A sense of the subdued lingers come Sunday and it's not until Omar Souleyman teases the fragile from the throes of both slumber and splintering headache on the Main Stage that many beings are encountered. Like a snake charmer beguiling a pit of serpents with processed Korg frenetics, his wearied disciples slowly but surely cross the mudded planes of Robin Hill Country Park, dressed in suriyahs and tea towels, to raise their slithering arms towards Souleyman. Introduced by a stern translator in suit and shades, Souleyman eventually emerges, clenches his microphone between arm and torso, and begins to [...]
Editor's Note: Like last year, we decided to have two writers go this year and provide two perspectives of this year's Outside Lands Music Festival. We have myself and local comic personality, Ivan Hernandez. So enjoy our little journey through San Francisco's largest and most popular music festival. IVAN : The 2011 Outside Lands festival was going to great by virtue of line-up alone. How many weekends could there ever be in which you could see The Black Keys, The Roots, Arcade Fire, Latyrx, and a host of other bands perform in Golden Gate Park? With [...]
As gaggles of adolescents attached to backpacks filled with plastic waterproofs and dismayingly permeable macs head for Richfield Avenue and Bramham Park over the August bank holiday weekend bender, a brief and bleary-eyed glimpse around the Eurostar departure lounge on a chilled Friday morn suggests forever more buccaneers of Blighty are heading for Parisian banlieues and more precisely, for Rock en Seine . With the aforementioned iron horse depositing festival goers slap-bang at the beating heart of the French capital in approximately the same time as it takes to reach Leeds' railway gateway, the festival offers the foreign festival [...]
MGMT Outside Lands Day 1 on August 12th, 2011. Photos by Lindsey Best. Bands: Big Audio Dynamite Ellie Goulding Foster the People Kelley Stoltz MGMT Phantogram Phish The Shins [View with PicLens]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight's notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Stewart Copeland Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland continues Drum Solo Week 2. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Mat Kearney Rerun from August 2. Mat Kearney performed "Hey Mama" [...]
One of the best summer days passed with bright music in a meadow and wood setting in San Francisco, with a capacity crowd of 60,0000 fans.
Big Audio Dynamite is not my favorite band, but they are my favorite band that I never thought I would get a chance to see live. When BAD first broke onto the scene I was about five years old, so I didn't catch them the first time around. In fact, I didn't discover BAD until I got into buying records and 123 singles a few years ago. I know it's an odd ass-backwards way of doing things, but at three bucks, a used 123 is a great low-risk entry point for discovering artists you may not know a [...]
It's been a busy couple of years for former Clash member Mick Jones. After touring with the Gorillaz, Jones reunited Big Audio Dynamite (B.A.D.) earlier this year with stops at The Roxy and Coachella. They are playing most all major festivals and we were lucky enough to have them perform at Club Nokia. Joining Jones, were original members Don Letts, Leo Williams, and Greg Roberts (not sure where Dan Donovan was). B.A.D. was solid as expected with Jones all smiles. Class act. —Debi Del Grande [...]
Big Audio Dynamite played the Twin Peaks stage on Friday at Outside Lands Festival. Our photographer Marcello Ambriz was there to get some great shots of the band. Check them out inside.
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After touring with Gorillaz , Mick Jones brought his regrouped Big Audio Dynamite to Club Nokia for a headlining show prior wrapping up their stateside tour at Outside Lands in San Francisco. The Chain Gang of 1974 provided support.
Your Wednesday offerings: ► Vetiver visits the Troubadour behind its sparkling new album "The Errant Charm," supported by Waters (the new project from Van Pierszalowski of Port O'Brien) and CB Brand . ||| Download: Vetiver, " Wonder Why" ||| Download: Waters, "O Holy Break of Day" (via RCRDLBL) ► Big Audio Dynamite headlines Club Nokia, with the Chain Gang of 1974 opening. ► [...]
photos by Grant MacAllister B.A.D. @ Lolla Big Audio Dynamite brought their reunion back to North America this month . It included another visit to NYC in the form of a show at Brooklyn Bowl (on 8/3) and an appearance on Jimmy Fallon where they played two songs (one was a web exclusive). They since hit Lollapalooza (on Saturday). More pictures from Chicago, both Fallon videos and the entire Brooklyn Bowl setlist, below... [...]
Big Audio Dynamite is here this week for local two tour dates! If you didn't catch Big Audio Dynamite at Coachella, you can see them live at Club Nokia on Wednesday, Aug. 10 and at the City National Grove of...
Big Audio Dynamite will be back in Los Angeles this week for another show on Wednesday, August 10th at Club Nokia along with The Chain Gang of 1974 . Tickets are still available to purchase online through Ticketmaster for $35.50 plus any additional service fees. But we know the budget might be tight, so we are giving away tickets to go to the show for free! All you have to do is send us an email at DowntownLobby@gmail.com with your full name and email address, we will choose all winners at random. Get those [...]
What a strange idea: Let's create a world within a metropolis. Whether or not that was the methodology behind Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL, remains to be confirmed. However, that's what he's done. Stepping into the gates at Congress and Michigan, one can't help but feel they're about to enter another plane of existence. Yeah, yeah, what a cliché, simplistic statement, but let me ask you this... Over the weekend, did you see: Hall & Oates look-alikes, complete with the leisure suits, dancing in 85-degree heat A "lobster [...]
A number of highlights from this year's recently-completed Lollapalooza are now available to watch in video form. From Lykke Li's mash-up of Kanye West's "Power" to Bright Eyes' captivating performance of "Arc Of Time (Time Code)", not to mention Foo Fighters' earth-shattering performance in the rain to close out the weekend, check out the clips below. Also, stay tuned for our full report from this year's festival, which will be posted shortly. Arctic Monkeys - "The View from the Afternoon" Big Audio [...]
Day two of Lollapalooza 2011 included headlining performances by Eminem, My Morning Jacket, Pretty Lights, and Beirut. But, there was an impressive undercard in Ellie Goulding, Lykke Li, DFA 1979, Deftones, Local Natives, Big Audio Dynamite, and The Chain Gang of 1974 - all of which you can sneak peek below. Check out a few select shots from Brad Bretz and Heather Kaplan below, then check in Monday morning for a full report from this year's festival. Ellie Goulding: [...]
It's too big, very expensive and full of douchebags. But this year's sold-out Lollapalooza also includes a great mix of shows over three days. Here's the ATYP guide to recommended sets. Girl Talk , Friday. This will be a big party thrown by the mashup master. The throngs will be either at one of the big stages to see Coldplay or Muse . But this show will be more fun. Death from Above 1979 , Saturday. This late afternoon show features the [...]
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