If, like many of us at LMB, you’re unable to enjoy the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in person this year, you are in luck. Tipitinas.com will be webcasting a number of shows from the classic NOLA venue, including Steve Kimock’s Crazy Engine, which kicks off tonight at 2AM CT. The rest of the schedule features some serious heavy-hitters in the jazz-funk realm.
Check out the full schedule of upcoming Tipitina’s webcasts:
The lineup for the Austin City Limits music festival down in Austin’s Zilker Park was just announced yesterday. The three-day fest will go down Oct. 2nd-4th and will feature tons of music, food, comedy, dust, heat, portojohns, drugs, booze and everything else we all love about music festivals. Read on for the lineup.
I remember reading the Phish issue of Relix when the band broke-up and I remember thinking that everything, indeed, seemed so final. The writing that Mike Gordon did regarding the use of his secret equipment seemed as symbolic as Trey giving away the trampolines during Coventry — it just seemed like the band really was moving on past all of this.
But it looks like they’ll be on the next issue of Relix; Phish Coventry has the cover. READ MORE
photo by sebastien.b
As a Chicago native, I’m always proud to give a shout-out to Chi-town bands. I lived in Chicago for about four years and was able to catch Future Rock rock out the local club circuit a number of times with their unique brand of live electronic rock. In my opinion, this trio doesn’t get nearly enough respect in the electronic rock or “jamtronica” scene (ugh, I really dislike using the latter label, but it is useful). So it’s great to see these guys grabbing a nice headlining slot at the Metro and a spot at this year’s Rothbury Festival, because they’ve been serious tour workhorses for the last five+ years, and they keep putting together great tunes and a killer live show. Although Future Rock is just as likely to get the house jumpin’ as a band like Lotus or the Disco Biscuits, their sets are a bit more geared towards the songs and crafting cool textures and themes. They also have picked some great covers to hone their sound (check out their takes on Daft Punk and Aphex Twin for some great examples).
For their Spring ’09 tour, they’ve linked up with Canadian electronic rockers Shout Out Out Out Out for the majority of their dates, and I am digging the match-up. The Shout Out guys seems to have taken on the Indie-rock dance party vibe of Holy Fuck and added a ton of vocoder and 80s synths to create their own little computer disco grooves.
Bottom line: These two should make for a nice, dance-friendly show, but with enough exploration and substance to keep you interested.
Listen:
Future Rock – Rocket [mp3]
Shout Out Out Out Out – Run [mp3]
Lebowski Fest is packing up their dirty undies and hitting the road for a North American tour this summer!
The Speed Of Sound Tour will kick off in May 2009 in Los Angeles and will roll through Louisville, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego and Las Vegas.
Lebowski Fest Los Angeles – May 7th & 8th
8th Annual Lebowski Fest – Louisville – July 10th & 11th
Lebowski Fest Seattle – July 20th & 21st
Lebowski Fest Portland – July 22nd & 23rd
Lebowski Fest San Francisco – July 24th & 25th
Lebowski Fest San Diego – July 26th & 27th
Lebowski Fest Las Vegas – July 28th & 29th
Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 24th.
Holy Fuck just released a new studio track and a set of Spring tour dates that will take them across the country. Crocodiles will be supporting all dates.
