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: At most outdoor music festivals, there’s almost nobody there for the first few groups, save for a few family members, a coupla friends, a photographer or two, and one dude who is determined to hold his front-and-center spot for the next ten hours. But if you choose to show up for only the bigger-name bands at 4Knots, you’ll be missing out on the wild and unpredictable Surfbort and the somewhat calmer Brooklyn dream popsters Heaven, who will be taking the stage while many in their home borough are just starting to get out of bed. Guitarist and singer Matt Sumrow and drummer Mikey Jones let some of their influences show on their 2013 Covers EP, which featured versions of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” and the Kinks’ “See My Friends,” followed shortly thereafter by their debut full-length, Telepathic Love, which boasts such tracks as “Colors in the Whites of Your Eyes,” “Falling Apple,” “Mountains Move,” and “Southern Rain.” Sumrow, Jones, Yoi Fujita, and Ian Fenger will be going on at 12:40 on Saturday; try not to show them your love telepathically and instead by cheering them on at the pier.
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