Buy 4 tickets, get one free for a limited time, plus a chance for everyone at FYF Fest to win 4 passes & hotel for Matador 21 party in Vegas!

FYF FEST is happening for the second year in a row at the Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown LA on September 4th, 2010. It’s the 7th installment of the festival overall.

Some important things to keep in mind:

· Back To School Special just announced - Buy 4 tickets at normal price ($30), get 1 free - this offer expires on Aug. 30 at 5pm PST - click here to take advantage of the special

· There will be food trucks and over dozen food vendors including many vegetarian and vegan options. Other activities added to FYF include a record swap, carnival games and large vending village. More info below.

ULTIMATE MATADOR 21 RAFFLE

As many of you know FYF Fest is producing the Matador 21 at The Palms casino in Las Vegas with Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, Belle and Sebastian, Cat Power, Spoon, Yo La Tengo and many many more over the weekend of Oct. 1st through 3rd.

Matador has decided to give one lucky winner and 3 friends a chance to make the sold out event by raffling off a FOUR pack of tickets and a hotel room at The Palms! This is the ULTIMATE raffle! (Value: $1,000+)

All you have to do is purchase a ticket to FYF FEST in advance to be entered into the raffle. All ticket numbers will be considered and the winner will be announced on Friday, September 3rd.

Tickets to Matador 21 sold out in 1 MINUTE, here is your chance to win! All you have to do is purchase a ticket for FYF Fest HERE or at any participating record stores.

For more information on FYF FEST: www.fyffest.com
For more information on Matador 21: www.matadorrecords.com/21
All questions: fyffest@gmail.com

GOOD LUCK!

FYF FEST
Saturday, September 4th
At the L.A. State Historic Park
1245 N Spring St.
LA, CA 90012
ALL AGES / 12:00pm

FEATURING:

The Rapture / Panda Bear / Sleep & recently added - LOCAL NATIVES!

!!! / Unbroken / Man Man / Ted Leo & The Pharmacists / The Mountain Goats / Dead Man’s Bones / 7Seconds

Thee Oh Sees / Delorean / Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / Wavves / The Soft Pack / Davila 666 / School of Seven Bells / Best Coast / Vetiver / The Blow / AA Bondy / Washed Out / OFF! (featuring Keith Morris & Steven McDonald) / Titus Andronicus

Ceremony / Screaming Females / Big Freedia / Magic Kids / The Growlers / Lower Dens / Cults / Warpaint / Let’s Wrestle + more!

Plus DJ sets between bands by the amazing Dublab Soundsytem

Stand Up Comedy with headliner Janeane Garofalo, Food Trucks, Record Swap Meet, a vending village filled with the selections from the best stores in Los Angeles including Stories Books, Origami Vinyl, Secret Head Quarters, Vacation Vinyl and dozens of vintage vendors..and many more

FYF Fest is proud to have Altamont Apparel as the presenting sponsor. Thanks to our other supporting sponsors including Incase, Scion, Royal Elastics, Sailor Jerry, Sesac, Bear Flag Wine, Eskuche Headphones and Ticketweb.

www.FYFFEST.com for more info

get updates by following FYF on Twitter and on Facebook

TICKETING INFORMATION:

REGULAR TICKETS ARE NOW $30.

ONLINE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED HERE

VIP TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $65 HERE

The VIP Lounge at FYF Fest will be hosted by A Club Called Rhonda and the Cha Cha. It will feature a full bar, shade tents, and more. It’s gonna be wild. If you know anything about Rhonda you will know what I am talking about. We will be announcing more VIP perks next monday. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/aBQ6EW

Or you can you purchase tickets at any of the amazing Record Stores listed on the flyer below for a $1 to $2 service fee. Support them.

