| by Mark Jackson on February 9th, 2010 |
As promised, the listing of musicians performing at this year’s Bonnaroo is up: Dave Matthews Band • Kings of Leon • Stevie Wonder • Jay-Z • Tenacious D • Weezer • The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon” • The Dead Weather • Damian Marley & Nas • [...]
| by Mark Jackson on February 3rd, 2010 |
The Bonnaroo lineup is still a week away from being announced, but you just read the early surprise. The Flaming Lips will play a ‘regular’ set at the midnight slot on Thursday, then at 2:30 a.m. will play DSOTM. If the words ‘Flaming Lips’ and ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ surprised you in the same [...]
| by Mark Jackson on January 20th, 2010 |
I’m not going ’cause I’m an east-coaster, but I have to say, if I lived anywhere near California I would so go to this. Just for fun, here’s a quick list of people I would HAVE to see, granted I only know about 60-70% of the lineup:
| by Mark Jackson on December 7th, 2009 |
Just caught this over at PBS. In this ~intimate venue they’re a little more relaxed, starting the set off with a couple slow ones. They pick up the pace though as you’d expect, and the overall effect makes good for background music for whatever. I saw a decent amount of their set at Bonnaroo two [...]
| by Mark Jackson on December 5th, 2009 |
For the past two years, the band has been working on a ‘visual album’, and it’s set to debut this January at the Sundance Film Festival. Guitarist/singer Avey Tare had the following to say about it: “It’s kinda like a psychedelic film , it’s not like a narrative film or anything… There are more cohesive [...]
| by Mark Jackson on November 21st, 2009 |
Undercover.com.au is reporting that the off-the-radar dance duo will be coming back next year, playing the following dates.
| by Mark Jackson on November 19th, 2009 |
As usual, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is going down the second weekend of June in Manchester, TN and although it’s way too early for any artist announcements, they’ve decided to put up their pre-sale early for the holidays: 11/27 at noon. if you are pretty sure you’re going to go, I highly recommend [...]
| by Mark Jackson on November 6th, 2009 |
A 19-minute EP made entirely of samples, West Coast is a tropical-sounding record that takes on a life of it’s own. The hip-hop beat that kicks off the album opener “West Coast” sets an optimistic tone, and despite how much the sound might veer from that (not too often), the feeling that track brings permeates [...]
| by Mark Jackson on October 18th, 2009 |
One of my friends spoke to Bradford Cox (aka Atlas Sound) during that Kia Soul Collective weekend (pics here), and the hiatus Cox spoke of at ATP shouldn’t be too frustrating if you’re a Deerhunter fan. Yes, they are taking a break right now, but he said you could compare it to a “winter vacation”. [...]