This is tomorrow - sorry for the late post!


Forward Music Festival/Reverence with Delta 9, Caustic, Cyanotic, Los Bastardos Guaros
Music: Clubs:


When: 09/18/09 @ 10:30pm
Cost: $25/day ($45 adv./weekend)
Call: 258-4141
Web: www.myspace.com/reverencefestival

More Information:
9/18
# 10:30
# Reverence Showcase
# Orpheum Stage Door
# Delta 9
# Caustic
# Cyanotic
# Los Bastardos Guapo

This year's FORWARD MUSIC FESTIVAL is featuring Reverence 2009 a special showcase of the Forward Music Festival itself.


September 17th (Frequency)
GLASSGHOSTS (WI)
THE ATOMICA PROJECT (Positron!/^Flagrant, IL)
THE DARK CLAN (Sonic Mainline, WI)
THE GENTLEMAN LOSER (WI)

September 18th (Orpheum's Stage Door)
DELTA 9 (Psychotik, IL)
CAUSTIC (Crunch Pod, WI)
CYANOTIC (Bit Riot/WTII/Glitch Mode, IL)
LOS BASTARDOS GUAPOS

September 19th (Inferno)
ISZOLOSCOPE (CAN)
ALTER DER RUINE (Crunch Pod, AZ)
THE GOTHSICLES (WTII, IL)
NULL DEVICE (Nilaihah, WI)
SENSUOUS ENEMY (Sonic Mainline, WI)
CTRL (Diffusion, TX)
CAPTIVE SIX (Crunch Pod, CA)
PARASITE TWIN (Sonic Mainline, WI)


Forward Music Festival 2009 Announces Initial Lineup

Musicians from across the U.S. to celebrate Midwestern music and culture in Madison Sept. 17-19

Forward Music Festival, a Midwestern music event spanning multiple venues, showcasing a diverse cross-section of genres, and appealing to fans from all demographics, is pleased to announce a second year of Midwest-centric music slated for September 17-19 throughout Madison, Wisconsin. Venues include the Overture Center, High Noon Saloon, Majestic Theatre, Frequency, Inferno, Corral Room, Project Lodge, and Orpheum Theatre Stage Door and Lobby, as well as additional spaces throughout the city.

Chicago's own Andrew Bird will headline this year's festival with a Sept. 19 concert at Madison's Overture Hall. Madison-based chamber-pop act Pale Young Gentlemen will open the show.

Beloved by critics for his songwriting talents and revered by musicians and fans alike for his violin chops and whistling skills, Bird has spearheaded a musical movement that blends old-fashioned Americana, swing, jazz and zydeco with European traditions that made their way to the Midwest generations ago.

Forward Music Festival 2009 will also feature local and regional bands at each of its showcases, plus more than two dozen national touring acts--many with Midwestern roots. Current touring acts confirmed include Low, Cougar, Dan Wilson (of Semisonic), Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, YACHT, Ra Ra Riot, Fruit Bats, Iran, Richard Buckner, Garaj Mahal, Pronto, Punchline, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Action Item, Kevin Barker, Between the Trees, Farewell, Davila 666, Savoir Adore, Rock Plaza Central, Princeton, Wavves, and BLK JKS.

Madison bands confirmed for FMF09 at press time include Jeremiah Nelson & The Achilles Heel, Daniel and the Lion, Blueheels, Cartwalkers, Flatbear, Homeownered, Nuclear Woods, All Tiny Creatures, Terrior Bute, Start from Scratch, This Bright Apocalypse, Icarus Himself, This Bright Apocalypse, Peaking Lights, Sleeping in the Aviary, and Little Red Wolf. Regionally based acts include Collections of Colonies of Bees, Cedarwell, Maps and Atlases, Solid Gold, Denison Witmer, Joe Pug, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Occidental Brothers Dance Band Intl., Ghetto Division, The Hue, Decibully, French Horn Rebellion, Zach Vinson, The Chairs, Pezzetino, and Pomegranates. Countless additional artists will be announced in the weeks and months leading up to Forward Music Fest 2009.

Amble Down Records, an Eau Claire-based independent record label and management firm started in 2007 by young musician Kyle Frenette, will hold a showcase at this year's Forward Music Fest featuring most of its current and active roster: The Cloud Hymn, We Are The Willows, Meridene, The Wars of 1812, and The Daredevil Christopher Wright. The entire Amble Down catalog will be available for sale (all nine releases from 2007 and 2008) at the showcase.

In addition, the Forward Collaborative has partnered with local promoters Wongz Walk, local music blog JustSayinIsAll.com, and Reverence Fest organizer Matt Fanale to curate FMF09 showcases; these will be unveiled in the near future.

General Admission badges go on sale July 11 at noon and will be available through the Forward Music Festival website [www.fmf09.com] and at the Overture Center box office.Interviews with festival performers and organizers are available upon request. For to-the-minute updates, please follow FMF 2009 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/forwardmadison.

Forward Collaborative is a DIY collective based in Madison, Wisconsin.Our ranks include performers, record label and venue managers, music journalists and critics, talent buyers, publicity agents, and die-hard fans.Plus, as a collaborative, we are always seeking input from other like-minded individuals.