Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Smashing Pumpkins - 20th Anniversary Tour!

Oh my. I'm soooooo there!

Here's what I found:

Smashing Pumpkins are set to embark on a 20th Anniversary Tour, which will kick off a few days after they perform at the Neil Young Bridge School Benefit in California.

The band will be playing a unique one-off set in every city and in the cities where they play two shows, fans who choose to go both nights will get different material – with one set called ‘Black Sunshine’ and the other ‘White Crosses’.






The dates are:

Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit) (October 26)
Cleveland, OH Palace Theatre (November 1)
Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall (‘Black Sunshine’) (3)
Toronto, Ontario Massey Hall (‘White Crosses’) (4)
New York, NY United Palace Theatre (‘Black Sunshine’) (6)
New York, NY United Palace Theatre (‘White Crosses’) (7)
Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata (8)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall (‘Black Sunshine’) (11)
Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall (‘White Crosses’) (12)
Boston, MA Wang Center (‘Black Sunshine’) (14)
Boston, MA Wang Center (‘White Crosses’) (15)
Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena (16)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre (‘Black Sunshine’) (18)
Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre (‘White Crosses’) (19)
Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre (‘Black Sunshine’) (21)
Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre (‘White Crosses’) (22)
St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre (26)
San Diego, CA RIMAC Arena (30)
Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (‘Black Sunshine’) (December 2)
Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (‘White Crosses’) (3)

Friday, July 25, 2008

Comic-Con 2008

I so wish I got a Wonder Woman bag. They looked so cool. Dammit!

I went yesterday for the first time ever and wow - I loved it!

It was really crazy packed, but it was actually well-organized. I went for about 3 hours in the middle of my work day with my boss to do some PR of course and I just couldn't help walking around and checking out the costumes and the booths and just seeing what I can see.

There were some great costumes and some not-so-great. For the most part, everyone was super cool and all about the comics.

I grabbed a first pressing of Batman - The Killing Joke as a gift and I actually wanted to keep it. The cover was so cool. I found myself wanting to buy a ton of them actually. Got a super cool Superman t-shirt and took a few photos, but have yet to upload them. I promise, I will. The car that will be in the new James Bond movie was on display (300K) and damn, it was pretty. The Star Wars exhibit was unreal and I really, really like the huge statue-like thing of the Hulk.

But, um Teddy Scares? Ever heard of them? I stopped by their booth as I was with a huge fan of theirs and damn, they have some really cool merchandise. I got this super cool long-sleeved t-shirt/sweater. They have some awesome sketchbooks, patches and buttons. I'll have to check it out online.

But, I will be going back later today for an hour or so and I promise to take more and upload ASAP!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Street Scene Line-up 2008

i'm getting hits looking for this years line-up, so here it is.

to my knowledge there are still 2 day passes available for $75.

september 19 and the 20th - downtown, in the east village.

here's the line-up:

Beck, The Black Crowes, Justice, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The National, Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible, Spoon, TV on The Radio, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, X, Vampire Weekend, The Hives, Atmosphere, Cold War Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Spiritualized, Antibalas, Man Man, The Mother Hips, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, The Night Marchers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Del The Funky Homosapien, Eagles of Death Metal, Foals, The Muslims, Dengue Fever, MGMT, Sea Wolf, West Indian Girl, Chester French

they haven't announced who's playing on what day. and they probably won't for a good while, but get the tickets cheaper while you still can!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

LA Peeps: Raconteurs Pre-Sale

Sunday, May 18th!

They're playing at The Henry Fonda Theater.

It's through Ticketmaster, so you know the drill.

$25+

2 ticket limit

they go on sale FRIDAY, MAY 16th

Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm.

No password!

