Posts Tagged ‘Coachella’
Weekly Roundup
Happy Monday, dudes. I went to see Tapes 'n Tapes with White Denim on Friday night at the Metro, so I'll have my thoughts from the show up some time today. It was awesome. In anticipation, make sure you catch up on the past week at LMB and holler... more
Coachella 2008 Lineup | Now With Prince
We've had the fleshed-out Coachella lineup for a while now, but the festival has now announced an intriguing late-hour addition: Prince! Interesting, especially since we're only weeks away from the event. You think they might have been feeling left out of the headlines after that killer Lollapalooza lineup was released on... more
M.I.A. & Holy Fuck | Spring Tour Dates, Together!
A few months ago, the esteemed Justin Ward and myself were able to catch a really nice Holy Fuck show at Schubas here in Chicago. Now it seems like I may be able to see these guys once more before the summer. Toronto's electro-rockers are teaming up with the amazingly... more
Kraftwerk Announces Some US Dates
Back in June, 2005 right at home in Chicago, I was able to catch one of the best concerts I've ever attended in my life: Kraftwerk at the Riveria. I could go on and on and on about why this concert was amazing, or you can just go back... more
The Cornelius Band @ Metro, Chicago, IL – 1/28/08
I wake up every morning and sigh when the realization sets in about how late this review is. Procrastination has become my mistress and I'm starting to feel guilty. This all started back around 2000 when I saw Cornelius on an HBO special. It was a... more
All Good 2008 | Initial Line-Up Announced
As the music world is getting into the season for festival line-up announcements, some festivals don’t garner as much attention as the Bonnaroo’s and Cochella’s but offer something more intimate and easy going than camping with 100,000 people you don’t know. The All Good Music Festival is definitely one... more
Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Announced
The Bonnaroo 2008 lineup just got announced late last night. The headliners of the festival are surprises to me -- I purposely avoided any rumor mill this year -- and I'm sure they'll be surprises to the mainstream contingent that may or may not decide to go to this... more
Langerado 2008 Preview
The 2008 festival season will be kicking off in less than two months with what was once known as “Junior Bonnaroo” or “Bonnaroo Light”. These derogatory swipes lost their meaning this year because the Langerado Music Festival has arrived on the scene as a premier festival. They have... more
Modest Boxers Losing Their Religion?
Photo by Anton Corbijn From the R.E.M. HQ: R.E.M. will tour North America this May and June in support of Accelerate, their new record which is set to be released on April 1. The band will be joined on the North American tour by Modest Mouse and The National. Please stay tuned... more
Weekly Roundup
Here's a list of the stuff we got posted this week. A weekly roundup, if you will. I've been a little slow to get back into the blogging every day thing that I was pretty comfortable with a year or so ago. I think I'm too used... more
Man Man Tour Tour
Man Man is heading out on tour in March by kicking things off in Baltimore, MD, heading down the East coast, then onto showcases at SXSW. After that, Midwest college towns, NYC, and finally, Rye, England for the ATP vs. Pitchfork festival. Not bad. I've only seen about five... more
Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced
The lineup for Coachella 2008 just got posted. Jack Johnson, Portishead, and Roger Waters get the main headlining nods, with the Raconteurs, Kraftwerk (!!!), M.I.A., My Morning Jacket, Animal Collective, Battles, and Spiritualized all coming in closely behind them. Amazing. As always, the festival is slated for the last... more
Live Nation to Compete with Ticketmaster
Man I've been busy the last couple days, and it appears that the live music space has been quite busy, too. My Morning Jacket announced a one-night stand at Radio City Music Hall for June 20 (presale this Friday at 10am), and the Coachella promoters announced a rival festival... more
The Breeders To Play Coachella 2008
Pitchfork is reporting that the Breeders are not only returning for SXSW and some other dates but they're slated for Coachella 2008, too. I haven't seen anyone else confirmed for the annual dust fest yet but I'll try to drop some posts if/when I do. The Breeders - Drivin' on... more
Monolith Festival 2007 | Lineup Announced
A while back we briefly reported on the initial announcement for the Monolith Festival -- a two-day festival taking place taking place September 15 -16 at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. Now they've officially released this year's lineup: The Flaming Lips Cake The Decemberists Spoon Kings of Leon Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The... more
Andrew Bird | Live on NPR Sunday, May 20th
