The eco-friendly Green Man took over Brecon Beacons, Wales this past weekend with a heavy dose of Americana: from midwestern folkies (Bon Iver, Wilco, Andrew Bird) to wailing east coast electropoppers (Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance) and reinvigorated psych legends... CONTINUE READING GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 26, 2009 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Animal Collective | Beach House | Beth Jeans Houghton | Bon Iver | Camera Obscura | David Thomas | Dirty Three | Emmy The Great | Four Tet | Gang Gang Dance | Green Man Festival | Grizzly Bear | James Yorkston | Jarvis Cocker | Joe Boyd | King Creosote | Robyn Hitchcock | Rodriguez | Roky Erickson | Scott Matthews | The Aliens | The Pictish Trail | The Three Craws | Vetiver | Wilco | Wooden Shjips
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy After a night of front-to-back ATP-approved "classics," it was nice to tackle a day of unpredictable sets. We missed the earliest acts -- Apse, Australia's garage rockers (and fine live band) the Drones, Growing,... CONTINUE READING ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES NY: POLVO, LES SAVY FAV, LIGHTNING BOLT ROCK THE CATSKILLS»
Posted on September 21, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Fuck Buttons | Harmonia | Les Savy Fav | Lightning Bolt | Low | Om | Polvo | Shellac | The Kills | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Wooden Shjips
16 years! It's been a long time to wait. For some of you it's probably been a lifetime. All that ends this fall, though, confirmed via tonight's news that's caused music bloggers countrywide to faint face first into their keyboards:... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE FINALLY COMING BACK TO THE STATES, CURATING QUITE A PARTY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Autolux | Built To Spill | Edan | Fuck Buttons | Low | Mogwai | My Bloody Valentine | Polvo | Shellac | The Drones | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Thurston Moore | Tortoise | Wooden Shjips