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PHOTO RECAP / HIGHLIGHTS: Festival NRMAL 2016 :: Mexico City, MX

Now in it's seventh year of operation, NRMAL serves as a Mexican feeder fest to Austin's SXSW. Given it's proximity and annual timing, NRMAL is able to attract ...

WATCH: Battles show many sides of themselves in “The Yabba”

Battles are set to release their new full length album, La Di Da Di, this Friday, September 18, and I, for one, could not be more excited. I've loved almost 100...

FYF Fest 2015 Lineup Announced: D’Angelo, Flume, Frank Ocean & more

Building momentum over the past few years, FYF has officially established itself as a major player in the Southern California festival scene. And with yesterda...

ROUNDUP: What Five Bands Should Be Bigger Than They Are (Part One)

NPR Music posed a great question last week when they asked: What Bands Should be Bigger Than They Are and we immediately wanted to add more input to the discuss...

Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from Day Three (Skrillex, Mogwai, Chili Peppers and more)

Saturday began and ended as one for the record books, as Charles Bradley, the “original victim of love,” and his Extraordinaires quickly took on the energetic c...

Bonnaroo 2012 Webcast Schedule Posted

The webcast schedule for this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival has been announced and posted on YouTube. It's effing stacked, too. For those of us enjoying this...

TOUR DATES: Battles announce June dates

Good news for Battles fans; the band just recently announced a handful of dates around the center of the U.S. this June around their scheduled Bonnaroo appearan...

Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, RHCP, Phish, Bon Iver & Beach Boys

The lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 was just released and features Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, Bon Iver, and the Beach Boys all at the top of the artist l...

REVIEW: Moogfest 2011 (Tobin, Battles, FlyLo, STS9, UM & more)

Our buddy Nick Isasi (@noodlecast) wrote up this awesome summary of all the amazing music he caught at this year's Moogfest in Asheville, NC. There was a ton t...

LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar – Oct 31 – Nov 6

We just got hit with the first snowfall of the season here in NYC. Even though the weather's starting to chill out, the live shows are keeping up the heat. ...

STREAM THIS: Battles @ All Tomorrow’s Parties

NPR just posted the Battles set from All Tomorrow's Parties. Get down on this. Setlist: "Africastle" "Sweetie & Shag" "Dominican Fade" "Atlas" "Wall St...

Moogfest 2011: Daily Schedule Announced

You been paying attention Moogfest this year? We're digging on their lineup and the daily schedule has been announced already. In addition to the top-tier lin...

Moogfest 2011 Lineup: Flaming Lips, James Murphy, STS9, TVOTR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_RLDtfKzarY Asheville, North Carolina's festival ode to all things electronic music and Moog, Moogfest...

Video: Battles – “Futura” @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

It was only a matter of time before Pitchfork started releasing some of the archived goodness that came out of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. The fi...

Treasure Island Music Festival 2011: Battles, Warpaint, FlyLo & More

The lineup for the Treasure Island Music Festival was just announced, promptly crashing the Treasure Island website and bringing down the Noise Pop site with it...

Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Final Photos, Thoughts

I just noticed that we got a request for my TV on the Radio photos from the Pitchfork Music Festival, so I thought I'd post those along with my other remain...