Tagged: musicfestivals

Lowell: photo by Michael Ligon On the Friday night of Canadian Musicfest , I chose quality over quantity, only checking out two sets that night, but both buzz-worthy acts that in my opinion lived up to the hype. First up was Toronto singer-songwriter Lowell at Lee's Palace who was totally unknown to me before the festival. According to the her bio on the Canadian Musicfest website, over 4 days in April 2012, she worked in the studio with Grammy award winning producer Martin Terefe and the other [...]

Hey Junk Foodies, Coachella is this weekend and I have the  ignominy honor of covering it for my main chick Potholes (I would have done it for MJF but they said something about Marc and Bauce being on a "watch list"). Since Coachella is a never-ending onslaught of sonic goodness, time management is key. There are only 72 hours in which you can throw your inhibitions, sobriety, and clothes to the wind while listening to your favorite bands live. As you try to map out which artists you're going to see, you're going [...]

2012 had it all, didn’t it? London 2012, the Diamond Jubilee, James fucking Bond returning in a blaze of balls-out guts and glory and some great music to boot (we’re ignoring Muse ’s Olympic song 'Survival' , don’t worry). Had it all though? Every classic British summer needs something, and 2012 was drastically missing it: that cornucopia of eccentricity and old-school values, Glastonbury. Where were Mssrs. Eavis squared, where was the Pyramid Stage, where was Worthy Farm? Healing, nursing its wounds. In preparation for a [...]

FOCUS Wales organiser Neal Thompson tells us the story of Wrexham's fast rising festival... - by Martyn Coppack

MUSIC NEWS- Newport Folk Fest producers announced The Avett Brothers as headliners of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island this July. The three-day outdoor fest line up has been set with with Phosphorescent, Amanda Palmer, Jim James among...

What Canadian Musicfest could perhaps benefit from is alternate venues for bands to play in like instores. I'm kind of surprised that more unofficial in-stores / performances aren't organized around Canadian Music Week like what has happened, especially in recent years, during NXNE . Well, I guess NXNE's warmer weather does help. Local artist & brand development company Audio Blood were in charge of Canadian Musicfest's social media and also organized a bunch of instores at several different locations under the banner of CMW EXTRAS , giving some of the artist/band participants more opportunities [...]

By indie rapper Kosha Dillz ( @koshadillz ). I need an agent! I need a manager! How do I get on these festivals? These were the same questions I asked myself. Who gives a shit honestly? I must tell you that the story of me playing Rock The Bells festival and Paid Dues did not come from any magical agent. I was simply attending the festivals for years and finding my way on the stages as a guest. I would buy tickets to [...]

So after spending a full week in Austin for SXSW 2013 , I thought it would be nice to do a summary post to reflect on the experience the second time around... My SXSW by the numbers: I saw 41 different bands/acts in total, some multiple times. The bands I saw the most were the Crookes and Kodaline , both 3 times. I managed an average of 5 hours of sleep per night. Not [...]

One of Southern Cali's coolest music festivals, Lightning in a Bottle , announced their lineup today with a stacked lineup featuring some of the most talented electronic musicians out there headlining including Nicolas Jaar ,  Rusko, Tycho, Paper Diamond, Emancipator, PANTyR AiD, Blackbird Blackbird, GRiZ  and more. The festival takes place at a new location this year in Lake Skinner County Park in Temecula, CA from July 11th to July 15th . Lightning in a Bottle is a very different take on your standard music festival. With a focus on, not only great music, but art, sustainability, [...]

Also Foals, Japandroids, FIDLAR. The post Rocket From the Crypt, Death Grips to play Orion Music and More appeared first on Treble: Music news, reviews, interviews and more .

If you are still standing after 4 straight days of punishing your body with running around, gigs and libations at SXSW and are no worse for wear, then you deserve a gold star. I'll be the first to admit, Friday night...er, in the wee hours of Saturday morning I didn't crawl into bed until about 6 AM after a very enjoyable night of dancing and boozing, having been taken out as a very special guest by some boys in a band I'm fond of. Ahem. I won't embarrass by naming [...]

