The 2013 ACL Festival happens in Austin, TX on two consecutive weekends: October 4 - 6 and October 11 - 13. Weekend passes are on sale now and the full line-up is below...

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Bumbershoot is returning to Seattle this year from August 31 to September 2 at Seattle Center. This year's lineup was just announced, and it includes Death Cab for Cutie performing Transatlanticism (in case The Postal Service reuniting wasn't enough Ben Gibbard nostalgia for you), Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, The Breeders, The Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter, Baroness, Crystal Castles, Gary Numan, Joey Bada$$, Eric Burdon, Bob Mould, David Bazan, Charli XCX, Redd Kross, The Men and more.

Tickets (3-day passes, 2-day passes, and single day tickets) for the festival are on sale now.

Full lineup below...

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Outside Lands Fest 2012 (more byAmoreena Lucero)

The 2013 edition of San Francisco's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival with happen at Golden Gate Park on August 9 - 11. This year's line-up includes Paul McCartney, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, D'Angelo, Willie Nelson, Grizzly Bear, Band of Horses, Hall & Oates, Foals, A-Track, Jurassic 5, Kurt Vile and many more. Tickets go on sale Thursday (4/18) at noon PDT.

This is the sixth edition of Outside Lands, and the full announced line-up is below.

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The 2013 Clearwater Festival will take place on June 15 and 16 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY. This year's line-up includes Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, Son Volt, Mavis Staples, Antibalas, Nicole Atkins, Patterson Hood and more. Full line-up is below. Tickets for Clearwater are on sale now.

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Tickets for Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the newly-added Solange show at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Savages shows at Bowery Ballroom and MHOW go on sale today at noon.

Tickets to the Disclosure shows at MHOW and Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Mykki Blanco show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Jim James show at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the CHVRCHES show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.

That CHRVCHES show is being opened by Dan Croll, who also plays Glasslands on March 20 with Feathers and Lorna Dune. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Tickets for the Shuggie Otis show at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon. Tickets for his BB King's show are still available.

Tickets for the Cloud Cult show at Bowery Ballroom with JBM go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Daughter show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Bad Religion and Against Me! show at Terminal 5 and tickets for their Wellmont Theatre go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Drive-By Truckers and Old 97s shows at Capitol Theatre and Wellmont Theatre go on sale today at noon.

TIckets for the Kate Nash show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.

Tickets for the Cold War Kids show at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon.

Tickets also just went on sale for The National's huge show at Barclays Center with Youth Lagoon.

The Postelles, The Arkells and Ambassadors are playing Santos Party House on March 5. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Ivan & Alyosha are playing Santos Party House on April 18 with The Lone Bellow. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Now Now

As mentioned previously, Bob Mould will be back in NYC next month for two shows at Bowery Ballroom on February 26 - 27 and tickets are still available. What we didn't know at the time was who was opening the shows, which we now do. Bear in Heaven will open the 2/26 show and Minneapolis trio Now Now will open the 2/27 show. Tickets to both Bowery shows are still available.

Bear in Heaven, who played here last month, have a few other dates coming up, including Chicago's Tomorrow Never Knows Festival next week and a few dates with Hooray for Earth. '

Now Now, meanwhile, are also on the road and will hit NYC before the Bob Mould show as part of the Heavy & Light tour that hits Irving Plaza on February 13 and also features Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot), Anthony Raneri, The Lone Bellow and Will Anderson. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

Back to Bob, the Kickstarter for his concert DVD was successfully funded, and See a Little Light comes out January 15 and you can pre-order it here.

All lists of dates below...

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