With all the criticism that Pitchfork is so famous for dishing out, sending a staff member to Fayetteville to cover the Dickson Street Music Festival could’ve been disastrous, especially given that our weekend was severely overshadowed in terms of the music festival scene.

Instead of going all Travis Morrison on our asses, Pitchfork’s Joe Tangari had nothing but good words about the Dickson Street Music Festival.

Tangari wrote, “While the cool kids spent the weekend at Coachella, a little piece of the hipster stratosphere broke off and fell on Fayetteville, Arkansas.”

Later when commenting on the seemingly bizarre lineup he had this to say, “At a glance, the bill for the festival looks incongruous: Shooter Jennings, .38 Special, and the Charlie Daniels Band on the first night and Little Feat, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Sonic Youth on the second. Strange as it is, though, splitting the acts like that made it a lot less so.”

Here’s to a good review for both the festival and Fayetteville in general.

Oh yeah, and here’s the full story.

The promoters for next month’s Dickson Street Music Festival are collaborating with the City of Fayetteville and a handful of environmentally-conscious groups in an effort to “pave the way for future events to practice social and environmental responsibility.”

First announced at AccessFayetteville.Org and then reported at NWAnews.com, the details of of the eco-friendly event are now posted on the official DSMF website.

According to NWAnews.com, “Beatnik Environmental, an organization that promotes environmental awareness through music, art, and event production, and SocialSustenance.Org are organizing guidelines for vendors as well as educational programs.”

Look for a heavy emphasis on recycling at this year’s event and plenty of eco-friendly tips and information including Omni-produced interactive carnival-style games.

Not too shabby, ya’ll. Not too shabby at all.

Tickets for what Pitchfork is calling “the festival lineup of the year” are available through MajesticConcerts.com.

The lineup for the Dickson Street Music Festival (and confirmation that this thing actually exists) was announced at a press conference earlier today and as it turns out, the rumors are indeed true.

Sonic Youth, Shooter Jennings and a handful of bands that you might’ve thought were retired (and probably should be) are set to perform April 25-26 at the self-proclaimed “Eco-Friendly Event”.

Ticket information and a few more details can be found at the Majestic Concerts website along with a couple of working links to band bios. Currently, the band bios links for Charlie Daniels, 38 Special and Little Feat are non-functional but if you really want to know more about them, just ask someone who’s at least 20 years older than you.

Depending on the weather, you can see all of this at either the Walton Arts Center parking lot or the Tyson Track Center. Tickets will set you back $30/day or $50 for both days. Snapple is listed as a sponsor so expect plenty of Antioxidant Orange Starfruit Water and Peach Pomegranate Red Tea to be on hand.

We can already hear the money exchanging hands across town from the bets you’ve been making over whether or not the real Sonic Youth was actually going to play in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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