Well, I’ll be…it seems that the rumors were just about true (two-thirds)…
The partial lineup for Bonnaroo 2006 has been announced and confirmed. And guess what, Radiohead and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are confirmed as headliners!
2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 16-18, 2006
Manchester, TN
updated: 2/10/06 5:00pm
Radiohead
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Phil Lesh & Friends
Beck
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Bonnie Raitt
Death Cab for Cutie
moe.
Bright Eyes
The Neville Brothers
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Buddy Guy
Damian Marley
Ben Folds
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Dr. John
Matisyahu
G. Love & Special Sauce
My Morning Jacket
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Steel Pulse
Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove
Cat Power
Medeski Martin & Wood
Nickel Creek
Gomez
Atmosphere
Steve Earle
Blues Traveler
Amadou & Mariam
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Dresden Dolls
Son Volt
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Jerry Douglas
Soulive
Rusted Root
Devendra Banhart Band
Donavon Frankenreiter
Mike Doughty
Sasha
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
The Magic Numbers
Bill Frisell
Seu Jorge
Bettye LaVette
Dungen
Shooter Jennings
Rebirth Brass Band
Robinella
Andrew Bird
Steel Train
Jackie Greene
Devotchka
Wood Brothers
dios (malos)
Toubab Krewe
The Motet
Marah
I-Nine
Balkan Beat Box
Cat Empire
Oysterhead
Les Claypool (and his fancy band)
Tickets for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will go on sale Saturday, February 11, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time through Bonnaroo.com . For more information, go to Bonnaroo.com.
If you’ve followed Umphrey’s McGee as closely as I have in the past couple years, you know that they’re continuing to push forward, innovate and inproGisate like the best jamband juggernauts of years past.
With news that they’re pushing out a new album early spring (and with one very cool looking cover), here’s to 2006 as another great year for the UM.
From Umphreys.com…
Umphrey’s McGee is proud to announce the release of their third studio album, Safety In Numbers – in stores nationwide on SCI Fidelity Records, April 4, 2006! Produced by UM and their long-time engineer Kevin Browning, and recorded in the band’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois, Safety In Numbers features eleven amazing tracks, including many never-before-heard songs. With special guest musicians Huey Lewis and Joshua Redman, and cover art from renowned album designer Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc.), Safety In Numbers represents the next step in the growth of Umphrey’s McGee.
The Raconteurs, one band to be very excited about in 2006, have posted the first two tracks from their upcoming release, Broken Boy Soldiers, at their website.
In case you don’t know, The Raconteurs is the new group with Brendan Benson and Jack White, and they’ve teamed up with a rhythm section (Jack Lawrence (bass) and Patrick Keeler (drums)) that is sure to provide the solid backbone behind the frontmen. I love the way the songs sound already…
Coolest. Band website. Ever.
I’m definitely not calling it the most functional website ever and the green screen brings back office memories from my past that continue to haunt me. It’s definitely up there with the coolest, though…
Update: Here’s an actual download…
(via iGIF)
On Saturday night, I ventured out in the Chicago wilderness to catch Dialogue, The Felix Culpa, Hanalei and Wax on Radio play at the Metro.
A newly smoke-free venue, $6 gin and tonics, and emo-based indie rock = a fun time had by all. I didn’t actually stay the entire time so I didn’t catch Wax on Radio, which is a shame. I’m sure I would have liked that part of the show but I guess I just felt like jettin’.
Onto the music…
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Live Music Blog is happy to welcome Brian Mundy, a first-time guest-writer but definitely a long-time reader and friend of the site. Here’s his first review: Broken Social Scene’s Webster Hall show from Friday, January 27, 2006. You can sing him praise and email him kisses at: the_zaptor@hotmail.com
You Forgot It in People, Broken Social Scene’s second release, is a fuckin’ fantastic rock record. It captures the enthusiasm of rock and roll and its capacity for the full range of love to hate with alarming accuracy. I think that the opening duo of “Capture the Flag” / “KC Accidental” is one of the best opening sequences of any rock record out there. It rises up slowly, explodes cathartically, threatens to blister apart, then disintegrates, fading away in fuzz and delay. Later in the album, “Anthems for a 17 Year-Old Girl” swirls with a round of banjo, distorted guitar arpeggios, and repeated mantras “Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me” that rise and build until the ether is full of that all-too familiar angst that constricted my throat so many times in high school.
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Update (2/13/06): Some info updates here…
Lollapalooza 2006 was all but confirmed immediately after last year’s festival; the entire weekend was a success (even with the sound and heat problems) and the city of Chicago was immediately okay to okay the 2006 festival…
It’s still a rumor considering that all we have so far is the date and location, but I’m sure we’ll hear more on this very soon…
Lollapalooza Music Festival
August 4-6, 2006
Hutchinson Field, Chicago, IL
Lineup: tbd
Talk about something to be excited about…
…and maybe something else to be wary of…
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