You Ain’t No Picasso continues his photo coverage from Monolith 2009 with the shots from the Girl Talk set. That reminds me…
Monolith
I’m still collecting my thoughts from this weekend’s unbelievable set from The Mars Volta at Outside Lands, but in the meantime they’re still out on tour and I highly recommend seeing them if you can.
The Mars Volta – 2009 Tour Dates
Sep 2 2009 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, California
Sep 4 2009 Soma San Diego, California
Sep 5 2009 Dodge Theatre Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 7 2009 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sep 8 2009 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 10 2009 First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 11 2009 Congress Theater Chicago, Illinois
Sep 13 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre- Monolith Festival Morrison, Colorado
Sep 14 2009 Midland Theatre Kansas City, Missouri
Sep 16 2009 Palladium Ballroom Dallas, Texas
Sep 17 2009 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, Texas
Sep 19 2009 Municipal Auditorium San Antonio, Texas
Oct 4 2009 Kool Haus Toronto, Ontario
Oct 5 2009 Metropolis Montreal, Quebec
Oct 8 2009 Roseland Ballroom New York, New York
Oct 10 2009 Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 11 2009 Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 29 2009 Sentrum Scene Oslo
Nov 30 2009 Cirkus Stockholm
Dec 2 2009 Vega Copenhagen
Dec 3 2009 Huxleys Berlin
Dec 6 2009 Vooruit Ghent
Dec 7 2009 013 Tilburg
Dec 9 2009 Playhouse Edinburgh
Dec 10 2009 Olympia Dublin
Dec 12 2009 The Refectory @ Leeds University Union Leeds
Dec 13 2009 ATP @ Butlin’s Holiday Centre Minehead
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After finally getting to see Red Rocks for the first time with the four-night Phish run, I’m instantly drawn to the Monolith Festival given the location and the lineup this year. There’s some really solid stuff on the bill, but there’s enough overlap in the coming months that I think I’ll get to see most of these artists in another setting, albeit nothing like the iconic Red Rocks Ampitheatre. I had an incredible time at the venue itself, so throw in some of the best indie bands of the moment and you’ve got yourself a solid two-day festival. READ MORE
Sunday at Monolith was not really a full day. After watching my beloved Redskins — they won — and picking my buddy up at the airport it was nearly 6pm and our arrival to Red Rocks was marked by the setting sun. It was a sunny but chilly day for early September, but you can experience all four seasons in Colorado on any given day so I wasn’t complaining. The night was full of energy, there was nearly a full moon and the wind was moving a light fog down the venue from early evening until the festival closed. Read on for some more takes on the evening and a lot of photos.
A first trip to a historic place is always special. The first day of the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks was especially nice. A cool, sunny day highlighted the already picturesque venue all afternoon. Adding to the atmosphere was probably the best single festival day of music I’ve had all summer. There were no uninspired sets and the only hiccup was Cut Copy not being able to finish an already fire show.
We’ll get everyone a full review as soon as possible but until then here are the best photos of the day. Its easy to shoot at Red Rocks, everything has a background that could serve as its own photo and the staff are as nice as can be. Follow the jump for my highlights from Saturday and some great photos. Hope everyone who went Saturday had as wonderful a time as I did. READ MORE
There’s tons of killer live music happening around San Francisco this week, including the Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend. I’m not sure I’ll be going even though I originally thought that there was no way I would miss it, so I’m still a bit conflicted on it to be honest. I’m sure I could get tickets last minute if I needed to, so it’s just more about how much energy I’ve got and whether or not I can get into Fleet Foxes tomorrow night at the Independent. Why the hell did I not get tickets to that sooner?
What’s going on in your neck of the woods? Leave some comments on what you’re planning on doing this weekend. Here are some other links to keep your mind busy in the meantime.
- Matt has a few photos up from Holy Fuck at Monolith [You Ain't No Picasso]
- Kings of Leon are going to be on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Their tour starts soon as well; check out the dates here.
- Smashing Pumpkins are releasing a two-disc DVD chronicling their reunion last year. One of the discs will have some live footage from their showcases in San Francisco and Asheville. [Pitchfork]
- Gov’t Mule is going out in tour in October all the way through to New Year’s Eve with a reinvigorated lineup. They’ve replaced bassist Andy Hess with Jorgen Carlsson, and the band seems eager to get on the road to show off the new sound. Plus, they just announced their New Year’s Eve shows in New York City. They’re playing two nights at the Hammerstein Ballroom. [liveDaily]
- Connor shares the open letter from The Airborne Toxic Event in response to the 1.6 rating they got on their latest album review from Pitchfork. Totally worth a read. [i guess i'm floating]
Finally, I’d be silly not to link to the new Phish-themed blog launched by Scotty B. over at Hidden Track. It’s cleverly titled You Enjoy MyBlog, and it features daily posts on all things Phish and Phish media on the internets. Sweet!
I’m really happy I stayed in a bit this weekend and took some time redesigning the site. It’s totally funny timing, too. I remember reading a little interview with Scott from Hidden Track where he mentioned that they were going to be launching a new version soon, and no sooner had I finished off the core of the new design when I checked on my feed reader to see that they had gone live with their new design also. Totally accidental that we launched at the same time. But kudos, guys! Congrats on the launch!
Let’s see what else is going on.
- Radiohead is working on a follow-up to In Rainbows already. [NME]
- Foals @ Monolith 9.13.08 [You Ain't No Picasso]
- Download mp3′s from The National’s set opening for R.E.M. at Great Woods this June. [bradley's almanac]
- Download mp3′s from Talking Heads at Sun Palace in Tokyo back in 1981. [Aquarium Drunkard]
- Consequence of Sound celebrates one year as a blog and offers up an mp3 mix of unreleased music that you won’t here elsewhere. Congrats, guys! [Consequence of Sound]
Last but certainly not least, our man Andrew has been on the scene at Monolith Festival all weekend and he’s captured some seriously fantastic photos already. Give them a look and expect an update from him real soon.
