With Bonnaroo just three weeks away and Summer Camp this weekend, festival season is kicking off in a big way. Our friends over at Hidden Track posted an overall guide to summer festivals: how to get there, what to bring, and a little bit on what to expect. We’re re-posting it here; expect our own [...]
The Disco Biscuits’ annual festival, Camp Bisco, has confirmed its second round of lineup additions. Already featuring three nights of the Biscuits, two nights of STS9, and Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, the newly-beefed up lineup now includes the likes of Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, Bonobo Live, Tractorbeam vs. The Perfume, Brothers Past, Pnuma [...]
Interested in adding some philanthropy to your festival-going this summer? Check out All Good’s latest announcement: The creation of a Grassroots stage, where $1 from every beer will go towards Headcount, Rock the Earth, the Rex Foundation, and Concious Alliance.
San Francisco’s second annual Outside Lands festival, to be held at legendary Golden Gate Park, has just added some big names to their already-impressive line up. The festival, taking place August 28th-30th, now features Lucinda Williams, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, The Avett Brothers, Bat for Lashes, and Los Campesinos!, as well as [...]
Folks, we are on the cusp of the long-awaited return of Coffee Bean Brown. For the first time since Ben Chambers left the band, Tea Leaf Green‘s famed acoustic alter-ego will be “opening” for the band both nights of their upcoming two night run this Wednesday and Thursday at the 8×10 Club in Baltimore. Yes, [...]
This year’s schedule is in All Good order for All Good 2009. Without overlapping sets, there are no conflicts or missed sets, and because the two stages are right next to each other, there’s no stress about figuring out where you’re going. Sets to watch out for: Kreutzmann > Dark Star on Sunday; Lotus late [...]
Omaha, Nebraska – a place where the common man is legally not allowed to run around bare-chested (specifically with a shaved chest). This is also where seasoned indie rock band Cursive got their start in 1995, which allowed me, fourteen years later to stand in a sweaty, rage filled mosh pit at the front of [...]
The schedule for this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival was released on the festival website on Wednesday, and my brain has been scrambling since. Santigold at the same time as Grizzly Bear and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Crystal Castles during Phish’s Friday late night? Girl Talk vs. Pretty Lights? Animal Collective at 2:45PM? Good [...]
Rock the Bells made somequick-but-important announcements today. The official schedule has come out, venues included, and some additions have been announced; you can now expect to see Busta Rhymes, the GZA, and The Knux. Tickets go on sale May 2.
It’s here, finally; Lollapalooza is back and the lineup is huge. Headliners include Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, Jane’s Addiction, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon; other names to look out for are Ben Harper & Relentless7, Jack Johnson, and Thievery Corporation. Full lineup: The Airborne Toxic Event, Alberta Cross, Amazing Baby, Andrew Bird, Animal [...]
