Festivals

Langerado announces lineup

Tampa-Sarasota December 10, 2008 | 8:55 AM Categories: Festivals, Live, News, Rock/Pop

I will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie

Play

This just arrived in my inbox about two minutes ago. Rather than ramble on about how cool Langerado is (and it is by far the coolest fest in Florida), or analyze the roster (truth be told, I've barely looked at it), I'll simply pass on the info:

7TH ANNUAL LANGERADO MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INITIAL ARTIST LINEUP:

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SNOOP DOGG, RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS,
THIEVERY CORPORATION, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, FLOGGING MOLLY,
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, COLD WAR KIDS,
GIRL TALK, CHROMEO, MUTE MATH, AND BLACK KIDS

ARE JOINED BY GYM CLASS HEROES, THE FAINT,
THE POGUES, ZAC BROWN BAND, MATISYAHU, THE DISCO BISCUITS,
UMPHREY'S MCGEE, ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND,
MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD, THE VIRGINS, AND MANY MORE

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12TH NOON EST AT WWW.LANGERADO.COM
MARCH 6-7-8, 2009 AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN MIAMI, FL

Held for the first time this year at Bicentennial Park on Biscayne Bay, Langerado now calls Miami - one of the world's must cultural cities - home. Today, festival organizers make an initial artist announcement to make the Magic City proud. Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Thievery Corporation (Live), Slightly Stoopid and Dashboard Confessional join Flogging Molly, Broken Social Scene, Girl Talk, Cold War Kids, The Faint, Gym Class Heroes, Tricky, Chromeo, Mute Math, Black Kids, Café Tacuba, The Pogues, The Virgins, Zac Brown Band and more. Langerado is also proud to welcome back veterans from Langerado's past including Matisyahu, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph and The Family Band and Michael Franti and Spearhead and extend a warm welcome to the many artists performing at the festival for the first time. Artists will perform on multiple stages throughout the three day event and more artists are still to be announced!

Crowntown Showdown tonight!

Charlotte November 19, 2008 | 9:24 AM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Festivals, Live, Rock/Pop

crowntown.jpgHead out to Snug Harbor tonight to check out this month's Crowntown Showdown. It's a great way to see a variety of bands for a good price -- and you may get hooked up with the latest copy of Jeff Hahne's Homebrew CD, too!

While the event started out as a competition, it's now a local and regional showcase of talent.

Crowntown Showdown tonight!

Charlotte November 19, 2008 | 9:24 AM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Festivals, Live, Rock/Pop

crowntown.jpgHead out to Snug Harbor tonight to check out this month's Crowntown Showdown. It's a great way to see a variety of bands for a good price -- and you may get hooked up with the latest copy of Jeff Hahne's Homebrew CD, too!

While the event started out as a competition, it's now a local and regional showcase of talent.

wild.jpg
Already underway at Film Forum is a retrospective of idiosyncratic documentary filmmaker Les Blank. Just a few weeks back, we were fiending for the man's singular take on such non-standard doc subject matter like garlic, gap-toothed women, and American micro-cultures, not to mention his infamous documentary where German director Werner Herzog loses a bet and has to eat his shoe.
 Of particular note are the Les Blank documentaries running this week focusing on music and its makers. Tuesday night's double feature of Chulas Fronteras and Del Mero Corazon focuses on Tex-Mex border music cultures intermingling, with performances from conjunto and ranchero icons Flaco Jimenez and Lydia Mendoza, as well as a doc about the master of the conga, Francisco Aguabella. Wednesday night's double feature of Always for Pleasure and King of the Cowboy Artists immerses itself in New Orleans and the Wild Tchoupitoulas of Mardi Gras and a singing cowboy. Thursday showcases the sublime polka documentary, In Heaven There is No Beer? The answer to that question goes: "So we must drink it here."
Through Thursday, November 20 @ Film Forum 209 W. Houston
Those rascals at Part Time Punks just sent out the official set times and lineup for their fest this weekend. Like other festivals at the Echo complex the bands will be staggered between upstairs at the Echo and downstairs at the Echoplex. Pylon, Love is All and A Certain Ratio close out the downstairs while the Muslims headline upstairs.

