everybody moved in this morass of flesh and beer. And move they did, as the audience sang along over throbbing basslines and caterwauling synths, clearly showing their approval for this popular band.

But the obvious focus of the night was . After taking the stage and dealing with some feedback problems, the band launched into its catalogue of quirky rock with boundless energy. The vocals may have been buried in the mix and two keys may have broken off a keyboard, but nobody gave a shit.

Wolf Parade owned the night, creatively enhancing the songs from their debut, , with moments of improv and uninhibited gusto.
Click on by tomorrow for Pitchfork s final Iceland Airwaves installment. The fourth annual takes place this weekend, and artists ranging from Franz Nicolay of the Hold Steady (playing with ) to (hopefully) will play at the festival, which is comprised of 200 local organizations participating in a day of workshops, panel discussions, keynote speeches, music, and art, according to a press release.

Before the event itself takes place this Sunday, October 22, there is a benefit concert scheduled for tomorrow at Supreme Trading, the proceeds from which will benefit Brooklyn Parents for Peace, the non-profit organization behind the Peace Fair. Artists playing the concert include , Dabrye remixer (who also has a DJ set toward the end of night), and Matthew Perpetua of the wonderful (thanks for new the Long Blondes track and for turning us on to Shrag, man!), whose DJ set will close out the night.

The artists performing at the actual fair on Sunday include Anti-Social Music (a group that includes the Hold Steady s Franz Nicolay, Songs: Ohia contributor Peter Hess, and Ida/Beauty Pill member Jean Cook), , , Jason Trachtenburg of the , duo Magnolia, and, tentatively, Talib Kweli.
The true draws of the fair, however, are sure to be the peace dance and the youth peace contest, moderated by M-1 of , which is like some sort of peace snake eating its own tail, i.e.

exactly 17 overlapping kinds of awesome. Exclusive: Sebadoh, Ted Leo to Play Noise Pop 1993, San Francisco s festival has grown into one of the most respected indie rock extravaganzas in the country. In 2007, the festival will celebrate its 15th anniversary from February 27-March 4, and it has invited some stellar guests to the party.

So far, Leo/Pharmacists, John Vanderslice, and Jolie Holland have all RSVPed to the event, and many others are on the way. In addition to the tunes, Noise Pop will put on its first-ever Noise Pop Expo, a two-day event (March 3-4) featuring panels, a designer fair, art installations, a poster show, and more. It will also hold its annual film festival.

Photos by , unless otherwise indiciated. Scope part one .
Night two of 2006 began at the , a beautiful modern space that has been temporarily transformed into a concert venue for the duration of the festival.

The sound was immaculate and the set times tight, as has been the case for much of the festival thus far.
First up, the always dependable and eternally cutesy . Was that another cover of Gnarls Barkley summerjam Crazy , heavy on the melodrama, thrown into the end of the set?

Indeed, and the attendees ate it up. Up next was . This Liverpool trio-- and recent signing-- rocks the a cappella and tight, jerky post-punk in a fashion very similar to the Futureheads.

And they had the appropriate jokes, noting that there s a chain of grocery stores in the UK called . Again, the crowd loved it. And why not?

We needed to get primed for the amazing tap-dancing circus that is , whose whirling dervish performance was a true celebration on stage and plastered dreamy smiles upon every face.
Elsewhere, , an American Julliard graduate, performed his neo-classical experiments with Icelandic super-producer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bj o rk, Bonnie Prince Billy s The Letting Go). But this festival is all about kinetic energy, so a trip over to to see hardcore kingpins and hometown heroes next didn t feel out of place at all.

The screechy Blood Brothers/At the Drive-In-style rawk got a bit tiresome, but -fronted were there to pick up the slack with their dreamy and occasionally aggressive Canuck pop. Unabashedly soaking up the adoring crowd s sweat and cheers, the band didn t skimp on the prolonged jams.
Finally, rounding out the night was Sweden s amazing (pictured above), who skronked out their no-wave roots with incredible tightness, muted scratch guitar, and dying-goose saxophone ablaze.

Rumor has it that the weekends in Reykjavik find the kids smashing their beer glasses in the streets, so tonight I ll be wearing my galoshes.
Stay tuned for installments from Iceland Airwaves through the weekend. More photos ahead.

Nick Cave, Low, Magnolia Electric Co. to Play ATP The lineup for the -curated festival is shaping up to be typically high-quality for ATP, with (playing solo), , , (aka Tortoise bassist Douglas McCombs), , , , Grinderman, and Papa M (aka Slint/Will Oldham/Stereolab/Tortoise/Zwan member/collaborator ), in addition to Dirty Three themselves. , Dirty Three s ATP will occur April 27-29, 2007 at Butlins Minehead in Somerset, England.

