Pitchfork

Despite the ubiquity of Lohan-related headlines in your normal news outlets, there's certainly been a movement in Los Angeles in recent times away from the coked-out starlet scene and into some fairly radical art and music. Blessed be the city that reclaims its once-mighty reign of creativity, and blessed be a festival celebrating L.A. (and all that dare enter its smoggy haven) under the umbrella of Fuck Yeah!

Over two nights (and a sure-to-be-rollicking kickoff party on its eve), the L.A.-based Fuck Yeah! fest will gather Deerhunter, Lavender Diamond, Busdriver, Times New Viking, No Age, Boom Bip, Indian Jewelry, Midnight Movies, Bobby Birdman, the Mae Shi, Pissed Jeans, Jay Reatard, Foreign Born, Abe Vigoda, Great Northern, Langhorne Slim, the Explosion, Imaad Wasif, Thee More Shallows, XBXRX, and far more names than this sentence can contain into various Los Angeles locales August 25 and 26. This marks the fourth incarnation of this potty-mouthed party.

Funnymakers Bob Odenkirk (yes yes, we do recall there were two people in "Mr. Show"), Jonah Ray, the Cracked Out boys, and way more will fill in the gaps betwixt all that heavy rock and/or roll. We should point out that this fest will feature the Explosion's very last West Coast show ever, and the one and only reunion date of the Fuse! (exclamation theirs). That said, get thee to the City of Angels! Fuck yeah!