Phish announced a 3-day festival over Halloween weekend, October 30 - November 1, 2009, on their website this past weekend. The location is yet to be announced, but rumor has it across the web that the festival may be taking place in Indio, CA at Empire Polo Club, which is also the location of Coachella every spring.
Richard Gehr, one of the first national music writers to cover Phish and other improvisational rock acts, has been named the editor of the HeadCount organization’s blog, found at: www.HeadCount.org/blog. The blog chronicles “music, politics and everything in between,” with a particular focus on how music and musicians are a driving force behind causes and societal trends.
The blog, updated several times daily, features regular interviews with artists regarding their beliefs and philanthropic initiatives. It also covers the government inquiries into secondary ticketing and recent lawsuits against citizens for downloading music. On a lighter note, it features humorous “Man on the Lot” videos where concertgoers are asked what issues they care about most, and also provides regular food reviews from concert festivals with a vegetarian and organic slant.
The blog is one of many new media platforms HeadCount is using to fulfill its mission of “inspiring participation in democracy.”
“When I was asked to take this on I discovered there really are no blogs out there covering the intersection of politics and music,” Gehr said. “It's been a lot of fun so far, and I hope it will broaden this rich music community's world view a tad."
He is joined by a long list of guest bloggers and contributors, including JamBase founder Andy Gadiel, who recently penned a story on all the newfangled ways Phish fans can access their favorite band through Web 2.0 media. Contributors also provide stories related to the specific topics that are the focus of HeadCount’s 2009 “What’s Your Issue?” campaign. They include Food and Farm Policy, Gulf Coast Recovery, Health Care, Human Rights, Personal Liberty and Sustainability and Conservation.
Gehr has been writing and editing about music – and many other things – for more than two decades. He arrived in New York during the early 80s to help edit Spin magazine and has subsequently written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Musician, Blender, Artforum and countless other publications both living and archived. He continues to write for the Village Voice, eMusic, Relix and Oprah's O magazine. In 1998 he co-authored The Phish Book with the Burlington quartet. He continues to freelance from polyethnic Brooklyn, where he resides with his wife and two daughters.
The official Lollapalooza late night shows - running from Wednesday 8/5 through Sunday 8/9 - have been announced. The 3-day festival kicks off on Friday, August 7 in Chicago's Grant Park.
Wed, August 5, 2009
Last Band Standing Remix Competition Double Door Age: 21 On Sale: June 27 at 10:00 am
Thur, August 6, 2009
Beastie Boys Congress Theater Doors: 6:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM Age: 17 On Sale June 26 at 10:00 am
The Decemberists w/Heartless Bastards Metro Doors: 8:00 PM Age: 18 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Thievery Corporation w/Federico Aubele House of Blues Doors: 8:00 PM Age: 17 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Fri, August 7, 2009
Arctic Monkeys w/ Modey Lemon Metro Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 18 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Band of Horses w/ Cass McCombs House of Blues Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 17 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
TV on the Radio w/ Chairlift "A healthcare benefit for Colleen Malone" Double Door Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Crookers, Major Lazer, Simian Mobile Disco DJ Set Bloody Beetroots DJ Set KiD CuDi, Rye Rye, and Willy Joy Congress Theater Doors: 8:00 PM Age: 17 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Delta Spirit w/ Other Lives Schubas Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Lykke Li w/ Miike Snow, Esser Bottom Lounge Doors: 9:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Sat, August 8, 2009
Fleet Foxes w/ Dungen Metro Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 18 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) w/ TBD House of Blues Doors: 10:30 PM Age: 17 On Sale June 27 at 10 am
Joe Pug w/ The Low Anthem The Hideout Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Dan Auerbach w/ Cage the Elephant Schubas Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Kaskade w/James Amato and DJ Nigel O'Reilly Smart Bar Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
The Raveonettes w/ Living Things and Pretty Good Dance Moves (DJ Set) Empty Bottle Doors: 10:00 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Blind Pilot and Ezra Furman & The Harpoons House of Blues - Back Porch Doors: 10:30 PM Age: 21 On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
Sun, August 9, 2009
Deerhunter w/ No Age and Dan Deacon Logan Square Auditorium Doors: 10:00 PM All Ages On Sale June 27 at 10:00 am
MSTRKRFT w/ LA Riots and Dark Wave Disco Bottom Lounge Doors: 9:00 PM Age: 18 On Sale June 27 at 10 am
Last night at the BET awards Janet Jackson made her first appereance since brother Michael Jackson's death. Her speech was short and emotional.