Kyp Malone of TVOTR, Van Dyke Parks added L.A. is getting a whole lot freakier this week, as (in conjunction with and today, October 19, through Sunday, October 22, is set to take place at Los Angeles Palace Theater.

It was moved from its original locations, the Echo, Ex_Plx, and Lineup highlights, many , include Devendra Banhart, Boris, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, Comets on Fire, Fiery Furnaces, Ruthann Friedmann, Six Organs of Admittance, Be Your Own Pet, Wooden Wand, Charalambides, OM, Josephine Foster, Archie Bronson Outfit, Espers, Belong, the Howling Hex, the Nice Boys, and Bert Jansch. Dirty Three s Jim White will drum with White Magic, and the legendary Van Dyke Parks will join Living Sisters, the acoustic trio of Inara George, Eleni Mandell, and Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond). Australian mostly-instrumental rockers will curate the festival in 2007, which will take place April 27-29 at Butlins in Minehead in Somerset, England.

The lineup has yet to be announced, but tickets for the event are on sale now.
Before then, the trio will leave their home continent for somewhere a little closer but no less exotic: Asia. They will play five dates in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Malaysia beginning October 26 at Shanghai s Yun-Feng Theater.

And on October 21, Dirty Three drummer Jim White will play with at the Palace Theater in Los Angeles as part of the festival.
Finally, things get truly multimediary with the exhibition of Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner s paintings at the gallery in Sydney, Australia. Turner s paintings have served as the cover art for all seven Dirty Three albums, and this exhibition is part of a Sydney/Melbourne gallery swap with , where Turner s March show sold out.

His blank_space show is called New Works: Canvas, Print Bronze . It opens October 19 and runs through October 23.

Decemberists, Albert Hammond Jr.

, the Fall, Malajube added Forget every non-music-related item you know, and make some space in that brain for the 2006 lineup. As , the artist list for the NYC event, taking place October 31-November 4, is downright gigantic, and it seems to be getting bigger by the second. Since our last story, the Decemberists, the Strokes Albert Hammond, Jr.

, the Blow, the Cardigans, Chin Up Chin Up, Malajube, Mary Timony, Gang Gang Dance, the Fall, and many, many more have been added. bands, CMJ will host a series of , including Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan with a special appearance by Borat himself and Oasis-- Lord Don t Slow Me Down with a special appearance by Noel Gallagher himself. Who is more of a comedic character?

You decide!
As usual, there will be a number of in addition to the multimedia extravaganza. This year s George Clinton, Janeane Garofalo, A-Trak, Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers, Nina Persson of the Cardigans, Hi-Tek, Dr.

Know of Bad Brains, Steve Earle, Adam Green, the muthafuckin Insane Clown Posse, and Pitchfork Senior News Editor Amy Phillips.
All photos by unless otherwise indicated.
As the first night of the 2006 festival got underway, the kids poured into the freezing cold streets of the vibrant city of Reykjavik-- a precursor to the madness to come as the weekend approaches, the bands get bigger, and the crowds get drunker.

This night was mostly made up of Icelandic bands, of which there seems to be an endless supply-- and several of these very young musicians proved their mettle.
At , a venue right off the main shopping street of the city center, the teenage (pictured above)-- a rambunctious bunch of kids-- injected a healthy dose of bossa nova into their blend of keys, samplers, and guitars. They wrapped up their set with an impromptu cover of Wu-Tang Clan s Ain t Nothin ta Fuck Wit .

Apparently, neither are they.
Retro Stefson were followed by the workhorse power-pop of . But the highlight of the night was the singer-songwriter , performing at a small bar called Dillon.

His backing band, consisting of trombone, cello, bass, and drums, lent his raw, folksy, Springsteen-esque rock a vigor much appreciated by the small crowd.
Finally, last night ratified the dubious concept of Icelandic hip hop, with and performing to a rapturous crowd at . Rapping in English and Icelandic, these crews brought the motherfucking ruckus like they invented the shit.

And it only gets better from here. Keep your mouse situated at the Fork for more photo installments from the Iceland Airwaves festival, which continues through Sunday.

So do Okkervil River, Asobi Seksu Next stop: Durham, NC for the fifth annual .

From Wednesday, October 18 through Saturday the 21, downtown Durham will become an indie rock haven, featuring bands like Man Man, Mountain Goats, Portastatic, Okkervil River, Asobi Seksu, Jennifer O Connor, Two Ton Boa, and many more, with a specific concentration on local acts. place at various venues across the city. Click for a full event schedule.

