Blonde Redhead, Ben Harper among the talent at Sunset Junction

A deep lineup of music is shaping up for the annual Sunset Junction Street Fair, the carnival/food

fair/rock festival that takes over Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake on Aug. 18 and

19.

Some major headliners for Sunday are still to be announced -- watch for a big name to be

dropped July 16 -- but the Saturday roster for the rock-oriented Bates Stage is

formidable, with the night ending with sets by New York shoegazers Blonde Redhead and the pride of Claremont, Ben Harper.

Blonde Redhead, fresh off an

appearance at Coachella and the release of their

seventh (and I'll join those who are saying, best) album, "23," has always had

a stong L.A. following, owing to the strong presence of bands with similar

sensibilities. One of those, Autolux, will precede the

New Yorkers on the Bates Stages on Friday night. Is that enough wall-of-sound for you,

kids?

By the way, Blonde Redhead is inviting fans to remix "Signs Along

the Path" -- you can download the parts here.

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Download the title track from Blonde Redhead's album, "23."

As always, local talent abounds on the Sunset Junction stages. Leading up to Autolux

on Saturday are Division Day, the Pity Party, the Parson Red Heads, the Culver City Dub Collective, the Broken West and Sea Wolf. The Sunday afternoon lineup includes

Eskimohunter (Spaceland's July

residents), the Movies, the Airborne Toxic Event and the Aggrolites.

On Saturday, Morris Day & the Time and Deniece Williams anchor the bill on

the Edgecliffe Stage, where Millie Jackson

and a major act TBA close out the festivities on Sunday. And on the Sanborn Stage, the

Breakestra and Jesse de la Pena are among the highlights on

Saturday; Rocky Dawuni and Chebi Sabbah perform there on Sunday.

Photo of Blonde Redhead by Sebastian Mlynarski. Photo of Ben Harper from

www.benharper.net.