Kaiser Chiefs are offering their upcoming album, Stay Together, for pre-order on PledgeMusic. They’re also offering some nice merchandise for additional prices. The perks range from a CD and digital download to a big bundle of stuff including a T-shirt, signed lithograph of the album cover, and and a double-LP.
The album is due out October 07, 2016.
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Riot Fest Chicago has released its full daily lineup schedule for 2016. Great additions include the Flaming Lips and Sleater-Kinney. Both of them are worth the price of admission. Don’t miss your chance to see them or Julian Marley performing Exodus and all the other great bands there.
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Not ones to rest on their laurels during their triumphant return, LCD Soundsystem have created the Beach Vibes music festival in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Tickets go on sale to the general public July 11th, but you can get early sales on July 8th if you register for their mailing list. A word of caution for your wallet: The only way to attend is to buy a three-day package at one of the host resorts, and packages for even one person cost upward of three grand. You can put 30% down on a package and then pay it off over five months to make it a little easier.
Some of the resorts are all-inclusive, however, so that helps a bit. Airfare is not included in your price, but cheap airfare to Mexico from the U.S. isn’t hard to find.
LCD Soundsystem have announced they will headline two nights of the festival, and the lineup is already good. Hot Chip, Holy Ghost!, Juan MacLean, and Shit Robot are personal favorites, and more are to be announced.
Start planning now. This would be a great winter getaway.
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Screaming Females are taking a month off from their tour of the U.S. and Canada and are then off for six dates Down Under for the first time. Fans are already excited for their first shows in the land of Oz, so don’t miss them if you’re there. They put on a fantastic show and might not get back to the land that gave us Mad Max and Razorback soon.
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Austin, Texas continues its tradition of being the music festival capital of the U.S. The latest is the Sound on Sound festival November 4-6th, which is located in McDade, Texas and a short eastbound drive from Austin.
The lineup is impressive. Phantogram, the Descendents, Guided by Voices, the Dead Milkmen, Thee Oh Sees, Bob Mould, and Metz are all worth seeing. It would be a great way to spend a couple fall afternoons. A three-day pass will cost you less than $200.00.
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The final Levitation festival of 2016, Levitation France, has announced the first batch of bands playing in Angers September 16th and 17th.
It’s a great lineup so far. Thee Oh Sees are psych-fuzz giants, La Femme puts on a great, trippy show, Dead Meadow are a great psychedelic outfit, Zombie Zombie make horror-electro, and Golden Dawn Arkestra are a funk band from another dimension.
Get to Angers if you can.
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File this under “Best News You’ve Heard Today.” Jazz / soul / funk queen Betty Davis, former wife of jazz legend Miles Davis, has worked with Light in the Attic Records to remaster nine previously unreleased tracks from 1969 sessions featuring Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Mitch Mitchell, and many more rock and jazz greats. The Columbia Years 1968-1969 is now available for pre-order.
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Get it while you can. Chicago’s Mamby on the Beach festival is offering 25% off single day, weekend, and VIP passes to the festival through a Groupon deal that will be gone by the end of the month. Discounted tickets to see Santigold are alone worth your consideration.
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June 22, 2016: The Dunes are proud to announce a new single “Mountain” which is out now on Soundcloud/Bandcamp/Youtube.
You can listen to the track by clicking on any of the below links;
MOUNTAIN – The Dunes on Soundcloud
MOUNTAIN – The Dunes on Bandcamp
MOUNTAIN – The Dunes on YouTube
There is a little write up below on the song, as well as announcement on our next show… We can’t wait to catch up with our interstate friends and see some great music. Make sure you come along.
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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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