So I found this lovely festival spread over 18 different venues from Feburary 24th until March 1st called Noise Pop. I have a list of the bands that should be there and for more detailed information go to:
http://www.noisepop.com/the-2009-festival
Looks like one hell of a good time, here are the bands that will be performing:
A B and the Sea, Afternoons, Aim Low Kid, The Aimless Never Miss, An Horse, Antony and the Johnsons, Audio Out Send, Ryan Auffenberg, Big Light, AA Bondy, Boy In Static, Broken West, Built For the Sea, City Light, Clues, Colossal Yes, Matt Costa, Crime In Choir, Crown City Rockers, Cryptacize, Cut Off Your Hands, Dame Satan, The Dead Trees, Dear and the Headlights, Deerhunter, Karina Denike, Dizzy Balloon, DJ Morale, David Dondero, The Dont's, The Drums, Mark Eitzel, Evacuee, Everest, Ex-boyfriends, Jason Finazzo, Flosstradamus, Robert Francis, French Kicks, The Fresh and Onlys, From Monument to Masses, Laura Gibson, Girls, Goblin Cock, Harbours, Here Here, Peggy Honeywell, The Hooks, Infinite Body, Japanese Motors, Kinch, Kings & Queens, Kool Keith: Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Dooom, Kowloon Walled City, kutMasta kurt, Les Savy Fav, Lilofee, Loch Lomond, Love is Chemicals, Lumerians, The Mae Shi, Stephen Malkmus (Solo), Man/Miracle, Jake Mann, The Matches, Maus Haus, Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele, The Morning Benders, Bob Mould, The Mountain Goats (solo), Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Mumlers, Music For Animals, N.A.S.A., Goh Nakamura, AC Newman,Thao Nguyen, No Age, Odawas, Thee Oh Sees, Papercuts, Picture Atlantic, Port O'Brien, Portugal. The Man, Donovan Quinn, Ra Ra Riot, Rademacher, Rafter, Rainbow Arabia, The Red Verse, Mike Relm, Josh Ritter (solo w/string quartet), Scissors For Lefty, Sholi, The Sleepover Disaster, Sleepy Sun, Dave Smallen, Sean Smith, St. Vincent, Kelley Stoltz, The Submarines, Sugar & Gold, Telekinesis, Tempo No Tempo, That Ghost, Themselves, Tiny Television, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, True Widow, Two Sheds, Tyvek, Unnatural Helpers, Veil Veil Vanish, Martha Wainwright, Wallpaper, Warship, White Circle Crime Club, Devon Williams, Yoni Wolf