4KNOTS VIDEO OF THE DAY: “KV CRIMES” BY KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS

Lo-fi Philly CDR psychedelic indie rocker Kurt Vile and his band, the Violators, will be headlining this year’s 4Knots Music Festival at the South Street Seaport on June 29, highlighting songs from their latest record, Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Matador, April 2013). A former member of the War on Drugs, Vile has previously released such albums as 2008’s Constant Hitmaker, and 2009’s Childish Prodigy, building a loyal following and gaining a reputation for his wide range. Wakin on a Pretty Daze consists of eleven tracks totaling nearly seventy minutes, with one, “Goldtone,” cracking the ten-minute barrier. Vile and Violators Rob Laakso and Jesse Trbovich occasionally take off on hippie ramblings as Vile shares such thoughts as “I wanna live all the time / in my fantasy infinity / There I will never be abandoned / There I’ll have a handle against everything from ever happening to them.” 4Knots will take place on two stages from 1:00 to 8:00 and also includes performances by Marnie Stern, the Men, Parquet Courts, White Lung, Hunters, Reigning Sound, the Babies, Fat Tony, Heliotropes, and recent Violator Steve Gunn. Vile will also be at Rumsey Playfield on June 30 for the all-star SummerStage presentation of Big Star’s Third with Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Sharon Van Etten, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Jonathan Donahue, Jane Scarpantoni, Reeve Carney, and a chamber orchestra, among other participants.