After our time spent at Falls Festival in Marion Bay, Tasmania, we’ve developed a somewhat informative list (I make lists all the time) of 9 rules/tips, that can hopefully help out future Falls-goers by learning from our many mistakes and few victories. Rule #1: Get your grog in. This one’s key. I don’t want to make us all out to sound like useless alcoholics and that you need a bottle of Captain Morgan’s Spiced Gold each day to have a good time – but it’s the truth. And [...]
Young adults like to spend New Years Eve getting ridiculously drunk. Oldies countdown the new year with the fam bam, if they make it to midnight. Fourteen year olds drink goon and dodge the copious amount of police on the Harbour. But then there's the festivals, the glorious NYE festivals. You get to watch live music, camp under the stars and surround yourself with like-minded people as you whisk away the previous twelve months and set yourself a new years resolution that you know you won't stick to. One of these wonderful [...]
Fox Sunday night's television lineup got a healthy injection of The National this week, both directly and indirectly. In the Thanksgiving episode of Bob's Burgers , viewers were treated to a holiday-themed song by Linda in abbreviated form and in full over the closing credits, and shortly thereafter The Vulture surfaced with a version of the song rendered in Matt Berninger's distinctive baritone over appropriately tasteful backing. They had to take it down, unfortunately, but this is the internet - nothing ever dies. [...]
I don't know about you, but back in early July I was in a state beyond euphoria as I was informed of the highly anticipated first lineup announcement for the 2012/2013 Falls Music and Arts Festival . Bearing the knowledge that certain bands and artists' presence would be closing 2012 and opening 2013 in a beautiful, natural amphitheater had me ready to buy tickets from the get go. I'm talking The Flaming Lips , Beach House , SBTRKT and Best Coast - just to name a few. [...]
Jo McCaughey Two, actually. Typically big albums come with big tours, but while Jack White's solo debut Blunderbuss has been inarguably one of the biggest releases of the year for the adjectiveless rock set, his touring itinerary - at least in North America - has been relatively scattershot, favouring short stretches anchored by festival dates. And while no one would call the dates announced yesterday any kind of cross-country marathon, it does include the first three eastern Canadian dates since the end of The White Stripes, [...]
Jason Frank Rothenberg It's a matter of public record - or at the very least Google index - that I was no fan of Dirty Projectors' last record Bitte Orca , even though objectively speaking it was obviously one of the albums of 2009. However, one of the nice things about a band as obviously talented - no way am I arguing that point - and creatively restless as they is that each new album is akin to a blank slate. So yeah, I'm giving their [...]
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Frank Yang Maybe listening to Jesus Of Cool and Labour Of Lust weren't the best warm-ups for Nick Lowe's show at The Phoenix on Monday night. After all, he was many many years removed from being the young pub-rock firebrand who recorded those first two records, having settled comfortably into the role of professorial pop singer-songwriter - a guise that's suited his still-potent pen quite nicely, as last year's The Old Magic proved. But if you [...]
Lines grew outside independent record stores all across the U.S. and the world this past weekend as vinyl enthusiasts and music lovers waited, sometimes for hours, to purchase limited edition vinyl records on the 5th anniversary of Record Store Day. Since its beginning in 2008, the annual Record Store Day event has become bigger, and [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Finalmente chegou o Record Store Day ! Quem acompanha o Rock'n'Beats já deve ter lido notícias sobre esse dia nas últimas semanas. Caso você ainda não saiba o que é, não se desespere. Seus problemas acabaram. Segue com a gente e veja detalhes dessa iniciativa que marca espaço na venda independente de discos. O Record Store Day ocorre anualmente no terceiro fim de semana de abril simultaneamente em vários países. A comemoração foi criada em 2007 para relembrar os eternos vinis e alavancar vendas dos artistas. Nesse dia, as lojas de discos contam [...]