The full lineup and times are after the jump...

This Week in...11/10-11/16

Los Angeles November 10, 2008 | 2:05 PM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Electronic/Dance, Festivals, Live, Rap/Hip-Hop, Upcoming

Dutchess and the Duke - Strangers

Play

Now things are really starting to heat up as we get closer to the end of the year. Pretty much every night is a winner this week, and a lot of nights involve tough decisions. It's not often that you have to turn down one band to see a better one here in LA, but that's what we're dealing with right now, and it's awesome.

Monday
Dutchess and the Duke, King Khan & The Shrines @ The Echo $10

I've missed the Dutchess and The Duke the last couple times they came through town, but not tonight. Forgoing the normal free residency on Monday, the Echo has instead booked a couple of fun bands for ten bucks. You can't really complain. The Dutchess and the Duke made the best Rolling Stones album of the least thirty years, and King Khan rocks some of the best garage you'll hear. It'll definitely be a hootenanny.

A back-of-the-tour-bus interview with JJ Grey

Tampa-Sarasota November 4, 2008 | 11:31 AM Categories: Festivals, Industry, Rock/Pop

The Devil You Know -- JJ Grey & Mofro

Play

jjgey.jpgShortly after he led his band Mofro through a spirited set at Saturday's Sarasota Blues Fest, JJ Grey sat down with me for a pre-meet-with-fans video interview. The gregarious, and very Southern, Jacksonville-area native talked about his relationship to audiences, how gigs take shape on stage, and a bit about his favorite singer. Video after the jump.

Review: Ears & Eyes Festival @ The Hideout

Chicago October 25, 2008 | 7:30 AM Categories: Art, Festivals, Reviews, Rock/Pop

Fractured Skies - Parts & Labor

Play

parts&labor.jpgThis weekend's Ears & Eyes Festival at the Hideout, which began Friday, has a pretty impressive lineup--and notwithstanding the presence of some strong out-of-town bands (like Friday's headliner, Parts & Labor), Chicagoans provide the bulk of the fest's substance.

Perhaps more than any other Chicago festival I've seen in two-plus decades living here, this one zeroes in on the local scene's proclivity for knocking down stylistic walls and disrupting genre hierarchies. The program includes a diverse slate of jazz and rock and lots of stuff in between, but more telling than the variety of acts is the approach of the individual musicians--from one project to the next they routinely cross back and forth between idioms, making an orthodoxy out of playing whatever they like.

2 Ez 2 Luv U - Thee Makeout Party

Play

budgetrock.pngYou know what will never die? Not rock 'n' roll -- that's bound to give up the ghost eventually. No, I'm talking about garage-rock. When there are only termites and robots roaming the Earth, when religious extremism and wonton greed and fear-mongering destroy us all, the bugs and the 'bots will devour -- both literally and figuratively -- every last Nuggets and Boulders and Love, Peace & Poetry compilation. Then they will get together and form bands inspired by the Troggs, the Standells, and the Count Five. And they will hold their very own Budget Rock Festival.

cal1.jpg
Friday

Gang Gang Dance, Growing, Psychic Ills, Sian Alice Group
The Paper of Note's Band of Note (mine as well, as I picked 'em on WNYC's Morning Edition a few days back) Gang Gang Dance have always been the bridesmaid, never the bride. Their CMJ shows in 2004 (opening for Sonic Youth) and in 2006 (opening for Hot Chip) were lush and frenetic (respectively). With the release of their long-anticipated St. Dymphna, that should all change. Now let's see if they can amalgamate their lush and frenetic halves tonight and elevate to the next plateau as their lauded peers Animal Collective and TV on the Radio. Part of The Social Registry's label showcase.
Santos Party House (CMJ)    18+    $15

Free Radio Channels