The first annual Maximum Ames Music Festival will feature more than 50 regional artists in concert over the course of four full days beginning Sept. 22, but it doesn’t end there. National touring artists Eufórquestra, The Mountain Goats, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Xiu Xiu were announced last week as headliners for the event. Maximum Ames also released the full lineup of performers. A full schedule of events will be released soon.
Eufórquestra
Formerly based in Iowa City, Eufórquestra is a seven-piece dance music outfit that draws inspiration from music around the world. Today, the band works out of Fort Collins, Colo., and averages more than 110 live shows annually. Its latest album, “Soup,” was released for free download online in fall 2009, and has since received more than 10,000 downloads.
The Mountain Goats
Indie rock singer/songwriter John Darnielle formed the Mountain Goats in 1991, first garnering attention with lo-fi releases recorded on his boom box. Today, Darnielle has changed the Mountain Goats into a full band, while remaining lyrically and thematically charged. Darnielle has released a staggering 14 studio albums under this moniker, collaborating with many different artists over the years.
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Since the release of its first album, which was recorded in guitarist/vocalist Will Knauer’s house, indie-pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has been rising to success. Entitled “Broom,” the album earned favorable reviews from sources such as Pitchfork and Spin Magazine. The band’s latest album, “Let it Sway,” was released last August on Polyvinyl Records. The album earned the No. 10 spot on CMJ’s college radio charts, and the band was featured on the cover of CMJ magazine and pictured in Rolling Stone.
Xiu Xiu
Avant-garde group Xiu Xiu is also signed to Polyvinyl Records. The brainchild of singer/songwriter Jamie Stewart, Xiu Xiu has changed stylistically over the years as he has collaborated with different artists and endured life struggles. Xiu Xiu’s latest, “Dear God, I Hate Myself,” experimented with video game sound effects produced by a Nintendo DS. Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier has produced Xiu Xiu’s last three releases, and will again handle production for the band’s next album.
List of performing artists:
- Christopher the Conquered
- The Workshy
- Bella Soul
- Utopia Park
- Brass Bed
- The Bootytronic Suite
- LadySoal
- Vanessa Taylor
- Longshadowmen
- Coyote Slingshot
- Tires
- Phoenix L’Amour
- Pennyhawk
- Lesbian Poetry
- Nuclear Rodeo
- Brooks Strause
- BeJae Fleming
- DJ Poetoaster
- Rebel Creek
- Derek Lambert and the Prairie Fires
- Mark Mallman
- Patrick Tape Fleming of The Poison Control Center
- Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps
- Land of Blood and Sunshine
- The Sun Company
- Obsidian’s Dream
- Skye Carrasco
- Chaos Saints
- Lane Weaver
- Volcano Boys
- The Wire Frames
- Julie Hallman
- Bombardier
- Andy Anderson Band
- Rumble Seat Riot
- Datagun
- Samuel Locke-Ward’s Low-Fi Spectacular
- Children of Spy
- Jen McClung
- Joey Kendall
- Trouble
- Surgery
- Little Ruckus
- Angie Pierce Jennings
- Myra Henderson
- Strong Like Bear
- Jaw’s Harp Potential
- Ryan Sheeler
- Vivacious Bean Dip
- Rebel Creek
- Andy Fleming
- Jordan Mayland
- The Most Handsome Duo
- Laura Bosworth
- Mary Tiedeman
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