East Coast Music Festivals - The Ultra Indie Edtion

There are a number of smaller scale music festivals going on that I'd like to share with you as I know others too probably know of a few. I figured rather than making a lot of annoying indivual threads or letting these get lost in the Just Announced thread, I'd start one just for the little guys.

Let's save this thread for the smaller scale festivals that don't get all of the hype and let the biggies have their own threads. ;)

(I was going to post a poster with this one but some of the bands have changed since then. If a more updated one comes along, I'll post it.)

If you have any questions or concerns about any of the ones I've posted today, I have connections with all of them so could probably help you out.


Popnoise Fest
Saturday Sept. 16th, 2006
Psychedelphia, Pennsylvania

The POPNOISE FESTIVAL 2006 is the 3nd audio/visual event of its type, organized to expose the City of Philadelphia to the best music & art the Independent Art & Music Community has to offer.

It will be held
Sat. Sept 16th, 2006
at
the Rotunda
4014 Walnut St Philadelphia, PA 19104 in the heart of University City


Bands participating this year are…

1. R-Tronika (NYC)
2. Last Year's Model (Brooklyn)
3. Soundpool (NYC)
4. L'Envoi (Philly)
5. Psiconautas (Puerto Rico)
6. Panda Riot (Philadelphia)
7. Grayland (Virginia)
8. Stellarscope (Philadelphia)
9. The Opposite Sex (DC)
10. The Metrosexuals (Delaware)
and more…
Special Guest: Scary Lady Sarah of American Gothic Productions (Chicago) will be spinning throughout the day in between band sets.
All visuals/films by Patetico Recordings

This is a FREE ALL AGES EVENT.
The past two festivals have been great and we want to make it bigger and better.
http://www.myspace.com/popnoisefestival

Walls of Soundfest 2

When: Saturday September 23rd.
Where: Central Station, Fredricksburg Virginia

Bands:

Soundpool (NYC)
Alcianblue (DC)
Plumerai (Boston)
ELIKA (NYC)
STAR (w/Scott Cortez)(Chicago)
DestroyAllDreamers (Montreal)
The Whisper System
Kohoutek (Snail's band!) (DC)
The Offering (Fredericksburg, VA)
myotis
Kisskill Destroyer (DC…I think)
she bites dog
a Place to Bury Strangers (NYC)
Skydivers (DC/Laural)
Living In Photographs (NYC…I think)
Pash
Ceremony (Fredericksburg, VA)
Silent Film Star
Obit
Grayland (Richmond, VA)
The Antiques (DC)
Remora (North Carolina)
Stellarscope (Psychedelphia, PA)

Scary Lady Sarah who lives in both Chicago and Germany will be in to DJ along with Rex Nexus from NYC. (I use to co-DJ with Rex on the Loveless Music Group Radio.)

http://www.myspace.com/wallsofsoundfest

Okay, so you have to swim a little to make it to this one…

Popnoise Fest Puerto Rico
August 24-25, 2006
Aguadilla, Puerto, Rico


Popnoise Fest Puerto Rico will be the weekend of the 24th to the 26th of August in Aguadilla, PR- on a private lot alongside Route number 2 between Aguadilla and Aguada at the intersection of Route 111.
There will be parking and camping all three days. Proyected attendance is 6000+.
Bands performing at the event are PR's best underground -indie/shoegaze/psychedelic/noise/electro-dreampop as well as some of PRs best comercial and Latin Grammy nominated and winning pop rockbands…

1. Icaro Azul
2. Balun
3. Psiconautas
4. Astrid Proll
5. 9 Vidas
6. Aurora
7. F.O.R.E
8. Introdujos
9. Clon
10. Parasolar
11. Odradek
12. Habitat
13. Un.Real
14. Stellarscope
15. Sus
16. Crissalida
17. Matotumba
18. Decibel
19. Trck 6 / E.M.L
20. Trapnel
21. Circo
22. Los Sonidos Distantes
23. La Bandita Trilli
24. Audiosis / Microscopio
25. Somvazio
26. Denario & The Whiskey Band
27. Comuna De Santos
28. El Manjar De Los Dioses
29. Ultra Sonora
30. Negros Vivos
31. Los Blongo Roosters
32. La Fundación
33. Mercy Killings
34. Epicurio
35. Celestina Robot
36. Los Espectros
37. Molina
38. Imagenes Caidas
39. Necronazis
40. Cherry Clan
and many more…

