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Sasquatch! lineup has Jane's Addiction, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, many more

Music & nightlifeSasquatch! Music Festival announced its lineup: Jane's Addiction (featuring all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Erykah Badu, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Vince Mira, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, TV on the Radio, Ra Ra Riot, the wrens, DeVotchKa, Silversun Pickups, the airborne toxic event, The Avett Brothers, M. Ward, Calexico and CHROMEO.

Published: 2009-02-18 Provider: Seattle Times

A&E Dispatch | Sasquatch! lineup has Jane's Addiction, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, many more

Music & nightlifeSasquatch! Music Festival announced its lineup: Jane's Addiction (featuring all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Erykah Badu, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Vince Mira, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, TV on the Radio, Ra Ra Riot, the wrens, DeVotchKa, Silversun Pickups, the airborne toxic event, The Avett Brothers, M. Ward, Calexico and CHROMEO.

Published: 2009-02-18 Provider: Seattle Times

It's a big (Vampire) Weekend for music, and Capitol Hill

Music & nightlifeThe Capitol Hill Block Party, with Vampire Weekend, DeVotchKa, Les Savy Fav, the Hold Steady, Girl Talk, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson, Fleet Foxes and Menomena, is July 25 and 26 on Seattle's Capitol Hill.

Published: 2008-07-25 Provider: Seattle Times

Tour Tracker: Wanderlust Festival and HARD Summer Music Festival

Photo: Brecheisen/WireImage A pair of summer festivals invade the Tracker: The Wanderlust Festival features a mash-up of Jenny Lewis, Girl Talk, Spoon, Andrew Bird and yoga specialists when it comes to Lake Tahoe’s Squaw Valley Resort starting July 24th. Plus, Underworld, Chromeo, Crystal Castles and many more dance-heavy acts threaten to tear down Los Angeles’ the Forum on August 8th at the HARD Summer Music Festival. Dates and lineups, after the jump. Wanderlust Festival July 24-26 – Lake Tah

Published: 2009-05-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Tour Tracker: Sasquatch! Festival, No Doubt and PJ Harvey

Photo: Getty Images Rolling Stone predicted Nine Inch Nails and their new tourmates Jane’s Addiction would be hitting some festival this summer, and voila: the Sasquatch! Festival revealed that Trent, Perry and the rest of the gangs will headline this year’s fest at the Gorge in Quincey, Washington on May 23-25th. Kings of Leon will also headline a night at Sasquatch, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective and Santigold are also on a pretty strong bill. Check after the jump for the full initial Sasquatch! lineup. In other news, No Doubt announced that their reunion tour will kick off with a May 16th show at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for Tiger Woods’ Tiger Jam, an event that benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation and other Vegas charities. “Playing this show is going to be really fun for all of us. Tiger’s foundation empowers kids to achieve their dreams and we’re excited to help support that,” No Doubt’s singer Gwen Stefani said in a press release. Paramore and the Sounds will also appear. Plus, PJ Harvey revealed a trio of dates and a March 24th performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in support of her new album with John Parish, A Woman A Man Walked By (due March 31st). Check below for the Harvey & Parish dates, too. Sasquatch! Festival Jane’s Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal, Explosions In The Sky, Devotchka, Peter Bjorn & John, Gogol Bordello, M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, Doves, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, M83, Girl Talk, The Gaslight Anthem, The Walkmen, Chromeo (dj set), Deadmau5, Mugison, Sun Kil Moon, Airborne Toxic Event, Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, BLK JKS, The Wrens, Tobacco, Monotonix, King Khan & The Shrines, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen, Blind Pilot, AA Bondy, Black Moth

Published: 2009-02-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Tour Tracker: Chromeo, Wire and the Horrorpops

Photo: Getty Chromeo continues teaching some Fancy Footwork, Wire raise the pink flag with an October run and the Horrorpops get ready for Halloween with an autumn tour. Follow the jump for the full set of tour dates. Chromeo October 1 - Boston, MA @ Paradise October 2 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall October 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero October 4 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club Wire October 5 - Montreal, QC @ Le National October 6 - Ottawa, ON @ Barrymore’s October 7 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place October 8 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs October 9 - New York, NY @ the Fillmore at Irving Plaza October 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s October 11 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club October 12 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse October 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex October 15 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore October 16 - Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom October 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue October 18 - Chicago, IL @ Metro The Horrorpops September 24 – Victorville, CA @ Karma September 25 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew September 26 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s September 27 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Santa Cruz Vets Hall September 28 – Sacramento, CA @ Empire September 29 – Reno, NV @ Club Underground October 1 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater October 2 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon October 3 – Spokane, WA @ The Blvd October 4 – Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar October 5 – Vancouver, BC @ Richard on Richards October 7 – Calgary, AB @ Warehouse October 8 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange October 9 – Winnepeg, MB @ The Royal Albert October 11 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 October 12 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater October 13 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom October 14 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick October 15 – London, ON @ Call the Office October 16 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House October 17 – Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques October 18 – Allston, MA @ Harpers Ferry October 19 – New York, NY @ Blender Theater October 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ JC Dobbs October 21 –

