Whartscape 2009

The fourth annual Baltimore-area debacle known as Whartscape is on the horizon for July 10-12. Aptly describing something for once, Pitchfork stated that "Whartscape, the weekend free-for-all put on by Baltimore's Wham City label, include[s] Dan Deacon, Wolf Eyes, Ponytail, Celebration, Wye Oak, and damn never every B-more band with a semi-free schedule." So, if girls in headbands and boys in fake glasses from the Greatest City in America are your ideal companions, head over to the Wham City website to buy a ticket--it appears that they go on sale tomorrow. Only the $47 Mega-Pass guarantees your entrance to every Whartscape event.

In the interest of saving your eyes from the harsh neon glare of the lineup page on Wham City, here's what Whartscape 2009 has in store:

• Friday 7/10 DAY (Baltimore Museum of Art front steps): Andy Abelow, Lonnie Walker, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Living Things, Jared Paolini, Small Sur, Noble Lake, Lexie Mountain Boys, Child Bridge, Microkingdom, Jana Hunter, Wye Oak, Black Vatican, Lo Moda, Bad Brillance.
• Friday 7/10 NIGHT (Baltimore Museum of Art auditorium): Sherrywood Forest by Kevin Sherry, Lolas Play, Clarissa Gregory, Hooliganship, Showbeast, Mark Brown, Trockeneis, R.M. O'Brien, Alexis Gideon, Jimmy Joe Roche, Allen Cordell, Meredith Moore, Annex Theatre, Letters by Connor Kizer and Adam Endres, Sometimes by Dina Kelberman, Bedlam Theatre, Yoshi Sodeoka, Blue Leader, Nate Boyce, So Percussion, Dan Higgs, Cliff Evans, Mr Disesterstriss, Peter Glantz, Olaf Breuning, Celebration.
• Saturday 7/11 DAY (131 W. North Avenue, MICA parking lot): Art Department, Barkey, Bird Names, Boogie Boarder, Chandeliers, Creepers, MM/DD/YY, Funny Clown, Human Host, Litergy, Melissa Moore, Nuclear Power Pants, Pleasant Livers, Ponytail, Quiet Hooves, Sick Weapons, Silk Flowers, Talk Normal, Team Robespierre, Thank You, the New Flesh, the Woes, Vincent Black Shadow, Weekends, What Cheer Brigade Marching Band, Y2KEITH.
• Saturday 7/11 NIGHT (120 W. North Avenue): Adventure, BDRMPPL, Beast Master, C Spencer Yeh, Drip House, Ear Power, ED SCHRADER, Eric Hnatow, Gdfx, Golden Birthday, Hair Police, Janitor, Kokomo, Mark Brown, Married in Berdichev, Milton Melvin Croissant III, Neddle Gun, Plural MC, Romo Roto, Rotten Milk Band, Smarts, Soft Pink Truth, Spellcaster, Talibam!, Truth Serum.
• Sunday 7/11 DAY (131 W. North Avenue, MICA parking lot): AK Slaughter, Big Bear, Blood Baby, Child Bite, Crazy Dreams Band, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Dang, Despot, Dope Body, Double Dagger, Future Islands, Gary War, Killer Whale, Little Howlin' Wolf, Magnet City Kids, Microkingdom, Santa Dads, Seyjano, Teeth Mountain, the Degenerettes, Witch Hat, Wolf Eyes, Zomes.
• Sunday 7/11 NIGHT (120 W. North Avenue): Cars Will Burn, DJ Dog Dick, Grasslung, Height, Infinity Window, John Eaton, John Weiss, Jones JONES Jones, Lizz King, Lord Scrummage, Mickey Free, Mincemeat or Tenspeed, MNDR, Narwhalz (Of Sound), Nautical Almanac, Polygons, Rap Dragons, Schwarz, Shams, Smartgrowth, Teen Girl Fantasy, Video Hippos.

Stockpile your facepaint now--you'll need it for hipster summer camp.