Theophilus London will headline the "Official Northside Festival Opening Party" at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, June 16th. Tickets go on AmEx presale Wednesday at noon, and then general sale Friday at noon. You can also try to get in with a Northside Festival badge.

The hip hop artist is one of 65+ new artists being officially added to the lineup of this year's Northside Festival (June 16-19 in various venues across Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY). Here's the full list:

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by BBG

DOWNLOAD: The Entrance Band - "Grim Reaper Blues" (MP3)

Sunburned Hand Of The Man

The 1st Annual Memory Burn Psych Fest is a one night affair on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 @ Glasslands in Brooklyn, NY. Inspired by such psych-minded festivals over the past few years such as the Frisco Freakout in SF, Memory Burn gathers a stylistic smattering of local heady, heavy hitters in New York's psych scene for an evening of tripped-out fun...

The inaugural Memory Burn Psych Fest is a doozy, featuring performances from Revival Times, Weird Owl, Future Hunter, The Black Hollies, White Hills, Hopewell, Golden Triangle, Psychic Ills, and Sunburned Hand of the Man. The show kicks off at 7PM and $12 gets you in the door.

Another notable psych-related event in the near future includes The Entrance Band, who will team up with The Growlers at Mercury Lounge for a show on June 12th. Tickets are on sale. The Entrance Band play Bonnaroo just two days prior.

Sunburned Hand of The Man recently contributed to a tribute LP for the fallen Jack Rose, who passed away late last year. The album, entitled Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of Jack Rose, is out now via Fina Music and also features contributions from Bardo Pond, MV & EE, No Neck Blues Band, Six Organs of Admittance, Spectre Folk, and many many other notables. All proceeds from the sale of the record go to the estate of Jack Rose. Pick up that record, and read more about it at the label's site.

The Memory Burn flyer and some video, including a few of Golden Triangle at Sound Fix Tuesday (5/4) is below...

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by Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: Benjy Ferree - Fear (MP3)

Brightest Young Things: I wanted to ask about your new record...where did all the reviews get the idea that it's a concept record?

Benjy Ferree: Man I have no idea; I never said that it was a concept record.

BYT: The name is from an Altman movie right? I remember loving it as a kid but I don't if it has any bearing on the story of Bobby Dee...

BF: I don't know, I just stole the title, you know?

...I guess Benjy hasn't read his own press release, which basically tells the entire story of Bobby Driscoll and how it relates to his new album. One sentence: "Come Back To The Five And Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee, the second full-length album from D.C. musician Benjy Ferree, gives Bobby Driscoll a recognition that is long overdue: a musical eulogy to a forgotten child star who was chewed up and spit out by the unforgiving Hollywood meat market."

"Fear," off that record and posted above, may not actually be about a doomed child star, but it's still pretty good white-guy-soul song.

Benjy Ferree's tour with The Black Hollies kicked off September 3rd in Benjy's homebase of DC. Tomorrow (Sat, Sept.5th) both bands play Mercury Lounge (tix available at the door), and tonight (9/4) they play Maxwell's with The Nouvellas. Tickets are still on sale.

Ferree on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert and all tour dates are below...

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