In case you missed it, the lineup for this year’s Wakarusa Music Festival was finalized late last week. Topping the bill is a solid eclectic mix with Pretty Lights, The Avett Brothers and Primus all set to headline the festival, with LMB favorites Umphrey’s Mcgee, Girl Talk, Ghostland Observatory, Big Gigantic, EOTO, Orgone, Blitzen Trapper and tons more joining them to round out the festival’s ninth year in operation.
The festival returns to the Ozarks on May 31-June 3, 2012 and tickets are still on sale. READ MORE

The all-new LIFT Festival, aka The Elevated Music Experience, has announced the initial lineup for the fest’s debut. Set for the weekend of March 16-17th up on Whaleback Mountain in New Hampshire, they’ve got a pretty eclectic lineup booked with Ghostland Observatory, Conspirator, Paper Diamond, Orchard Lounge, Break Science, The Indobox, the McLovins and more set to deliver “slope-side, outdoor music” to the mountain. READ MORE
Our buddy Nick Isasi (@noodlecast) wrote up this awesome summary of all the amazing music he caught at this year’s Moogfest in Asheville, NC. There was a ton to take in and he was able to catch sets by Flying Lotus, the Flaming Lips, Battles, Amon Tobin, Holy Fuck 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…
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 dodos | photo by whitperson
This is another one of those week’s of live music in NYC that requires some serious skills with scheduling and logistics. There are a ton of great shows and there’s just not enough time, energy, and cash flow to take them all in. Since I’m still out of pocket, and there’s so much to choose from, I’m foregoing my normal highlight reel and just going with the entire list. Call me a slacker if you will, but given all these options, I think I’m mainly just indecisive…
Interesting shows from this week’s NYC concert calendar:
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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). Each evening will also feature exclusive host sets by 1320 RECORDS recording artist John Hughes! Tickets at STS9.com will be sold out in the next day (including the three day passes with Boulder Theater), at that point one and two day passes go on-sale THIS SATURDAY thru TicketMaster. Get ‘em.