Jon Abbey’s AMPLIFY 2011 festival starts up tonight in New York at The Stone, and runs through September 17th, ending at Issue Project Room. Believe me, it’s a big deal.

Or find out for yourself. You can read about it on the WFMU blog, check out the facebook page, track the goings-on over the past many months on the ihatemusic forum, and read in greater detail about the Gravity Wave mini-festival.

Oh, and here’s the lineup.