...or so our headline will likely be after the 2010 Restoration Festival is completed. It's set to kick off over the weekend of August 28th and 29th at St. Joseph's Church in downtown Albany, New York. For the ridiculously reasonable price of $15 (for both days), you'll be able to see some of Albany's finest indie outfits, including Matthew Carefully, Scientific Maps, Alta Mira, and Sgt Dunbar & The Hobo Banned, and more, all while knowing that a portion of the proceeds are going to a good cause. Read about the festival after the jump to get all the details!

The aim of this festival is twofold: to highlight some of Albany's greatest local acts, as well as to raise funds to support St. Joseph's attempts to restore itself. The church, dedicated in 1860, is an Albany landmark, and has hosted many events on behalf of the Historic Albany Foundation. The Historic Albany Foundation is currently working to preserve the building for usage, but the church is in some serious need of repairs. This is where the Restoration Festival comes into play. Twenty-five percent of the ticket proceeds from the festival will be put toward the St. Joseph's Restoration fund to support their matched grant of $300,000 from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. To help lure a large crowd to the festival, the event will showcase a list of indie up-and-comers, including Alta Mira, Sgt. Dunbar & The Hobo Banned, Scientific Maps, and Matthew Carefully, all of whom originally hail from the area.

Alta Mira is the art rock collaboration between Tommy Krebs, Hunter Sagehorn, August Sagehorn, and InYourSpeakers' own Joe D. Michon-Huneau. They are self-described as a "mixture of indie, progressive, alternative, and art rock". They recorded their first EP, The Fables and Fabrications EP in 2007, with the help of Albany-based Indian Ledge Records. In 2007, the band earned Metroland's "Best New Band" category, and have since gone on to garner critical acclaim from such prestigious Albany press outfits as Albany's Times Union, Schenectady's Daily Gazette, and Hudson Valley's Chronogram magazine. Praise for Alta Mira has stretched beyond physical print and virally over the Internet, from such sites as JamBase.com and RadioExile.com. Be sure to check these guys out if you're heading to Rest Fest!

Sgt. Dunbar & The Hobo Banned are Albany's eight-person indie folk project. Additionly, this group is one of the founding acts for Albany's own B3nson Records. They began in 2004 by posting their own home recorded tracks to their website, and in 2007, they finally became the solid band they are today. They released their latest EP, Charles Mingus' Garbage Pile, last August. Alex Muro takes on vocal and guitar duties, Tim Koch is on trumpet and drums (and sometimes coffee mugs), Dan Pardee is on accordion, Donna Baird takes all horn duties, Eric Krans shines on bass and mandolin, Adam Muro plays banjo and saxophone, Louis Apicello takes control with a trumpet (and maybe a kazoo), Jen O'Connor plays violin among other percussions, and Adam Zurbruegg brings bass, vocal, guitar, and drum talents to the table. Oh, and these are only a few of the talents of each member. Don't believe us? Check out their "Band Member" section on their MySpace, and read all the crazy talent for yourself!

Scientific Maps have been working hard to make a name for themselves in the past few years. If you haven't heard of this four-person Albany band, you should at least know that they have toured and played with such bands as of Montreal, Akron/Family, and The Hold Steady. Given that fact alone, you have to believe that this group has some serious talent. Since their inception in 2003, The Maps have released two records, Get Off the Moon and Hold On Whoever You Are. Additionally, they have released two EPs, Galvanic Wizardry and, more recently, Food for Witches. In 2008, Aaron Smith, lead male vocalist and guitarist was named "Best Male Songwriter" by Metroland, and the group stole the "Best Pop Band" in the Capitol Region award by Metroland in 2006. The current lineup has Aaron Smith on guitar and vocals, Phil Pascuzzo on drums, Jason Hughes covering bass duties, and Donna Baird bringing her own vocal, trumpet, and keyboard flair into the mix. Be sure to catch Scientific Maps' set!

Matthew Carefully (a.k.a. Matthew Loiacono) is, arguably, one of the most interesting acts on this year's Restoration Festival bill. Hailing from Ballston Lake, NY, Carefully has always dedicated his sound to marrying seemingly normal instruments with more modern sounds. He manages to mix the sounds of music arranged on banjo, mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars, drums, percussion and more with electronic technology. One minute, his music sounds like some kind of folk rock with an Asian fusion, like on the track "Penny Rag", but his affection for electronica on "Right Behind (You)". Dedicated to honing his talent for manipulating octave pedals, strong distortion, looping and more at his live shows, Carefully will undoubtedly bring something unique to the table at this year's Restoration Festival.

In addition to the bands we've already mentioned, We Are Jeneric, Railbird, El Duke, RESTYS, The Red Lions, Swamp Baby, Aficionado, Grainbelt, Que Caro, Barons In The Attic, and Beware! The Other Head of Science will be performing at the festival. But that's not all. Not only will there be music festivities, but there will be visuals interludes and other excellent features provided by Goodship.

Early bird priced tickets are currently on sale for $10 for Saturday or Sunday, or you could just pay $5 more to get BOTH days. Hearing some of Albany's coolest bands and helping to keep a beautiful landmark alive for such a meager few dollars. Sounds like a pretty cool, win-win situation, right? Well, we've also treated you to tracks by most of the artists we highlighted, located below.