musicleech » Andrew Bird http://musicleech.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sasquatch > Bonnaroo? http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/ http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:59:56 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1437 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> sasquatch-lineup09-pic_210x

I can guarantee one thing: Sasquatch will not pull a Langerado.

A handful of big names overlap with Bonnaroo, but that's not a bad thing considering how far apart they are from each other: Sasquatch is in Washington state and Bonnaroo (lineup) is in Tennessee. Both still have more artists to add, but already it seems like both are upgraded from last year. I don't think Bonnaroo can be called a jam band festival anymore, but it's a wee bit more chill than its intensely indie counterpart. West Coast, start rounding up the troops.

Sasquatch! 2009 lineup
Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members)
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Erykah Badu
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV On The Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Explosions In The Sky
Devotchka
Peter Bjorn & John
Gogol Bordello
M. Ward
The Avett Brothers
Doves
Calexico
Grizzly Bear
M83
Girl Talk
The Gaslight Anthem
The Walkmen
Chromeo (dj set)
Deadmau5
Mugison
Sun Kil Moon
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
BLK JKS
The Wrens
Tobacco
Monotonix
King Khan & The Shrines
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
John Vanderslice
Bishop Allen
Blind Pilot
AA Bondy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
Arthur & Yu
The Submarines
Owl City
Viva Voce
James Pants
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The Builders & The Butchers
The Dutchess & The Duke
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
Fences
School of Seven Bells
Death Vessel
Horse Feathers
Hockey
Point Juncture, WA
The Pica Beats
Loch Lomond
Vince Mira
Comedians:
Zach Galifiankas
Demetri Martin
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
God's Pottery
People's Republic of Komedy

Bands playing at both festivals:
Nine Inch Nails
of Montreal
Animal Collective
Santogold (now Santigold)
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bon Iver
Grizzly Bear
Girl Talk
Ben Harper & Relentless7

Tickets for Sasquatch! go on sale this Saturday (2/28) at 10am at for $154.40/$56.50 (three-day pass/single-day pass) if you buy them over the weekend. Once Monday hits prices will be bumped up to $199.50/$66.50. Buy them here.

Oh, and this could be the last Nine Inch Nails tour ever, so take your pick: Sasquatch or Bonnaroo?

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/02/24/sasquatch-or-bonnaroo/feed/ 0 Bonnaroo Announces 2009 Initial Lineup http://musicleech.com/2009/02/03/bonnaroo-announces-2009-initial-lineup/ http://musicleech.com/2009/02/03/bonnaroo-announces-2009-initial-lineup/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:08:55 +0000 Mark Jackson http://musicleech.com/?p=1381 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The king of summer festivals is back on the beautiful 700-acre Manchester farm in June (11th-14th), and the announcement of (some of) the performers came this morning.

The lineup is packed full of big names and great accompanying artists. Metallica and Kanye are gone this year (YES!), and Phish is bringing back Bonnaroo as a jam band festival, doing two shows over the four days.  It could use a dosage of hip-hop though, so hopefully that comes with the next announcement (last year I got front row for Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli followed - needless to say it was a highlight of the festival). Other than that, the lineup is spectacular. We'll let you know when more artists get announced. 

See the whole thing at bonnaroo.com. Tickets go on sale Feb. 7. The first wave sold out already (before the artists were even announced), so the next price level is $234.50, then $249.50 once those sell out.

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/02/03/bonnaroo-announces-2009-initial-lineup/feed/ 2 Free Links to Dark Was The Night AIDS Compilation http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/free-links-to-dark-was-the-night-aids-compilation/ http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/free-links-to-dark-was-the-night-aids-compilation/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:38:58 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=1266 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> darkwasthenight-cvr So by now most have heard of this AIDS compilation that has everyone and their brother on it. Not sure if we have ever seen such a great combination of artists for a compilation. Have a look below at the track list if you haven't already. Sufjan's ten minute trip fest? Bon Iver singing falsetto over electric guitar? Ben Gibbard with Feist? Dirty Projectors with David Byrne? Grizzly Bear and Feist? There are some interesting match-ups and from what we have heard of the album so far, the artists aren't just treating this like some small charity deal, the songs are much better than would be expected for these kind of things.

