Pitchfork

A bunch of big bands getting together to play in Southern California isn't exactly a diversion from the beaten path, but LA Weekly's done gone and dubbed it a Detour anyway.

The second annual Detour Music Festival rounds up a few of this year's usual festival suspects-- Bloc Party, Justice, uh, Satellite Party-- and provides them with yet another big stage. Along for the ride are the Shout Out Louds, Turbonegro, Teddybears, the Comedians of Comedy, Augie March, the Raveonettes, the Cool Kids, DJ Mehdi, Autolux, the Noisettes, SebastiAn, Kavinsky, the Aliens, Busy P, So Me, Kinky, and others. Though it seems somehow incongruous to provide directions to something called Detour, the whole shebang is going down October 6 on L.A.'s Main and First Streets. A portion of the profits will go to the L.A. environmental group Tree People.