Check out this full set by the looping violin virtuoso from a room atop England’s Queen Elizabeth Hall: READ MORE
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The lineup for Coachella 2012 has been posted! This year’s festival will be bringing headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to the two-weekend affair down in Indio, CA. Other LMB favorites on the lineup are Refused, M83, Flying Lotus, SBTRKT, Bon Iver, Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, and the newly-announced reunion by At The Drive-In.
Epic.
One of our favorite looping, multi-instrumentalists, Andrew Bird, has announced a bunch of spring 2012 tour dates along with a new album, called Break It Yourself, set to be released in March 2012. READ MORE
Newport Folk Festival 2010 from Mike Anderson on Vimeo.
The annual Newport Folk Festival has announced their 2010 lineup, releasing this artsy video above to celebrate the occasion. The three-day festival takes place July 30 – August 1 at Fort Adams in Newport, RI, and this year’s lineup includes artists like John Prine, Levon Helm Band, Andrew Bird, Avett Brothers, Yim Yames, Calexico, and many more.
Remember Radiohead’s “From the Basement” videos?
It turns out those weren’t the only videos being captured by Nigel Godrich and crew. I’m not sure exactly when this new site launched, but FromtheBasement.tv is now a virtual treasure trove of amazing live (in studio) performances by a veritable who’s who of amazing contemporary bands and artists.
There’s simply so much good video on this site and it’s all high-quality. Here are just a few choice selections:
Andrew Bird | Beck | Cold War Kids | The Fleet Foxes | Gnarls Barkley | Jamie Lidell | My Morning Jacket | The Raconteurs | Radiohead | Sonic Youth | The Shins | White Denim
Thanks to Bob Lefsetz for the tip!
photo by djenvert
The brilliant and eclectic Andrew Bird is a busy man these days. He’s currently out on tour with St. Vincent, in support of his recent album, Noble Beast. The two artists will be featured on the next episode of Austin City Limits. The show will air this Sat. Oct 24 but will also available for online streaming, as we mentioned previously.
Bird also just announced a few special Midwest shows in Minneapolis and his home base of Chicago. The shows are being themed around the Dutch concept of “Gezelligheid” — which loosely translates to “coziness” — and they’ll feature him playing solo, focusing on instrumental pieces, and using ambient lighting and giant horns instead of a more traditional amplified P.A. system. The rest of his tour continues well into 2010 and will take him to venues throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
In addition, Bird’s October 16th performance at the Pabst Theater was recorded and subsequently released as a podcast by 88Nine RadioMilwaukee.
Austin City Limits has just released its broadcast schedule for its 35th Season, which starts in October:
October 3: Dave Matthews Band
October 10: Ben Harper and Relentless7
October 17: Kenny Chesney
October 24: Andrew Bird / St. Vincent
October 31: M. Ward / Okkervil River
November 7: Elvis Costello / Band of Heathens
November 14: Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel
November 21: Pearl Jam
January 9, 2010: Allen Toussaint
January 16, 2010: Mos Def / K’Naan
January 23, 2010: TBD / Heartless Bastards
January 30, 2010: Steve Earle / Kris Kristofferson
February 6, 2010: Them Crooked Vultures
February 13, 2010: Madeleine Peyroux / Esperanza Spaldin
(via Billboard)
35th Season? Wow, I didn’t realize the show has been around that long. Good stuff. And from the looks of it, a pretty killer line-up for 2009-2010.
Liberty State Park, site of this weekend’s All Points West. Photo © Fovea Centralis
It’s August, and while the festival circuit has been going strong for a couple months, my own personal festival season is just beginning. This week brings the first All Points West to Liberty State Park, and I couldn’t be more excited to take a day off from work, hop a ferry and catch a full day of good indie rock.
Yes, I said indie rock. Friday’s lineup has it in abundance across all three of its stages. For a festival run by Goldenvoice, the Coachella promoters, and set in a park with a clear view of the Statue of Liberty (just a hop, skip and boat ride away from the Big Apple), it only makes sense that APW features some of the cream of the indie crop.