Published: 2008-08-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

"Fabriclive 38" by DJ Craze

DJ Craze is a far, far bigger name at the club than at the record store. That hasn't always been the case with the Fabric Live serious, which is probably why this latest installment feels more like a plausible night you could spend out dancing than any in recent memory. The mix starts with a run of strong hip hop tracks by the likes of Cool Kids and Bangers and Cash—acid bass underpinning most of them—before a classic funk break leads into the Miami Vice theme. Craze only hangs there briefly, after which he moves onto the Miami Jam Crew, the vibe gets dirtier and the beats more imperative, while electro sounds rule the next fifteen minutes or so, lingering especially on cheeky Vice Records darling Chromeo's "Bonafied Lovin'" and a Switch remix of Coldcut's "True Skool," featuring Roots Manuva caught in a very short loop and some kind of bent horn sample. Craze fades out after that, coming back with Earth, Wind, and Fire, in a ballsy change of pace, and what could have

Published: 2008-03-19 Provider: Artist Direct

Paramore, Strange Tag-Teams Highlight mtvU Woodie Awards

Photo: Kisby/Getty Four days before sending TRL out to sea in what will be an over-the-top pop-fueled spectacle, MTV honored another branch of its family tree with a more streamlined, indie-oriented affair. Hip-hop newcomer Asher Roth kicked off the 5th annual mtvU Woodie Awards last night at New York’s Roseland Ballroom with a tune entitled “I Love College” before joining Chicago rappers the Cool Kids and a few dozen college kids for a mock frat party during the Kids’ high-energy “Delivery Man.” Roth and the Kids set the precedent for the evening’s live performances with a set that embraced the target audience of the 24-hour college station without being overly flashy (save for the gold lame and silver sequined bikini-clad dancers that joined pop-punkers All Time Low). Lykke Li, joined by Bjorn of Peter, Bjorn and John, showed you can remain edgy while playing the kazoo during “Dance Dance Dance” and broke out her dirtiest club moves for “I’m Good I’m Gone.” Q-Tip joined Li on stage for the evening’s first left-field collaboration for A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?” before moving into a medley of “Move,” “Vibrant Thing” and “Gettin’ Up.” The evening’s other collaborations were just as quirky: Spank Rock came out to join Santogold for “Shove It” and Chromeo added some vocoder flavor to Vampire Weekend’s “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance.” Other strange moments included Debbie Harry, sporting a white-blonde wig, introducing Santogold after proclaiming her adoration for the New Wave art rocker, Mark Hoppus scolding an audience member who grabbed at his shoe (”I’m not a piece of meat you can manhandle!”) and the Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” video getting the Rickroll treatment during a commercial break. With the exception of Chromeo, none of the night’s performers walked away with an award, though all were nominated. Paramore picked up Woodie of the Year from an inebriated All-American Rejects (who couldn’t resist plugging their upcoming album), while Breaking Ar

Published: 2008-11-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

New York Times: Indie Rock Is Destroying America!

New York Times columnist David Brooks – known for his smarmy tone, moderate conservative politics and half-baked cultural theories – has a new hypothesis for everything that’s wrong with our country: the Arcade Fire! According to Brooks, indie-rock is another symptom of the fragmentation of American society, because it’s a niche market for upper middle class weenies. Fair enough, you may say, but then he goes on to talk about how the music “stinks” because its “lost touch” with our “common roots” and because – take a breath – it is “considered inappropriate or even immoral for white musicians to appropriate African-American styles” these days. This is compared to the Sixties and Seventies, when it was okay for Mick Jagger to write “Brown Sugar,” or something like that. We’re all for calling out indie-rockers, but a couple things: Niche music for upper-middle-class elites is nothing new — anybody remember the Cambridge folk scene in the Fifties? It spurred a boom that produced one of those guys that Brooks might like, Bob Dylan. And somebody should tell those dudes in Chromeo that they’re being wildly inappropriate or immoral; if anything, most indie-rockers don’t try to make black music (i.e., hip-hop) these days because they still have bad memories of 311 from the Nineties. We look forward to Paul Krugman’s takedown of freak folk next week.

Published: 2007-11-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Chromeo to Collaborate with Hall And Oates

Inside source on all things indie, Pitchfork, alleges that Montreal's funk-R&B duo Chromeo will be working on a forthcoming record with veterans