The fortuitous folks at [the] FADER, with the help of Microsoft and Chevrolet have introduced their latest project, Sound Discovery. They're calling it "the first comprehensive guide of its kind to visiting America’s music festivals." So what does that mean? Sound Discovery is meant to work in two ways, as an infrastructure for hearing new music, and as an interactive guide to their favorite festivals. more ›

It might set off a few red flags to see a “Survival Tips” page on a music festival’s website, but the folks behind the Punx Picnic are nothing if not pragmatic. They’re putting on their Texas-sized punk bash on the Eastest-most side of the East Side: just south of Walter E. Long Lake, where MLK turns into Farm-To-Market Road 969. You can camp out on the Picnic’s bucolic Music Ranch estate and catch over one hundred bands all weekend long. more ›

Today we received word that everyone's favorite thrash band that knows how to work through their feelings have created their own music festival. Entitled the Orion Music + More, the event will take place on June 23rd and 24th of this year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. more ›

Guerilla Suit has put together a great video encapsulation of what FFFest was all about a few weeks ago, set to performer Neon Indian's "Polish Girl." You may see yourself, or some approximation thereof.

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 from Guerilla Suit on Vimeo.

I had my first we’re not in Kansas moment when my Latvian friend and I pulled into the festival camping area. The newly mown site had most certainly been a functional field back in Soviet Times, and you could still see the faint remains of the furrows left by long-ago plows. Luckily I soon saw a skinny dude in tie-dye hanging out in the camping area, so I knew that, at least spiritually, I wasn’t so far from Austin. more ›