April 2010

04.16.2010

Review: Atoms for Peace @ Fox Theater, Oakland 4/15/10

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Last night was the second night of Atoms for Peace at the Fox Theater in Oakland and I’m still reeling from the amazing show that we witnessed. The supergroup that is Thom Yorke, Flea, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco absolutely shook the floors at the venue with a jungle dance [...]

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04.16.2010

Glastonbury 2010 Final Lineup: U2, Stevie Wonder, Muse

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England’s massive Glastonbury Festival has finalized its 2010 lineup, with U2, Stevie Wonder, and Muse at the top of a bill of over 300 bands and DJs. The festival takes place the weekend of June 25th-27th and also includes the likes of Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Femi Kuti, Groove Armada, George Clinton with Parliament [...]

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04.15.2010

Breaking News: Parents Won’t Let 14-Year Old Attend Phish Concert

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Phish concert….. parents wont let me go? [Yahoo! Answers] Ok so i am 14. My favorite band in the WHOLE world is phish. They are almost like a hippie band and they play very happy music about random things. Well last summer my parents went to thier concert and i wanted to go but they [...]

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04.15.2010

Video: Atoms for Peace – “Cymbal Rush” Live in Boston, 4/8/10

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I’m excited as hell for tonight’s Atoms for Peace show in Oakland at the Fox Theater. I’m told last night’s show was amazing, and I’m also told that it wasn’t a short set by any means. Other than that and this video below, I’m purposefully flying blind and want the music to just develop on [...]

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04.15.2010

Download: STS9′s PA Set Opening for Jay-Z

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I had no idea how timely this post was yesterday, but apparently STS9 was thinking on the same level when they put out their latest podcast last night. It’s the full, soundboard PA set that the band did when opening for Jay-Z at the Pepsi Center, and it sounds awesome. podcast :: live (pa) from [...]

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04.14.2010

Live Music 2.0: SF MusicTech Summit 2010

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I just confirmed a slot on my calendar for the SF MusicTech Summit set for the Hotel Kabuki here in San Francisco on Monday, May 17th. The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with [...]

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04.14.2010

Photo: “STS9, This is Jay-Z…Jay-Z, this is STS9″

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I love this photo.

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04.14.2010

Link: EAR FARM Previews Raliegh’s Hopscotch Festival

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A Preview of Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival [EAR FARM] EAR FARM caught up with the Hopscotch Festival’s curator and Independent Weekly’s Music Editor Grayson Currin to get the lowdown on how the whole thing came about, and to find out more about why downtown Raleigh will be the place to be in early September…

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04.14.2010

STS9 Announce Openers for Red Rocks Run

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thievery : ghostland : more : red rocks [sts9.com] Following up an event like 2009’s sold out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre is no easy feat. Well, we notched it. Joining STS9 at this years Red Rocks run will be THIEVERY CORPORATION (9/10), GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY (9/11), BIG GIGANTIC (9/11) and ALEX B of PNUMA (9/10). [...]

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04.14.2010

Win Tickets to JamBase Exclusive 4/29 Midnight Screening of Phish 3D

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Want to see Phish 3D before the rest of the general public has a chance? Check out what JamBase is up to…. JamBase is proud to be giving away tickets to an exclusive midnight screening of Phish 3D on Thursday April 29. You can enter the contest for several different cities at: www.jambase.com/phish3dmovie. Midnight Movie [...]

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04.14.2010

Coachella Webcast Offers Customized Playlists

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For the fans like me that aren’t going to be at Coachella this weekend, we’ve got a first glimpse of what will be made available on the webcast through two sponsored social media app integrations, one on Facebook and one on MySpace. For each three days of the festival, we’re told through the apps that [...]

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04.14.2010

Video: Conan O’Brien Covers “I Will Survive,” Radiohead “Creep”

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Conan O’Brien is no stranger to making headlines in the media world, and that trend will likely continue as coverage leaks in from his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour, which kicked off on Monday night in the Pacific Northwest. First, there was the huge announcement that Conan inked a deal with TBS [...]

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04.14.2010

Tour Dates: The Black Keys Release Brothers

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I was a bit down and out this weekend from a pulled shoulder and missed Yuri’s Night down in Silicon Valley, an all-day music and arts festival that had Les Claypool and The Black Keys rounding out the top of the lineup. I’ve only caught The Black Keys in a music festival setting, but they [...]

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04.13.2010

Tour Dates: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Release I Learned The Hard Way

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I’ve had a huge appreciation for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from the first time I saw them at Outside Lands in 2008, and the appreciation only grew fonder when she supported Phish for their Exile on Main Street set at Festival 8. Her latest release, I Learned The Hard Way, will be the backbone [...]

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04.13.2010

Coachella 2010 Announces Schedule, Adds Die Antwoord, Officially Sells Out

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Coachella 2010 kicks off this Friday in Indio, CA, so the festival organizers are squeezing in a few final announcements, including: the release of the official schedule, the addition of South African hip-hop oddball Die Antwoord to the lineup, and the fact that the festival is officially sold out.

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04.13.2010

Phish 3D Movie: Full List of Theaters Announced

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We’ve been keeping an eye out for updates on the Phish 3D movie, which will officially be released to theaters nationwide on April 30th. We recently posted the official trailer and the announcement about the advanced screenings on April 20th. Those advanced screenings have been sold out for a few weeks now, but today they’ve [...]

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04.12.2010

Link: Book Your Denver > Berkeley > Telluride > Denver Flights In Style

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Private Flights Denver>Berkeley>Telluride>Denver [Coventry Music] If you have not made travel arrangements surrounding The Greek and Telluride shows, well check this out. A group is chartering a private 120 passenger plane to take Phish fans from Denver to Berkeley, then Berkeley to Telluride, and finally back home to Denver. 4 flights, ~$1,000 total. Open bar. [...]

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04.12.2010

Download: Pavement @ Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/20/93

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Pavement :: Copenhagen, Denmark – June 20, 1993, Loppen [Aquarium Drunkard] I can count on one hand the number of contemporary ‘indie rock’ bands that 90 percent of my friends all agree upon. As Pavement most definitely fall in that circle, it’s no surprise that it seems like every other person I know in L.A. [...]

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