Slingshot Dakota

The annual Michigan punk festival also includes poet and LGBT activist Andrea Gibson, poet and metal illness awareness advocate Neil Hilborn, Remo Drive, Rozwell Kid, Mothers, and more.

Also, watch People Like You’s new video for “Variations on an Aria” off their clean, mathy, horn-filled new album ‘Verse.’

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Sleep, The National’s “Guilty Party,” Tim & Eric, Taking Back Sunday, Cockney Rejects, Beth Ditto/US Girls, Katie Ellen/Camp Cope, and more.

New England’s Perennial were formed by members of now-defunct Topshelf indie bands Lion Cub (Chelsey Hahn and Chad Jewett) and Aeroplane, 1929 (Will Mulhern), but Perennial hits a little harder than their past bands…

The pop punk band’s album features TWIABP singer David F Bello and Slingshot Dakota’s Carly Commando providing guest lead vocals, plus Chris Farren, Koji, Zoe of Kississippi, and more.

At the Baby’s show, Petal opened backed by Slingshot Dakota.

Riot Fest isn’t the only punk festival announcing its lineup this week. Gainesville’s The Fest returns for its 16th year with Against Me! (playing Reinventing Axl Rose), Hot Water Music, Hum, Rainer Maria, The Lillingtons, Snapcase, Smoking Popes, Teenage Bottlerocket, Iron Reagan, 88 Fingers Louie, Beach Slang, and more…

The comp features The Menzingers (covering Jason Isbell), Laura Stevenson (covering Townes Van Zandt), Jeff Rosenstock (covering Bikini Kill), Chris Farren (covering Against Me!), Augusta Koch of Cayetana (covering The Mountain Goats), Radiator Hospital (covering Fred Thomas), Restorations singer Jon Loudon (covering Bright Eyes), Cheap Girls singer Ian Graham (covering Evan Dando), and more.

Topshelf labelmates Slingshot Dakota and Ratboys are touring together this March.