FYF FEST LINKS:

Festival Home Page www.fyffest.com

Altamont Apparel www.altamontapparel.com

Ticketweb www.ticketweb.com

MP3: “About My Girls”

The great West Coast calls to Dominant Legs, and Dominant Legs, in turn, calls San Francisco home. Capitalizing on newfound free-time, as a result of being laid off from his job as an office assistant, Ryan Lynch began to write the glittering ballads and blurred-out pop songs that, with the addition of Hannah Hunt, make Dominant Legs. Lynch and Hunt, both San Francisco Bay Area-natives, were introduced through mutual friends and began collaborating when Hunt moved back to California after studying Architecture in New York. Lynch had been honing the band’s misty, nostalgic sound for a while, experimenting with songwriting as a kid and having spent the previous few years playing guitar in another SF band. Hunt spent her childhood singing and performing; her eternal passion for music led her to dive back in after years of not performing. With Lynch on guitar and vocals, and Hunt on vocals and keys, Dominant Legs’ sincere and dance-y pop songs tap into a sound that is at once naively sweet and self-consciously tragic.

DOMINANT LEGS

09/14 New York, NY Mercury Lounge *
09/15 New York, NY Mercury Lounge *
09/17 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour *

* = w/ Mystery Jets

Dominant Legs
Young at Love and Life EP
(Lefse)
Street date: Aug. 17, 2010

1. Young at Love and Life
2. Clawing Out at the Walls
3. About My Girls
4. Run Like Hell for Leather

DOMINANT LEGS LINKS:

Label Page - http://www.lefserecords.com

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/dominantlegsmusic

MP3: “Piece By Piece, Frame By Frame”

About The Black Dirt Sessions:

Recorded late last year at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York, The Black Dirt Sessions is a deeply personal record from Deer Tick and most especially from lead vocalist and songwriter John McCauley. It is the sound of a band coming into its own, finding its voice and pouring its collective heart out. The comparisons that have often been thrust upon McCauley by the press seem to fall away as his own voice comes through more clearly. On songs like “Goodbye, Dear Friend” and “Christ Jesus” which find McCauley alone at the piano, about as naked as you can possibly get on record. The Black Dirt version of “Christ Jesus,” which also appeared on War Elephant, manages to be even more devastating than the original.

Clearly, the band is exploring some darker material here (like death, mortality, the existence of God) than they’ve touched on in the past, and it suits them. Even as the Deer Tick live show has become legendary for its raucous, spontaneous moments, this record serves as proof of the band’s incredible musicianship, cohesive nature and most importantly gives us a chance to witness McCauley becoming a fully formed, mature songwriter right in front of our eyes (or ears).

Deer Tick has had an incredible couple of years. Early in 2009 the band had the unlikely support of NBC Nightly News’ Brian Williams, who has become one of the leading champions of Deer Tick via his BriTunes music site, alongside critics like David Fricke and Greil Marcus. The band was praised in just about every major music publication, with Rolling Stone going so far as to name them “the country-rock breakthrough of the year.” In their hometown of Providence, RI the band has gone beyond hometown hero status to hometown obsession. Deer Tick also became a steady favorite for many of our men and women in uniform, performing for Pentagon TV several times. Unlikely celebs like Rachael Ray and Joge Garcia of LOST have publicly shared their love of Deer Tick. Last Halloween, the band played an entire set of Sex Pistols songs in costume, flawlessly without a single rehearsal. The band played at festivals like Austin City Limits, Newport Folk Festival, Joshua Tree Music Fest, Monolith, Philadelphia Folk Festival, and Coachella, played Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and this year will make their debut appearance at Lollapalooza. They’ve toured with Dr. Dog, Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Jason Isbell, The Felice Brothers as well as pals like Those Darlins and Dawes. A documentary film about the band, City of Sin, was also completed last year and should see the light of day in 2010. The band also recently contributed the track “Unwed Fathers” to Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine alongside My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, etc.

