Saturday 31 May 2014

Essence Music Festival comes to Bentonville



The Essence Music Festival will be held in Bentonville for the second time Saturday.


The event, which is co-sponsored by Walmart, is free.


Organizers said people from Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Memphis traveled to Bentonville to attend the free concert in 2013 and are expected to show up again.


Grammy Award-winning artists Chrisette Michele and Bell Biv DeVoe are expected to take the stage.


The Essence Music Festival has been around for 20 years, stopping in bigger cities like Houston and New Orleans.


Event organizers said they're working to make sure the festival makes a stop in Bentonville annually.


The concert starts at 5:30 p.m.


BENTONVILLE, Ark. -


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Friday 30 May 2014

Schedule announced for Pitchfork Music Festival


Beck headlines the three-day Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park on July 18. (Kevin Winter, Getty Images for Coachella)


Time to start crafting the perfect summer festival schedule. Organizers of the Pitchfork Music Festival revealed set times for the annunal three-day outdoor spectacle today.


The festival returns July 18-20 to Union Park with headliners Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel and Kendrick Lamar.Other acts include Real Estate, Hudson Mohawke, Schoolboy Q, Jon Hopkins, Earl Sweatshirt, the Field, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks and Dum Dum Girls.Three-day passes are sold out, but single days tickets ($60) are on sale at pitchforkmusicfestival.com.


Friday, July 18:

Gates open at 3 p.m.


8:30 p.m. - Beck


7:20 p.m. - Giorgio Moroder


7:15 p.m. - Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks


6:25 p.m. - Sun Kil Moon


6:15 p.m. - SZA


5:30 p.m. - Sharon Van Etten


5:15 p.m. - The Haxan Cloak


4:35 p.m. - Neneh Cherry


4:15 p.m. - Factory Floor


3:30 p.m. - Death Grips


3:20 p.m. - Hundred Waters


Saturday, July 19:

Gates open at 12 p.m.


8:30 p.m. - Neutral Milk Hotel


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Episode 26: Hundred Waters by pitchfork





Host Corban Goble talks to Pitchfork editor-in-chief Mark Richardson about Hundred Waters' new The Moon Rain Like a Bell, which was awarded Best New Music.

Thursday 29 May 2014

Napa readies for BottleRock again

NAPA - A steady bump, bump, bump that was audible for miles Thursday across the city of Napa could only mean one thing: BottleRock is roaring back into town.


The three-day music festival, which kicks off Friday at the Napa Valley Expo, is again transforming this Wine Country city of 78,000 into a rock n' roll happening. While many Thursday expressed excitement over the event's second run, others fretted that their lives are going to again be disrupted.


For sure, it will again be plenty loud, judging by sound checks Thursday at the massive main stage that sent a sonic blast for miles in all directions.


BottleRock Napa Valley 2014 Lineup

Barenaked Ladies.



Blues Traveler.



Deerhunter.



Eric Church.



Keep Shelly In Athens.



Matt and Kim.



Robert Delong.



Sublime with Rome.



Third Eye Blind.



TV on the Radio.



The Black Angels.



Smash Mouth.



James Otto. (WWW.JAMESOTTO.NET )



Thee Oh Sees. (WWW.THEEOHSEES.COM )



Howie Day. (WWW.HOWIEDAY.COM)



Gin Blossoms. (WWW.GINBLOSSOMS.NET )



Ed Kowalczyk. (WWW.EDKOWALCZYK.COM )



Spin Doctors.



No Age. (WWW.SUBPOP.COM )



At the downtown Napa coffee shop where she works, Jordan Smetzer, 19, said she was looking forward to seeing Friday's headliners, the iconic 80s alternative pop band The Cure. She even re-dyed her hair purple for the occasion.


'I grew up on classic rock. I'm taking my mom 'cause she's a big fan,' Smetzer said.


