Deer Tick at Brooklyn Bowl on NYE (more by Tracy Allison)

Clearwater Festival is returning to Croton Point Park from June 16-17 in Croton, NY. This year's festival includes Dawes, Deer Tick, Alejandro Escovedo, Punch Brothers, Bela Fleck, Arlo Guthrie, Martin Sexton, Ani Difranco and more. Tickets for the festival are on sale now. Full Clearwater lineup below...

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Béla Fleck and The Flecktones @ Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)

today in NYC
* Midsummer Night Swing
* Dom Kennedy @ SOB's
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Rickie Lee Jones @ City Winery
* Tell Your Friends @ Lolita Bar
* Styx, Yes @ PNC Bank Arts Center
* Diego Garcia @ Apple Store (Soho)
* Lossing / Belogenis / Wollesen @ The Stone
* Portraits in Dramatic Time @ Lincoln Center
* Mazes, Beige, Country Mice, The Hairs @ Glasslands
* Angelica Sanchez, Wadada Leo Smith Duo @ The Stone
* Béla Fleck and The Flecktones @ Apple Store (UWS)
* Slutever, Mannequin Pussy, Soft Spot, Teardrops @ Death By Audio
* The Holmes Brothers (Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival) @ City Winery
* Phantom Power, Porches, Nelsonvillains, Turbosleaze @ The Delancey
* Black Thought, J. Period, Mr. Mecca, Skotch Davis, Boogie Blind, DJ Suga Ray @ Brooklyn Bowl

Hope you had a great weekend. Relatively slow start to the post-holiday week today.

Two free Apple Store shows, one with Béla Fleck and The Flecktones.

Mazes...

"When you think Manchester, England you may think Stone Roses and The Smiths, but in the case of Mazes, it's more Sebadoh and Soul Asylum. Not unlike Yuck, this trio owe lots to '90s indie rock as can be heard on their debut album A Thousand Heys which came out in April." [Bill]

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Dom Kennedy, who appears on Curren$y's album Pilot Talk II and who released a new album called II - From the Westside, With Love, plays SOB's tonight. Curren$y also just released a new album, called Weekend at Burnie's, and you can watch the new video for "Still" from that one, below...

What else?

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Like Chicago and Atlantic City, NYC & Washington will get iterations of the traveling festival with the extremely scary name (and headliner)...

"Dave Matthews Band Caravan" will come to New York City's Governors Island on August 26, 27 and 28 and The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA on September 2, 3 and 4. The events will feature a diverse lineup of musical talent performing on multiple stages during the day and a full set by headliners Dave Matthews Band each night. See below for ticket information.

In addition to Dave Matthews Band, the lineup for the Governors Island event will include Dispatch, The Roots, Gogol Bordello, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, The Head and the Heart, Vieux Farka Touré, David Wax Museum and many more to be announced soon...."

At least the Flaming Lips, who play the NJ version of the fest, aren't on that lineup, because that gives hope that they'll announce their own real NYC show. "An online presale for the Governors Island event for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association will begin on Monday, April 25, at 10:00 AM ET at http://www.warehouse.davematthewsband.com/."

This is the second big Governors Island Fest to be announced this year. The other is the dance-oriented Governors Ball (Punk Island also returns this year).

More DMBC info below...

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Bonnaroo (June 9-12 in Manchester Tennessee) has announced the 2011 lineup (slightly early), and like the rumored Lollapalooza lineup, Eminem is among the headliners. Bonnaroo also has Grammy winners Arcade Fire and the Black Keys, in addition to Lil Wayne, Mumford & Sons, the Strokes, The Decemberists, Florence & the Machine, Girl Talk, Beirut (haven't seen them in a while), and many more. Full list below...

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