Friday, May 02, 2008

Cut Copy at Red Bull Air Race Terminal 05/01/08

Excited to head out and listen to some good music for FREE, we went out to the Terminal and arrived around 8:40ish. I was expecting it to be a little full, but nope, it wasn't. It was cozy, but it wasn't packed. They had 21+ sections where they were serving Beer and Red Bull mixed drinks and the place was decked out in Red Bull attire, including 21 year old stewardess'. Ok, maybe they weren't all 21, but they seemed like they were. :)

They had a DJ spinning and I have to agree with Cat Dirt, he was old. hahaha Cut Copy took the stage at around 9pm, not 8:40, like I was told (Sorry) and they did a great job. They had the kids dancing and clapping. Yes, clapping is totally in. I was impressed that such a small crowd had such energy, especially in San Diego. I've noticed that San Diego crowds tend to be a little subdued, so it was a refresher. OR maybe it was all the under 21 kids hopped up on Red Bull? Nah, I hope not. It was definitely a dance dance feel, but it felt so good. It was happy, well, at least I was happy. And I kept thinking New Order, Pet Shop Boys while listening to them. I really like the lead singer's voice even though at first it was pretty low and hard to hear. Thank goodness sound took care of that issue.

If you get a chance to see Cut Copy, I suggest you go. It'll make you feel all happy and warm inside to dance to music that borders from rock to electronic and back again. And the band gets into it and tries to get the crowd into it. I'm sure the crowd doesn't always need help in figuring out when to go crazy, but I guess sometimes people don't get it.

I didn't like that they had all the little girls on stage dancing. It annoyed me. I felt like it took away from the band in the sense that at the end, this girl gets up there, thinking she's all cool and looks like a complete idiot, lost on stage. Strange.


p.s. I like Cat Dirt's Review better!

=)

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Cut Copy playing tonight!

Downtown San Diego (7th and Market)

Scheduled show time is 8:40pm.

and it's FREE!!!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

M.I.A at 4th and B April 28th, 2008

I tried to pick up an extra ticket for a friend before the show, about an hour before the show, and the show was sold-out. There was a line that wrapped around the building and it was 8pm! The crowd was mixed with young and old, but mostly young - I guess they all saw the commercial!

I've seen here before and I've always had a great time, so I knew this was going to be a blast, especially after hearing about her performance at Coachella. I was/am still sick, but I couldn't miss. I thought it would bring my energy level pretty low, but after a drink or two, that didn't happen. I was a dancing fool!

The place was pretty full and it was HOT as hell in there. The drinks were stiff. She came on at about 10:15ish, a little late. But she brought it. I wish I could tell you every song she played, but I was way too into it that it all became a blur. She was dancing and singing and at times playing DJ. She had some of her crew come out and hose people down with water guns which was hilarious.

M.I.A had people jump onto stage for one song and that was chaos. My favorite part is that she was right in the mix and in the middle of that turmoil, still singing and dancing. She played for little more than an hour and ended her set with Paper Planes.

It was a great show, but I do wish she would have played more oldies. She has so many good songs to chose from.

p.s. yes i know this is a little shitty review, but hey, i'm sick! lol

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Eddie Vedder - Spreckel's Theater 04 16 08

Eddie Vedder played last night at the Spreckles Theater in San Diego, Calfornia. It was the last show of his West Coast Tour - Sniper. He played for over 2 hours and had an array of stringed instruments. He played most, if not the whole album from "Into The Wild" and at one point, he brought out a "special guest." How great was it to see Emile Hirsch on stage! He hardly played any Pearl Jam songs and the ones he did play were the more obscure songs aka, not the hits. He played 3 songs off the "Harold and Maude" soundtrack and a ton of other wonderful acoustic songs.



We all know Eddie Vedder is short, so it was crazy to see Emile standing next to Eddie and seeing that Emile is totally shorter than Eddie! Eddie looked a bit femme, but good. His hair was longish. I'm thinking he's still "in character" from the movie he is currently filming. Who knows.

Emile was on stage for two songs. One he just sort of sat there as Eddie sang a song he wrote about Sean Penn and Emile came back on stage for the last song, where he sang BACK UP! I was surprised as hell. I also noticed that Emile looked super awkward on stage. I'm sure he's never seen what it's like to be a well-known, well-liked musician on stage with their adoring fans singing along, standing, screaming, and crying out their name. It's definitely different than what he's used to, to a certain degree. You can tell that he was tripping out at the sight. It was rather cute.

