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Redd Kross (with Dale Crover) releasing 'Octavia,' headlining Atlanta Mess Around

The Atlanta Mess Around Festival also includes The Gories, Timmy’s Organism, Terry & Louie, Reigning Sound/Oblivians’ Greg Cartwright + Gentlemen Jesse (who make their live debut as a duo at the fest), and more.

Mean Jeans touring to The Fest, playing Brooklyn & Baltimore's U+NFest 5 too

Baltimore’s U+NFest also has ESG, Celebration, Terry Malts, ESCAPE-ISM (Ian Svenonius), Permanent Waves (Christina Billotte of Slant 6 / Quixotic), and more.

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