Not taking time to rest on their laurels, Night Beats have announced a North American tour after completing their European dates with performances at the Glastonbury Music Festival.
The North American dates can be found at their website. See them if you get the chance. They are killing it live.
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New Orleans’ annual Voodoo Music & Arts Festival has announced its 2016 lineup. Tool is a big catch, as they’re not playing as many live dates as they used to in the 00’s (and the same can be said for Arcade Fire) and Maynard Keenan’s side band, Puscifer, is also playing the festival.
Die Antwoord are nuts, as is Ghost. I’d love to see The Claypool Lennon Delirium and All Them Witches. The festival is Halloween weekend in New Orleans. You can’t miss, really. A three-day pass is only $140.00.
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St. Louis’ LouFest has announced the lineup for their September 10-11th festival this year. I don’t know how they scored LCD Soundsystem so early after Lollapalooza, but kudos to them.
The Kills, Buddy Guy, The Heavy, and Caveman are also fine additions. This is LouFest’s seventh year, so shame on me for not knowing about it sooner. A two-day pass in only $95.00!
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Power rock duo Deap Vally‘s new album is due out September 15th and is titled, I kid you not, Femejism. This is perhaps the greatest album title of all time.
Deep Vally’s full-length debut, Sistrionix, was my favorite album of 2013. Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards came out gunning with that record, and I played it for everyone I could find and bought it as a Christmas gift for my goddaughter.
The first single off Femejism, “Royal Jelly,” reminded us that these two ladies are high-level rockers and left us hungry for more. They’ve since released “Smile More,” and it’s a killer power anthem.
You can pre-order Femejism now, and ordering through Deap Vally’s website can get you cool gear like signed Polaroids, shirts, and even a glow-in-dark blue vinyl LP. Get it while you can.
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Avant-garde music master Gary Wilson‘s new album It’s Friday Night with Gary Wilson is now available for pre-order on his Bandcamp page. The full album is due out in mid-July. The first single, “Linda,” is available for your listening pleasure there. It’s great, but would you expect anything else from Mr. Wilson?
The new record is available for pre-order on vinyl ($20.00) or a digital download ($9.00 for thirteen tracks!). I know where part of my paycheck is going this Friday night.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana’s first alternative / psych / multi-genre music festival, Middle Waves, will be held in Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne September 16-17, 2016.
The initial lineup announcement is stunning: The Flaming Lips, Jeff the Brotherhood, Beach House, Doomtree, Either/Or, Metavari, and Heaven’s Gateway Drugs. More bands will be announced as summer rolls along. There will be three stages, food trucks, art installments, and a host of all-ages events. Get your tickets now before early bird pricing sells out.
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Avant garde rock legend Gary Wilson has given us a cool gift. He’s released a 7″ single of two tracks from his first band, Lord Fuzz, from 1967. These psych-rock tracks are wild, weird, and wonderful. You owe it to yourself to pick up the limited edition vinyl record (only 300 copies) or download the digital files if you’re a fan of Gary Wilson (and if you’re not, what’s wrong with you?).
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Riot Fest has announced it’s first wave of bands for their Denver and Chicago festivals. Both can boast a Misfits reunion, which is one of the biggest tickets of the year.
Denver comes first (Sept. 02-04) and has some excellent headliners. Jane’s Addiction, Sleater-Kinney, Bad Religion, Sleigh Bells, and Yo La Tengo are all excellent choices.
Chicago is two weeks later, and I’ll be attending. I’m not only keen on seeing the Misfits, but also The Specials, Bad Religion, The Hives, Bob Mould, Juliette Lewis and the Licks, and, yes, Morrissey. I have a lot of bands to research. The first one I’ve heard is Sleepy Kitty, and I think they’re already on my first-tier list.
Get your tickets before they sell out. They’ll go even quicker now that the first wave has been announced.
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