New festival, same format. Here's a rundown of what people are saying about the Fun Fun Fun Fest this coming weekend at Waterloo Park in Austin, TX.
- The big news over the last few days was Devo pulling out of the festival due to Bob Mothersbaugh's ailment. Their just-announced replacement? Punk icons The Descendants. MOG Blog notes that the FFF show will mark the first performance with the full lineup in a decade. Kudos to Transmission Entertainment for coming up with replacements for the artists that have pulled out this year.
- Austinist has been running a series of interviews and previews on the artists coming to this year's festival. The latest profile is on Mastodon. I don't know too much about the band, but learning that they've toured with Alice in Chains, Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer was informative.
- Austin360's Austin Music Source is also doing some previewing. Latest is Cap'n Jazz. Interesting profile of a band returning out of the blue, which seems to be a FFF specialty. AMS also has a good breakdown of this year's lineup.
- No tickets and no dough? Gowalla is giving away a Sunday pass. Check in at select sites on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for a chance to win. Check Austinist for details.
- Buzzgrinder (cool name) offers up its picks for the Blue and Yellow Stages. Makes me feel a bit Swedish. Slick Rick and Pharoah Monch bookend the list.
- Is Fun Fun Fun the best of the fests? Preston Jones for the Star-Telegram makes his case: "[M]ostly, Fun Fun Fun Fest tosses a well-calibrated mix of bubbling-under bands and indie elder statesmen in front of discerning listeners for extraordinarily compact sets (nearly all performers have a little less than 60 minutes). Consider it an antidote to the increasingly bloated and loosely focused SXSW, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year, and a corrective to Austin City Limits Music Festival's patina of corporate greed and overreaching inclusiveness. (Seriously, the Eagles as a headliner?)."
- Something different? How about a look at some of the less heralded folks that make these festivals possible. Johnny Sarkis is a Fun Fun Fun bar manager. Read about him at A.V. Club Austin. Who is Johnny most looking forward to this year? "Weird Al," of course. "I’ve been listening to “Weird Al” since I was 8. I know every single word to UHF. People don’t realize that, aside from Madonna, [Yankovic]’s career legacy has outlived every single person he’s ever parodied. And I’m super excited about that." Love it!
- Here's a brief video preview from Culture Greyhound, featuring JEFF the Brotherhood, Wavves, Dominique Young Unique and The Hold Steady.
- "Yellow Stage Circus?" Mechanical bull? Air sex? Isn't this a music festival? Wha?
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