This year’s
Underage Festival is right around the corner. With the recent last minute addition of
Dizzee Rascal this year’s line up is sure to make any grown-up drool. Some of the notable bands set to appear include
The Rascals,
Gallows,
Mystery Jets and many more. The event is set to kick off August 8th in Victoria Park, London. For more information about the festival go to
Underagefestivals.com.
The Rascals Posted on Aug 1st, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Set to kick off their North American tour in a few days, Broken Social Scene have announced extra dates for the jaunt. The band has extended the tour and will now play dates all the way through the end of October. The band is set to begin their 19 date expedition on August 1st with an appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago before wrapping-up on October 26 in Boston, MA. The band is touring in support of ‘Something For All Of Us’, the new album in the ‘Broken Social Scene Presents’ series.
Broken Social Scene Posted on Jul 30th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
We Are Scientists are set to release ‘
Impatience‘, the third single from their new album ‘
Brain Thrust Mastery‘ on September 8th. To the delight of fans frontman
Keith Murray and bassist
Chris Cain have also release a ‘monstrous’ new video for the single, which I guarantee you will go wolf for. The video for ‘
Impatience‘ is embedded below.
The New York 2-piece along with stage-mates Max Hart-Keys and Adam Drum-Aaronson are set for an appearance at Reading & Leeds, Jersey Live, Pukkelpop, Frequency, and will tour supporting REM in September.
We Are Scientists Posted on Jul 30th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Pete Doherty will now be accompanied by his Babyshambles bandmates at the forthcoming Moonfest festival in Wiltshire. Doherty was originally scheduled to perform solo at the three-day festival but now the singer will bring along his whole band. The frontman was set to play the last day of the festival (August 31st) but will now open the festival on August 29, instead.
Babyshambles Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Tokyo Police Club have mapped out US dates in support of their debut album ‘Elephant Shell‘ which was released in May. The tour is set to kick off in September with a performance in Baltimore, MD on September 8. The twelve date jaunt will be wrapping up with an appearance at the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans on October 25.
Tokyo Police Club Posted on Jul 22nd, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The Enemy have mapped out their first ever US tour. Their jaunt will kick off with an appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, IL on August 1st and will run through August 11th where they will play the Bowery Ballroom in New York. The band is also set for dates in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Enemy Posted on Jul 22nd, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The
Duke Spirit are in the midst of their US tour which continued last night with a free performance at the
Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The UK rockers have lined up a slew of US dates including performances in San Francisco, Seattle, New York and Detroit. Fans who can’t go to a live show can see the band perform on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, July 22. The band is also taking part in the
Download Festival series of shows which will see them perform in Mountain View, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Camden, NJ.
In other Duke Spirit news, the band just released a new video for their track ‘Lasso‘. Video embedded below.
Duke Spirit Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
The Long Blondes have once again been forced to cancel tour dates as guitarist
Dorian Cox continues to recover from a serious illness. The band has canceled all their August dates, which consisted only of festival appearances. The band previously canceled the remainder of their July tour after
Cox fell ill. The good news is that
Cox seems to be recovering. In a
Myspace blog post the band wrote:
We are happy to be able to tell you that Dorian is improving slowly and is on the road to recovery. However, as he is still in hospital, we will be unable to play the rest of the festivals we had booked this summer. We’re very grateful for all the messages of support we have received and for respecting our privacy too - we couldn’t ask for nicer fans than you lot.
Long Blondes
Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
Vampire Weekend and The Hold Steady are just a couple of the bands headlining this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle. Also headlining the festival are Fleet Foxes and Les Savy Fav. The two-day event, now in its 11th year, will take place in Seattle’s South Capitol Hill neighborhood July 25-26. Also set to play the event are Girl Talk, Kimya Dawson, Devotchka and The Dodos.
Vampire Weekend Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
The 38th annual
Bumbershoot Festival is almost here, sort of. The three-day event, which takes place at the 74-acre
Seattle Center in downtown Seattle, is set to begin August 30 and last till September 1st. The 2008
Bumbershoot music lineup includes
Beck,
Stone Temple Pilots,
Death Cab For Cutie,
Band Of Horses,
Tapes n’ Tapes and many more. Aside from live music, the festival also features three stages of comedy, artists, theatre and dance. Three-day passes and single day tickets for the festival are available NOW at
bumbershoot.org, Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.com. Three-day passes are $80 through August 15, and $100 thereafter. Single day-specific tickets are $35 through August 15, and $40 thereafter. For more information, visit
bumbershoot.org.
Band Of Horses Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
As Of Montreal prepare for the release of their new album, ‘Skeletal Lamping‘, which is due out October 7, the band is also gearing up for a tour to support it. The tour kicks off August 8 at Poland’s OFF Festival and will continue to London, Paris, and Copenhagen, Denmark before heading to North America for shows in St. Louis, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles where they will wrap up the jaunt on November 22. Opening duties for the band on the North American leg of the tour will be shared between Health, who will support on a few of dates and Sinkane who will open up on other dates with the remainder to be announced. Of Montreal will also be showcasing their new member on their forthcoming tour, Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, has joined the band.
Of Montreal Posted on Jul 15th, 2008 by Jecika | No Comments »
New Pornographers will be showing New Zealand some love when the band heads over there for a couple just announced dates. The added live appearances mark the first time the group plays in New Zealand. North American fans have nothing to be jealous about, the band is set for several dates in both the US and Canada including an appearance at All Points West Festival in New York.
