Earwig is now a family affair, too: McGee's daughter James McGee-Moore contributes vocals alongside her reptilian father. The record retains all of Lizard McGee's weirdo lyrical proclivities and his inability to write a song without a huge hook you'll be humming for days. Arrive early on Sunday to catch songs from Pause for the Jets before the album's October release. It's been a long wait for new Earwig music, but trust us when we say the wait will be worth it.
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Now fully independent, Rashad is free to pursue genre-blurring songs like "Mountain," which melds hip-hop, gospel and soul and finds the musician singing, "I'm gonna play it how I feel." Here's hoping he continues to do so. On The Quiet Loud, released in 2015, R&B/soul man Rashad traced his history in music, working in lyrical references to legends he heard spinning on the family turntable (Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye), as well as more modern influences like Blackstreet, which garners a mention on "Slow Jam." The singer landed his first major label deal with RCA Records at age 13, later inking similar deals with Columbia and Universal. The band also plans to work some new songs into the set, which should make for a welcome Lost Revival revival. Singer Kevin Collins' songs, which start with folk-rock foundations but often explode into colorful swirls of guitar fuzz, spacey synth, parlor piano and saxophone solos, have always worked best in a live setting. This Saturday night set will mark the Lost Revival's first show since going on hiatus nearly three years ago. The Five Footer left a legacy that local rappers Copywrite and the Catalyst will pay tribute to on Saturday night with "A Tribe Called Columbus." (Also catch Copy's alter ego Powerbar Ernie for a 15-minute Sunday set at 4:30 p.m. We lost a hip-hop legend way too soon this year when A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg died as a result of complications from diabetes at age 45. (DeBroux will also play a DJ set as Kevin Failure at 6:45 p.m.
(The band's 2007 Siltbreeze LP Cleaning the Mirror is an underrated gem of noise-soaked pysch-folk.) Even though Pink Reason has played shows here and there since 2013, they're rare enough that this set is one to circle with a Sharpie, even if it might be a little jarring to hear the dark sounds of Pink Reason in afternoon daylight. In 2013, Kevin DeBroux said he was ending Pink Reason, the Wisconsin band he started as a necessary outlet for voicing the anger and anxieties of his early 20s.
That said, here are 10 acts we recommend you make a special effort to see. Wander the sprawling Franklinton setup and see what musicians, artists and vendors catch your ear and/or eye. Do you catch the Sidekicks or Digisaurus? Garbage Greek or Speedy Ortiz? Envelope or the Girls!? Our best advice? Relax. With five stages and well over 100 artists performing, the festival is seemingly designed to create conflict. When planning your weekend at Independents' Day, start with this realization: You can't see everything.
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