“Deer Tick’s front man, John McCauley (top left), got an early start as a teenage singer-songwriter in Providence, a scene known for genre-busting noise music. But it’s country rock he’s plowed his old soul into, and on his band’s flat-out great forthcoming album, The Black Dirt Sessions, you hear not just heartbreak (”Christ Jesus” alone constitutes an album’s worth) but a hint of the tumbling-down noise of his hometown’s sound-much of it in his aching, ripped-to-shreds voice. Live, the band delivers hellfire.” - New York Magazine

“It’s hard to put into words what a band like this is now or could become without being too gushy” - CMT

DEER TICK

Wed-Oct-06 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Thu-Oct-07 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club *#
Fri-Oct-08 Greenville, SC Fall For Greenville *
Sat-Oct-09 Auburn, AL Bourbon Street *
Sun-Oct-10 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
Mon-Oct-11 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
Tue-Oct-12 Houston, TX The Bronze Peacock Room @ House of Blues
Wed-Oct-13 Austin, TX Emo’s
Thu-Oct-14 Laredo, TX Old No. 2
Sat-Oct-16 Tempe, AZ Sail Inn
Sun-Oct-17 San Diego, CA The Loft / UCSD
Tue-Oct-19 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Wed-Oct-20 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom
Thu-Oct-21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Fri-Oct-22 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret %
Sat-Oct-23 Bellingham, WA Wild Buffalo
Sun-Oct-24 Seattle, WA Neumos
Tue-Oct-26 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Wed-Oct-27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Thu-Oct-28 Omaha, NE TBD
Fri-Oct-29 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Sat-Oct-30 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Tue-Nov-02 Washington, DC Black Cat
Wed-Nov-03 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church

* = w/ JASON ISBELL
# = w/ Blitzen Trapper, Malcomb Holcolmbe
% = w/ Phosphorescent

Deer Tick
The Black Dirt Sessions
(Partisan)
Street Date: June 8, 2010

1. Choir of Angels
2. Twenty Miles
3. Goodbye, Dear Friend
4. Piece By Piece, Frame By Frame
5. Sad Sun
6. Mange
7. When She Comes Home
8. Hand In My Hand
9. I Will Not Be Myself
10. Blood Moon
11. Christ Jesus

DEER TICK LINKS:
Deer Tick at Partisan Records: http://www.partisanrecords.com/files/promo/deertick.html

Deer Tick website: www.deertickmusic.com

Deer Tick on MySpace: www.myspace.com/deertick

Deer Tick on Facebook: www.facebook.com/deertick

Deer Tick on Twitter: www.twitter.com/deertickmusic

August 23, 2010, Durham, NC - On-the-rise, Raleigh-based Megafaun and jazz big band Fight the Big Bull join with special guests Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Sharon Van Etten to record a live album of songs based on Alan Lomax’s seminal Sounds of the South collection. This three-night, Duke Performances-commissioned event will take place Friday, Saturday, Sunday, September 17 to 19, at Durham’s historic Hayti Heritage Center.

The Sounds of the South project brings together some of the most highly lauded performers from current neo-folk and jazz circles. Led by Bradley Cook, Joseph Westerlund, and Phillip Cook, Megafaun is at the center of an orbit that embraces, exalts, and connects the worlds of indie rock, folk, avant garde, and Americana. “Megafaun don’t just catalogue American musical languages, they breed them,” wrote Pitchfork in response to their widely-acclaimed 2009 album Gather, Form & Fly.

Following a landmark year of worldwide touring and the creation of a new mini-album, Heretofore (out September 14), Megafaun return home to explore new sonic terrain and to unite the past and the present, as only they can, via the Sounds of the South and a group of friends and collaborators: Fight the Big Bull, whose summer 2010 release with David Karsten Daniels NPR calls “Exuberant, messy, and glorious;” Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Megafaun’s former bandmate and the mind behind 2008’s immensely popular For Emma, Forever Ago; and Sharon Van Etten, who toured with Megafaun this Spring, was the opening act of 2010’s Pitchfork Music Festival, and whose second album, Epic, will be released this October.

