Free Press Summer Fest has revealed the lineup for its 2013 festival, which takes place June 1st - 2nd at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston, Texas. The Postal Service, Iggy and the Stooges, Passion Pit, and TV on the Radio top this year's lineup, appearing alongside Arctic Monkeys, Alabama Shakes, Cat Power, Geto Boys, Japandroids, Baroness, The Men, Dawes, Kitty Pryde, and Chairlift. Also playing are Bassnectar, Social Distortion, Of Monsters and Men, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Calvin Harris, Mavis Staples, 2 Chainz, The Head and the Heart, Grace Poter and the Nocturnals, Matt and [...]
Thanks To Camilo for this great artwork. Looking back at 2012, there were plenty of albums that I loved. Was it the best year of music in recent memory? Maybe not, but it was a damn good year in its own right. There is a lot that we may look back on and remember well into the rest of the decade. This year I listed my Top 40 albums, as well as a few honorable mentions that were as close to making my list as they come. I didn't get to listen [...]
(photo by cubagallery ) These are 50 tracks that delighted, inspired and fascinated us in 2012 and that we think are worthy of remembering long after the year is over. We present them here in highly unscientific ordered list form, with Matt's songs marked with a "-MG" and my choices with a "-TJ" next to them. To better spread the love, we've stuck with the one song per artist rule. Click here to download all the tracks in a zip and subscribe to our Spotify Playlist to stream them all. Enjoy y'all! [...]
Con el 2013 pisándonos los talones, el equipo de indieHearts hace un repaso, acompañado de sus pensamientos e inquietudes, de los mejores 50 discos de 2012: 50. The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea Si hay alguien que puede jactarse de haber escrito canciones de (des)amor es el barítono y frontman de The Magnetic Fields : Stephin Merritt . Con 69 Love Songs a 13 años [...]
I know I waxed philosophical about the value of an album as a whole earlier this week but don't get me wrong- I treasure my iPod and it is jam packed with playlists with every theme under the sun. Including a "Best of..." for 2012. Here is the ten I've chosen from that ...pretty extensive list that has soundtracked my year. Melanie and Barlow contributed ten of their carefully cultivated choices each to help round it out and here's our official Best Tracks of 2012 . [Tiffiny] Apologies, I Have None - The [...]
Now that I've run down my 50 favorite songs of the year, it's time to move onto my Top 25 Albums of 2012 . I easily could have listed 50 here, too, but I realized that half of those would have been albums that I only listen to when I'm in a particular mood. In other words, they're not immediately accessible, and that to me knocks them down a notch. So, if you're looking for 25 releases that you can immediately dive into and love, this is the place to be. Enjoy. [...]
For the eighth time in a row, Lollapalooza returned to Chicago's Grant Park. While the festival has received its share of rain over the years (e.g. Billy Idol's mesmerizing sun shower set in 2005, The Gaslight Anthem's downpour debut in 2009, Best Coast's muddy power hour in 2011, to name a few), the grounds have never had to shut down . Yet with recent catastrophes at festivals worldwide, management took no chances and they made the right choice. Only three hours were ultimately lost and in those three hours something wild happened - there was a sense [...]
With every summer comes great festivals, Lollapalooza has been proving this for the past 21 years. While we regret we will not be at the show this year, here are some of the bands we recommend seeing while at Grant Park: Red Hot Chili The Black Keys Black Sabbath Jack White Florence + The Machine At The Drive-In Bassnectar Avicii The Shins Passion Pit Bloc Party Miike Snow The Afghan Whigs M83 Franz Ferdinand Childish Gambino Delta Spirit Santigold [...]
As usual with big fests, the headliners are disappointing. But who cares? The undercard is always where the action is. Here's who's playing, with MP3s where I could find them. See you in Chicago, August 3-5, 2012. Afghan Whigs Alabama Shakes (MP3: I Found You ) Aloe Blacc (MP3: You Make Me Smile ) Amadou & Mariam Ambassadors (Soundcloud: Unconsolable ) Anamanaguchi Animal Kingdom (MP3: Tin Man via Magnet ) At The Drive-In Avicii Band of Skulls (MP3: Sweet [...]
The official lineup officially hit last night, and you can check out the full list below. The Black Keys have really exploded up the lineup from being middle of the afternoon several years ago to being one of the 3 main headliners this year, even above a reunited Black Sabbath. Impressive. Other notables include Justice, At The Drive-In, The Weeknd, The Shins, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and a ton more. Check them all out below, and you can snag tickets at the official website . LOLLAPALOOZA - 2012 LINEUP Red Hot Chili [...]
It's finally arrived. The line up for Lollapalooza, one of the biggest music festivals in the U.S., has been revealed and it's quite good. The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys and Black Sabbath will headline this year's festival. This will also be the only U.S. appearance for Sabbath this year. Additionally, Jack White, Justice and Avicii will also serve as headliners this year. Also appearing at Lolla will be At the Drive-In, Sigur Rós, Florence and the [...]
Lollapalooza 2012 takes places August 3-5th in Chicago's Grant Park. According to Chicago Sun-Times , Black Sabbath will top this year's bill, performing their only North American tour date of 2012. They'll be joined by fellow headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, The Black Keys, Justice, and Avicii. Other heavyweights include At the Drive-In, Sigur Rós, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, Justice, The Afghan Whigs, The Weeknd, M83, Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Miike Snow, The Gaslight Anthem, Alabama Shakes, J. Cole, and Metric. [...]
In honor of SXSW 2012, we'll be doing our own SXSW Advent calendar, of sorts.
Consequence Of Sound
We All Want Someone To Shout For
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indieHearts
The Ruckus
Side One: Track One
Eat Sleep Breathe Music
Glorious Noise
DBF Music
Rock it Out! Blog
The Owl Mag
Green Day all'Ohibò di Milano, secret show a sorpresa
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Coyote Clean Up
Daft Punk open to working with Nile Rodgers again
Tv Girl