I was super impressed with Andrew Bird's live show, which I was able to catch back in April as a part of the Green Apple Festival here in Chicago. He's got such a distinct sound and creates some really cool atmospherics with all the loops and orchestral textures. So I was... more
Weekly Roundup & Open Thread
Hopefully you weren't partying too hard and producing too much trash this weekend; I imagine you'd be fairly slow to wake up if you were down at Jazzfest. What else was going on? Feel free to drop some comments and let us know. Catch up on the last week... 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
Weekly Roundup | BBQ’ing in Chicago Edition
It's insanely nice in Chicago today so I'm not going to spending too much time on the site or thinking about live music or wishing that I had attended Coachella this year (for the first time). No no no, I'll be spending some time enjoying this weather and gearing... more
Coachella 2007 | AT&T Webcast Schedule Posted
The time table for the 2007 Coachella Music Festival webcast -- sponsored and provided exclusively by the AT&T Blueroom -- has been posted. It begins today at 3pm PST. April 27th Lineup* 03:00 PM Brother Ali 03:55 PM Noisettes 04:35 PM Tokyo Police Club 05:35 PM Tilly and the Wall 06:25 PM Of Montreal 07:15 PM... more
Heady Links | Festival Updates Edition
There have been a bunch of small festival announcements and updates this week, so what better way to lump them all together than in one big humpday 'heady links' post? The Coachella Music Festival kicks off this weekeend in Indio, California. There are a ton of great bands to check... more
Coachella 2007 Webcast
AT&T will once-again be webcasting from this year's Coachella Music Festival. There isn't any schedule posted yet but I'm sure they'll hit the high points (meaning, Rage Against the Machine). "Placing the obligation to respect one’s own symbolic significance aside for a moment, does anybody else see the irony in... more
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Set to Rock Rock Rock the Free World | Expanded 2007 Tour Dates
Photo by mactiste iPons Now that’s a world tour!!! Disco-punk groovers, !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk), have expanded their 2007 touring schedule. They are charting a massive worldwide tour playing big cities and summer festivals, including Lollapalooza. !!! is yet another 'disco-punk' style band I’ve been getting into lately (the other? LCD Soundsystem).... more
Weekly Roundup
It was a slower-than-average on Live Music Blog last week but it's still worth a Monday Morning quickie post rounding it all up... There's still a bunch of roundup stuff that I need to post from SXSW, even though I'm sure it's losing it's luster (even to myself). Rest assured... more
Langerado 2007 | Final Thoughts
So it's been over a week since the last sets of Langerado 2007, and I thought I'd wrap up my coverage with a few final thoughts and thanks. If you missed any of my prior posts, you can catch up here: Langerado Day One | Greetings from Sunny Florida!Langerado Day Two... 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
Arctic Monkeys | 2007 Tour Dates and New Video
(updated on 3.20.07) Back in '06, the Arctic Monkeys made headlines by blowing up the UK charts largely via Internet promo on MySpace and playing catchy, bombastic brit-rock. As previously mentioned, their third release, called Favourite Worst Nightmare, is out April 23rd (though it looks like tracks are already leaking onto the... more
Daft Punk | 2007 Tour Dates with the Rapture
photo by Andre Felipe Hot off of their much-hyped performance at last year's Coachella Music Festival, the original electronic rockers, Daft Punk, have announced their "Alive 2007" tour with some North American dates, including a stop at the famous Red Rocks Amiptheatre in Colorado. The Rapture will join them for most... more
Chk Chk Chk (!!!) Makes Me Dance Dance Dance [video]
photo by mactiste iPons This band with the name nobody's sure what to do with have recently been really grabbin' my attention. Perhaps I'm just in a dancey/groovy mood this week, but the tracks I've been hearing from their forthcoming album, Myth Takes, are hot hot hot! There's a bit of the... more
Arcade Fire | 2007 Tour Dates
photo by spacehindu After recently selling out its five-night run at NYC's Judson Memorial Church (which starts tonight), indie stalwarts the Arcade Fire have announced a slew of tour dates in Europe and North America. The tour includes several multi-night runs in big cities both across the pond and here in... more
Weekly Roundup
'Twas a fun-ass week on this 'ol Live Music Blog so catch-up on our best posts from last week... Summer Camp 2007 | Lineup Updates Les Claypool, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Wailers, Tea Leaf Green, New Monsoon, Oteil and the Peacemakers, Groovatron, Assembly of Dust, Family Groove Company, Cornmeal, U-Melt, Rev... more
