July 2010

07.13.2010

Link: America’s Top 10 Outdoor Concert Venues

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I’ve only been to four out of the ten on this list: Greek Theatre, The Gorge, Red Rocks and Alpine Valley. Hopefully I can hit the East Coast next summer.

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07.13.2010

Austin City Limits Music Festival Schedule Released

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The schedule for the Austin City Limits Festival has been posted.

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07.13.2010

Tour Dates: Dead Confederate and Alberta Cross Touring This September

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Dead Confederate and Alberta Cross are hitting the road together this fall. Our buddy Aaron has been telling me to start liking Alberta Cross for a while now but I still haven’t gotten to it. Anyone else psyched for this tour pairing?

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07.12.2010

High Sierra 2010: Surprise Me Mr. Davis @ Camp Harry – Moore is More

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My High Sierra High is dwindling. I have taken multiple showers, the dirt is almost completely off my feet and my sleep schedule is almost back to normal. Friends keep asking me about how my festival experience was, what bands I saw and what ridiculous costumes I wore. There was so much magic that happened [...]

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07.12.2010

2010 Treasure Island Music Festival Lineup Announced

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The lineup for Treasure Island Music Festival was officially released today following last week’s leak, and it’s exactly what we expected to see. The gorgeous, panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay will serve as the backdrop for LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian when they headline The 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival presented by [...]

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07.09.2010

Video: New Panda Bear Stuff Leaking Out

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Check out the above video featuring Panda Bear absolutely slaying some new material at Primavera Sound Festival this past Memorial Day weekend. A soundboard of the set recently surfaced on this feed which I’m cranking right now, and I’m completely musically transfixed and entranced on these new grooves. What can I say….I’m a fan. Links: [...]

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07.09.2010

The schedule for the Hopscotch Music Festival was just posted.

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I was really considering flying across the country for this but I’m not sure I’ll be able to get the dough together to make it happen. The lineup is sweet, though.

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07.09.2010

Check out the JamBase photos and commentary from Nateva

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Check out the JamBase photos and commentary from Nateva. We’ll have some more coming soon. I’m hearing conflicting reports on whether or not the festival was actually a success or not and it definitely didn’t really hit on a scale that we’ve seen infiltrating the media at all corners. We welcome it as a newcomer, [...]

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07.09.2010

Treasure Island 2010 Lineup: Belle & Sebastian, The National, LCD Soundsystem, BSS, She & Him and more!

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Our friends at Consequence of Sound must have gotten the lineup to the upcoming Treasure Island Music Festival a few days early, and we’re blown away to see a seriously solid lineup for this year’s edition of the annual indie rock and electronic music festival here in the Bay Area. I love that LCD Soundsystem [...]

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07.09.2010

Pitchfork Music Festival: Webcast Returning, Limited Tickets on Sale Next Thursday

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For fans in Chicago that haven’t gotten their Pitchfork Music Festival passes yet, you have a small, limited chance next Thursday before the festival begins…

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07.08.2010

High Sierra 2010: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

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Day one at High Sierra was filled with smiles, good times and an all-around relaxed vibe for me, and it end with Edward Sharpe and his band of Magnetic Zeros. Despite some frustrating sound issues that caused a bunch of feedback that made the magnetic frontman quite unhappy, the band made due and delivered a solid rousing event for their one and only High Sierra 2010 set. My buddies Pete and Rae Rae were there to get some photos and videos…

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07.08.2010

Photo Fest: Nateva Music & Camping Festival

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Our friend Kevin Fuller was on-hand for the inaugural Nateva Music & Camping Festival this past weekend and got some amazing photos. Check out all of his other photo work at fullervisuals.com and read on for the gallery of his favorite shots.

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07.08.2010

Camp Bisco 9: Late-Nights, iPhone App, Daily Schedule

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The schedule for Camp Bisco was just released.

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07.08.2010

North Coast Music Fest: Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Grace Potter and more added

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Good news for Chicago fans planning on hitting the inaugural North Coast Music Festival in September — Lupe Fiasco, The New Deal, Holy Ghost!, Grace Potter, New Mastersounds, and Claude VonStroke were all just added to the bill.

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07.08.2010

Video: Phish – “Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues”

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Best opener ever? You be the judge.

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07.07.2010

High Sierra 2010: Rubblebucket

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Moving on from Newfangled Wasteland, I caught a taste of Rubblebucket. A friendly security guard let me sneak backstage so I could get some shots of the crowd and the Vaudeville Tent. I stuck around for as long as I could before moving onto the camp for more raging with the crew and cooking dinner to get ready for the rest of the night. I’ll definitely be checking these guys out again soon. Anyone else catch this set on day one?

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07.07.2010

High Sierra 2010: Newfangled Wasteland

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One of the first bands I shot this weekend was Newfangled Wasteland, the all-star jamband tribute act to Beck. The set wonderfully took us through the recognizable numbers of old and dipped into some of the newer stuff that the crowd may have been familiar with. Songs like “Gamma Ray” and “Devil’s Haircut” were performed [...]

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07.07.2010

Outside Lands 2010: Late-Night Shows Announced

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The lineup for the late-nights following Outside Lands were just announced featuring shows from Pretty Lights, Jimmy Cliff, Levon Helm Band, Hercules and Love Affair and Tokyo Police Club. We’ll also be seeing a pre-party at the California Academy of Sciences Nightlife, which is a swank-ass and fitting bourgeois opening to the festival. I keed. [...]

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