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: British indie three-piece Happyness will be at 4Knots on Saturday, highlighting their slacker-rock songs from their debut full-length, Weird Little Birthday (Bar/None, May 2015), on which they establish their voice and raison d’être. “I’m an anarchist, communist, feminist, phlebotomist, yeah, right,” they explain on “It’s on You.” Guitarist and vocalist Benji Compston, bassist and vocalist Jonny Allan, and drummer Ash Cooper cowrote all the songs on the album, which includes such fabulously named tracks as “Montreal Rock Band Somewhere,” “Pumpkin Noir,” “Great Minds Think Alike, All Brains Taste the Same,” “Baby, Jesus (Jelly Boy),” and the subtly epic title track. If you missed Happyness at last fall’s CMJ Music Festival, you can catch them in Hudson River Park on July 11, slotted between Meatbodies and Screaming Females.
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