Wakarusa returns, hippies rejoice! The festival has come a long way since 2004, when college-rock snoozers O.A.R. headlined. This year Wakarusa boasts an impressive lineup, including Flaming Lips, Emmylou Harris, Dr. Dog, Cake and Blackalicious, among prestigious others. And we’ve got MP3s for all of them!
MP3: The Flaming Lips, "Do You Realize?", from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warnes Bros. Records)
MP3: Emmylou Harris, “Pancho and Lefty”, from Luxury Liner (Warner Bros. Records)
MP3: Dr. Dog, “My Old Ways”, from We All Belong (Park the Van Records)
MP3: Cake, "The Distance” from Fashion Nugget (Zomba Recording)
MP3: Blackalicious, "Side to Side", from The Craft (ANTI Records)
More music after the jump.
The Beautiful Bodies release their debut album Touch Me, because Stick Your Hand Down My Pants crossed the line.
MP3: The Beautiful Bodies, "Touch Me (But If Only You Knew How)", from Touch Me (self-released)
Winston Apple pounds out Billy Joel style power ballads with epic stadium rock ambition.
MP3: Winston Apple, "Hearts on the Line", from Hearts on the Line (Speakeasy Productions)
Russian Circles play post-hardcore instrumental epics.
MP3: Russian Circles, "Death Rides a Horse", from Enter (Flameshovel Records)
The Fiery Furnaces tweak rock music, sometimes play it backwards.
MP3: Fiery Furnaces, "Ex-Guru", from Widow City (Thrill Jockey)
And Fag Cop fuck shit up.
MP3: Fag Cop, "I'm Fucking Dead", from I'm Fucking Dead (Eeat Records)
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