Lollapalooza 2010: Day Three in Review

Justin, over at Live Music Blog has posted my day three review of Lollapalooza. Check it out!

Lollapalooza 2010: Day Three in Review

Lollapalooza 2010: Day Two in Review

Justin, over at Live Music Blog has posted my day two review of Lollapalooza. Check it out!

Lollapalooza 2010: Day Two in Review

Lollapalooza 2010: Day One in Review

I have been very absent from my blog lately, which I am not happy about, but I have something up my sleeve, so stayed tuned for some news.

This weekend I took in all three days of Lollapalooza and had a killer time. The reason I didn't post anything on my site is because I went on behalf of Live Music Blog. It was my first time covering a festival and it was definitely a very cool experience. With that said, check out my review of day one of Lollapalooza.

Lollapalooza 2010: Day One in Review

2010 Wicker Park Fest Sunday Schedule

It's gonna be another beautiful day in Chicago, so if you don't have anything going on, head on over to Wicker Park fest, which takes place on Milwaukee Ave. between North Ave. & Wood St.

South Stage
9:00 PM >> Fun.
7:30 PM >> Plants & Animals
6:10 PM >> Van Ghost
5:10 PM >> Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
4:10 PM >> Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
3:10 PM >> J.C. Brooks & The Uptown Sound
2:10 PM >> B.S. Brass Band
1:10 PM >> Save the Clocktower
Tweener Set >> DJ Lou Dooben

North Stage
9:00 PM >> Baroness
7:30 PM >> Torche
6:00 PM >> Yakuza Arkestra
5:00 PM >> Gringo Star
4:00 PM >> The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
3:00 PM >> Happy Birthday
2:15 PM >> Residual Echoes
1:30 PM >> Beings

Center Stage
8:30 PM >> Local H
7:00 PM >> The Hood Internet
6:15 PM >> The Hard Lessons
5:15 PM >> Zebo
4:30 PM >> Oh My God
3:45 PM >> Matt Roan
3:00 PM >> Shapers
2:00 PM >> John Simmons
1:00 PM >> California Wives

2010 Montreux Jazz Festival Lineup

If you just so happen to be in Switzerland at any time between July 2 -17, I recommend taking a detour and heading to Montreux for the annual Montreux Jazz Festival. Below are just a few of the artists playing this years festival

Air
Ben Harper and Relentless7
Broken Bells
Buddy Guy
Herbie Hancock
Mark Knopfler
Julian Casablancas
Miss Elliott
Mumford & Sons
Norah Jones
Phil Collins
Erykah Badu
Gil Scott-Heron
Massive Attack
Paco de Lucia

Check out the full lineup here.

Bonnaroo Releases Schedule

It's hard to believe, but Bonnaroo is less than one month away. Today, the organizers released the daily schedule. Bonnaroo will take place from June 10 - 13 in Manchester, TN. Let the schedule conflicts begin!

You can check out the schedule here.

Bonnaroo Announces Late Night Sets

With Bonnaroo fast approaching, the organizers have announced the coveted late night sets. This year once again boasts an eclectic group of bands. I can't imagine how awesome the GWAR set will be. If you plan on seeing GWAR, make sure you wear all white. Without further adieu, here is the Bonnaroo late night lineup.

• Jay-Z
• The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the Moon featuring Stardeath and White Dwarfs
• LCD Soundsystem
• Thievery Corporation
• Galactic
• The Black Keys
• Deadmau5
• Daryl Hall & Chromeo
• Clutch
• Bassnectar
• Kid Cudi
• GWAR
• The Disco Biscuits
• Dan Deacon Ensemble
• B.O.B.
  

2010 Taste of Chicago Lineup

The lineup for this years Taste of Chicago has been announced and I must say that it's not that great, but take a look. The only show that I would think about seeing would be Los Lobos, but I will be enjoying Phish in Canandaigua, NY that evening.

June 25: Rob Base, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Salt-n-Pepa, Bell Biv Devoe
June 26 Gavin Rossdale
June 27: Emily Osment
June 28: Broadway in Chicago
June 29: Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys
June 30: Mat Kearney, Brett Dennen
July 1: Trey Songz, Teairri Mari
July 2: Rob Thomas
July 3: Steve Miller Band
July 4: Rock triple bill TBA

Wilco Brings Solid Sound Festival to North Adams, MA

Wilco have announced their very own music & arts festival set to take this place this summer in North Adams, MA. The festival will take place from August 13 -15. Tickets are available now and props to the band for keeping it very affordable. I wish I could make it, but I will be enjoying Phish at Alpine Valley that weekend.

Where's the love for Chicago?

The SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL is a new festival curated by the Chicago band Wilco. It debuts August 13 – 15 at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in North Adams, MA. The SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL is an independently promoted and ticketed three-day event of music, art, comedy, interactivity and more. Wilco headlines the weekend, in the bandʼs only East Coast performance of the summer. This new festival also presents individual performances by all the Wilco membersʼ side projects including Glenn Kotcheʼs On Fillmore, The Nels Cline Singers, The Autumn Defense featuring John Stirratt and Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensenʼs Pronto.

SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL at MASS MoCA also plays host to additional musical performances, a fully programmed comedy stage, interactive installations and exhibits (including the Solid Sound Stompbox Station, an interactive guitar pedal exhibit created and demonstrated by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, a concert-poster screening demonstration, planned workshops by luthiers and more), plus film, video installations and djʼs. Festival attendees will have full access to the entire MASS MoCA campus, which incorporates 150,000 square feet of galleries. MASS MoCA, a renovated 19th century textile mill, is the largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts in the U.S. Art on display in the galleries during the festival includes the Sol LeWitt Retrospective (chosen #1 exhibition of the year by Time magazine); Inigo Manglano Ovalleʼs Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned with; a major exhibition of work by Petah Coyne; Material World: Sculpture to Environment; Leonard Nimoyʼs Secret Selves; and a new installation by Michael Oatman.

Tickets for SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL are on sale this Friday, April 9 through the bandʼs official website wilcoworld.net and through solidsoundfestival.com. From April 9 to May 31 tickets for the three-day event will be available for $86.50 (including all fees and parking) and after June 1 for $99.50 (including all fees and parking).

Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady GaGa, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Phoenix For Lolla 2010

Last year marked the first year that I didn't attend Lollapalooza since it landed in Chicago as a destination festival. I know for sure that I will be there this year. The headliners for this years festival had been leaked for weeks so there wasn't much of a surprise at the top, but this years offers a pretty diverse lineup. You can check out the full lineup below.

Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Phoenix, Social Distortion, MGMT, Jimmy Cliff, Hot Chip, The Black Keys, The National, Spoon, Devo, Cypress Hill, Cut Copy, The New Pornographers, Erykah Badu, Slightly Stoopid, Grizzly Bear, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Wolfmother, Yeasayer, X Japan, MUTEMATH, Metric, Dirty Projectors, AFI, Mavis Staples, Matt & Kim, The xx, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Temper Trap, Jamie Lidell, Frightened Rabbit, Fuck Buttons, Deer Tick, Blitzen Trapper, Stars, Raphael Saadiq, The Cribs, Minus the Bear, Switchfoot, The Walkmen, Mumford & Sons, Wild Beasts, Rogue Wave, Los Amigos Invisibles, The Big Pink, The Dodos, Hockey, Cymbals Eat Guitars, B.o.B, Dawes, Warpaint, The Antlers, The Soft Pack, Rebelution, Balkan Beat Box, Wavves, American Bang, The Ike Reilly Assassination, Company of Thieves, Nneka, Harlem, The Constellations, Miniature Tigers, Mimicking Birds, The Kissaway Trail, HEALTH, Javelin, The Morning Benders, Foxy Shazam, Violent Soho, Royal Bangs, NEON TREES, Freelance Whales, Semi Precious Weapons, Dan Black, The Band of Heathens, Dragonette, My Dear Disco, Shawn Fisher, Neon Hitch, Skybox, The Ettes, Jukebox the Ghost, These United States, MyNameIsJohnMichael

Perry’s DJ stage lineup:
2ManyDJs, Empire of the Sun, Digitalism, Perry Farrell, Tiga, Felix da Housecat, Rusko, Erol Alkan, Kaskade, Flosstradamus, Wolfgang Gartner, Joachim Garraud, Mexican Institute of Sound, Caspa, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dirty South, NERVO, Cut Copy (DJ Set), Beats Antique, Steve Porter, Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls, Ancient Astronauts, Ana Sia, Team Bayside High, Dani Deahl, FreeSol, DJ Mel, BBU, Vonnegutt, Only Children, Lance Herbstrong

Lollapalooza 2010 & The Letter O

The letter O appears to be the favorite letter for the organizers of this years Lollapalooza. Today, the lineup graphic was posted, but only the letter O is shown. The lineup won't be announced until April 6, but this will give fans one week to make their best guesses. All signs point that the recently reunited Soundgarden will bring this years Lollapalooza to a close. Tickets are on sale now via Lollapalooza's website.

[via Consequence of Sound]

Lollapalooza Confirms Headliners......Well Sort Of

Soundgarden, Green Day, The Strokes, Arcade Fire & Lady Gaga have been all but confirmed for this years Lollapalooza. This time, Perry Farrell's favorite music critic Greg Kot wasn't the only one to spill the beans.

[via Consequnce of Sound]

Pitchfork Music Festival Keeps Getting Better

The folks at Pitchfork have just announced the first wave of artist additions for the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival. Joining the already stellar lineup will be Broken Social Scene, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Panda Bear & Dâm-Funk to name a few. This is shaping up to be a monster festival!

