This is the bro-down noise session of the year. The Neon Marshmallow Fest 2010 features over 90 bands on two stages over four days from August 19-22, in Chicago, at the Viaduct Theater.
Fun facts that were sent to me in an email from Matt Kimmel, man behind Acid Marshmallow, and, in collaboration with Neon Blossom Records, one of the Neon Marshmallow Fest organizers:
-Government Alpha is coming from Japan (his only U.S. date)
-Dolphins Into The Future is coming from Belgium (only U.S. date)
-Cornucopia are coming in from Puerto Rico
-Justice Yeldham is coming from Australia
-Dave Phillips is coming from Switzerland
Tickets now available here.
Also this:
Thursday – August 19, 2010 – 7 p.m.
# Dave Phillips (Switzerland)
# Keith Fullerton Whitman (Massachusetts)
# Cowards (New York)
# Nyodene D (Ohio)
# Greg Kelley (Massachusetts)
# Slither (Michigan)
# Caboladies (Chicago)
# Miami Beach (NY/Chicago)
# Shattered Hymen (Chicago)
# CLVIII (Ohio)
# Fossils (Canada)
# Arcanode (New York)
# work/death (New York)
# Sigulda (Missouri)
# Battleship (Chicago)
# Aaron Zarzutzki (Chicago)
# Pusdrainer (Ohio)
Friday – August 20, 2010 – 7 p.m.
# Astral Social Club (United Kingdom)
# The Haters (California)
# Bhob Rainey (Louisiana)
# Keith Fullerton Whitman (Massachusetts)
# Dave Phillips (Switzerland)
# Disgust (Chicago)
# Cornucopia (Puerto Rico)
# Sunglasses (Chicago)
# Pete Fosco (Ohio)
# R. Jencks (aka Sixes) (California)
# Leticia Castaneda (California)
# Illusion of Safety (Chicago)
# Fatale (Chicago)
# EID (New York)
# Skin Graft (Ohio)
# Expo 70 (Michigan)
# Rust Worship (New York)
# Flower Man (Chicago)
Saturday – August 21, 2010 – Noon
# Regression (Nate from Wolf Eyes) (Michigan)
# Astral Social Club (United Kingdom)
# R. Jencks (aka Sixes) (California)
# Cornucopia (Puerto Rico)
# Tom Carter (from Charalambides) (New York)
# U.S. Girls (Philadelphia)
# Carlos Giffoni (New York)
# Early Tunnels (Ohio)
# Girly Temple (New York)
# Feral Beast (NY/Chicago)
# Crank Sturgeon (Maine)
Saturday – August 21, 2010 – 7 p.m.
# Emeralds (Ohio)
# Dolphins Into The Future (Belgium)
# Excepter (New York)
# Pedestrian Deposit (California)
# unFACT (David Wm. Sims from The Jesus Lizard)(Chicago)
# Carlos Giffoni (New York)
# Noveller (New York)
# Dead Machines (Michigan)
# Telecult Powers (New York)
# Tom Carter (from Charalambides) (New York)
# Derek Rogers (Texas)
# Social Junk (Philadelphia)
# Red Electric Rainbow (Chicago)
# Wasteland Jazz Unit (Ohio)
# White Leopards (California)
# Dog Lady (Michigan)
# Mike Forbes/Andrew Young (Chicago)
# Sunken Landscapes (California)
# Grasshopper (New York)
Sunday – August 22, 2010 – 6 p.m.
# Government Alpha (Japan)
# Tiger Hatchery (Chicago)
# Julian Lynch (Wisconsin)
# Jason Lescalleett (Massachusetts)
# Dolphins Into The Future (United Kingdom)
# Noveller & unFACT (NY/Chicago)
# Podblotz (California)
# TV Pow!
# Ryan Jewell (Ohio)
# Hex Breaker Quintet (New York)
# Slasher Risk (New York)
# Andrew Coltrane (Michigan)
# Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan (Chicago)
# Burial Hex (Wisconsin)
# Peter J. Woods (Wisconsin)
# Family Treasures (Connecticut)
# Instinct Control (Chicago)
# Drainolith (Canada)
