Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver headlining Sasquatch festival

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The annual Sasquatch festival, definitely a festival that I need to attend in the very near future, announced a killer line up for this year's installment.
Recently solo Jack White, along with Beck and Bon Iver, will be headlining the George, WA based four-day event which runs from May 25-28. Also leading the way are Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Girl Talk, St. Vincent, Feist, and Silversun Pickups. But that's not all who you'll get to see at the Gorge… Read More

Listen: Tenacious D – “Rize Of The Fenix”

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Just like the Phoenix...um, I mean Fenix, Tenacious D will rise again! Or so says Jack Black in a new track from the D appropriately called "Rize Of The Fenix" (via CoS).
It's a short track that doesn't even breach 50 seconds and all acoustic as Black sings about the band's woes after their 2006 film, The Pick Of Destiny, was panned by the critics. But the band's resilience… Read More

Metallica, Black Sabbath, The Prodigy headlining Download festival

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

UK rockers, get ready to do some dancing and some headbanging at Donington Park this year. The line up for the 10th annual Download festival was recently announced and the line up is rather big for fans of hard rock and metal.
Headlining this whole shindig are Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Prodigy. You've also got Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro and Soundgarden providing support (even though I think Soundgarden should be a headliner but that's just me.) Other bands… Read More

Rage Against The Machine lead boycott against Arizona

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

There's a growing call from musicians to boycott the state of Arizona due to their recent passing of an immigration law that allows local authorities to stop anyone they feel may be an illegal citizen. Leading the charge is none other than Rage Against The Machine.
Billboard reports that a website called thesoundstrike.net… Read More

Bonnaroo lineup announced

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

After a full day of artists being announced for the Bonnaroo festival, the final list has been put together at last.
We gotta give major props to our friends over at Consequence of Sound for busting their asses all day constantly updating their site with the new artists in real time. Thanks to them, it made the jobs of all other music bloggers easy as all we have to do is put up a final list.
This year's… Read More