Official 2010 T in the Park Lineup

T in the Park
July 9-12, 2010
Kinross, Scotland (Balado Airfield)

30 Seconds to Mars, Biffy Clyro, Black Eyed Peas, Black Mountain, Broken Social Scene, Calvin Harris, Carl Cox, The Coral, The Courteeners, The Cribs, David Guetta, Dirty Projectors, Dizzee Rascal, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Empire of the Sun, Erol Alkan, Faithless, Fake Blood, Florence and the Machine, Four Tet, Goldfrapp, Gossip, Hot Chip, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Kasabian, La Roux, Mayer Hawthrone, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Netwon Faulker, Paolo Nutini, The Proclaimers, The Prodigy, Richie Hawtin presents Plastikman, Rise Against, Skunk Anansie, Slam, Stereophonics, The Stranglers, The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, The View, Wolfmother

Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB Added To Hangout Music Festival

Trey Anastasio and Classic TAB have been added the inaugural Hangout Music Festival. The festival takes place from May 14-16 on the beach in Gulf Shores, AL. Other recent additions include The Flaming Lips, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Ray LaMontagne & North Mississippi Allstars.

Hump Day Happenings

Festival season is definitely in the air. Recent lineup announcements for Pitchfork, All Good, Mountain Jam and Sasquatch! have me thinking about summer. It's been a slow week, but I am pumped to see Trey at The Riv on Friday and Wilco in Madison on Saturday! I hope everyone has a good hump day.

• Aerosmith with Steven Tyler will play Download Festival
• Check out Wayne Coyne's Oklahoma City home
• Soundgarden, Arcade Fire & Green Day for Lolla?
• EMI has put Abbey Road Studios up for sale
• Krist Novoselic responds to Duff McKagan's blog post
• The National add dates to their upcoming tour

Ben Folds Five - Uncle Walter (Live)

Holy Crap, It's Sasquatch!

Sasquatch! Music Festival will once again return to the majestic Gorge Amphitheatre on Memorial Day weekend. Pavement recently spilled the beans that they would be playing the festival, but the organizers did a wonderful job of keeping the rest of the lineup under wraps. I have always wanted to check this festival out and the lineup this year is really solid. Very tempting.

Joining Pavement this year will be My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Ween, The National, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Passion Pit, Drive by Truckers, Midlake, Dr. Dog, Simian Mobile Disco, Broken Social Scene and many more.

Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on sale on Saturday, February 20th (10am pst)

Saturday, May 29th My Morning Jacket / Vampire Weekend / The National / Deadmau5 / Broken Social Scene / OK Go / Wale / Public Enemy / The Hold Steady / Miike Snow / Z-Trip / Brother Ali / Minus The Bear / WHY? / The Very Best / Portugal. The Man / Mumford & Sons / The Lonely Forest / Nurses / The Middle East / Patrick Watson / Laura Marling / Morning Teleportation / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Fool's Gold / Garfunkel & Oates / Dam-Funk

Sunday, May 30th Massive Attack / Pavement / LCD Soundsystem / Tegan and Sara / Kid Cudi / Nada Surf / Dirty Projectors / The xx / The Long Winters / Simian Mobile Disco / Midlake / Girls / Vetiver / The Tallest Man On Earth / YACHT / Booka Shade / Caribou / Avi Buffalo / City and Colour / Cymbals Eat Guitars / A-Trak / Fruit Bats / tUnE-yArDs / Local Natives / Freelance Whales / Jets Overhead / Rob Riggle / Luke Burbank

Monday, May 31st Ween / MGMT / Band of Horses / She & Him / Passion Pit / The New Pornographers / Drive-By Truckers / Boys Noize / Camera Obscura / The Temper Trap / Dr. Dog / Neon Indian / No Age / The Mountain Goats / Phantogram / Quasi / Japandroids / Mayer Hawthorne & The County / The Low Anthem / Fresh Espresso / Hudson Mohawke / Telekinesis / Past Lives / Yes Giantess / Craig Robinson

Rock In Rio Madrid Initial Lineup

Rock in Rio Madrid have unveiled their initial lineup and it's a dandy! I wonder if RATM will cover "Party in the U.S.A." with Miley on lead vocals? That would be epic!

Bon Jovi
Miley Cyrus
Rage Against the Machine
Rihanna
Shakira

[via Consequence of Sound]

2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival

Eric Clapton has announced that his Crossroads Guitar Festival will return to Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL on Saturday, June 26.Tickets go on sale February 20 via Ticketmaster at 10 am Central Time (11am EST). All profits from the Festival will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons. I will not be missing this festival. Check out the killer lineup!

Albert Lee
Allman Brothers Band
BB King
Bert Jansch
Buddy Guy
David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos
Doyle Bramhall II
Earl Klugh
Eric Clapton
Gary Clark Jr.
Hubert Sumlin
James Burton
Jeff Beck
Jimmie Vaughan
Joao Gilberto
Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer
Keb Mo
Pino Daniele
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
Sheryl Crow
Sonny Landreth
Steve Winwood
Vince Gill
ZZ Top

[via Where's Eric]

Bonnaroo Confirms 2010 Dates

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The ninth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will take place from June 10 - 13, 2010 in Manchester, TN. Expect an initial lineup to be announced in late January or early February. A special holiday pre-sale will start on Friday, November 27. The festival organizers will also offer a payment plan for festival goers.

Pavement, Blakroc, Furthur and Them Crooked Vultures are all solid bets for me, but we will just have to be patient and see what the folks AC Entertainment and Superfly Productions have up their sleeve.