Guitarist Chris Forsyth's hypnotic compositions assimilate art rock texture with folk, blues, and experimental influences. Long active in the underground/experimental scene, he's released a series of acclaimed records over the past few years, including his 2011 LP Paranoid Cat on Family Vineyard and Early Astral, a 2012 duo LP with Mountains' Koen Holtkamp on Blackest Rainbow. Hudson's twelve stringer Turnquist will return to the Spotty Dog in support of Chris Forsyth, playing with Paul Sukeena (Spacin').

You, Me and the Radio are a trio fearlessly committed to crazed acts of free improvisation and experimental songwriting through the unique instrumental combination of cello, guitar and voice. Drawn together by a mutual curiosity for sound and its most eccentric possibilities, they have brought something distinctive and new to the underground scene in their hometown of Ithaca, NY.

Doug Van Nort is an experimental musician whose work is dedicated to the creation of immersive and visceral sonic experiences, and to personal and collective creative expression through composition, free improvisation and generally electro-acoustic means of production. His instruments are custom-built systems that draw on concepts ranging from spectral re-synthesis to evolutionary processes and machine listening algorithms, while his source materials include any and all sounds discovered through attentive listening to the world. If, Bwana (Al Margolis) was born on New Year's Eve 1984, making music that has swung between fairly spontaneous studio constructions and more process-oriented composition.