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RidingEasy Records and Chicago/LA record store Permanent Records are back with the fifth installment of their compilation series, Brown Acid. If you’re unfamiliar, the comps collect obscure ’60s and ’70s heavy psych/hard rock/proto-metal jams…

…according to the Baltimore Sun:

It has officially become news when there are no overdoses at your EDM festival. Let’s hope Electric Zoo can get a story like that, though we’re not sure it will be because of their public service announcement…

Jamie xx w/ The xx in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)

It was recently announced that NYC EDM festival Electric Zoo would be returning this year with drug-sniffing dogs, patdowns, plainclothes security officers, and a required anti-drug PSA after last year’s festival resulted in two drug-related deaths (and one reported case of sexual assault and 31 arrests) which cancelled day 3…

Montreal’s Osheaga Festival is returning this year from August 1 – 3 at Parc Jean-Drapeau. The lineup was just announced and includes Outkast, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, The Replacements, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Modest Mouse, Local Natives, Haim, SBTRKT (who’s streaming a new EP), Pusha T, Gogol Bordello, Cut Copy, Flume, Chance the Rapper, Gesaffelstein, Danny Brown, Four Tet, Volcano Choir, Against Me…

DOWNLOAD: Bondax – “Giving It All” (MP3)

Modeselektor at Coachella 2012 (more by David Andrako)

As mentioned, NYC electronic festival Electric Zoo is returning to the recently restored (after Governors Ball damage) Randall’s Island from August 30 to Septe…

Disclosure at MHOW in March (more by Jason Bergman)

Holy Ship!!! is returning in 2014 for its third year (hence the three exclamation points) and will set sail off the coast of Miami on January 9, 2014, returning on January 12…

Squarepusher is coming to the NYC-area for Camp Bisco, which goes down this year from July 11 to 13 at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY with Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Toro y Moi, El-P & Killer Mike, Baauer, Ryan Hemsworth, Dan Deacon, Danny Brown, and more…

Passion Pit at MSG earlier this month (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

Camp Bisco is known for a long history of booking jam bands and dance music, but has branched out in recent years…

With help from Eugene Mirman, Chris Gethard, Mike Birbiglia, Portugal. The Man and more, Weird Al just began announcing the 2013 Bonnaroo line-up on the Bonnaroo YouTube page which happens June 13 – 16 in Manchester, TN…