Every Tuesday up until last night, the band Previously on Lost hosted a Lost screening party at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Well last night, they were in for a special treat. Lost cast members Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) and Jorge Garcia (Hurley) along with producers, Damon and Carlton stopped by to catch the band’s performance. Previously on ... Read More »
“The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee every June.” This, from the Bonnaroo site, is very true but Bonnaroo isn’t always a music festival, it is sometimes an intense survival experience. Cases of dysentery, swamp-foot and dehydration are not uncommon from the sometimes muddy conditions ... Read More »
On May 18th, 1980, a great light went out when musician, lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis took his own life. Curtis suffered from epilepsy and was in a constant struggle against depression and with his death he both killed what his band could have become and created one of the most legendary groups in rock history. To ... Read More »
The now annual Sasquatch! Music Festival is set to take place May 29th- 31st, or Memorial Day Weekend, once again this year and has brought a line-up worthy of a plane ticket to the Pacific Northwest. But this nine time winner of Pollstar Magazine’s award for Best Outdoor Music Venue isn’t like any other festival, here’s what you need to ... Read More »
After waiting four long years, we are only 30 days away from the 2010 World Cup. We’re getting pretty excited about it and it seems we aren’t the only ones. For the past year Indiecater Records has been working on a World Cup compilation, asking some of their favorite bands to write a song about one of the qualifying teams. ... Read More »
For the past ten years, The Village Voice has been bringing free and amazing music to the Coney Island boardwalk in their annual Siren Festival. This year’s festival takes place on July 17th, noon until 9pm, come rain or shine. The full line-up for the show has yet to be revealed but so far Matt & Kim, Ted Leo and ... Read More »
Add a little bit of France, a bit more of Germany, with the city planning of Venice and help from a time machine and what do you get? The charming medieval city of Colmar. Located in the Alsace region of France, Colmar’s position close to the German border has long made the town a point of contention for the two ... Read More »
The Bitter End operates under the guise of New York’s longest running nightclub. Whether this is actually true doesn’t really matter, what matters is that for nearly 50 years, The Bitter End has been one of the most cutting edge and established venues in New York City, hosting comedy and music on a nightly basis. Read More »
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