We decided to scour the internet and find links to as many of the songs on the compilation so you can have a listen yourself. Please comment if you stumble across a broken link or if you have one that we are missing.

If you decide you like the album and would like support a really worthwhile cause, head on over to 4AD's website and pre-order the album. The compilation hits stores on 16th February '09 (17th in North America).

"THIS DISC":

  1. "Knotty Pine" - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
    (hosted by 4AD)
  2. "Cello Song" (Nick Drake) - The Books featuring José González
  3. "Train Song" (Vashti Bunyan) - Feist and Ben Gibbard
  4. "Brackett, WI" - Bon Iver
  5. "Deep Blue Sea" - Grizzly Bear
  6. "So Far Around The Bend" - The National and Nico Muhly
  7. "Tightrope" - Yeasayer
  8. "Feeling Good" - My Brightest Diamond
  9. "Dark Was The Night" (Blind Willie Johnson) - Kronos Quartet
  10. "I Was Young When I Left Home" (Bob Dylan) - Antony with Bryce Dessner
  11. "Big Red Machine" - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
  12. "Sleepless" - The Decemberists
  13. "Die" - Iron & Wine (live version)
  14. "Service Bell" - Grizzly Bear + Feist (live version sans Feist)
  15. "You Are The Blood" - Sufjan Stevens

"THAT DISC":

  1. "Well-Alright" - Spoon
  2. "Lenin" - Arcade Fire
  3. "Mimizan" - Beirut
  4. "El Caporal" - My Morning Jacket
  5. "Inspiration Information" (Shuggie Otis) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
  6. "With A Girl Like You" (The Troggs) - Dave Sitek
  7. "Blood Pt. 2" (The Castanets) - Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
  8. "Hey, Snow White" (Destroyer) - The New Pornographers
  9. "Gentle Hour" (Snapper) - Yo La Tengo (live version)
  10. "Amazing Grace" - Cat Power with Dirty Delta Blues
  11. "Happiness" - Riceboy Sleeps
  12. "Another Saturday" - Stuart Murdoch
  13. "The Giant Of Illinois" (Handsome Family) - Andrew Bird (live version)
  14. "Lua" - Conor Oberst with Gillian Welch (Bright Eyes version)
  15. "When The Road Runs Out" - Blonde Redhead & Devastations
  16. "Love Vs. Porn" - Kevin Drew

UPDATE 2/9/09 4:37pm: We were contacted by websheriff.com and were asked to remove the links to the above songs. We're not giving into the man; this is for a good cause! Go out and buy it!

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]]> http://musicleech.com/2009/01/27/free-links-to-dark-was-the-night-aids-compilation/feed/ 3 Barack the House http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/barack-the-house/ http://musicleech.com/2008/10/06/barack-the-house/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:17:52 +0000 Rad Parker http://musicleech.com/?p=390 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Seems as though the list of endorsements for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is never-ending. This is especially the case when it comes to musicians, who tend to be slightly more liberal, and even more the case for artists that might fall under the curtain of 'indie', who tend to be even more liberal.

New Obama benefit concerts are spawning out of nowhere almost every single day:

October 6 - Jay-Z (for free) in Miami, Florida (Last Chance for Change)
UPDATE (10/7 2:34pm): The show was cancelled moments before it was supposed to begin last night, leaving thousands of hip-hop fans utterly disappointed. The reason for the cancellation was Jay-Z's alleged sickness, which organizers said was due to a throat ailment. How lame.

October 7 - Andrew Bird, Les Savy Fav, and The Fiery Furnaces in Brooklyn, New York (Barack Rock)

October 8 - Jim James of My Morning Jacket in Chicago, IL (Obama Victory Fund Benefit)

October 12 - The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band at Penn State (Change Rocks)

October 16 - The National and The Breeders in Cincinnati, OH (Vote Early Rock Late)

Makes us wonder what kind of endorsements Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain is receiving. Oh yeah:

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