photos by Glen Brown

RUN DMC / Black Lips with Val Kilmer /Against Me!

The best part about Austin's annual good time known as Fun Fun Fun Fest is diversity. While punk and metal are driving the tattoo-sleeved set nuts on the Black Stage (pics HERE and HERE), there is an entirely different festival going on at some of the other stages - legendary MCs to movie star cameros, punk legends to some of the best indie bands on the come-up. .

In this post are another set of pics from day one, this time from photographer Glen Brown, including shots of Black Lips with Val Kilmer and Rooney Mara (part of a Terrence Malick movie shoot, more HERE), Against Me!, and Run DMC, plus X, Not In The Face, Dum Dum Girls, Cursive, Diamond Rings, Sharon Van Etten, more Napalm Death, more Converge, Astronautilus, Bob Mould, and Tomahawk.

More below...

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words by @griffinshot - Tim Griffin

Scenes from Fun Fun Fun Lucky Lady Bingo via Adi Anand's Instagrams 7/11/2012

While we've had some teasers in the last few weeks - Wednesday night was the night for BINGO - and the full Fun Fun Fun Fest reveal.

On 7/11 (Happy Slurpee Day!) Fun Fun Fun held their bingo-to-reveal-the-artists event, and while we already knew about Run DMC reuniting and some others, there were quite a few surprises in the massive list of musical acts and comedians announced (Public Image Ltd., Youth of Today, De La Soul, X, Bob Mould, Saul Williams, and Hannibal Burress to name a few).

The headliners (in addition to the aforementioned Run DMC reunion) are an electic-but-looked-forward-to group: Santigold, Refused, and for Comedy David Cross.

Three-day and PIP passes go on sale on Thursday at 10AM CST and will no doubt move fast. Get them here once the clock passes 9:59...

See the full line-up below.

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Frankie Rose @ Red 7 on 4/14

Frankie Rose rolled into town with Dive (who just changed their name to Diiv) to play Red 7 along with Cheap Curls (whose member Katie aka Bambi, like Frankie, is an ex-Dum Dum Girls member) & The Young (who just announced a lot of dates). Here are some pictures from the 4/14 show. More below...

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35 Denton happens right before SXSW Music in Denton. In their own words:

35 Denton is a walkable 4-day music festival programmed in the heart of downtown Denton, Texas, March 8-11 2012. Run by a core staff of volunteers, 35 is committed to sustaining an intimate experience that serves art with energized urban space. Above all, 35 values artists and exchange, promoting a community that transcends the event.

The participating venues are Andy's, Banter, Dan's Silverleaf, Denton Square Donuts, Hailey's, J&J's Mellow Mushroom, Rubber Gloves, Sweetwater, The Abbey Underground, and The Labb. Wristbands are on sale.

So far 35 Denton is already killing it with their initial lineup which is listed below (and animated gif format HERE)..

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