I am a giant fan of Austin, TX especially after this year's phenomenal SXSW festival. The city breathes music and is the perfect place to catch a show. Which is why I'm this close to buying a plane ticket and heading back down there for Austin City Limits. It runs from September 14-16 and the headliners include Arcade Fire, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Stevie Wonder and Kanye West. On top of that, artists like Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Chromeo,… Read More
If your album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, wouldn't you release a deluxe edition too? Arcade Fire's magnificent The Suburbs will become a two-disc deluxe version that will hit stores on August 2nd. The CD in the set will include the album along with an extended version of the track "Wasted Hours (A Life That we Can Live)" along with two bonus tracks, "Culture War" and "Speaking in Tongues." The latter features vocals from David Byrne. The second… Read More
LCD Soundsystem will be a bittersweet band for me from now on. My first time seeing them was at Terminal 5 in NYC but it was two nights before their final show at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd. So while I enjoyed myself thoroughly at the concert, I realize it will be the last time I see them (until the reunion that is bound to happen 3-5 years from now but we'll speculate later.) But thanks to the people over at Pitchfork (there's something… Read More
As if today wasn't already awesome enough thanks to the greatest band in the world, now we have more reason to celebrate. Arcade Fire is touring the U.S. Thanks to CoS, we now know that the Grammy winning band will hit cities like Las Vegas, Chicago, Austin and...Orem, Utah? Fair enough! They're… Read More
If you're heading to Manchester, Tennessee for the Bonnaroo festival, your headliners are the following people: Arcade Fire, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Eminem, Lil' Wayne, Widespread Panic and The Black Keys. Oh, but there's plenty more to see at the 10th anniversary of Bonnaroo. A reunited Buffalo Springfield, featuring Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, will make Bonnaroo their only festival appearance. You've also got String Cheese Incident,… Read More
What a big night for rock music at the Grammys. While the majority of the ceremony was on par with getting kicked in the scrotum by a mule (follow my Twitter to check out my commentary,) some highlights included a performance from Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Arcade Fire and wins for Black Keys, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, and Arcade Fire for Album of the Year. All the winners are listed down below along with videos of… Read More
Looks like when one festival reveals their line up, the rest start coming out the woodwork. Thanks to Consequence of Sound, we now know the line up for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Now, to the uneducated, you're probably wondering why would we talk about a jazz… Read More
Festival season has finally arrived! The lineup for the Coachella festival has been revealed and the headliners are Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West and The Strokes. KOL will headline the 15th, Arcade Fire on the 16th and Yeezy and The Strokes will close the festival on the 17th. Coachella, which is held in Indio, California gathering, takes place from April 15-17 this year. Now if those headliners seem a bit too "mainstream" for you because you're just so "hip,"… Read More
