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LIFT Festival: Ghostland, Paper Diamond, McLovins & more…

by Justin Ward on Jan 11, 12

in Festivals

LIFT Festival 2012

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 , , , , , , the and more set to deliver “slope-side, outdoor music” to the mountain. READ MORE

North Coast Music Fest: Day One Photos, Live Webcast Today on iClips

by Justin Ward on Sep 4, 10

in Festivals,Photo Galleries

Crowd @ 2010 | Photo by Chris Monaghan

North Coast Music Festival kicked off its inaugural year last night in ’s Union Park, with performances by Pretty Lights, Paul Van Dyk, and Chemical Brothers. Our man Chris Monaghan is at the festival giving us some photo coverage, so read on for some shots from last night’s sets… READ MORE

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

by Justin Ward on May 29, 10

in Festivals

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www.northcoastfestival.com

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 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.

Check out their Twitter page here and follow along for the official lineup announcement. We have it on good authority that this is the lineup we’ll be seeing when it gets dropped.

2010

Lineup:

Nas & Damian Marley





Paul Van Dyk


& the County


Flying

Jakob Dylan & Three Legs










Seriously tight. Who’s already planning their weekend there?

Update:

The daily schedule has been announced…

Day 1 – Friday, September 3, 2010 – $35
The (Live), Paul Van Dyk, Pretty Lights, Paul Kalkbrenner, Orchard Lounge

Day 2 – Saturday, September 4, 2010 – $35
Umphrey’s McGee, Moby (DJ Set), De La Soul, Cold War Kids, Jay Electronica, Boys Noize, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Benga, Future Rock, Jakob Dylan & Three Legs, Van Ghost, Two Fresh

Day 3 – Sunday, September 5, 2010 – $35
Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, , Benny Benassi, , Mayer Hawthorne & The County Green Velvet (Live), Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Phantogram, Loyal Divide

Starscape Festival 2010 Lineup: Disco Biscuits, Pretty Lights, Lotus, The New Deal, and lots of DJs

by whitperson on Feb 19, 10

in Festivals

The 12th Annual Starscape Festival has announced their 2010 lineup. As with previous incarnations of Starscape, the event is a one-day (and all-night) music festival that features a mix of live electronic bands and DJs across four themed stages. 2010 takes place Saturday, June 5th and will once again be held at Ft. Armistead Park in Baltimore, MD.

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2009 Halloween Concert Round-Up

by whitperson on Oct 28, 09

in Link Roundup,Tour Dates

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Like New Year’s Eve, is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the vibe in some way, touring bands often approach as an opportunity to really create a unique live music event. Just as we did with our New Year’s Eve concert round-up, we’ve compiled a list of Halloween concerts that will be going on this weekend (see below for the long list).

We have also noticed a few bands that are taking a similar approach to Halloween as by doing some sort of “musical costume” and either covering another band’s music or playing a full show of thematic covers. Here are a few of the more interesting “musical costumes” we’ve seen announced this year:

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