One-time Relix cover subjects Ben Harper, Jack Johnson and Tenacious D are among the acts scheduled to join the Beastie Boys’ Get Out and Vote tour. The brief outing is scheduled to kick off in Richmond, VA on October 28 and also make stops in St. Paul, MN on November 1 and Milwaukee, WI on November 2. These shows are timed with the 2008 general elections, which will be held nationwide on November 4.

An eclectic mix of bands will join the Beastie Boys along the way. In Richmond, Johnson, Sheryl Crowe, Norah Jones and Santogold will support the trio, while Harper and Tenacious D will supply opening duties in St. Paul and Harper, Tenacious D and the duo David Crosby and Graham Nash will support the group in Milwaukee. Though the run of shows is simply intended to encourage voting among music fans, the Beastie Boys openly support Barack Obama.

The Beastie Boys appeared on the December/January issue of Relix . These three shows will likely be the group’s only live appearances before 2009.

Yo La Tengo will ring in 2009 at Montclair, NJ’s brand-new concert venue, the Wellmont Theatre. The Feelies have been confirmed to open the show, Yo La Tengo’s first at the new Bowery Presents-promoted room. The performance will be the New Jersey trio’s first New Year's performance since 2005 when New Year’s Eve coincided with the group’s annual Chanukah performances at Hoboken, NJ’s nearby Maxwell’s. There is currently no word on whether or not Yo La Tengo will host its Chanukah shows this winter.

For many months, Yo La Tengo was rumored to open for My Morning Jacket at New York’s Madison Square Garden on New Year’s Eve. Last year, My Morning Jacket singer Jim James sat in with Yo La Tengo during its annual holiday run. Please visit www.yolatengo.com.

A number of bands associated with California's psych-rock scene will share the stage at The Frisco Freakout this weekend. The single-day event--which is being organized by Relix Contributing Editor Richard B. Simon and Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson--will take place at San Francisco’s Parkside on Saturday, October 11. According to the San Francisco Weekly, the psych-rock scene “roughs up '60s San Francisco/Dead influences in filters ranging from heavy metal to punk and ambient electronic.”

The festivities are scheduled to start at 2:15 PM and run into the night, featuring performances by Sequin Trails, Ascended Master, Mythical Beast, Wooden Shjips, Art Lessing And The Flower Vato, Sleepy Sun, Greg Ashley, The Bad Trips, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Crystal Antlers and Earthless. The event will benefit the nonprofit art gallery Creativity Explored.