Flying Lotus

The lineup for 2012 has been posted! This year’s festival will be bringing headliners , , and and to the two-weekend affair down in Indio, CA. Other LMB on the lineup are , , , , , Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, and the newly-announced reunion by At The Drive-In.

Epic.

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The lineup for one of the nation’s biggest electronic music festival, Miami’s annual , was just announced late last week right before Christmas. This is an absolutely stacked affair and I don’t recommend anyone skip on this if they like the untz. The fest returns to Miami’s downtown Bayfront Park area and will be happening from March 23-25, 2012 as part of Music Week in Miami. Tickets are already on sale.

And you should really think about buying tickets for this one if you’re in the area and/or spending money on South by Southwest just isn’t your thing. The highlights are plentiful in our eyes with the lineup on day one featuring , , and , along with Justice, , and on day two, and then finally , , and on day three. Wow, right?!

Read on for the full lineup and stay tuned for their phase two of the artist announcements; I’m not sure tickets will last too long for this one, though… READ MORE

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Our buddy Nick Isasi (@noodlecast) wrote up this awesome summary of all the amazing music he caught at this year’s in Asheville, NC. There was a ton to take in and he was able to catch sets by , the , , , and more…

Moogfest is a festival and celebration based around the memorial of Mr. Robert Moog. You know, that dude who invented the Moog Synthesizer which is used in so many music areas today. It was my first time attending this kind of festival that follows the SXSW format of “adopting” a community for a certain amount of time. I was excited to see how it would work. A relatively small town to hold a music festival, festival goers were forced to travel from venue to bar to parking lot to truly enjoy all of Moogfest.

Read on for my highlights from the festival; I grabbed some photos over at the Moogfest Facebook page, so all photos © their respective copyright owners. Read more…

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You been paying attention 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… >>>

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The schedule for was just posted this morning. Saturday is looking pretty solid if you want a dance party vibe to close out your night, with , then starting a little after 7pm, then > Death from Above 1979 > 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: >>>

Asheville, North Carolina’s festival ode to all things electronic music and Moog, Moogfest, just added some power to its already-solid lineup for 2011. Today, they threw a few new names into the mix, including , (featuring and Pat Mahoney of DFA/LCD Soundsystem), , and , among a bunch of others.

This fleshes out an already-stellar lineup of acts that cross the spectrum of electronic genres and styles, including three pioneers of electronic music: , and (who will perform their influential 1977 self-titled debut album in its entirety). Some other notable acts on the bill include: , , , The , , , , , and Umphrey’s McGee, just to name a few.

2011 takes place October 28-30 at various venues throughout Asheville. Tickets are on sale now. Full lineup after the jump… READ MORE

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The lineup for the was just announced, promptly crashing the Treasure Island website and bringing down the site with it. Whoops.

Here’s the scoop from Pitchfork:

The first day, headlined by (somewhat surprisingly) , has a lineup that leans toward stuff with dancey electronic influences: , , , , , , , , , , Aloe Blacc, and . headline the second day, which is way heavier on guitars, bass, and drums. , , the Hold Steady, , , , , , , , , and will all play.

Seeing Flying Lotus and Battles on the same day makes me beyond excited and it may mean I will finally make it out onto the shuttle buses to see this festival once and for all. I’ve heard good things but I’ve also heard the crowd and the vibe skews younger than some of the other festivals that get me psyched up, and despite last year’s LCD Soundsystem headlining slot, I’d never been too amped on who they’d booked to be the main talent on the lineup. This year’s choices of Death Cab for Cutie and Empire of the Sun won’t be enough to change that sentiment but the other talent on the lineup would be great to catch on that floating enclave in the middle of the Bay. READ MORE

Summer in NYC is now in full swing and we’ve got a busy week of local shows already upon us. I’m getting stoked for two shows this weekend, which should both be stellar. Friday night I’ll be heading out on the Hudson to join on “the Big F-ing Boat” (aka the Rocks Off Concert Cruise). Saturday is all about catching rock out at the Bowery Ballroom, which is why I posted the video above from one of their Austin shows in march. I’m really digging their new album D and can’t wait to see them bring their dual-guitar madness to the Bowery this weekend.

Also, we just got word that will be doing a free, “secret show” at LPR tonight at midnight…which is pretty rad if you can pull off the late-night midweek show. Read on for shows we recommend this week…

This week’s must-see shows in NYC:

Tuesday, 6/21/11
w/ Ed Vallance, The Roof Walkers@ The Rock Shop (Brooklyn)
, Glen Hansard @ Beacon Theatre
Flying Lotus @ LPR (secret/free Show @ midnight)
w/ Corey Glover, Corey Henry @ Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)
Ivan & Alyosha @ One New York Plaza

Wednesday, 6/22/11
Alberta Cross w/ My Gold Mask, Smoke Fairies, Livestock Prospectors @ The Rock Shop (Brooklyn) Galactic w/ Dinosaur Jr., Fucked Up, OFF!, Henry Rollins @ Terminal 5
Eddie Vedder w/ Glen Hansard @ Beacon Theatre
Flying Lotus @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Galactic, Corey Glover, Corey Henry, & The McLean Band @ Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn)
@ Red Hook Park (Brooklyn)
, Thieving Irons, Chairlift, Telepathe, Tearist @ Glasslands (Brooklyn)

Thursday, 6/23/11
Ivan & Alyosha @ World Financial Center

Friday, 6/24/11
Brothers Past @ The , Concert Cruise
Galactic w/ Corey Glover, Rich Medina, Corey Henry, & High And Mighty Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl
Sade & John Legend @ IZOD Center (Rutherford, NJ)
, , @ East River State Park (Williamsburg Waterfront, Brooklyn)

Saturday, 6/25/11
White Denim @

Note about Concert Listings:
For this week’s post, I used my “old standby” for concert listings, Jambase.

03.04.2011

Phish Friday: YouTube Dancing + Phish Funk = Meme

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Happy Friday, ya’ll. It’s quitting time here on the West Coast but I’ve got time to drop a quick post before tonight’s Flying Lotus show here in San Francisco. All the LA heads are going to be at Trey Anastasio tonight and he finishes his tour off tomorrow in Oakland, which sadly I’ll be missing. [...]

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05.29.2010

North Coast Music Festival: Chemical Brothers, Umphreys, Bisco, Flying Lotus and more…

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Last night during the second set of Umphrey’s McGee on Couch Tour, we got an announcement from keyboardist Joel Cummins regarding a festival that the band was going to be a part of in Chicago on Labor Day weekend. The festival is called the North Coast Music Festival and it’s going to be some serious heat for live music that weekend in the city. To get a lineup like this in Chicago starts to provides options to people besides the behemoth that is Lollapalooza, and the smaller and more eclectic and banging mix for your buck seriously puts this in good contention to be a standout festival of the year. Let’s hope for some bomb collaborations.

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