If you can catch Eddie Vedder on tour - do it!




*thank you to my friend geoff who took the pictures!

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

STP Tour dates announced!

This makes me very, very happy. I saw them when they played at Street Scene, many a year ago and that experience was one of my all time favorites. I don't know about them playing at Qualcomm though. I guess they can because they know people will pay to see them, but i would have loved to see them at something just a little smaller - um Spreckel's?

May 17, 2008 Columbus, OH Columbus Crew Stadium
May 18, 2008 Camden, NJ S quehanna Bank Center
May 20, 2008 Cleveland, OH State Theatre
May 22, 2008 Chicago IL Charter One Pavilion/Northerly Isle
May 23, 2008 Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Motor Speedway
May 26, 2008 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
May 31, 2008 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 01, 2008 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center (see you bbs there!)
June 03, 2008 Detroitl, MI State Theatre
June 06, 2008 St. Paul, MN Wilkens Auditorium
June 08, 2008 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 11, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
June 12, 2008 Las vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theatre (Palms Resort)
June 14, 2008 Reno, NV Reno Events Centre
June 24, 2008 Los angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
June 25, 2008 Tucson, AZ Anselmo Valencia Ampitheatre
June 27, 2008 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
June 28, 2008 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
July 02, 2008 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 04, 2008 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
July 05, 2008 Des Moines, IA Balloon Launch Park
July 10, 2008 Quebec City,QC CA Quebec City International Festival
July 12, 2008 Toronto,ON CA Downsview Park
July 18, 2008 Mt. Pleasant,MI Soaring Eagle Casino
July 19, 2008 Cadott, WI Chippewa Valley M ic Festival
July 25, 2008 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
July 26, 2008 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
July 27, 2008 San diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium
August 02, 2008 Oklahoma city, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
August 03, 2008 Council bluffs, IA Mid America Centre
August 04, 2008 Green bay, WI Oneida Casino
August 08, 2008 Bethlehem, PA Music Fest
August 09, 2008 Atlantic city, NJ Borgata Hotel and Casino
August 10, 2008 Pimlico, MD V Festival
August 17, 2008 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 31, 2008 Seattle, WA Bumber Shoot

~ more to come!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

SOUL EXPLORATIONS :: SOULPEOPLE :: SPRING SOUL 2008

Major Soul Events Hit L.A. This Spring

February 4 2008 • Text by Tomas Palermo

New York may be known as “the city that never sleeps,” but it's looking like Los Angeles is the city where art don’t sleep. This spring, Angelenos will have a whole lot of soul to stay awake for, as local collective Art Don’t Sleep has assembled some amazing music events in the coming months.

ADS’s five-part Soul Exploration live music and DJ series, held at The Crash Mansion in downtown Los Angeles, kicks off with a bang Saturday, (in conjunction with SOULPEOPLE) February 16 with a live performance from Philly-born, New York-based singer Bilal (of the Soulquarians), featuring SA-RA Creative Partners. Also performing that night is nine-piece band Orgone, celebrating its new album, The Killion Floor, on Ubiquity Records, and DJs Coleman and Al Jackson.

Part two of the dynamic, independent soul showcase goes down March 1, with PPP (formerly Platinum Pied Pipers) performing live, London’s Spacek Sound System, heavy L.A. emcee/producer combo Blu and Exile along with San Francisco’s DJ Sake 1, and J-Boogie with L.A. DJs Coleman and Aski.

On March 8, Art Don’t Sleep switches it up with the Cali party series featuring The Lions’ Jungle Struttin album release party and live performance. The night will also feature live sets from Ubiquity artists Nino Moeshella, veteran soul singer Darondo, and L.A.’s Connie Price and the Keystones, with DJs Jeremy Sole, Shakespeare, and Aurelito (I&I Soundsystem). That’s an insane live line-up!

