Bitter:Sweet will be performing amongst a star studded lineup at the L.A. Weekly Detour Festival on October 4th which includes: The Mars Volta, Gogol Bordello, Shiny Toy Guns, The Presets, Cut Copy, Matt Costa, Black Lips, Hercules and Love Affair, Grand Ole Party, Datarock, The Submarines, Adam Freeland, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One, Guns n Bombs Live, Peanut Butter Wolf, Buraka Som Sistema, Nico Vega, Japanese Motors, The Mae Shi, We Are Wolves, Afternoons, Noah and the Whale, Mugison, donMoy, DJ Kid Lightning, Paparazzi, AC Means. Be sure to catch Bitter:Sweet as they wind down their extensive tour!! A little history on the L.A.Weekly Detour Festival: This time two years ago Los Angeles – one of the world’s great music capitals – lacked its own major festival. Sure, there were some multi-act, multi-stage events in the area, but they tended to be genre-specific and often miles out of town. So LA Weekly, the alternative voice of this city for nearly 30 years, and era-defining event producers Goldenvoice (who bring us Coachella etc.) teamed to create Detour: a vibrant coming-together of diverse international rock and dance acts right in the heart of downtown L.A. Appropriately, Detour’s 2006 debut was co-headlined by Beck – an artist who encapsulates L.A.’s vast, eclectic soundscape like few others – and fellow SoCal locals Queens of the Stone Age, as well as hyperactive UK techno duo Basement Jaxx. Angelinos voted with their feet: Detour was a hit, and returned bigger and better last year with French dance maestros Justice and Brit indie-nistas Bloc Party topping the bill. Other Detour alumni include local luminaries Autolux, Redd Kross and Nico Vega; hip-hop innovators Blackalicious and Cool Kids; coarse Norse nutters Turbonegro; multi-lingual cult trio Blonde Redhead; and an array of globetrotting DJs. This year Detour will feature over 25 acts on 4 outdoor stages, plus vendors and art installations, spread across 6 city blocks around City Hall. Confirmed bands include genre-bending proggies The Mars Volta and irrepressible Gypsy-punk collective Gogol Bordello. Take the Metro (there’s a stop just steps away); stroll the streets, drink-in-hand; and celebrate our own world-class music festival.