Earlier in our coverage of Record Store Day 2012, KEXP has covered both the full list of record exclusives and live events around Seattle ; however, amidst the many, many special releases available this weekend, we've highlighted the vinyl releases that we're super excited about. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II" (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Courtesy of Merge Records. Remixes of The Suburbs tracks "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) and "Ready to Start" by producer Damian Taylor with Arcade Fire. [...]
J. Michelle Martin-Coyne So what are you doing June 16? Are you one of those so conditioned by years of Toronto Radiohead shows selling out in a heartbeat that you tripped over yourself getting tickets for their Downsview gig as soon as they went on sale, even though the new venue was over twice the size of the Amphitheatre and general admission? Or are you one of those conscious of the fact that this is a King Of Limbs tour and realistically speaking, they probably won't be playing the stuff [...]
It's been a strange few weeks of weather here in Washington, with chilly breezes and seemingly endless showers signaling that Fall is officially upon us. It's time to reluctantly toss those shorts and flip-flops in the closet in favor of sweaters and corduroys, and time to put the shimmery Summer anthems on the back burner in favor of some more subdued cold-weather melodies. This Autumn has been marked by grey skies and constant rain. These conditions tend to throw me into an introspective mood, reflected in my music listening. Artists like The Album Leaf, Jose Gonzalez, Bon Iver, [...]
Wolf Parade Modern World Sasquatch 2011 Roundup via Concert Addict Chick Excerpt: I didn’t shower for six full days which is a disgusting all-time record that I hope to never surpass but it really didn’t bother me because I managed to wash my hair with bottled water 2x, shave my legs with a cup of water 1x & take several hobo baths in my tent to help [...]
Fitz and The Tantrums at Sasquatch! 2011 () Words and Photos : Drake LeLane Sasquatch! Music Festival 2011, Day 3 Day three instantly provided a dilemma of sorts, with the Smith Westerns starting the day off at noon, and me being prone to desire sleep. I ended up getting neither sleep nor the desired set thanks to time wasted setting up a promo phone overnighted to me - which turned out to not have any coverage on the grounds of Sasquatch! (AT&T... [...]
Day Three of Sasquatch Festival started with overcast, windy and cool weather, and big, dark clouds that seemed impossibly calm; and while they threatened rain, just like Saturday, the rain stayed away. However, the skies soon turned from mostly cloudy to partly cloudy just in time for the first shows of the day. Note: Because [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Sasquatch! took place over four nights this Memorial Day Weekend. The Washington Festival included some very anticipated shows, including Wolf Parade's next to last show, new tracks from Modest Mouse , and one of Death From Above 19792s reunion appearances. That's Das Racist's Victor Vazquez getting a kiss from an audience member (not a moment anyone anticipated, expect maybe that audience member). Check out photos from those shows, plus pics of The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Beach House, Gayngs, Chromeo, a very happy looking Flying Lotus, and other sets in the gallery [...]
photos by Josh Darr Flaming Lips / Modest Mouse "Rockers The Flaming Lips have long had a reputation for extravagant live shows: Fake blood, torrential confetti downpours, animal costumes and comically oversized fists are all standard fare. The band's Sunday night set at this year's Sasquatch Music Festival was no exception, with frontman Wayne Coyne taking to the crowd in his over-sized bubble. Still, the band managed to make its big, flashy show feel [...]
Sasquatch! Music Festival celebrates 10 years in 2011, and along with the previously confirmed Foo Fighters, the festivities will be headed by Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Wilco, and The Flaming Lips, who will perform their 1999 classic, The Soft Bulletin , in its entirety. Set to take place from May 27th-30th at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, the 2011 bill also features The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Robyn, Wolf Parade, Chromeo, Beach House, Yeasayer, and three recently reunited outfits: Death From Above 1979, Guided By Voices, and Archers of Loaf. [...]
I have heard several people complain about this phenomenon of “lo-fi” artists. Why hide songwriting under layers of incoherence, they usually ask, if the songwriting is allegedly good? Being one of the more popular lo-fi examples, Ariel Pink is one of the first examples they use. I then usually ask if them if they have [...]
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