Perhaps it’s time to return to Coachella afterall: FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Festival’
November 7, 2009
Matt and Kim Bring Daylight to LA 101 Festival
LA 101 Festival Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City November 3, 2009 I first became aware of Matt and Kim when I heard their single, “Daylight” on the radio. That’s a miracle in and of itself because with the exception of KCRW, I don’t listen to the radio much. In fact, it’s quite possible I first heard [...]
November 7, 2009
Wolfmother and The Headless Robot – Voodoo Experience 2009
October 31, 2009 Voodoo Experience New Orleans, LA More than 100 bands played New Orleans Voodoo Experience this year. While many of them were outstanding, only 3 of them exceeded my expectations. Wolfmother is one of them. I ran into Andrew Stockdale, Ian Peres, and Aidan Nemeth back at the press tent, prior to their [...]
November 4, 2009
New Orleans Voodoo Experience: More Than A Music Festival
October 30 – November 1, 2009 New Orleans, LA The Voodoo Experience in New Orleans is in its eleventh year and still going strong. This year’s event attracted a reported 100,000+ people during Halloween weekend. The line up – which included Eminem, Jane’s Addiction, Kiss, Mutemath, Wolfmother, The Flaming Lips, Lenny Kravitz, Janelle Monae, The [...]
November 1, 2009
New Orleans Voodoo Experience – Halloween
October 31, 2009 2009 Voodoo Experience New Orleans, LA Day 2: So much music, so little time to write!! Mates of State, Mutemath, Gogol Bordello, Wolfmother, Jane’s Addiction, Kiss. . . I will write an in-depth review as soon as the music stops or the city sleeps. In the meantime, some highlights and pictures. Here’s [...]
October 31, 2009
The 2009 Voodoo Experience – New Orleans
October 30, 2009 2009 Voodoo Experience New Orleans, LA The Voodoo Experience in New Orleans is in its eleventh year. Yet somehow, year after year, it’s one music festival I had yet to enjoy until yesterday. Voodoo has been on my to-do list for several years, not only because I hadn’t done it yet, but [...]
September 28, 2009
Watch Out World! Here Comes Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
September 27, 2009 Abbot Kinney Festival Venice, CA Let’s just say: you’ve been warned – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have arrived. The Abbot Kinney Festival is a free annual event in Venice, California, that includes music, food, and merchandise vendors. It seems to get more and more crowded every year. People patiently maneuver [...]
