New Alternative Music Festival

Downtown Boys have shows coming up, including Hopscotch in Raleigh and their label Don Giovanni’s New Alternative Music Fest in Asbury Park. Right before NAMF, they’ll play a NYC show…

The festival aims to be “held in direct opposition to the apolitical sludge that has come to pass as ‘indie’ and that has nothing to do with operating independently.” They add, “There will be no sponsors, no backdoor advertising via branded content, or other base money-making schemes.”

Don Giovanni Records aren’t doing their annual showcases this year, but they’re planning this festival instead: THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE. There is an alternative to music released and distributed by three major corporations…