FYF Fest reveals 2013 lineup

One of the country's more continually underrated music festivals, FYF Fest, has announced the stellar 2013 lineup - marking the event's 10th anniversary.

Leading the way are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio, My Bloody Valentine, and MGMT, with a strong line of notable mid-tier and undercard inclusions. Included are: Deerhunter, The Breeders, Death Grips, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Dan Deacon, Nosaj Thing, METZ, Yo La Tengo, Washed Out, Les Savy Fav, Shlohmo, Kurt Vile, and plenty more (plus comedians).

Click the poster above to see the full lineup, as of today. Passes for the two day event, which takes place August 24-25 at the L.A. State Historic Park in Los Angeles, start at a reasonable $99. Sales will begin at 12 p.m. pst, Thursday, May 16. Single day tickets will be available at the same time for $65.

Lollapalooza Rumors Update

It's been some time, but with only a few weeks left before the official Lollapalooza 2013 lineup is revealed, its time to get up to speed.

As I have mentioned before over at The 405, Billboard released word last month that the recently reformed Nine Inch Nails would be performing (although unconfirmed). The band would likely fill the legendary billing for the festival, taking up either the top or second highest billing on the list.

Of the other North American festivals, no lineup has more of a resemblance than Montreal's Osheaga Festival. Last year, three of the major acts (Justice, Florence + The Machine, and The Black Keys) ended up playing both festivals, which both take place the first weekend of August. A huge amount of mid-tier and undercard acts crossed over as well, which amounted to 25 acts playing each (a 20 percent carryover rate).

Among this years Osheaga headliners are The Cure and Mumford & Sons. Considering The Cure have been rumored softly for Lollapalooza for nearly five years, and the continual rise in popularity of M&S, both would seem like logical inclusions.

Among regular Lollapalooza veterans, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, and The National all have gaps in their tour schedules and did not play in last two years. Additionally, a few hard-to-get names have similar tour gaps and will be appearing at next month's Coachella; New Order, The Postal Service, and the Wu-Tang Clan.

For up-to-the-date info on who might be playing, stick with us. Or, even better, keep tabs on Consequence Of Sound's Festival Outlook page.

Union Transfer, Mar. 8 - Django Django (Preview)

Nailing down where alternative music's waves are flowing towards is really a matter of two directions, more often than not. Sure there are sub-genres going through strings of mutant mitosis every week, creating splendid off-breeds of the sounds we all know and love. But to put it simply, there are two primary directions: revivalism and new.

Django Django are unflinchingly new. The London band's post new-wave is branded with neo-futurism to a degree that makes MGMT look like its falling behind. Sprinting through the band's 13-track self-titled debut from last year and its hard to say there's much resonance from sound to sound other than the uncommon ambition to sound like no one else is doing it.

Handclaps, bizarro Afrofusion, glam, and even mulling electro spacing are all here. Sometimes all on the same song like "Firewater," which drifts and dreams like its plowing through the desert before sunset. It's a long-winded description for something that seems like ambition, which will certainly be on play tonight.

Alongside the group at Philadelphia's spectacular Union Transfer will be Minneapolis band Night Moves, which were featured on the site last August. Tickets for the show are still available here, with doors opening at 8 p.m.