Joanna Newsom, Tapes 'n Tapes to play, Arcade Fire, Islands, Stars members to talk O Canada! , the annual festival kicks off this evening. You lucky people get five days (October 4-8) of music from the creme of the indie and sorta-indie crop, including Joanna Newsom, Spank Rock, Akron/Family, Regina Spektor, Cadence Weapon, the Russian Futurists, Beirut, Islands, and Memphis.

Since our last story ran, the fest has added Roky Erikson, Islands, the Constantines, Dirty on Purpose, Flosstradamus, Subtitle, Professor Murder, Chromatics, Earl Greyhound, and Unfortunately, Vitalic seems to have canceled his North American tour, so he won t be appearing.
With the summer festival season officially over, it s time to jet off to some slightly more exotic locales for your monthly live music bender. October s destination: Reykjavik, Iceland.

The Icelandic capitol plays host to the 2006 edition of the , held at various venues in downtown Reykjavik from October 18-22. The line-up features international favorites like the Go! Team, Wolf Parade, Love Is All, Metric, Architecture in Helsinki, Kaiser Chiefs, Islands, Mates of State, Metric, Brazilian Girls, Tilly and the Wall, 120 Days, D a lek, Klaxons, the Cribs, Fields, the Whitest Boy Alive, Datarock, Walter Meego, We Are Scientists, and more.

These foreigners will play alongside tons of local Icelandic acts, including J o hann J o hannsson, Mugison, Apparat Organ Quartet (not the Ellen Allien collaborator), Benni Hemm Hemm, Leaves, Worm Is Green, a band called Tony the Pony, and former Sugarcube Einar O rn s Ghostigital.
Ghostigital will also curate an Airwaves event that includes D a lek and others. , the Sugarcubes will play a one-off gig in Reykjavik on November 17 (i.

e., NOT during the festival).
In all, over 180 artists will perform at this year s Iceland Airwaves.

For a complete list, click . Assorted clubs, record labels, and publications will host events at the festival, including Vice, Moshi Moshi Records, Kerrang!, Drowned in Sound, Bedroom Community Records, Breakbeat.

Is Club, and Kronik Club.
Are the logistics of traveling to Iceland making your brain spin? Festival sponsor is offering that include festival tickets, airfare, and hotel accommodations in Europe s hottest nightlife city, Reykjavik.

Before you run off with daddy s credit card, however, be aware that festival attendees must be at least 20 years of age.
Respected by hard-hitting MCs (including Jay-Z and 50 Cent) and scrawny, Liberal Arts degree-toting white kids alike, Black Star hip-hopper returns this November with his latest longplayer, Ear Drum. Kweli s own label, Blacksmith Records (partnered with Warner Bros.

) will release the disc, which follows up 2004 s .
Ear Drum sees Kweli spitting more of that slick but thought-provoking street poetry you ve come to love from the man, and includes guest spots from frequent Kweli recording partner and DJ/producer , Southern rap legends , embattled songstress , reggae star , and MC-on-the-rise .
If reading about this is making you anxious, click below for a stream and video of the first single off Ear Drum, the -produced Listen .

Cutting-edge mics capture complete experience, including that dipshit on the cellphone Victim of Post-Lollapalooza Withdrawal Disorder? Perry Ferrell s got you covered. The ex-Jane s Addiction frontman and his ever-growing festival enterprise will soon make available for purchase digital recordings from the 2006 event, which went down from August 4-6 at Chicago s Grant Park with 130 bands and tens of thousands of your closest friends (including ).

This means live recordings of all your Lolla favs, including what appear to be full sets from the Hold Steady, Stars, Be Your Own Pet, Editors, Deadboy the Elephantmen, and Smoking Popes, along with assorted tunes from Sleater-Kinney (their last-ever Chicago gig), Broken Social Scene, the Go! Team, Iron Wine, Andrew Bird, Cursive, Wolfmother, Lyrics Born, the Frames, and more-- 26 performers in all.
The tunes will be available in two formats: plain ol mp3, and snazzy FLAC, a CD-quality type of file that takes up hella space on your harddrive.

Click away at beginning October 19 when the website launches (according to mtv.com)-- or snag them from iTunes beginning right now.
Plus Bound Stems, Dirty on Purpose, Early Day Miners In support of the DC music scene, the inaugural will showcase a variety of national buzz bands and notable hometown acts (that aren t Fugazi) for three days of live music in our nation s capital.

The city-wide extravaganza takes place from October 26 through 28 and features artists such as Longwave, Travis Morrison, Geologist (of Animal Collective), Cloud Cult, Dirty on Purpose, Bishop Allen, Early Day Miners, Bound Stems, Decibully, Hopewell, the Oranges Band, and more. Organized by musicians, artists, promoters, writers, web-publishers, venue owners, and entrepreneurs, the DAM! event is similar to San Francisco s Noise Pop Festival and Pop Montreal in its goal, politically speaking, which is to increase the city s visibility on the national music radar.