http://www.pateticorecordings.com

Popfest New England
October 6-8, 2006
Northampton, MA

The Antiques, Washington, DC - www.theantiques.org
Beauty Sleep, Brooklyn, NY - www.beautysleepband.com
The Besties, Brooklyn, NY - www.thebesties.com
The Brother Kite, Providence, RI - www.thebrotherkite.com
The Butterflies of Love, New Haven, CT - www.myspace.com/thebutterfliesoflove
Bunnygrunt, St. Louis, MO - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnygrunt
Colin Clary and the Magogs, Burlington, VT - www.myspace.com/colinclaryandthemagogs
Dyrdin, Reykjavik, Iceland - www.mmedia.is/dyrdin/englishindex.htm
Hands and Knees, Boston, MA - www.myspace.com/handsandknees
The Icicles, Grand Rapids, MI - www.theicicles.com
The Ladybug Transistor, NYC - www.theladubugtransistor.com
The Lâ??il Hospital, Washington, DC - www.myspace.com/lilhospital
Locas in Love, Cologne, Germany - www.locasinlove.de
Manchester by the Sea, CT - www.skippingstonesrecords.com/manchester_by_the_sea
Math & Physics Club, Seattle, WA - www.mathandphysicsclub.com
My Teenage Stride, NYC - www.myteenagestride.com
Palomar, Brooklyn, NY - www.palomartheband.com
Pipas, London, UK - www.plumasbouncer.com/llc/band/pipas
Polar Bear Parade, Brooklyn, NY - www.polarbearparade.com
Ponies in the Surf, Boston, MA - www.poniesinthesurf.com
The Sawtelles, Plantsville, CT - www.sawtelles.com
School for the Dead, Northampton, MA - www.schoolforthedead.com
Secret Shine, Bristol, UK - www.secretshine.co.uk
The Smittens, Burlington, VT - www.smittens.com
The Snow Fairies, Philadelphia, PA - www.snowfairies.heartonmysleeve.net
Spouse, Northampton, MA - www.spousemusic.com
The Year Zero, Long Beach, CA - www.myspace.com/theyearzero

http://www.skippingstonesrecords.com/popfest/2006/

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Popfest New England
October 6-8, 2006
Northampton, MA

I thought Asobi Seksu was playing this one?

Originally posted by redsock:

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Popfest New England
October 6-8, 2006
Northampton, MA

I thought Asobi Seksu was playing this one?

Apparently not. They'll be on the West Coast at that time.

You know, it's seems that I too had seen them listed at one point. Maybe they cancelled out so they could tour out West.

You ought to list your festival in here too. ;)

The Free Folk Phantasmagory III at 611 Florida
http://www.claviusproductions.org
Saturday, September 16
4pm, $5 suggested donation

Little Howlin' Wolf
Ilya Monosov & Preston Swirnoff
PG Six
Christina Carter
Max Ochs
Shawn David McMillen
Fern Knight
Lida Husik
Neg-Fi
anti:clockwise
The Big Huge
Kohoutek
Death Chants

Sonic Circuits DC at the Warehouse Theatre Complex
Thursday, October 5 to Sunday, October 8

Thursday, October 5

Matterlink
Scott Smallwood
Koen Holtkamp
Queens
Los Glissandinos
Ben Owen

Friday, October 6

Harvey Bainbridge (of Hawkwind)
Spaceseed
Yellow Swans
Mouthus
Kohoutek
MoHa!
USA/USB
SKIF++

Saturday, October 7

If, Bwana
Violet
Michael Gendreau
elmapi
Caution Curves
Jeff Craey
Office-R(6)
DB

Sunday, October 8

Wolf Eyes
John Wiese
Ovo
Mr. Natural
Matt Weston & Tone Ghosting

a few more acts to be announced soon…

Not sure if this qualifies as "ultra indie" but….

Sparklefest 2006
September 28,29,30
The Pour House
Raliegh, NC

http://www.myspace.com/sparklefest2006

The Shazam
Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team
Michael Slawter & The Saving Graces
The Churchills
Stratocruiser
Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings
The Anderson Council
The Mockers
The Grip Weeds
Jeffrey Dean Foster
The Nevers
Parklife
The Jellybricks
Kick The Future
Milkshake Jones
Tim Lee
Mitch Easter
The Cogburns
Barry Holdship Four
The Breaks
Successful Failures
& more TBA

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Not sure if this qualifies as "ultra indie" but….

Sure, absolutely it does!

I was just trying to be cute with my title. Should have left off the 'East Coast' portion so we can include smaller music festivals anywhere but we can do that anyway as we go along. I just thought that this would make for a nice 'go to' thread for us to help keep things a bit more organized. Let the Lalapolooza's, Virgins, Coachellas, SXSW and other really big festivals have their own threads since they are so large and well known. Even if we highlight any of the smaller ones with their own threads, it would be a good idea to include them in here too. ;)

Here's a perfect example of why I should have left 'East Coast' off of my thread title.