Perez Hilton accuses the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am of smacking him and John Mayer just can't resist jumping in on the Twitter action. A few Dallas Cowboys decide to start a metal band. A new music festival shows it's pretty face in California. Lollapalooza announces it's killer aftershow lineup. NEWS!!!
The Used upcoming album "Artwork" is on it's way in September. The Used have announced the launch of their new website www.TheUsed.net. The site is a unique experience for fans that will allow them to create their own site design, upload photos and videos, instrument tabs and more. www.TheUsed.net will also feature, in July, new handwritten guitar tabs for the entire record leading up to the release, a tourography and a content upload bank where users can upload photos and videos from past shows. Visit www.TheUsed.net today!
Tool, Linkin Park, Alice In Chains and Wolfmother are among the bands set to headline the very first Epicenter Festival, set to take place in Southern California this summer.
The annual festival will be held on August 22 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California.
Also on the bill for the inaugural festival are Atmosphere, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Tom Morello's Street Sweeper Social Club, Aesop Rock and Sonny. Additional bands are expected to be added to the bill in the coming weeks.
This will be Linkin Park's only North American tour date this year, according to frontman Chester Bennington. It will also feature Wolfmother's new lineup.
Tickets for the event are set to go on sale Saturday (June 27) via Ticketmaster.com. For further information, visit Epicenterfestival.com.
Tickets are $79.50 for general admission/$125 for VIP and go on sale Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 AM at www.TicketMaster.com. Look for more information about EPICENTER to be released in the coming weeks. For up-to-the-minute updates, go to www.epicenterfestival.com.
[via NME]
Intergalactic shock rockers GWAR are back with a brand-new album, Lust In Space¸ just in time to celebrate their 25th Anniversary as a band. The Scumdogs of the Universe are particularly thrilled this time around as they have finally escaped the seething, filthy mudball that is Earth! GWAR will also be triumphantly returning to Metal Blade Records for the release of Lust In Space, due August 18.
The band will also be terrorizing the airwaves once again, appearing on Fox News’ late-night show, “Red Eye,” on Monday, June 22.
Quoth GWAR's lead singer Oderus Urungus, “The lead-up to the release of Lust in Space, GWAR's return to Metal Blade, continues to grow in size and fury...on Monday, June 22, GWAR's lead singer, ME, Oderus Urungus, shall re-appear on Fox News’ late-night hit news show, RED EYE. My first time on the show was a great success. Millions of emails came in, and even though I wrote the great majority of them, they still asked me back! The fools! I am hoping to use my status as an intergalactic celebrity (and my ability to travel the cosmos) to turn a revealing light on some of our universe's more unsavory secrets...so tune in to Oderus and GWAR on Fox News’ RED EYE, hosted by the delightfully miniature Greg Gutfeld on Monday, June 22 at 3:00AM EST!”
Also, on Wednesday, June 24th, the Earth will tremble with the colossal forces to be unleashed when Oderus Urungus, lead singer of the galaxies’ most dangerous band, GWAR, meets Tracy Smothers of IWA East Coast Wrestling, known large and hairy person, in a no-holds-barred wrestling match of titanic proportion! Quoteth Oderus, “I have no idea how I got roped into this one. I guess someone is making money off it. No matter! I will be there, with bells on, and this Tracy Smothers so-and-so is going to find out just what it's like to go toe-to toe with an intergalactic god! I just hope he shaves his armpits first.”
The “Loser Leaves Earth” match will be part of the IWA East Coast Wrestling Event, “Pondo’s Big Ass Birthday Bash” held at Schoenbaum Amphitheater in Coonskin Park, Charleston, WV, on June 24th
Hell, that makes me want to lose!” said Oderus, right before burying his Cuttlefish in a jar of stewed bloodworms.
GWAR's two-year long 25th Anniversary starts August 18th, when their new album, Lust In Space, mother fucking drops!
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