March 15, Soul Exploration part three takes place, featuring a live performance by the legendary group RAMP (sampled by Tribe Called Quest and others), with all five original members. Also playing live are The Rebirth and Boogaloo Assassins with DJs Coleman and SOULPEOPLE’s Cid Hernandez. To put this night in perspective, the DC-based RAMP (pictured above) has been largely ignored in the U.S. since the '70s, playing mainly European gigs in recent years. But the popularity in recent decades of its Roy Ayers-produced classics “Daylight” and “Everyone Loves The Sunshine” has brought the group wider acclaim.

The Crash Mansion is located at 1024 S Grand Ave. at Olympic, downtown Los Angeles. Shows start at 9 p.m., are 21 with ID and covers vary.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Eddie Veder - quick tour!

Apr-02 The Centre Vancouver, BC
Apr-05 SC Civic Aud. Santa Cruz, CA
Apr-07 Zellerbach Th. Berkeley, CA
Apr-10 Arlington Th. Santa Barb, CA
Apr-12 Wiltern Th. Los Angeles, CA
Apr-13 Wiltern Th. Los Angeles, CA
Apr-15 Spreckels Th. San Diego, CA

Presales start Feb 18 and tickets for the general public will go on sale on Friday, February 22nd at
10am PST through www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Friday, February 08, 2008

Need something to do on Valentine's Day...

the last two have been well-attended and a lot of fun!!! Support your local bands!


Come. Please.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

SoulPeople:: Bilal w/ SA-RA Creative Partners +Orgone

This show will not disappoint. Get your tickets now before it's sold-out.

Keep an eye out for upcoming shows. SoulPeople has projects that will keep you grooving...


Fresh out the gate, 2008 has been everything an Angelino can wish for. The creative movement taking place in the city is reminiscent of a vibrant musical community of the 60's. In this spirit we are going to explore music from the past, present and future. ArtDontSleep is proud to present our first four events of 2008.


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Satuday Feb. 16th, 2008
Soul Exploration I of IV
Presented by: KCRW, SOULPEOPLE and ArtDontSleep is proud to present our first four events of 2008.



Bilal [NYC] *Live*
featuring Sa-Ra Creative Partners

Orgone *Live*

DJ's
Coleman & Al Jackson


Located @ The Crash Mansion :: 1024 S Grand Ave. :: Downtown Los Angeles, CA.
20$ @ the door :: 21+ Wiser :: Doors Open @ 9pm
Info :: myspace.com/artdontsleep :: artdontsleep@sbcglobal.net
*early arrival suggested*

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
- Edgar Allan Poe

Dig Deeper...


Bilal

Raised in Philadelphia, Bilal frequented hole-in-the-wall clubs till sunrise with aspirations of scoring film. His eventual classical training at New York City's Mannes Music Conservatory ensured him able to sing opera in seven languages as well as an extended musical vocabulary. Bilal is a young disciple of King Tubby and Jelly Roll Morton; music of the early twenties, that pitch and swing, the bass striding on all fours. "I am fascinated by the history of our music. Jazz is a whorehouse," Bilal says of the historical sin and salvation of the form. "The original booty shake." Perhaps he shall silence Wynton Marsalis and those conservative keepers of institution, naysayers of today's musical youth.

Eventually Bilal moved to Brooklyn and began gigging around the city. He is now a venerable member of the collective Soul Aquarians, along with folks like Badu, Mos Def, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Q-Tip, D'Angelo. Bilal is by far an ArtDontSleep favorite and we couldn’t think of a better way to kick off our Soul Series. Prepare for your lives to be changed.


Sa-Ra Creative Partners

Experience and innovation. In the age of young thugs and one-hit wonders, these two traits are often missing from todays Hip-Hop. Not so, with SA-RA. The Los Angeles/New York-based group/production trio consisting of Taz Arnold, Shafiq Husayn and Om'Mas Keith have a term and a definition to describe their music, says Shafiq. “The term: Afro Magnetic Electronic Spiritualism. The definition: Black music.” Bear witness to the union of three of the freshest Angelinos to make music in the last decade.


