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Coachella: New York to Cali…The Hipster Exodus Begins

For this year’s Coachella, we’ve dispatched our very own indie rock star reporter, Ed Droste of Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear. Below is his first of many reports. THE AIRPORT 8:34 a.m.: I’m definitely feeling the effects of a few too many drinks from last night’s DNTEL record release party at Union Pool. I’m starving but will likely only get a bag of blue taro chips on our jet blue flight. Maybe I’ll watch HGTV and pass out in row 18A. I need to be ready for my s

Published: 2007-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Coachella 2007

Allman Brothers Reveal Wanee Festival Details

Photo: Ufberg/WireImage As they’ve done since 2005, the Allman Brothers Band will headline two nights at the fifth annual Wanee Music Festival in Live Oak, Florida, on June 5 and 6th. This year’s Wanee fest is especially noteworthy as it coincides with the band’s yearlong 40th anniversary extravaganza, which includes a 15-night run at New York’s Beacon Theatre. Helping the Eat A Peach rockers celebrate at Wanee are Gov’t Mule, the Doobie Brothers, Toots and the Maytals, the Drive-By Truckers and many more jam-happy artists spread over the fest’s two days. Plus, the Derek Trucks Band will perform a special midnight set on Friday night and the Wailers will perform Exodus in its entirety. Tickets go on sale March 7th. Check out the full Wanee lineup below: Wanee Festival The Allman Brothers Band Gov’t Mule The Doobie Brothers Toots And The Maytals Little Feat Umphrey’s McGee Susan Tedeschi Arc Angels (Featuring guitarist and singers Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton and two former members of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band Double Trouble, drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) The Wailers (Performing Exodus) Drive-By Truckers Bill Kreutzmann (featuring Oteil Burbridge and Scott Murawski) Keller Williams Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Jorma Kaukonen Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance The Lee Boys with Oteil Burbridge Hill Country Revue (Formed by Cody Dickinson from The North Mississippi Allstars, also features Chris Chew from The Allstars, Kirk Smithhart, Ed “Hot” Cleveland and Dixie Dan Cobur) Devon Allman’s Honeytribe Bonobos Convergence Mocean Worker The Derek Trucks Band The Radiators

Published: 2009-02-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Evile memorial shows and benefit raffle

Huddersfield thrashers Evile will host two benefit shows - headlined by Irish thrashers Gama Bomb - to raise money for the family of bassist Mike Alexander, who sadly passed away on October 5 while they were on tour in Sweden with Amon Amarth and Entombed. The band are holding a raffle too. Among the loot kindly donated by bands are Megadeth guitar gear, Iron Maiden ‘Eddie’s Evil Brew’ beer, signed Metallica swag, and a guitar custom-made for Gary Holt of Exodus. In addition, there will be an au

Published: 2009-12-02 Provider: Kerrang!

Four Major Labels Make Deal To Release Memory Card Albums; Weezer, Elvis Among the First Wave

The slow segue from CD to MP3 took a giant step forward today when it was announced that SanDisk had reached a deal with all four major labels to begin selling memory card albums of both new acts and classic artists. The one-gig Micro SD cards will make their first appearance in Best Buys and Wal-Marts in time for the holiday season. Each memory card will contain the album in all its 320kbps and DRM-free glory. The music industry, trying to fight off rapidly decreasing annual CD sales, hopes the memory card’s immediate accessibility with cell phones, computers and MP3 players will result in a revenue renaissance. The initial batch of micro carded albums will feature 29 artists, including Weezer, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and Elvis Presley. This doesn’t mark the first time the major labels have experimented with memory cards: last year, UMG celebrated the anniversary of Bob Marley’s Exodus by releasing a limited edition USB stick, while EMI got revenge for Radiohead’s exodus from the label by releasing a memory stick with the band’s entire non-In Rainbows discography. This new round of memory stick albums will sell for between $7 and $10 apiece — much cheaper than the standard price of the antiquated CD. Related Stories: • Bob Marley USB Album Release to Save Music Industry/Kill the CD • Bizarro Grammys: The White Stripes’ USBs, Gerard Way’s MCR Packaging, Flaming Lips’ Surround Sound

Published: 2008-09-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, The Industry