Forget about Outside Lands — On Land music festival brings out the real surprises. This festival, in its third year, organized by Root Strata music label, focuses on the more obscure and out-there sounds — what would have been once referred to as avant or experimental, and now seems to go under catch-all "noise." The four-night affair kicks off yesterday, with Oneohtrix Point Never (Brooklyn-based Daniel Lopatin) headlining on Friday, and former S.F.-er Alexis Georgopoulos' Alps on Saturday. Sunday might well be the highlight, with the gorgeous one-woman Grouper (Portland's Liz Harris, pictured) and Daniel Higgs. Video provided by Nate Boyce and others. $10-$20 for individual shows, $45 for four-day pass.

By Reyhan Harmanci