Pack your Red Bull (or find the parties powered by Sparks), clear your memory cards, tell the bosses you'll see 'em next week -- it's time for fest in the city. We've been too busy to really pull together our definitive schedule, but our cursory glance at the day part and showcase lineup's netted a few must-hits and highlights:
TUESDAY 10/16
- Bon Iver/Miracle Fortress/Dean & Brita @ Bowery Ballroom (Brooklyn Vegan Showcase)
- Thurston Moore @ Apple SoHo (2-4PM)
- No Age @ Other Music (6PM)
- Ponytail/White Williams/No Age/Dan Deacon/Deerhunter @ Bowery Ballroom (Windish Showcase)
- Cool Kids/A-Trak/Kid Sister/KavinSky @ Hiro Ballroom (Fool's Gold Showcase)
- Q-Tip @ Apple SoHo (2PM)
- Sam Champion/The Big Sleep @ White Rabbit (Gothamist House)
- Turbo Fruits/Miss Alex White/Jay Reatard/Dirtbombs @ Mercury Lounge (In the Red Showcase)
- Le Loup/Speck Mountain/Papercuts/Bowerbirds/His Name Is Alive/St. Vincent @ Knitting Factory (Force Field PR/Aero Booking Showcase)
- Yo Majesty, Islands, Saturday Looks Good To Me/Black Kids/Yeasayer/HEALTH/Fatal Flying Guilloteens @ R Bar (Brooklyn Vegan day party)
- Bound Stems/The Deadly Syndrome @ White Rabbit (Gothamist House)
- Santogold/Earl Greyhound/Yo Majesty/the Noisettes/Spank Rock @ Irving (Night show)
