Sasquatch Music Festival has announced this year’s performers. The 2012 Festival will include: The full lineup is as follows: Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Beirut, Girl Talk, The Roots, The Head & The Heart, Portlandia, Feist, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Explosions In The Sky, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Nero (DJ), [...]
Beginning October 1st in Seattle, WA and covering some 1,425 miles, The Pablove Foundation and Dangerbird Records cofounder, Jeff Castelaz, will cycle city-by-city (http://www.pabloveacrossamerica.com/schedule) for close to a month. Along the journey Castelaz will be joined by fellow riders, and in key cities, will be met with benefit concerts and fundraising events, all dedicated to raising money and awareness to fight childhood cancer. The [...]
Milwaukee-based indie-pop quartet Maritime have signed on with Dangerbird Records, home to Silversun Pickups, Minus The Bear, Hot Hot Heat and more. The band, who feature ex-Promise Ring frontman Davey von Bohlen and drummer Dan Didier, will release their fourth album through Dangerbird later this year; in the meantime, they have a grip of Midwestern [...]
Silversun Pickups have revealed dates for the first leg of a summer headlining tour of North America. Against Me! and Henry Clay People will provide support. Silversun Pickups will be in support of their sophomore full-length, Swoon. Check out dates below. June 15 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Café 16 Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove Amphitheatre [...]
Dangerbird Records has announced the signing of Seattle-based rockers Minus the Bear to their burgeoning roster. The Silver Lake-based label will release the band’s fourth LP this spring. This signing comes directly on the heels of Dangerbird’s announcement that Codeine Velvet Club, the new project of Jon Lawler of Scottish rockers The Fratellis, has been [...]
British rockers Muse have announced the first round of dates for their 2010 US headlining tour. Support for all the dates will come from Silversun Pickups. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday December 12th with a presale starting Wednesday December 9th, information for which can be found here. Tour dates: February 27th 2010 – [...]
Paramore’s new album Brand New Eyes isn’t out until tomorrow, but thanks to the resurrected MTV Unplugged Web series, you can hear intimate, acoustic renditions of a pair of songs from their latest LP, plus a trio of their biggest hits, right now. Hayley Williams and the rest of Paramore tackle Brand New Eyes‘ first [...]
The lineup for this years San Diego Street Scene Festival has been announced. The event takes place August 28th and 29th on the streets of downtown San Diego, CA in the East Village. Bands set to perform include: Beastie Boys, MIA, Black Eyed Peas, Modest Mouse, Dead Weather, Mastodon, Cake, Silversun Pickups, Band of Horses, [...]
KROQ, 106.7 in Los Angeles, announced the lineup for the 2009 “Weenie Roast Y Fiesta”; their annual concert benefiting various charities. This year’s show is Saturday, May 16th, and again being held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. This year’s lineup includes Weezer, Kings of Leon, Jimmy Eat World, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rancid, Silversun [...]
Cincinnati’s Bad Veins finally has a record label home. Leaked a couple of days ago via Twitter, drummer Sebastien Schultz confirms that Bad Veins are soon to become Dangerbird Records recording artists. Dangerbird is home to rising Indie stars like The Dears and Sea Wolf, as well as Sliversun Pickups, whose mainstream success helped the [...]