The Kilby Block Party festival: What a great weekend! I went to that fest for the first time this year, and I had a blast . Kilby is an indie-centric affair, but it's a big-tent version of indie with room for all kinds of subgenres and definitions. It's not too big and not too small, and the festival grounds are pretty comfortable and easy to navigate even when it gets gross and rainy outside. It was the closest thing I've experienced to the late, lamented Pitchfork Music Festival, and I mean that as the highest praise. Today, Kilby Block Party's organizers unveil the lineup for next year's festival, and it looks really, really good.

Next year's Kilby headliners are Deftones, the Strokes, and Jungle. I don't quite understand how Jungle are festival headliners now, but maybe I'll just need to catch their show and find out for myself.…