F-Yeah Fest: Goodbye, Explosion; hello, Deerhunter (and others)

The full press release will go out later this week (and the info will be on the website by Monday), but a sneak peek at F-Yeah-Fest IV reveals a hefty lineup spanning several genres of underground music. The festival, curated by Keith Morris and Sean Carlson, goes off Aug. 25-26 at various venues in Echo Park.

Saturday's lineup includes Boston punk quintet the Explosion's last West Coast show and American Steel's first L.A. show in seven years, as well as performances by: Lavender Diamond, Dillinger Four, Busdriver, Boom Bip, Entrance, the Mae Shi, the Fleshies, Bobby Birdman, Residual Echoes, Imaad Wasif, Times New Viking, Hit Me Back, Thee More Shallows, Greg Ashely of Gris Gris, Partyline (members of Bratmobile), Brother Reade, Wooden Ships, Love or Perish, Devon Williams, Sabertooth Tiger, Sleepover and more.

On Sunday: Deerhunter, Indian Jewelry, No Age, Midnight Movies, Jay Reatard, Foreign Born, Pissed Jeans, xBxRx, Darker My Love, the Nice Boys, Langhorne Slim, Great Northern, Triclops, Red Fang, Best Fwends, Vultures (San Diego), Luke Top, Moonrats, Rumspringa, the Strange Boys, Abe Vigoda, Bad Dudes, Jail Wedding and others.

Carlson says one "special guest" won't be announced until the week of the (all-ages) festival, which also includes comedy acts and an art show. Tickets will be $12 for a single day or $22 for a two-day pass. Stay tuned.

Photo of the Explosion by Nigel Crane.