A proposed tax increase on Coachella tickets was quashed the other week, meaning the festival will remain in Indio, CA for the foreseeable future. Organizers have also revealed that they’ll hit the ocean this winter for a couple of cruise packages featuring performances from Pulp, Hot Chip, Sleigh Bells and more. The New York Times reports that [...]
The Lollapalooza festival is set to go down August 5-7 in Chicago’s Grant Park. The fest just unveiled this year’s lineup, which includes headliners Coldplay, Eminem, Muse, and Foo Fighters. They are joined by Girl Talk, Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Maps and Atlases Death From Above 1979, Sleigh Bells, Cults, Best Coast, Atmosphere, the Kills, [...]
Black Lips have been busy in the studio with Mark Ronson, but in Feburary they’ll leave the studio for a Spring tour. Here are the dates: February 24 Miami, FL Grand Central with Surfer Blood, Vivian Girls, Thee Oh Sees 25-28 Miami, FL Bruise Cruise with Thee Oh Sees, Surfer Blood, The Strange Boys, Ty [...]
Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio and Jolie Holland will perform at the Summit on February 3. BenCo’s got a bunch more bangers on the books. Here’s the calendar as it stands so far: 2/9 River City Extension, Trains Across the Sea @ Rumba 2/17 Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat@ The Summit 2/21 [...]
On February 8, Southpaw will release Live in Aisle 5, a new live album from Ty Segall. Recorded at a San Francisco show last summer, it’ll be available on vinyl only in a one-time pressing of 1000, with 200 colored-vinyl versions being pressed. Here are the dates: 01-18 Sacramento, CA – The Hub 01-19 Riverside, [...]
Did you know that the megachurch bishop, Jim Swilley, who has been all over CNN, NPR and People for coming out on the pulpit is the father of Black Lips frontman Jared Swilley? Now you do. (Editor’s note: our intention in sharing this is for the purposes of indie rock trivia, not an attempt to [...]
Thee Oh Sees have some dates on the books for this Winter. Here they are: 12-03 Minehead, England – All Tomorrow’s Parties 12-06 London, England – Plan B 12-09 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey * 12-10 Portland, OR – East End * 12-11 San Francisco, CA – Public Works *^ 12-17 Los Angeles, CA – [...]
The inaugural Bruise Cruise Festival has announced it will feature onboard performances from lo-fi garage rock types like the Black Lips, Vivian Girls, Strange Boys, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Turbo Fruits, and New York DJ Jonathan Toubin. The cruise sets off on February 25, 2011, in Miami, and will travel [...]
Wavves is touring in support of King of the Beach. Ever since he kicked that dude from Black Lips’ ass we’ve had a new found respect for this dude. And we were hoping there would be a Columbus date so he could fight Psychedelic Horseshit or an Akron/Cleveland date so he could take on The [...]
The organizers of Calgary’s Sled Island music festival unveiled their first slate of bands last week. The festival, which will feature over 200 bands at 25 venues across the city, will include performances from Hot Water Music, Melvins, Fucked Up, Built to Spill, Deerhoof, The Thermals, Les Savy Fav, Black Lips, Ted Leo And The [...]