The lineup for this year’s Hangout Music Fest is starting to be released via the official Facebook page. So far on the lineup announcement (along with the Jack White news coming late last week) we can see that String Cheese Incident has been booked for two sets one of the nights (which leaked earlier tonight on the band’s website) as well as Shpongle, Steve Winwood, Paper Diamond and more… READ MORE
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Phish | photo by WHITperson
Happy holidays, dudes and dudettes! Hope you got everything you wished for and downed copious amounts of egg nog. Now, on to more important stuff than family gatherings and gift exchanges….live music! Naturally, there are ton of great shows going on this week in NYC as we lead up to New Year’s Eve, including some multi-night holiday runs, some late-night throwdowns, and plenty of NYE parties that don’t involve watching a ball drop in 10-degree weather. READ MORE
summercampfestival.com
Earlier yesterday fans of the Summer Camp Music Festival on Facebook and Twitter started to get treated to the official lineup announcement slowly but surely leaking out over the interwebs. I was busy so didn’t really have time to digest it, but waking up this morning to the official announcement and seeing that moe., Umphrey’s McGee, and Primus are all at the top of the lineup is a nice treat for any fans in Illinois that regularly make this festival. I used to attend this back in my formidable years in the Midwest and have nothing but fond memories and continued respect for the lineups that these guys have been putting together. READ MORE
The fine folks over at NPR Music are webcasting live from the Newport Folk Festival this weekend. As with other recent festival coverage, NPR is now including video (previous streams were audio-only).
Here’s the full schedule (all times are ET):
Saturday, July 30:
6:00 pm: The Decemberists
5:50 pm: Pokey LaFarge
4:45 pm: Gillian Welch
4:30 pm: Delta Spirit
3:25 pm: Earl Scruggs
3:00 pm: Freelance Whales
2:00 pm: Gogol Bordello
1:45 pm: Typhoon
12:40 pm: The Felice Brothers
12:00 pm: Wailin’ Jennys
Sunday, July 31
6:00 pm: Emmylou Harris
5:50 pm: Chris Thile and Michael Daves
4:45 pm: Elvis Costello
4:30 pm: Mountain Man
3:25 pm: Amos Lee
3:00 pm: The Secret Sisters
2:00 pm: Wanda Jackson
1:45 pm: Mavis Stapes
12:45 pm: Carolina Chocolate Drops
12:30 pm: Tegan And Sara
12:00 pm: David Wax Museum
They’re also promising some additional coverage including: The Devil Makes Three, Ramblin Jack Elliott, River City Extension,The Civil Wars, M. Ward, The Cave Singers and more.
Bonnaroo 2011
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 is now official.
Eminem is the name at the top with Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield and My Morning Jacket all getting in line right behind him. Oh, and Lil Wayne. Christ a milli.
Whether you like the artists or not, it’s undeniable that the ‘Roo lineups seem to trump all others and really get people chattering about the state of the entire music industry in general. Read on for the full artist list. READ MORE
Primus has returned to the road with a bang this year — I know from experience — and they’re continuing on with that energy by bringing their seminal Frizzle Fry to the stage once again on September 16th in Los Angeles. The band returned to the road back in 2004 with a similar premise, which is fantastically captured in their live DVD, Hallucino-Genetics
Read on for their full set of tour dates with openers like Gogol Bordello, Portugal. The Man, and Split Lip Rayfield among others. READ MORE
sfoutsidelands.com
The lineup for Outside Lands 2010 was just announced.
2010 Outside Lands Lineup Remix [YouTube]
Kings of Leon
Furthur
The Strokes
My Morning Jacket
Phoenix
Social Distortion
Al Green
Gogol Bordello
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
The Levon Helm Band
Cat Power
Empire of the Sun
Wolfmother
Bassnectar
Chromeo
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
The Temper Trap
Pretty Lights
Janelle Monae
Amos Lee
The Devil Makes Three
Tokyo Police Club
Beats Antique
Rebirth Brass Band
Wild Beasts
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub
The Budos Bands
Aterciopelados
Garage a Trois
Mayer Hawthorne & the County
Langhorne Slim
The Pimps of Joytime
People Under the Stairs
Electric Six
Vieux Farka Toure
Dawes
Nneka
The Soft Pack
The Whigs
Little Wings
Check out these amazing photos our friend Chris Monaghan got when he saw DeVotchka and Gogol Bordello roll through Chicago last month.
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