One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin' (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others. Three-day wristbands are on sale now with individual day tickets going on sale in June. Full lineup is below.

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Glenn Branca at the 2011 Bang-on-a-Can Marathon (more by Andrew Frisicano)

Fortissimo Records will present Yo Eskerrik Asko NYC!, a two-day event will descend upon Public Assembly on August 24th and 25th. Neptune, Christina Carter, White Suns, Action Beat, and Glenn Branca play the first night. Oneohtrix Point Never, Charalambides, Colin L. Orchestra, Grasshopper, Opponents/Ala Muerte, and Tim Hecker play on the second evening. Tickets for both August 24th and August 25th are on sale separately, or you can buy a two-day pass.

Tim Hecker is also scheduled to play Mutek, an ATP event curated by The National and Pitchfork fest.

Oneohtrix Point Never is also scheduled to play NYC on May 5th as part of the National-curated Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival. More Oneohtrix Point Never dates are listed below....

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Free-form psychedelia is king for guitarist Tom Carter (of Charalambides) & steel guitarist Marc Orleans (of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Juneau, D. Charles Speer and the Helix, etc), who have teamed up to form a new project entitled Eleven-Twenty-Nine. The long time collaborators are currently working on a new LP, slated for release on February 22, 2011 for their new label, Northern-Spy Records. Eleven Twenty-Nine recently played the Bell House with Bardo Pond and Bar Matchless on 12/6, but they have another NYC area date in the near future as well: 12/17 at Silent Barn. Full Tom Carter dates are below, which include solo shows at Zebulon on 12/29 and The Stone on 3/1 (which is the only March date we previously listed as part of Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson's month, though it's not clear if the show actually falls into what they curated since they are February).

Eleven Twenty-Nine plan to hit the Northeast on a larger scale in February to support of the new LP. We'll keep our eyes out for those dates, but until then, check out all Tom Carter dates and some video below.

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