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Lil Wayne, Death Cab For Cutie Highlight Full Voodoo Festival Lineup

New Orleans’ Voodoo Festival, set to hit the Big Easy October 24-26, has revealed its full performer line-up. In addition to the headliners R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots, Death Cab for Cutie, Panic at the Disco, Erykah Badu and N’Awlins prodigal son Lil Waynein will play in the more mainstream Le Ritual section of the festival. Much like the city itself, the Voodoo Festival is split into three distinct sections. The Le Flambeau area will feature music more in tune with the hometown sounds of New Orleans with sets by Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. The third section, Le Carnival, will feature a bunch of Big Easy indie bands, burlesque shows and circus acts. It’s like a three-day Mardi Gras over in that Le Carnival section. Hit the jump for the complete list of all the performers playing Voodoo. New Orleans Voodoo Festival 2008 R.E.M. Nine Inch Nails Stone Temple Pilots Lil Wayne Erykah Badu Dashboard Confessional Shudder to Think Death Cab For Cutie DeVotchKa The Gutter Twins Cold War Kids Wyclef Jean Panic At the Disco King Britt Tribute to Sister Gertrude Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings Reverend Horton Heat Lupe Fiasco Joss Stone Man Man Thievery Corporation Ghostland Observatory Manchester Orchestra Old 97’s Joseph Arthur Colour Revolt Tokyo Police Club Innerpartysystem The Vettes Big Blue Marble Sons of Willia Walter Wolfman Washington Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers Marc Broussard Ozomatli Reunited w/ Chali 2na Rebirth Brass Band Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Blind Boys of Alabama Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Marva Wright New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Cowboy Mouth The Iguanas Bonerama Big Sam’s Funky Nation Deacon John’s Tribute to New Orleans R&B featuring Wardell Quezerque Marva Wright Soul Rebels Dirty Dozen Brass Band Treme Brass Band DJ Soul Sister John Boutte Rockie

Published: 2008-07-10
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

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Silverchair, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids Rock the Early Shift at Lollapalooza’s Day Two

Before any band even begins playing, Saturday is off to a promising start. Overcast skies and lower temperatures are a welcome relief from the heat, and the hand-sanitizer dispensers have actually been refilled.Boy-girl Brooklyn synth-pop duo Matt & Kim are equally enthused. Neither can believe the size of the stage or the throng of people awaiting them. “Look how my boobs look up there. That is so not to size!” exclaims drummer Kim Schifino upon seeing her body up on the projection screen. Her partner, keyboardist Matt Johnson, is downright giddy. Their pastel tunes belong in a basement, not on a bandshell, though that doesn’t prevent “Grand” and “Yea Yeah” from registering cute-factor points. Later, Matt & Kim pull double duty, subbing for the cancelled CSS. Tokyo Police Club also express shock at attracting a decent crowd. Sonically, the Toronto quartet doesn’t stay in the same place for too long, and its approach borders on train-wreck looseness, yet somehow everything gels. The group punctuates its hectic garage-cum-indie rock with red-throat yelps and spiky bursts of sound. A few fans wave Canadian flags as keyboardist Graham Wright flails about and tambourines fly through the air during a forty-five-minute set that lives up to the hype. Speaking of expectations, 2006 buzz band Tapes ‘n Tapes take the stage next, and despite similarities between the two acts — herky-jerky motions, disjointed new-wave synthesizers, staggered tempos — the Minneapolis foursome is far artier. Maybe the group is distracted by the wafting pot smoke, but they threaten their set’s momentum with an overabundance of pauses and tempo changes. A few stages away, Silverchair is performing in the area for the first time in recent memory. Shirtless and sporting a headband, leader Daniel Johns embraces his inner rock star. The stadium-directed anthems are proudly populist and carried by falsetto vocals. Thanks to the band’s ringing chords, basic structures, showy

Published: 2007-08-06
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Festivals, Lollapalooza