New Pornographers Posted on Jul 15th, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The billing for this year’s
Siren Music Festival keeps growing. The free festival, which takes place across two stages next to the
Coney Island boardwalk, has now added
Ted Leo to the line-up.
Leo, who joins previously announced acts
Broken Social Scene,
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and
Ra Ra Riot, is set to DJ in between acts. Although the festival is free the official
Siren after party, which will take place at the
Music Hall Of Williamsburg, is not free.
A Place To Bury Strangers has been announced as the headlining band for the after party this year. For more information check out
bowerypresents.com.
Ted Leo Posted on Jul 14th, 2008 by Carlos | 3 Comments »
Broken Social Scene have mapped out a small US tour set for this summer. The band, who will be performing as a seven-piece, will kick off their US jaunt with an appearance at Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival on August 1 followed by a second performance in the city the following day. The Canadian rockers will then head out to a handful of other cities including San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Broken Social Scene
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If you were looking forward to the first annual
Kidzapalooza, you’re going to have to wait another year. The kid-friendly music festival, which was founded by
Jane’s Addiction frontman
Perry Farrell, has been postponed until 2009. The event, which was to take place at the
Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles this September, was postponed due to scheduling conflicts with artists. The new date, to be sometime in the summer, will be announced early next year when the
Hollywood Bowl announces their 2009 season.
Kidzapalooza was supposed to be a companion to Lollapalooza, also founded by Farrell.
UPDATE: As Sally points out in the comments below, Kidzapalooza in Chicago is still on and takes place August 1-3 at Chicago’s Grant Park. Go to Kidzapalooza.com
Jane’s Addiction Posted on Jul 14th, 2008 by John | 2 Comments »
Reverend And The Makers is the latest addition to the forthcoming T4 On The Beach event. Also just added are the Sugabebes, The Script, Cage The Elephant and Basshunter. All the new additions join previously announced acts The Zutons, The Pigeon Detectives, The Feeling, Sam Sparro, McFly, The Hoosiers, Black Kids, Scouting For Girls, Lightspeed Champion and many more. The event, which is set to take place in Weston-Super-Mare on July 20, has been sold out.
Reverend And The Makers Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 by John | No Comments »
Black Mountain have announced additional US dates to their forthcoming North American tour. The tour is set to kick off July 18 with three consecutive performances at the Dawson City Music Festival in Dawson, Yukon. Among the dates they are set to play are performances in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Toronto where they will wrap things up on September 27th.
Black Mountain Posted on Jul 11th, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The third annual Lounge On The Farm festival is quickly approaching. The three-day festival is set to take place this weekend (July 11-13) at Merton Farm in Canterbury, England. The event will see performances by Art Brut, Los Campesinos!, Black Kids, Holy Fuck, Lightspeed Champion, New York Dolls, Mystery Jets, the Coral, and many more.
Lightspeed Champion Posted on Jul 10th, 2008 by Jecika | No Comments »
Things aren’t looking good for Zoo8 festival and its organizers. The first annual festival which was held this weekend (July 4-6) has been bombarded with fans demanding refunds after one of the festivals main headliners, Dizzee Rascal, pulled out at the last minute. The Rascals and Athlete also pulled out of the event which was held next to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. That wasn’t the only problem organizers faced, festival attendees have complained about the poor facilities after reports of several overflowing toilets as well as a lack of water taps. Even the second stage at the festival had problems which forced it to be closed for part of the day Friday and again for a short time on Sunday after a tent pole became unstable. People who attended Zoo8 have gone online to show their anger, posting messages on the event’s website with many demanding refunds and one attendee calling it “an absolute shambles.”
Dizzee Rascal
Co-director of the festival
Danny Blanche has apologized to festivalgoers. Speaking to
BBC News,
Blanche said: “Obviously, none of this was ideal or planned - and not the quality of experience that we had aimed to deliver - and for that we unreservedly apologize to all those affected by the situation.”
As for the cancellation of top acts including headliner Dizzee Rascal, Blanche also took responsibility saying: “Our biggest problem was one of miscalculation over cashflow. This required us to make the pragmatic decision to cancel a few acts.”
“We want to stress that this was our first festival and that we have dealt with all problems directly and will continue to do so in preparation for next year,” he added.
Posted on Jul 9th, 2008 by Carlos | 1 Comment »
Having recently wrapped up a tour that saw them supporting
The Kooks across the country and
We Are Scientists on the West Coast,
The Morning Benders are once again gearing up for another tour to kick off in September. The band, who is on tour supporting the release of their debut album, ‘
Talking Through Tin Cans‘ which was release on May 1st, will be playing their last supporting show with
We Are Scientists tomorrow night (July 9) in Seattle, after which they will head to the
Avalon in Los Angeles where they will open for
Supergrass on July 12. Taking all of August off (much deserved) the boys will then play a couple of gigs including an appearance at San Francisco’s
Treasure Island Festival before kicking of their tour with
Ra Ra Riot on September 29.
To learn more about The Morning Benders head over to their MySpace page at: myspace.com/themorningbenders.
The Morning Benders Posted on Jul 8th, 2008 by Carlos | No Comments »
