By Maria Gotay & Loren DiBlasi

Last week we highly recommended going to check out The Village Voice’s 4Knots Festival, a one-day marathon music extravaganza last Saturday at South Street Seaport. The lineup consisted heavily of punk bands, from the psychadelic Heliotropes to the garage punks Hunters to the excellent post-punk jammers Parquet Courts. Wildcards included clever rapper Fat Tony, freakpop Marnie Stern and headliner Kurt Vile, who favor Dylan-like soundwriting and acoustic melodies.  Besides awesome music, there was a little of everything to be observed – sailboats, costumes, photobooths, boozy crowds, babies with headphones, and a lot of free shit. Read on for our highlights, photos of bands and sexy concert-goers, and a Spotify playlist!