Betty, I don't know where you are right now but if I were in the L.A. area on Sunday Aug. 20th, I'd be at the Fuck Yeah Fest.

Fuck Yeah Fest
@ The Echo
1822 W Sunset Blvd
Echo Park, Ca.
Sunday, Aug 20th.

Tickets are $20 for the whole day.


Dead Meadow
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians
The Ponys
Midnight Movies
Icarus Line
Gris Gris
Silversun Pickups
Wires On Fire
The Adored
Fortune Flesh
Sabertooth Tiger
Erase Errata
Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower
Partyline
Bobby Birdman
BARR
Matt and Kim
No Age
The Punks
Teenage Talking Cars
Jack Bambiâs
The Punks

The DAM! Fest announces a first batch of bands:

Travis Morrison, Longwave, Forget Cassettes, Hopewell, De Novo Dahl, Decibully, Bishop Allen, Carol Bui, Falcon. Many more to come…

Originally posted by redsock:
The DAM! Fest announces a first batch of bands:

Travis Morrison, Longwave, Forget Cassettes, Hopewell, De Novo Dahl, Decibully, Bishop Allen, Carol Bui, Falcon. Many more to come…

Wow, this looks great. Looking forward to updates.

How about some singer-songwriter types?

Will Travis Morrison be doing an all gospel set?

Originally posted by redsock:
The DAM! Fest announces a first batch of bands:

Travis Morrison, Longwave, Forget Cassettes, Hopewell, De Novo Dahl, Decibully, Bishop Allen, Carol Bui, Falcon. Many more to come…

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
How about some singer-songwriter types?

Will Travis Morrison be doing an all gospel set?

Originally posted by redsock:
The DAM! Fest announces a first batch of bands:

Travis Morrison, Longwave, Forget Cassettes, Hopewell, De Novo Dahl, Decibully, Bishop Allen, Carol Bui, Falcon. Many more to come…

No, he won't be. And yes, we are working on some bands up your alley Rhett, though I think you would probably like Decibully.

Besides lots of very cool music, it's all ages, only $10, cheap food and drinks, plenty of free parking, 3 big rooms of shows, Snail's band, very friendly people and they even have cubby holes with couches for chilling out.

Also, I just got word last night that there is some kind of After-Party in the works but I don't have the details on that yet. I'm assuming it's public but can't swear to that as of now….so maybe I should shut up on that until further notice.

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And Rhett, please don't bitch about there not being any singer/songwriter types. It's not that kind of festival so please just stay away so we don't have to put up with your bitching about it being so loud and that the bands just stood up on stage playing and staring at their shoes (which is not always the case).

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Also, I just got word last night that there is some kind of After-Party in the works but I don't have the details on that yet. I'm assuming it's public but can't swear to that as of now….so maybe I should shut up on that until further notice.

Matt: Hey bra', how we doin', man?
Karl: Alright.
Matt: It's been awhile, man. Life's so rad! This band's my favorite, man. Don'tcha love 'em?
Karl: Yeah.
Matt: Aw, man, do you want a beer?
Karl: Alright.
Matt: Aw, man. Wow, bra', this is the best, man. I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff. This is great, man.
Karl: Yeah.
Matt: Hey, do you know about the party after the show?
Karl: Yeah.
Matt: Aw, man, it's gonna be the best. I'm so stoked! Take it easy, bra'.

Mykel: Hey, what's up?
Matt: Not much.
Mykel: Um… did you hear about the party?
Matt: Yeah.
Mykel: I think I'm going to go, but, um… my friends don't really wanna go. Could I get a ride?

Hoya, is that your way of trying to get an invite? :p

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Hoya, is that your way of trying to get an invite? :p

hah, i've just been listening to weezer lately and that little exchange immediately popped into my mind when i read your post … still not sure if we'll be able to make it, but i'm hoping we will

So, I went to both the Popnoise Fest in Philly and the Walls Of Soundfest in Fredericksburg. Both were days full of great music at a bargin! Still don't have my wits about me yet.

Snail's band Khohutek really floored them at the WoSF! I don't think anyone knew what to expect but everyone was completely blown off their asses by them…especially, by Snail himself! All of you true music lovers really need to go check him out sometime.

Very, very slowly, I'm starting to see signs of life around cyber-space from those who attended the WoSF, all with very positive reports. We were all wiped out, except for Tommy who also put on the Popnoise Fest. Don't know where the man gets his energy!

The festival ended with all of The Antiques and Alcian Blue putting up one incredible wall of guitars by playing Slowdive's "Primal". Made for a stunning ending.

Everyone had a great time and we're all looking forward to next year.

Hoya, were you there? I was hoping to meet you.