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Amidst the curious stuff (Early 90s lite-rap troupe Arrested Development! The resurrected Blind Melon!), the jammy stuff (Phil Lesh, Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, etc.), and the giant cartoon alligators (look left!), they're gathering in the swamps. Who? Why, R.E.M., Built to Spill, the Beastie Boys, the Roots, the National, Of Montreal, !!!, Dan Deacon, the Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper, Shout Out Louds, Minus the Bear, Dr. Dog, Antibalas, Pelican, Busdriver, the Postmarks, Josh Ritter, Matt Pond PA, Thievery Corporation, Earl Greyhound, and many, many more bands.

And why? Why, that's easy. It's the Langerado Festival, which kicks off its sixth incarnation tonight at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in the South Florida Everglades. Those wetlands will be rocked to their core well into Sunday, March 9.

Note, of course, that Langerado will have to make due without Vampire Weekend, who'll be up in New York City playing Hillary Clinton apologists one of their peppy jams on "Saturday Night Live". Still, the rest of the lineup (including, yes, 311) is intact and ready to roll throughout the weekend.