Alan Lomax’s Atlantic Records-commissioned Sounds of the South collection archived some of the most compelling voices from the rural south of the early 20th century. With the help of Atlantic Records’ funds, Lomax was able to re-record some performers he’d worked with previously using much improved equipment. This collection-originally printed on 8 LPs-has remained vital to American music, mostly recently and popularly revisited in the soundtrack to the 2000 film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? According to Bradley Cook of Megafaun, “we wanted to get inside some of the regional and influential voices of the Southeast…everyone was most inspired by the pieces from Sounds of the South.” After months of preparation, Megafaun and their team have resurrected and reinterpreted the sound, structure, and lyrics of these classic recordings — while preserving the songs’ timeless spirits.

Like The Hallelujah Train project of 2009 produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Blade, the three nights of the Sounds of the South performances at the acoustically exceptional Hayti Heritage Center will be recorded for release as an album sometime in 2011. The Center, a deconsecrated African Methodist Episcopal Church, has been the site of standout recordings by musicians including Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

Sounds of the South Participants:

Megafaun

North Carolina’s Joe Westerlund and brothers Brad and Phil Cook (singers, songwriters, composers, arrangers and improvisers all) find rarified intersections between bedrock folk and howling drone, between primal blues and cascading feedback, and between canyon rock and warped field recordings. Their 2009 album, Gather, Form & Fly, was praised by Rolling Stone for its “acoustic grace,” four-starred by the likes of SPIN and MOJO, and and declared “intriguing and heartfelt” in Pitchfork’s 8.1 acclamation. Their new record, Heretofore, is out this September on Hometapes.

“Megafaun’s roots are familiar, the bloom is uniquely theirs.” Four stars.
- ROLLING STONE

Fight the Big Bull

Fight the Big Bull’s 2008 debut, Dying Will Be Easy, earned the band feature spots on WNYC and NPR’s Fresh Air, and Popmatters.com listed the record among the year’s best. 2010 saw two releases from the band: All is Gladness in the Kingdom and I Mean to Live Here Still, the band’s collaboration with singer/songwriter David Karsten Dainels. The group’s upcoming work with Megafaun is part of their larger habit of collaborating; in addition to their work with Megafaun and Daniels, Fight the Big Bull also collaborated with trumpeter and composer Steven Bernstein.

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver

Justin Vernon is best known for his primary band, Bon Iver, and his critically acclaimed album For Emma, Forever Ago. Brad Cook, Phil Cook and Joe Westerlund of Megafaun are his earliest musical collaborators, having played together in the bands Mount Vernon and DeYarmond Edison throughout high school and college. Today they still perform on stage together in the soft-rock collective, GAYNGS. Justin lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Sharon Van Etten

For Sharon Van Etten’s work on her first album, 2009’s Because I Was in Love, she was praised for her “unerring sense for crafting memorable, seductive melodies” (Pitchfork.com). Brooklyn-based, Van Etten has toured nationally and turned in a stand-out performance on The Antlers’ 2009, highly-praised Hospice album.

“[Sharon Van Etten’s] voice is direct, unvarnished, the sound of truth.”
-Chicago Tribune

WHO: Megafaun & Fight the Big Bull with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver & Sharon Van Etten
WHAT: Sounds of the South
WHEN: Friday & Saturday, September 17 & 18, 8 pm | Sunday, September 19, 5 pm
WHERE: Hayti Heritage Center
HOW MUCH: $26 · Duke & NCCU Students $5
TICKETS: http://dukeperformances.duke.edu/series/the-sanctified/megafaun

Megafaun
Heretofore
(Hometapes)
Street Date: Sept. 14, 2010

1. Heretofore
2. Carolina Days
3. Eagle
4. Volunteers
5. Comprovisation for Connor Pass
6. Bonnie’s Song

MEGAFAUN LINKS:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/megafaun

Band Page: http://megafaun.tumblr.com/

Label Page: http://www.home-tapes.com

Press Materials: http://home-tapes.com/htpress/HT037Press.html