Posts Tagged ‘Bjork’
Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup: Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty, Bjork, Pretty Lights, Wilco and more
The lineup for Bonnaroo has been announced! Headlining this year's festival will be Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bjork, Wilco, Pretty Lights and R. Kelly! Tons of amazing talent is on this lineup including LMB faves like David Byrne & St. Vincent, Animal... more
Pitchfork Music Festival: R. Kelly, Bjork and Belle and Sebastian to Headline 2013 Lineup
The Pitchfork Music Festival just announced their three top talents for this year's festival set once again in Union Park in Chicago on the weekend of July 19-21, and I had to read the release twice before I fully grasped how epic it is. Headlining this year's festival will... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (March 5 – 11)
This week in NYC Live Music, we've got a special all-star cast for the "Robert Johnson at 100" benefit at the Apollo, week II of Soulive's "Bowlive" residency at Brooklyn Bowl, and the start of another mega-residency, the Allman Brothers annual Beacon run. Read on for those and other NYC... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Feb 27 – March 4)
This week in NYC live music marks the return of Bowlive, Soulive's annual multi-night residency at Brooklyn Bowl which usually involves a slew of great special guests, cover sets, and interesting surprises. Also this week, we've got Craig Finn's solo project, Leo Kottke, Cults, Van Halen's triumphant reunion shows at... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Feb 20-26)
This week in NYC Live Music, Galactic and Big Sam bring the NOLA funk to NYC to help us get in the Mardi Gras mood. Plus, we've got a few other interesting shows including Small Black, Superhuman Happiness, Railroad Earth w/ Cornmeal, Heartless Bastards and more. Read on for my... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Feb 13-19)
This week in NYC live music brings another interesting and eclectic mix of shows, including a week-long run by Richard Thompson, an all-star cast at the Tibet House Benefit Concert, lots of New Orleans-style funk/soul/jazz, plus shows by Big Gigantic, Mates of State, Yellowbirds, and Zola Jesus, among many others.... more
HEADY LINKS: Umphrey’s McGee Download, Sigur Rós @ Bestival, Luscious Jackson is back & more…
Because they love their fans so much (heh), Umphrey's McGee put up their Super Bowl Village set as a free download on their blog. I'm downloading this right away; I haven't dove into any live UM in a while. It looks like Sigur Rós will be returning to the stage... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Feb 6-12)
Although most New Yorkers are probably still thinking about last night's Giants Super Bowl win (or are at least nursing a nice football hangover), I'm taking one for the team and already looking ahead to a week of NYC-area shows. As usual, there are plenty of good options this week,... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Jan. 30 – Feb 5)
Just another week of live music in New York City...meaning lots of great options for the concert-going public. This week, we've got plenty of solid rock shows (including Smith Westerns and American Babies), some buzz-worthy electronic acts (like Tycho and Skrillex), and a few artists that fall somewhere in between... more
Stream the New Bjork Live Album on NPR
Bjork recorded a live album back in 2007 titled Voltaic following up on the release of her album, Volta, and NPR is offering up a stream of the album a week before it's released. Bjork, the 13-time Grammy nominee from Iceland, released her sixth album, Volta, in 2007. Before embarking on... more
Bjork Live from NYC on NPR, May 5
Bjork has made a largely triumphant comeback look easy. Saturday Night Live performance, check. Show up at Coachella and wow everyone, check. Go straight to NYC and wow everyone again, check. Sell out the Chicago date before Justin was able to grab tickets, check. Enamor... more
Bjork – “Earth Intruders” from Saturday Night Live
Bjork - Earth Intruders (Live on SNL) [YouTube] I'm really kicking myself right now after watching my TiVo'd copy of last night's Saturday Night Live. Bjork was the musical performer and I spaced on getting the Chicago tickets for her upcoming tour. As it's now wildly sold-out, I'm sure... more
Bjork | 2007 Tour Dates
I've been working on rounding up some of my stuff from SXSW but I thought I'd get a quick post up in the meantime. I caught up on some feed reading this morning and noticed that Bjork had announced some tour dates in conjunction with her scheduled 2007 Coachella... more
Sugarcubes – 20th Anniversary MP3′s
Fans of the site might not to be too aware but I've always been a huge fan of Bjork -- that sexy little muffin of an Icelandic pop sensation turned vocal breakout solo artist. While I find her music to be a little too off-the-deep-end lately, it was always... more
Sugarcubes to Reunite for One-Off Show in Iceland
Interesting news coming out of Iceland this week... Icelandic rock act the Sugarcubes will take the stage for the first time in 14 years Nov. 17 in Reykjavik. The group, whose most famous alumnus is Bjork, is reassembling to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut single, "Birthday." [Billboard] (via) Enjoy my... more
Björk Announces Benefit Performance for Icelandic Nature
Björk has been added to a major benefit concert scheduled for January 7, 2006 in Iceland (dude, I'm so there). From Björk.com Major concert in Iceland was announced in the Icelandic Morgunblaðið for the support of Icelandic Nature preserve. Artist playing : Ham, Magga Stína, Múm, Sigur Rós, Hjálmar, KK, Rass, Björk, Ghostigital,... more
björk medúlla
i just found this great review of the recent björk release, medúlla. i did not hear the best review from my brother-in-law about this one. but, i think i'll still pick it up. björk is awesome. simple as that. björk medúlla : tiny mix tapes previously: björk... more
it’s oh so quiet…
one of our favorites at livemusicblog.com, bjork, has released her plans for her new album, expected to be released on elektra records on august 31. [read more]-bjork.com [read more]-livedaily.com
