Avant Music Fans In Anticipation of the Bent Festival: “Don’t Put Me In Your Box Unless It’s Disassembled And Filled With Frayed Sparking Wires!”

If this year's festival lineups seem a little vanilla for your taste, and the prospect of moshing along to "Guerilla Radio" with an aged Rage Against the Machine doesn't spark your interest, perhaps the fifth annual Bent Festival of circuit bending is more your style. What the hell is circuit bending? Well, straight from the experts, "Circuit Bending is short-circuiting battery-powered sound making devices to create new musical instruments," and this year's festival will take place in Los Angeles (April 17-19), New York City (April 24-27), and Minneapolis (May 1-3). LA performances will take place at Zero-Point and the California Plaza, NYC at The Tank, and Minneapolis at Intermedia Arts (mere blocks from Mr P's house).

All shows start at 7 PM and are completely free, with small fees for those interested in participating in afternoon workshops and zapping some wires of their own. Artists performing who are guaranteed to impress your friends in skill and obscurity include:

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