Aidan Knight: photo by Michael Ligon In past years, I'd normally take the Friday off from work just in case I had to recover from a late Thursday night during Canadian Musicfest but this year I was working. That I work in downtown Toronto worked to my advantage as I am down the street from Church Of The Holy Trinity which was featuring noon time sets on a few days during the festival. The noon time sets were hosted by CBC Music. I took a later lunch than usual and [...]

Via Art & Crafts Facebook page comes news that The Grove Music Festival which was originally suppose to be held in Niagara-On-The-Lake at The Commons At Butler’s Barracks National Historic Site on August 3 has now been moved to Toronto at Fort York Garrison Common for the same date. There's been a slight adjustment to the lineup for reasons unknown at present - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Pretty Lights, and Bob Mould are no longer on the schedule - but at least the headliners are still there. As well the ticket price for the festival has been reduced [...]

photo credit From the Sled Island website comes a second wave of announcements for the festival which takes place in downtown Calgary Alberta from June 19 - 22, 2013: "Lineup additions include Danish hardcore phenoms Iceage , indie rock royalty Superchunk , the Miami-based doom pop of Torche , The Night Marchers featuring members of Sled Island 2012 faves, Hot Snakes, psych-rock hype factory Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson , and prolific lo-fi folksters Mount [...]

After a bit of a breathless afternoon running after Irish bands and in and out of venues on Sixth Street , I gave myself a break on official festival evening #4 at SXSW 2013 to have a civilised dinner at a steakhouse (paid for by a Christmas gift card from work) before I was out and about again for shows. The initial plan was simple: I was going to try and see a couple bands near and dear to some of my writers, capping off the night with one of my favourites. [...]

Friday afternoon I spent hanging around on Sixth Street, which is probably the best advice I could give anyone attending SXSW for the first time. Four days in and you're tired. You're rough from all the alcohol you've been drinking, and most likely, your body is screaming because it hasn't gotten enough sleep. This year I made a pledge to myself to sleep as much as possible, which worked mostly, except I missed out on the Irish breakfast at Irish pub B.D. Riley's. I had it last year and it [...]

Today Lollapalooza announced their 2013 lineup, and it's a good one. Headliners are The Cure, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend, The National, New Order, Queens Of The Stone Age, and (bleh) Mumford & Sons. Then you got Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear, Band Of Horses, Major Lazer, Hot Chip, Local Natives, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles, Lana Del Rey, Beach House, Cat Power, Frightened Rabbit, Alt-J, Foals, Smith Westerns, The Vaccines, Father John Misty, DIIV, Heartless Bastards, Haim, Jessie Warem Wild Nothing, Wavves, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Icona Pop, Jake Bugg, [...]

New Order, Kendrick Lamar and Queens of the Stone Age also on the lineup. The post Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, many more added to Lollapalooza lineup appeared first on Treble: Music news, reviews, interviews and more .

Heather McEntire of Mount Moriah: photo by Michael Ligon After seeing Diana's set at the Mod Club , I could have just stuck around to see headliners, chvrches , a sold-out show as it was but I chose instead to hoof it down to the Drake Hotel to check out Durham, North Carolina country-rock band Mount Moriah . I first discovered them when I saw them at last year's CMJ festival in New York City when they played a Merge Records showcase (the label having released the [...]

The music festival that most people love to hate, Canadian Music Week (CMW), have revealed through their Facebook , that next year's festival in 2014 will be be taking place May 6-10. Yes, it is a plus that it will be in a warmer month, but it appears the organizers have chosen to the ignore the myriad of other criticisms that people have of the festival overall. The fact that CMW took place in March was never really a concern for me; March could be cold, it's Canada, and I think people [...]