Our friends Adam Marcinek went and shot Mayer Hawthorne and Chromeo this past Tuesday at the House of Blues in Boston. He brought back this amazing set of photos…
Chromeo
Battles @ Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago 7/15/11
We just got hit with the first snowfall of the season here in NYC. Even though the weather’s starting to chill out, the live shows are keeping up the heat. Check out my preview of the week’s shows with some videos of my top picks, including Ween, Battles, and Steve Kimock & Friends. READ MORE
Last Thursday night I caught an amazing Chromeo’s “Night Falls” tour show with opener Mayer Hawthorne and The County.
Chromeo made quite the entrance on Thursday night. The loud stadium-esque guitar, the flashing lights and the snyth-infused chant of “CHRO-ME-O, OHHH OOHHH,” all indicated that this show was going to be epic. [CUIndependent.com]
I almost had trouble getting my camera into the show, but once I did and witnessed what I tried to show in the gallery below, I couldn’t wait to share these photos with all of you… VIEW PHOTOS
You been paying attention Moogfest this year? We’re digging on their lineup and the daily schedule has been announced already. In addition to the top-tier lineup covered in untz and whomp, this year will feature the festival along with an expansion to a number of new venues in the Asheville proper. In addition to shows at the Asheville Civic Center Arena, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and the Orange Peel, they’ve also added the newly renovated Asheville Music Hall (formerly Stella Blue) and the Diana Wortham Theatre, and plan to announce another outdoor venue soon.
Read on for the full schedule… >>>
The schedule for Treasure Island Music Festival was just posted this morning. Saturday is looking pretty solid if you want a dance party vibe to close out your night, with Chromeo, then Flying Lotus starting a little after 7pm, then Cut Copy > Death from Above 1979 > Empire of the Sun combo. I’m still confused as to why I’ve never been able to attend this fest but I’m hoping to change that now that I’ve got the ammo I need to realize that this is a killer time (with fun music for a summer weekend in San Francisco). Who else is going?
Here’s the full set times via JamBase: >>>
Somehow still standing from our late Saturday night -> Saints game -> Royal Street bender, we hopped down to The House of Blues to see Dave 1 and P-Thugg’s first visit to the Big Easy. Their fiery ball of 80′s/electronic party music brought out a pretty solid Sunday night crowd, and the pulsing beats and bright lights made it pretty easy for everyone to slide right in and get to gettin’ down. One thing I couldn’t get out of my head all night – that this band was made to do a Jazz Fest late night. You could sign me up right now if that opportunity arose, all in.
Alas, Austin City Limits weekend is upon us. As is generally the case with these monster fests, the amount of talent we’ll be seeing in Zilker Park is hard to fathom and my currently aggressive plan of attack will undoubtedly vary greatly from what actually occurs over the next four days. Deviations will occur – late-afternoon fatigue sets in, the inconvenience of meal breaks invokes a necessary break in the action (Taco City Limits – does that exist? If not, it should), a walk to one show is interrupted by a detour to another where “______ is supposedly coming out with _____,” (Jay-Z with Kanye? Just sayin…) or I become entranced by a legendary dance performance I’ll tell my kids about.
It’s almost time to pack it up — ACL is now a mere two days away. With Gary Clark Jr.’s amazing show last night at House of Blues and tomorrow night’s FUTUREBIRDS/J. Roddy Walston and the Business bill at One Eyed Jack’s, the mini-ACL that goes on here in New Orleans every year on ACL week has already begun (also, ACL performers Pretty Lights and Chromeo will be in town this weekend). Although we’ve featured mostly lesser-known artists for Days One and Two on here, for Sunday, it feels necessary to endorse the rare American festival sets of Manu Chao and Randy Newman and the fact that Arcade Fire may be disappearing for a bit after an extremely busy year of major shows headlining Coachella, Jazz Fest, Bonnaroo and now ACL, and that’s just in the United States.
