Archers Of Loaf.

The 4Knots Music Festival—taking place on July 14 at the South Street Seaport, and already featuring The Drums, Hospitality, Bleached, Crocodiles, and Nick Waterhouse—has added Team Spirit, Doldrums, and Devin to the bill, as well as the mighty Archers Of Loaf. Check out Dan Weiss's history of the band and tributes to the group from the likes of the Hold Steady's Craig Finn and Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington, and read the full 4Knots release below.

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On May 9, Sound of the City published an interview with Mark Ronson by freelance writer Peter Gerstenzang. During the conversation, Peter took detailed notes.

The Q&A contained a statement by Ronson that Amy Winehouse was bothered by Adele's success. Like the other statements in the interview, this one is reflected in Peter's notes.

The Voice stands by Peter's reporting and we stand by the story.

Maura Johnston
Music Editor
The Village Voice

Hospitality, one of the bands playing this year's 4Knots Music Festival.

The lineup for this year's 4Knots Music Festival—the Village Voice's free summer-music extravaganza, taking place at the South Street Seaport on July 143is beginning to take shape, and this morning brings news of the first five bands on the all-day affair's docket. Among the artists playing Piers 16 and 17 that day: chiming Brooklynites The Drums; the fuzzed-out Crocodiles; the outrageously pleasant Hospitality; the blistering punkers Bleached; and R&B revivalist Nick Waterhouse. More bands will be announced shortly, but for now, why not sample the wares of the lineup as it stands below?

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The 4Knots Music Festival—the Village Voice's contribution to the many free shows happening around the five boroughs during the summer months—will take place at Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport this July 14, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participating acts and further details on associated events will be announced over the coming weeks; the official press release is below.

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Do you have an issue regarding your romantic life? Are you in need of guidance? Have you exhausted the patience of your friends and acquaintances? Hunx is here for you. The opinionated punker will take questions on the subject of love and offer advice to the needy here on Sound of the City in advance of his upcoming shows in New York. And no problem is too outré—he even has advice on "marital aids." To bare your soul to him, drop an email to our hotline and we'll pass it along for his consideration. Confidentiality and discretion are assured. For a hint of how he might solve your problems, check out the video for "Private Room," from his new album Hairdresser Blues, below.

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by Chris Gray

Marco Torres

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area."

You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above buildings can and do get used as music venues during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as possible. Those who were there last year—and saw collapsing fences, singers brawling with audience members, the Austin Police Department riot squad on constant standby, Odd Future all over the place—are wondering what else could happen.

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Superchief

A long time ago in a Bushwick far, far away

Party Xpo, an uncommonly resilient DIY space nestled under the J/M/Z tracks, has magically withstood two years of logistical hassles. After opening in January 2010 with a typically cantankerous Japanther benefit show, local law enforcement took notice of the place, paid a few visits, and the space wisely went dry. Then the site's previous tenants--a party-supply store business whose still-lingering "Party Expo" signage inspired the spot's name--not only demanded the current occupants remove the marquee (above), but change the venue's name. The result was Party XPO.

Now, after enduring two tumultuous years of police raids, dry shows, and one especially memorable Wu-Tang video, the Bushwick storefront has evolved again--this time into a "beautiful and safe venue, bar, and practice studio" with actual bathrooms, a "smoking coffin" bar, and a (supposedly/hopefully) forthcoming liquor license. Plus, cats!

From an e-mail circulating sent by one of the space's longtime organizers, Jonny Aquadora:

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As you have presumably by now heard, New York Night Train host and DJ Jonathan Toubin was injured last week when a car crashed into his Portland hotel room. On Friday, Brooklyn Bowl will host a benefit concert for Toubin with performanes by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jon Spencer's Heavy Trash, Tunde Adibempe's Stabbing Eastwood, Royal Baths, and Reverend Vince Anderson. DJs will include Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers, Billy Miller of Norton Records, and Bear in Heaven. The show starts at 10:30, and tickets are on sale now. They're selling for a minimum of $25—though if you so choose, you can donate up to $100, every penny of which will go to the hospitalized DJ.

It's also worth noting that on Saturday, Glasslands Gallery will be hosting its own benefit, starting at 8:30 and featuring Xray Eyeballs, The Stalkers, K-Holes, and an acoustic Frankie and the Outs set. Full release about Friday's show below.

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Which is a sort of snarky way of saying that tickets for this year's Eight Nights of Hannukah celebration go on sale tomorrow at noon. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, every year Yo La Tengo brings together a bunch of friends whose identities "will not be divulged until the last possible moment" together for eight shows to celebrate the festival of lights. Guests usually include musicians (everyone from David Byrne to Sun Ra), comics (Sarah Silverman, David Cross, Todd Barry, etc.), and all-around cool people (Robert Sietsma!), and every cent of profit goes towards local charities and institutions. Tickets are going at 35 dollars per show—pick them up at the band's website or at Other Music in Manhattan or Tunes in Hoboken.

Yes, the 2011 installment of MTV's annual salute to music videos takes place this Sunday, and as long as there's power and Internet at my apartment (fingers crossed!), there will be a liveblog of the festivities. It all starts at 8 p.m., although the show itself doesn't kick off until 9. Please come. Hey, it's not like you'll be able to travel to another borough or anything, right? [Pic via MTV Newsroom]