Who: Surfbort, Heaven, Heaters, Meatbodies, Happyness, Screaming Females, Mikal Cronin, Twin Peaks, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, and Super Furry Animals
What: Fifth annual Village Voice 4Knots Music Festival
Where: Pier 84, Hudson River Park, West 44th St. at 12th Ave.
When: Saturday, July 11, general admission $25, VIP $50, 12 noon – 10:00
Why: Laguna Beach native Mikal Cronin has divided his third solo album, MCIII (Merge, May 2015), into one side of lush pop songs (“Turn Around,” “Made My Mind Up,” others), and a second side that tells his very personal coming-of-age story, a six-song suite of “Alone,” “Gold,” “Control,” “Ready,” “Different,” and “Circle.” “It’s about a pivotal moment in my life that changed things, just within a couple of months,” Cronin, who plays most of the instruments on the record, explains in a statement. “It was a shifting point that sent me on the path to doing what I’m doing right now.” Cronin, who has also recorded with Ty Segall, Epsilons, Charlie and the Moonhearts, Party Fowl, and Okie Dokie, will be playing the 4Knots Music Festival in Hudson River Park on July 11.
Surfbort — 12:00
Heaven — 12:40
Heaters — 1:25
Meatbodies — 2:05
Happyness — 2:45
Screaming Females — 3:45
Mikal Cronin — 4:45
Twin Peaks — 5:45
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — 6:45
Super Furry Animals — 8:30