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It was cloudy but mercifully cool on Saturday (7/9) for the 2016 edition of the Village Voice 4Knots Music Festival which returned to South Street Seaport after a weird 2015 edition on the Hudson...

The festival happens this Saturday with Guided by Voices, Protomartyr, Car Seat Headrest, Kirk Knight, Girlpool and more across three stages at the South Street Seaport.

Klaus Johann Grobe, an anti-gun-violence benefit w/ Yo La Tengo and more, Hop Along & Speedy Ortiz, Kid Congo, Gary Numan, La Sera, Clams Casino & more show options for your Wednesday night.

The Hopscotch Music Festival returns in 2016 to various Raleigh, NC venues from September 8-10. The lineup is impressive as always, with Television, Wolf Parade, Converge, Baroness, Yob, Tribulation, Erykah Badu, Young Thug, Sylvan Esso, Vince Staples, Anderson Paak, Beach House, Beach Slang, Andrew Bird, Cobalt, Downtown Boys, Julien Baker, Quilt, Lambchop, Lavender Country, Big Freedia, Wiki, Ke

They're streaming sets from Animal Collective, Courtney Barnett, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, Ty Segall & the Muggers, Royal Trux, Thurston Moore Band, Black Mountain, Uncle Acid, Parquet Courts, and more

The annual fest is back at the South Street Seaport and the indie rock filled lineup is here.

Steve Gunn's first album for Matador has finally been announced. It's called Eyes On The Lines and it's due out June 3 via the label. Its first single is the very nice sounding folk rocker "Conditions Wild."

Pacific Northwest festival Pickathon has its 2016 edition on August 5 - 7 in Happy Valley, Oregon and they just announced the initial line-up which includes Jeff Tweedy, Yo La Tengo, Beach House, Ty Segall & The Muggers, Black Mountain, The Oh Hellos, Patrick Watson, Thee Oh Sees, Fruit Bats, Dan Deacon, Julia Holter, BADBADNOTGOOD, Alvvays, Protomartyr, La Luz, Ultimate Painting, Moon Duo, Ezra Furman, Sir Richard Bishop, The Woolen Men, and more...

Austin's Levitation Festival already announced a few of its 2016 performers, including Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, plus Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sleep, Lee Scratch Perry, Ty Segall, Black Mountain, and Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats...

Like their sister magazine Q, the folks at MOJO are fans of Julia Holter's Have You in My Wilderness, naming it 2015's Album of the Year...