Read on for the tour itinerary…
5/21 BOSTON, MA Middle East
5/22 BROOKLYN, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/23 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
5/24 BALTIMORE, MD Ottobar
5/25 PHILADELPHIA, PA First Unitarian Church
5/27 WASHINGTON, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
5/28 CLEVELAND, OH Grog Shop
5/29 DETROIT, MI Magic Stick
5/30 CHICAGO, IL Empty Bottle
5/31 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7th Street Entry
6/03 BELLINGHAM, WA Nightlight Lounge
6/04 PORTLAND, OR Doug Fir
6/05 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Bottom of the Hill
6/06 LOS ANGELES, CA Troubadour
6/07 SAN DIEGO, CA Casbah
6/08 TUCSON, AZ Plush
6/10 DALLAS, TX Lounge On Elm
6/11 AUSTIN, TX Mohawk
6/12 HOUSTON, TX Walter’s
6/13 BATON ROUGE, LA Spanish Moon
6/14 BIRMINGHAM, AL Bottletree
6/15 ATLANTA, GA Drunken Unicorn
6/16 KNOXVILLE TN Pilot Light
[via JamBase]
And there we have it, folks. The lineup for Lollapalooza 2009 is out:
* Depeche Mode
* Tool
* The Killers
* Jane’s Addiction
* Beastie Boys
* Kings of Leon
* Lou Reed
* Ben Harper and Relentless7
* Thievery Corporation
* Snoop Dogg
* Rise Against
* Andrew Bird
* TV on the Radio
* Vampire Weekend
* The Decemberists
* Neko Case
* STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
* Animal Collective
* Band of Horses
* Of Montreal
* Arctic Monkeys
* Coheed and Cambria
* Ben Folds
* Fleet Foxes
* Silversun Pickups
* Kaiser Chiefs
* Crystal Castles
* Bon Iver
* Santigold
* Atmosphere
* Dan Auerbach
* Cold War Kids
* Deerhunter
* Lykke Li
* Robert Earl Keen
* Peter Bjorn and John
* Heartless Bastards
* Gomez
* Glasvegas
* Federico Aubele
* Dan Deacon
* Passion Pit
* Zap Mama
* The Raveonettes
* The Gaslight Anthem
* The Airborne Toxic Event
* White Lies
* Ra Ra Riot
* No Age
* Asher Roth
* Los Campesinos!
* Bat For Lashes
* Chairlift
* Gang Gang Dance
* The Virgins
* Amazing Baby
* Portugal. The Man
* The Knux
* Ida Maria
* Delta Spirit
* Friendly Fires
* Manchester Orchestra
* Constantines
* Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
* Hockey
* Miike Snow
* Alberta Cross
* Hey Champ
* Sam Roberts Band
* The Henry Clay People
* Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
* Cage the Elephant
* Living Things
* The Low Anthem
* Blind Pilot
* Langhorne Slim
* Other Lives
* The Builders and The Butchers
* Eric Church
* Joe Pug
* Kevin Devine
* The Greencards
* Carney
* Thenewno2
And “spinning at PERRY’S”
* Bassnectar
* MSTRKRFT
* Simian Mobile Disco
* Deadmau5
* Boys Noize
* KiD CuDi
* Crookers
* A-Trak
* Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
* The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
* LA Riots
* Kaskade
* The Glitch Mob
* Hollywood Holt
* Rye Rye
* He Say, She Say
* Car Stereo (Wars)
* Dark Wave Disco
* Moneypenny
* Yello Fever
* Animal Collective (DJ Set)
As always, Lollapalooza has put together a solid lineup consisting of big rock acts, latest indie rock sensations, and some favorites from year’s past. All in all, this lineup looks great.
Now, if I can just work in a trip to Chi-town to take advantage of this.
Grab your tickets here.
I almost forgot that this weekend was the annual Green Apple Music Festival across ten cities to celebrate Earth Day and raise money for environmental action. The lineup in D.C. looks the best to me, with The Flaming Lips, moe. and Los Lobos all set to appear tomorrow on The National Mall.
The Flaming Lips, moe., Los Lobos and others will perform during Earth Day On The National Mall by Earth Day Network in partnership with Green Apple Festival Day in Washington DC on Sunday, April 19, 2009. The free event on the National Mall will be emceed by actor Chevy Chase and will also feature performances by DJ Spooky, the Howard University Drummers and the Joy of Motion Dance Center’s teen hip hop company, Urban Impact. Additionally, Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network, actor Matthew Modine, Philippe Pierre Jacques-Yves Arnault Cousteau Jr., Rep. Edward Markey, U.S. House of Representatives among others will speak throughout the day. The theme of the day is the Green Generation – a campaign including renewable energy, green jobs and a new green economy. More on Earth Day is available at www.earthday.net
I can imagine some solid photos coming out of this event and can’t wait to see them. If you end up going or finding some coverage online, send it my way.
Green Apple Festival [www]
Earth Day [www]
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