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We at Pitchfork wouldn't normally opt to redo a festival piece, but like many things Spanish (their global empire during the 16th and 17th centuries; the Beckhams' shoe closets), the Festival Internacional de Benicassim on the Spanish Mediterranean has extravagantly ballooned from a quaint seaside event into a grande fiesta with many acts added since the original festival announcement.

Since we last gazed longingly at each other, the already-impressive roster has been beefed up to include the Cure, Prefuse 73, Maxïmo Park, Matthew Herbert, Mando Diao, Hot Hot Heat, Richard Hawley, Peaches, Roisin Murphy, Joseph Arthur, the Zephyrs, Thomas Brinkmann featuring Beritze, Solex, and a handful of lesser known acts.

The DJ-themed nights have been confirmed as well, with sounds courtesy of Static Discos (Tijuana), Tigersushi (Paris), Areal (Cologne), and Lado (Hamburg), as well as a rousing night of priceless DFA Records mania, which will feature all of that red-hot label's usual tuneful suspects and accomplices: Hot Chip, the Juan Maclean, Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Black Leotard Front, Black Dice, James Murphy, Tim Sweeney, and Marcus Lambkin.

So only time will tell what's in store for attendees by the time August 4 rolls around. By the opening day of the fest we may very well see the roster expand to include Bruce Springsteen, Front 242, 3/5 of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, a Scandinavian death metal DJ set, an exhumed Ian Curtis, the reunited Monkees, and Shania with backing band the Jungle Brothers.

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