The Black Lips will lead what should be a crazy after-party to this year’s expanded 4Knots Music Festival (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
Saturday, July 14, free, 1:00 – 8:00
www.villagevoice.com/4knots
After a decade of the Siren Festival in Coney Island, the Village Voice moved its annual summer concert last year to the South Street Seaport and rechristened it the 4Knots Music Festival, which included great performances by, among others, Brooklyn’s Eleanor Friedberger and Oberhofer, San Juan’s Davila 666, and New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus on one main stage. This year 4Knots is expanding to two stages, better resembling its Coney Island beginnings, where sweaty music fans would dart between Stillwell Ave. and West Tenth St. to catch the band of their choice. Taking place on July 14, this year’s 4Knots kicks off with brief sets by the Smiling Lies at 12:15 and Fast Years at 12:30, after which decisions will have to be made between shows on the Main Stage and the Skippers Stage. There should be time to see some of every band, but that valuable spot will be snatched up the second you leave one area for the other. The Skippers Stage will feature Doldrums at 1:00, Devin at 2:00, Team Spirit at 3:00, and Delicate Steve at 4:00, while the Main Stage will be home to Nick Waterhouse at 1:30, Bleached at 2:30, Hospitality at 3:30, Crocodiles at 4:30, the Drums at 5:30, and headliners Archers of Loaf closing things out at 6:30. The after-party should be even crazier, with Black Lips, Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds, DJ April March go-go dancer Anna Copa Cabanna, and host DJ Jonathan Toubin holding court at the Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club at 89 South St. Tickets are $15 and worth every penny, especially if you’ve never seen Atlanta’s Black Lips, a crazed group of dudes who play legendary shows where just about anything can and will happen.