Memorial Day Mash-Up
Athens Popfest, going down August 12th-16th, dropped their line-up over the weekend, as Athens, Ga superbloggers, Cable And Tweed, was all on top of it:
Roky Erickson & The Explosives, The Music Tapes, Elf Power, Dark Meat, Boyracer, The Apes, Bunnygrunt, Thee American Revolution, Circulatory System, My Teenage
Stride, The Faintest Ideas, We Versus the Shark, Casper & the Cookies,
Cryptacize, Ruby Isle, The Great Lakes, Fishboy, Cars Can Be Blue, Love
Letter Band, Andy From Denver, The Buddy System, The Smittens,
Supercluster, The Coathangers, The Selmanaires, Spring Tigers, Dead Confederate, Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies, Velcro Stars, Red Pony
Clock, Big Fresh, the Lolligags, Secret History, Judi Chicago, Hot Pants
Romance, Nana Grizol, The Sterns, Thrushes, Laminated Cat, Fat Planet, The
Ocelots, The Besties, Twin Tigers, The Afternoon Naps, Boy Genius, the Hotwalls, Amo Joy!, Oh Sanders, That’s My Daughter, Little Birds, A Faulty Chromosome, Panda Riot, Patience Please, Railcars, Tendaberry, One Happy Island, The Hat Company, The Young Untold, Bad Animal, Oh Fortuna, Good Graces, Night Driving in Small Towns, Umbrella Tree, Noisycrane, Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars, Allison Weiss, Whistling School for Boys
Very nice. They are still planning on adding 16 more bands and a $60 festival pass will get you into all day and night shows. I plan to be there.
Bonnaroo is going to be nationally televised for the first time ever this year on Cable’s Fuse TV.
Daniel Johnston will be at The Variety Playhouse June 26th.
Brian Wilson has a new album dropping September 2nd.
Carla Bozulich’s Evangelista and Xiu Xiu will be at The Drunken Unicorn August 23rd.
Treasure Island Music Fest is happening in San Francisco Labor Day weekend and the line-up is pretty sweet.
Sonic Youth has a greatest hits compilation for Starbucks coming out with songs selected by Radiohead, Beck, The Flaming Lips, David Cross and other cool SY fans.
Okkervil River has a new album due out Septmeer 9th.
The Smashing Pumpkins have a DVD coming out later this year and are talking new album early next year.
New York Gov. David Paterson has given rapper Slick Rick a pardon for attempted murder.
Peter Bjorn And John claim to have two albums coming out by the end of the year, one of whihc will be instrumental.
Hot Chip played an acoustic session for NPR.
Suggested video wathcing:
Ratatat “Mirando”:
Tickley Feather “Fancy Walking”:
Band Of Horses “Is There A Ghost”:
Cut Copy “Hearts On Fire”:
- Posted by Davy Minor on May 26, 2008 at 1:36 am
