Electronic hip-hop group Far East Movement (click here for in-depth profile) and indie rock band of Montreal will headline this year's SpringFest concert on Sunday, May 1. The day-long music festival will also include alt-garage artist Dom and student rapper Abdul Aziz Dieng '14, Student Events and WBRS announced last Saturday. SpringFest, the music festival on Chapels Field, is co-sponsored by WBRS and Student Events and is part of the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts.

Far East Movement, or FM, which consists of four Asian Americans from Los Angeles, will be the first music group with a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 to perform at Brandeis. The group's members are Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), J-Splif (Jae Choung) and DJ Virman (Virman Coquia). Far East Movement is best known for its singles "Rocketeer" and "Like a G6," the latter of which became the No. 1 song on Billboard and iTunes in October 2010.

Of Montreal lead singer Kevin Barnes began the funk, electronica and afrobeat-inspired group in 1996 in Athens, Ga., allegedly naming the band based off of a failed relationship with a woman from Montreal. The group's current members include Dottie Alexander, Nicholas Dobbratz, K Ishibashi, Davey Pierce, Bryan Poole, Clayton Ryclik and Thayer Sarrano. The group will be releasing a new album titled thecontrollersphere on April 26.

Dom is a five-man psych-pop band based in Worcester, Mass. known for its singles "Living in America" and "Jesus." It released its debut album, Sun Bronzed Greek Gods, in May 2010. The group's lead singer, Dom, is a mysterious figure who "has dreams of making artful pornography and playing video games with Lil Wayne" and has not released his last name because he "owes a lot of money," according to an interview with Pitchfork Magazine.

Student Events began coordinating with WBRS in choosing the SpringFest headliners and drafting contracts early in 2011. With the help of booking agency Pretty Polly Productions the student clubs were able to book the three bands for the University's largest concert of the year.

In addition to the headliners, Aziz Dieng will perform as the opening act. Dieng, whose stage name is simply Aziz, began rapping when he was 9 and has performed in numerous venues outside of Brandeis since coming to college. Maxwell Zotz '11 acts as his manager.

SpringFest will feature a Chapels Field laden with free food and activities. Among other things, a beer garden, snow cones, cotton candy, Japan relief posters, Student Sexuality Information Service's Sex Olympics, a sock drive by the Brandeis Interfaith Group and numerous Student Events and WBRS giveaways will appear on the field, according to Student Events Director of Concerts Alyssa Folickman '11.

"It won't be just about the music this year," Folickman said in an interview with justArts. "Student Events has collaborated both interdepartmentally as well as with other clubs to include novelty events, giveaways and a variety of other activities besides the main concert, so this time it'll be about creating an entire festival atmosphere to celebrate the end of the year.