Archive - Apr 2008

My Morning Jacket

Wilco

The Raconteurs

Arcade Fire

The Flaming Lips

Death Cab For Cutie

Gnarls Barkley

Kings Of Leon

Broken Social Scene

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

I am currently obsessed with Animal Collective, as well as the side project from band member Panda Bear. Check out why:

Animal Collective - Comfy in Nautica

I have watched quite a few videos from Coachella, and this was definitely the one that made me most jealous of those Californian festival goers. This event is definitely on my must-attend list, if only for its mind-blowing line-ups; Prince, Roger Waters, My Morning Jacket, Animal Collective, The National, Hot Chip, Islands, Stars... Need I say more?

Anybody make it to Coachella this year? How was it?

Two of the World's biggest heads in the headiest place of them all.

Willie Nelson ft. Snoop Dogg - Superman

This is brilliant, but It would have been more poignant to post on the site 9 days ago...

The initial line-up for this years Monolith Festival was released today. It features local favorites Devotchka headlining Saturday, September 13, and Parisian electro-geniuses Justice closing the festival on Sunday, September 14. The second annual event is set to take place at the unbelievably gorgeous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO. Also featured on the bill are recent blog darlings Vampire Weekend, Seattle's Band Of Horses, hip-hop hipster Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, soul-songstress Sharon Jones and her Dap Kings, and iPod Touch-commercial stars CSS.

See the full line-up after the jump

The Voodoo Music Experience announced today that 90's rock icons Nine Inch Nails and R.E.M. as well as the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots are set to headline this year's event. The 2008 edition, taking place October 24-26 in New Orleans' City Park, marks the tenth-ever "Ritual". Staying true to past years, several local bands will be featured at the three-day Halloween-weekend event, including the Neville Brothers first ever appearance.

Voodoo, as you may or may not already know, is where this little blog was all dreamt up. We decided to dress our group up as breakfast, and from there it was on.

Anyway, on to the festival details...

Yet another night spent in Omaha at the Slowdown on April 19th, 2008. The night was sure to be an interesting one with some experimental rock provided by Yeasayer out of Brooklyn, NY. Following them was Man Man, who could only add to the madness with their gypsy styled grooves out of Philadelphia, PA. I have had the chance to check out both of their studio releases, particularly Man Man, as they have been on the scene for some time. After knowing what both of these acts were all about, I thought that it would be interesting to see them live. The complexity of each of these acts seemed as if it would be a great one two punch.

Chris Keating, Luke Fasona and Ira Wolf Tuton of Yeasayer

Man Man

Upcoming shows in the Houston area:

Thu Apr 24
Steve Earle at Cactus Music
Free in-store performance; starts at 5:30.

Devin the Dude at Bar-Rio
We couldn't locate any further information about this show, leave a comment if you're in the know.

Fri Apr 25
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer at Verizon Wireless Theater
Show starts at 8; tickets are $25-$29.

Tristan Prettyman and Whitley at the Meridian
Doors open at 7:30; tickets are $13 in advance/$15 day of show.

Plump with The Endangered Sea Lions and Super Pancho Combo at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Shows starts at 9:30; tickets are probably about $10.

See the full list after the jump

The Houston Press just opened up the ballot box for their 2008 Music Awards. I'll spare you the play-by-play, but I will say that Eggs and I gave a lot of love to Buxton, The Wild Moccasins and several former members of Vibe Committee. Go get your nomination on!

You would think that being as cute as she is with such a great voice (and backing band, may I add...) that she would be a little less shy. Oh well, this is still an amazing performance!

So, do I smell a tour?

Where were you on 4/20? We spent the day at the Houston International Festival with the Wailers and a whole grab bag full of other sights and sounds.

Read the recap and check out our photos after the jump