Lollapalooza festival releases daily schedule

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The massive summer festival that is Lollapalooza is only two months away and hundreds of thousands of people will descend upon Grant Park in Chicago, IL to see tons of amazing bands. But a problem many festival goers have is how to see all your favorite bands without missing any.
Well, that's next to impossible but the good people of Lolla have made it easier for you by releasing the three-day schedule of what acts are playing where. Go to Lollapalooza's… Read More

Outside Lands festival announces lineup

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

San Francisco is slowly gaining the status of "awesome music festival city" ever since Outside Lands arrived at Golden Gate Park.
The festival, which started back in 2008, announced the full lineup of the two day event today. Headliners will include massive bands including Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, Phoenix, The Grateful Dead and another festival appearance by The Strokes.
Outside Lands, normally a three-day festival, will only go for two days… Read More

RiO!B episode – May 20, 2010

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Axl Rose suing former manager
The Gaslight Anthem - "Boxer"… Read More

Watch: Phoenix go acoustic at NPR

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Your favorite French dance-rock band, Phoenix, can actually still sound good when you take away all the studio sounds and effects and hand them a couple of acoustic guitars and a Casio keyboard.

The band recently stopped by NPR and played an unplugged, four-song set for the station's Tiny Desk Concert series. The songs that were played included mega-hits "Lisztomania" and "1901" as well as the song "Armistice" which is also from their LP Wolfgang… Read More

Glastonbury festival lineup revealed

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Let me start off by saying that if you don't have tickets for the Glastonbury festival this year, you're shit out of luck because they're sold out. But if you do have tickets, then enjoy reading the following words.
The lineup for Glastonbury was announced recently it is going to be a monster of a festival this year. First off the headliners include acts like U2, Muse, Stevie Wonder and Jack Johnson.
Plus you've got other huge acts like Vampire Weekend,… Read More

RiO!B episode – Mar. 24, 2010

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

American Idiot the movie?
The… Read More

Phoenix offer free download of live album

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

French dance-rockers Phoenix were one of the biggest buzz bands in 2009 and they plan on riding that buzz through 2010 and beyond. So how does a band manage to stay in our good graces? By giving us a live album to download for free!
Make your way over to their website and you'll be able to download the 8-track album Live In Sydney. All you have to do is hit the download button. No mailing list, no… Read More

The Strokes are confirmed for Lollapalooza

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

If you were wondering what U.S. music festival to hit up this summer then this bit of info may help to make your decision.
According to the Chicago Tribune, The Strokes have been confirmed to play the Lollapalooza festival this summer in Chicago, IL.
Julian Casablancas said that the band are fielding a bunch of… Read More

Phoenix announce U.S. tour dates

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

French dance-rockers and Grammy winners Phoenix have announced some new American tour dates in between their appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo (via Pitchfork). They're gonna be some busy little baguettes.
April 18 will mark their appearance at the Indio, CA festival. A day prior they'll be in Santa Cruz, CA and following Coachella they'll head out to play a show in Denver, CO… Read More

Snooki interviews Phoenix

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Man if only my interview skills were as amazing as Jersey Shore's Snooki then I'd have all the bands lining up to be on my website!
Phoenix was lucky… Read More