Orgone

With a lively, evocative set of covers and original material, Los Angeles-based ensemble Orgone brought new attention to the funk revivalist and jam band circuits when they launched their recording career with Ubiquity Records in the mid- to late 2000s. Orgone's sound hosts a myriad groove-oriented styles, including but not limited to deep funk, '60s Memphis soul/blues, Fela-inspired Afro-beat, hip-hop, Latin jazz, and electronic dance and house. Many of the band's musicians started playing together in the early '90s, but Orgone did not develop into a tight-knit ensemble until the end of the decade.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Bonnarro Line-up announced...

June 12-15th in Manchester, Tennessee

Why can't we have a line-up like this for Coachella? I'm really, really thinking about going to Bonnarro instead of Coachella. Shit.


PEARL JAM

and others....
Metallica
Jack Johnson
Kanye West
Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
Phil Lesh And Friends
My Morning Jacket
The Allman Brothers Band
The Raconteurs

Willie Nelson
Death Cab For Cutie
B.B. King
Sigur Ros
Levon Helm And The Ramble On The Road
Ben Folds
O.A.R.
The Bluegrass Allstars featuring Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton
M.I.A.
Umphrey's McGee
Iron And Wine
Yonder Mountain String Band
Swell Season
Talib Kweli
Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival
Gogol Bordello
Broken Social Scene
Robert Randolph's Revival
Rilo Kiley
Mastodon
Lupe Fiasco
Against Me!
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Pat Green
Ozomatli
Tegan And Sara
Solomon Burke
Drive-By Truckers
!!!
The Avett Brothers
Israel Vibration
Abigail Washburn And The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck
Phil Lesh/Larry Campbell/Jackie Greene
Aimee Mann
Ladytron
The Fiery Furnaces
Orchestra Baobab
Ghostland Observatory
José González
Dark Star Orchestra
Minus The Bear
Donavon Frankenreiter
Lez Zeppelin
State Radio
Battles
Jakob Dylan
Two Gallants
The Sword
Vampire Weekend
Little Feat
Nicole Atkins
The Felice Brothers
Mason Jennings
MGMT
The Lee Boys
Black Kids
Serena Ryder
Steel Train
Grupo Fantasma
Back Door Slam

Monday, January 21, 2008

Coachella 2008 Fuller Line-Up

Cat Dirt Sez

Friday

Jack Johnson, the verve, raconteurs, the breeders, fatboy slim, teagen and sara, madness, the swell season, the nationals, animal collective, slightly stupid, Sharon jones and the dap kings, stars, battles, aesop rocks, does it offend you, minus the bear, spank rock, diplo, adam freeland, john butler trio, vampie weekend, Sandra Collins, cut copy, black lips, data rock, professor murder, revd and the makers, porter, the bees, rogue wave, mode selector.

Saturday

Portishead, kraftwerk, death cab for cutie, café decuba, sasha and digweed, rilo kiley, Dwight yoakam, mia, hot chip, cold war kids, malkamus, devotckha, flogging molly, islands, calvin harris, boyz noise, junkie xl, the teenagers, erol alken, yo majesty, bonde do role, akron family, mgmt, insitut djs, surkin, Sebastian, kavinsky, the bird and the bee, grand ole party, 120 days,

Sunday

Roger Waters presents dark side of the moon, spritiualized, justice, googol bordello, the streets, metric, smd, dimitri from paris, the field, the annuals, kid sister, a trak, man man, im from Barcelona, Manchester orchestra, the horrors, shout out louds, plasticines

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Radiohead announces North American Tour Cities

The dates are still to be announced.

But here are the cities in the USA and Canda in alphabetical order:

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montreal
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Seattle
St Louis
Tampa
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington DC