The Sasquatch Music Festival has released their 2012 lineup, and as usual, it’s a doozy. Headliners included Beck, Bon Iver, Jack White, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D and The Shins, all amongst a virtual who’s who of the best independent artists playing today. Sasquatch takes place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-28, 2012) at the Gorge in George, WA. Check out their official 2012 announcement video: READ MORE
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Spiritualized have announced a set of tour dates in May that will take them across our fair states; the tour will set down in Minneapolis on May 2 and will weave its way East, South and then West to finally end up in Vancouver on 5/26. I still to this day have never caught this band and I feel like I’m regretting it more and more. When they roll through San Francisco at the end of the tour (when they’re firing on all cylinders) I’ll definitely be as close as I can be at the Fillmore to hear the space gospel at its best.
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The Austin City Limits music festival is coming up this weekend, featuring headliners Foo Fighters, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Bryne, and more. It looks like a so-so lineup for me in terms of headliners but the long tail of the lineup is totally impressive. Unfortunately none of us from the site are going to be in attendance, so we’ll just have to rely on second-hand reports of how the festivities go down and enjoy what we can of the webcast schedule that just got announced. They’re broadcasting some good stuff and pretty much exactly what I would have expected. Check it out. READ MORE
Tomorrow starts the Treasure Island Music Festival, featuring Justice, TV on the Radio, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, CSS, Foals and more. The lineup on Sunday might be even better with headliners all up and down the lineup: The Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Okkervil River, Tokyo Police Club, The Kills, Dr. Dog, John Vanderslice, The Dodos, and Fleet Foxes. The schedule is here.
We’ve got one pair of weekend passes to give away to one lucky fan that wants to bring a friend. If you’d like a chance at the tickets, drop a comment on the post here and I’ll close comments and pick a winner very soon. Like immediately.
To get you excited here’s some live Spiritualized to jam to while you think of something witty to put in the comments.
Spiritualized – “Soul On Fire” – Live from boostmobile on Vimeo.
Thanks to Boost Mobile for giving us the tickets to hand out.
A month or two ago, I wrote a column forecasting some of the changes in the current state of live music and the path the industry may take over the next year or two in natural response to the current state of the overarching music industry. In it, I claimed that touring out West could become too expensive and difficult for some bands, relegating groups to regional tours only (at best). Against my own advice — or soothsaying — I am about to embark on a roadtrip through America’s Southwest, complete with a number of live music dates thrown in the mix. Over the course of approximately 20 days, I will see over 20 bands and try not to burn myself out while on vacation.
I’ll warm up my rock and roll legs here in Chicago where I have a “solid fan base,” catching five or six shows up through next weekend. I imagine this is what a smart band would do before a major tour; try and make some quick money with as little cost to the group as possible. Then next weekend, “the band” (me and my three buddies) will meet in Denver for the Monolith Festival. After a weekend of too much of everything, we’ll get in a rented SUV and start driving across the southwestern part of the U.S. Again, we are doing this trip with the rock dream in mind, which will definitely result in us driving long distances and not sleeping enough.
The “tour” ends in the great city of Los Angeles, a place where dreams are made. The final outing will be a glorious My Morning Jacket concert at the infamous Greek Theater on a lazy Sunday night. Who else am I going to see, you ask?
Sunday couldn’t have been a more beautiful day, the sun was out and there was a light breeze; most importantly the music was worlds apart and totally amazing. In the short walk across Union Park you could hear folk, afro-pop, psychedelic rock and hip-hop. In my opinion, Sunday had the overall better schedule but delays and schedule changes made it really difficult to catch every band that I expected to see.
I opted to catch Cut Copy instead of Spoon for the last show of the weekend but it wasn’t in the stars. The Aussies were late due to travel inconveniences, Pitchfork waited way too long to tell the crowd and then tried to pass off a King Kahn/Bradford Cox jam session as a quality substitution. I caught the last half of Spoon’s set but alas no photos. Cut Copy did play and I’m a little bitter.
A few acts that impressed were The Dirty Projectors and Spiritualized; I expected Dave Longstreth and company to bring the incredible harmonies and music but I hadn’t experienced the power of Spiritualized’s sound just yet. The volume was airplane decibel — thank god for earplugs — and the music is a flowing Pink Floyd that really captured my attention.
The best moment of the weekend came when I rushed over to Bon Iver after Spiritualized just as Justin Vernon was busting out “Skinny Love”. The shade of the trees at the Balance Stage and Vernon’s soulful voice made for one incredible five minutes. I just wish I could have seen the full set. Follow the jump for some more semi-professional photos.
Oh to be young, a music fan and live in Chicago; for the next three weeks there are more bands, festivals and concerts coming through this city than I know what to do with. Some will be missed but I’m sure Mitch and I will get in our fair share over the next month or so and hopefully we won’t be burned out like Justin was after SXSW.
The Pitchfork Music Festival is kicking off the malay this weekend and should be a great two and a half days of music. There seems to be a festival almost every weekend until the end of the summer that we’ll be covering and to make things more fluid and familiar, LMB will keep all the previews looking somewhat the same as Whitperson’s All Good Preview.
Personally, I am pumped about Pitchfork because there are a number of bands I have yet to see and some that I can’t wait to see again. LMB is here to make a few suggestions and maybe someone’s weekend. Its a big event that’s nearly sold out but if you follow the jump you may be able to win yourself some three day passes.
Announced late last week, the Treasure Island Music Festival lineup looks pretty exciting, especially for someone like me who just moved to the Bay Area. I don’t remember hearing much about this last year but this year looks like a doozy. Check out the lineup…
Treasure Island Music Festival
http://treasureislandfestival.com/
9/20-9/21/08
San Francisco, CA
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20
Justice
TV on the Radio
Goldfrapp
Hot Chip
CSS
Antibalas
Aesop Rock
Amon Tobin
Foals
Mike Relm
Nortec: Bostich + Fussible
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
The Raconteurs
Tegan & Sara
Vampire Weekend
Spiritualized
Okkervil River
Tokyo Police Club
The Kills
Dr. Dog
John Vanderslice
The Dodos
Fleet Foxes
More TBA
Info (via JamBase): Treasure Island Music Festival runs from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day. Single day tickets cost $65.00. Two-day tickets cost $115.00. There will also be a limited quantity of VIP tickets sold as a four-pack, which includes four VIP tickets to one day of the festival, one VIP parking spot on the island, preferred viewing area, VIP Lounge with full bar and other amenities for $445.00. Treasure Island Music Festival mailing list members will have access to the presale for Two-Day Tickets beginning Thursday, May 29 at 10 a.m. You will receive the presale password and link in an email on Wednesday, May 28. There will be a limited number of early bird Two-Day Tickets for $99 during the presale. Sign up for the mailing list treasureislandfestival.com to get the presale password.
I’ll definitely be there for this. Day one features one of my iPod favorites for the past year or so: TV on the Radio. These guys have a haunting sound that just becomes so infectious to me, and I end up getting struck on a few of their tracks before moving on days later. It just really grabs me. Plus, I’m excited about getting to see new stuff for me like Justice, Hot Chip and CSS.
Day two is an obviously strong one with The Raconteurs slotted as the headliners, and add Fleet Foxes, Spiritualized and Tokyo Police Club and I’m set. I’ll wonder if Vampire Weekend is worth skipping, then I’ll let go off my nonconformist side and just enjoy the light, airy pop music (with African rhythms! it’s world music!). I really can’t wait for this festival, though. We’ll be planning on covering this day in and day out.
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