Of the DAM! Festival, President Bush commented, I like damn music. So long as it brings about freedom and liberty.

(OK, kidding. But W does have his .)
PJ Harvey, Newsom, New Pornos Rock New Yorker When we think of , we think of hard-hitting investigative reporting, confusing cartoons, and that drawing of the snooty guy with spectacles and a top hat.

We certainly don t think of ROCK AND MOTHERFUCKING ROLL. (Except when they run those funny pieces that try to explain Houston rap or reggaeton to rich white people.) But next weekend, The New Yorker is all about the rock.

Well, sort of. As part of their seventh annual , a celebratory weekend of public discourse on arts and ideas taking place October 6-8 at venues throughout the city, the magazine will host a series of musical events..

.and one sure-to-be-awkward dance party. On Saturday, October 7, PJ Harvey will perform as well as chat with theatre critic Hilton Als at the Supper Club.

Later that night, at that same venue, Randy Newman will talk with editor Susan Morrison, and at Newspace, the New Pornographers will hang out with James Surowiecki, the guy who does the Financial Page. So he and Carl Newman can trade stock tips. Down in Brooklyn, at the waterfront venue BargeMusic, Joanna Newsom will perform and talk shop with fellow composers on the edge Mason Bates, Corey Dargel, and Nico Muhly, as well as critic Alex Ross.

Flaming Lips, Wu-Tang, BSS to Play Voodoo Fest A crazy bitch named Katrina may have temporarily displaced the festival last year, but New Orleans returns to the area s City Park district this coming Halloween weekend, celebrating its eighth anniversary.
The two day event, going down October 28 and 29, features performances from a number of fork-friendly acts, including: the Flaming Lips, Wu-Tang Clan, Broken Social Scene, the Fiery Furnaces, Drive-By Truckers, Jamie Lidell, Secret Machines, the Rentals, Brazilian Girls, Duran Duran, the reunited original lineup of Nola s beloved Meters, and P4kHQ guilty pleasures My Chemical Romance and Ferry Corsten.
Also onboard: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shooter Jennings, Blue October, Kings of Leon, Jack s Mannequin, and loads of regional favorites.

The festival s website promises more acts will be announced soon. Full line-up ahead.
Weekend passes for Voodoo are on sale now, while those willing to pony up a few (hundred) bucks more gain access to some sort of frou-frou VIP lounge.

Swank! Finding shouldn t be a problem, as the massive three-day festival takes over practically every live venue in Boston from September 28-30. A networking event for artists and music industry peeps, the NEMO Music Festival and Conference also features nightly showcases from over 300 local and national acts, including Dr.

Octagon, Yo La Tengo, Ladytron, Be Your Own Pet, the Long Winters, the Black Lips, 7L Esoteric, Diamond Nights, Joseph Arthur, and Fancey, to name a few.
This year s NEMO Music Fest places particular emphasis on helping artists take their careers to the NEXT LEVEL. In addition to offering performance clinics, a music industry trade show, and panel discussions, the organization will also host the .

This event raises money for the NEMO Scholarship Fund, granted to musically gifted students in need of financial aid. Sweet.
Not all good festivals happen in outdoor parks in the summertime.

Some happen in Turkish wedding halls in Germany in the fall, like the first-ever .
Featuring music from Final Fantasy, Vetiver, El Perro del Mar, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, XBXRX, Adem, and more, the two-day event also includes an art exhibition, poetry, and performance.
We started this spring to curate two evenings of music in a Turkish wedding hall.

..in Berlin Kreuzberg, the festival coordinators explained, Why?

Because we were bored, seriously. In the beginning it was just about two evenings of music we love-- challenging, interesting, passionate artists from all over the place. And then we also started to invite artists for a little exhibition in the venue nearby.

..and a little beautiful thing started.

birthday, the former will put on a concert event featuring the artists listed above (some on DJ duty), as well as motion graphics , a poster exhibition, live screen-printing from, a magic photo booth , and more. festivities run from 7pm-2am this Saturday evening/Sunday morning, with all proceeds benefiting, uncover the party s location, confirm your attendance . Full roster of performers after the jump.

KT Tunstall, GWAR, Tears for Fears play Totally Made Up Fest The mighty -- one of Pitchfork s fellow alums from the Internet class of 1996-- will this year celebrate its tenth year of online operations. Besides offering streaming audio/video and original editorial content on musical matters over the years, Brainwashed has also made itself super-useful by hosting the websites of numerous indie bands (!!

!, Tortoise, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Antony and the Johnsons, etc.