Tweets about '#brnv14'

Angel Vargas and Kevin Carpenter arrived in Napa Thursday after driving from Seattle, where they attended the Sasquatch music festival. The pair, residents of Los Angeles, said they travel the country attending festivals and they give BottleRock high marks based on last year's debut. It's not just the musical offerings that have them salivating for this year's re-run.


'Oh dude, they have great food in there,' Vargas said. 'The Whole Foods Pavilion, the big, long tables ... the eating is great.'


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7 Reasons This Detroit Festival Is The Best Kept Secret For Electronic Music Fans


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'This is the best damn city in America,' a passerby exclaimed outside a jam-packed music festival this weekend, just before his friend tried to hustle someone for their ticket.


That alleged best city? Detroit, and the music festival is Movement, which draws thousands of visitors from all over the globe each year to see some of the best acts in electronic music.



Movement takes over Hart Plaza, a concrete park on the waterfront downtown, each Memorial Day Weekend. It might not have as much name recognition as electronic dance music fests like Electric Zoo in New York or Ultra in Miami, and it might not have the most mainstream headliners or celebrity guests, but that doesn't keep it from being a crazy -- and underrated -- festival.


1. Detroit is the birthplace of techno.

Here's why Movement is a must destination for electronic music fans:


2. The Movement lineup is long, and pretty incredible.

Back in the late '70s and early '80s, Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson were just three high school kids in a small town outside of Detroit. In the next few years, they'd get to Detroit and experiment with making electronic music before developing the style that came to be known as techno -- and they'd come to be known as the Belleville Three and the new music style's founders. Atkins, performing under the name Cybotron, released 'Techno City' in 1984:


But Detroit's not just a techno destination for the history buffs -- the scene is still going strong.


3. And there's something for everyone.

This year's lineup included Action Bronson, Mike Huckaby, Underground Resistance, Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Flosstradamus, Boys Noize, Ryan Hemsworth, Bicep, DJ Godfather, Eddie Fowlkes, Heathered Pearls, Jeff Mills, Miguel Migs, Richie Hawtin, Simian Mobile Disco, and more than 100 other acts. And with five stages all close together, you can actually manage to make it to more than one if your two favorite artists are performing at the same time.


3. Afterparties, afterparties, afterparties.

Movement stays true to its Detroit roots. With local underground artists and international acts coming in each year, there's plenty of music for the heads and the purists, says local DJ Conor Mendenhall, who goes by Con Man. But there's also electronic music of different genres, whether you're really just there to hear DJ Snake's 'Turn Down for What' or you're a teenage raver hooked into the popular electronic dance music scene (no Skrillex, though). There's also great crossover acts, Mendenhall says, for 'non-techno-savvy ears,' like this year's performers Los Hermanos, with a full live band; Amp Fiddler, with soul and R&B roots; and UR presents Timeline, a live ensemble Mendenhall describes as high-tech jazz.


4. They keep it weird.

Techno spills out of Movement for even more parties and DJ sets across the city. With pre-parties the week before, official afterparties, all-night raves, DIY parties, house parties, and even the after-after-after parties that start at 6 or 7 a.m. the next day, it seems like the whole city is taken over by electronic music. It's a great chance to check out underground acts that don't fit on the main billing for cheap -- and if you can stay awake for it, you could probably literally be dancing for 72 hours straight.


This year's Movement had a bonus 'stage': a silent disco where the festival-goers couldn't hear the DJ's set until they put on supplied headphones. Dozens of people dancing to no music was a funny sight -- until you put the headphones on yourself.



5. The festival site is an otherworldly setting to listen to music.


6. You get all kinds at Movement.

Hart Plaza is bordered by downtown skyscrapers on one side and a calming waterfront with a view of Canada on the other. Designed in the '70s, it's an urban concrete jungle gym with underground stages that have a dark, otherworldly atmosphere, even at noon, and plenty of nooks to find when you need to chill.


7. Detroit loves techno, and Detroit loves you.

The festival draws an international crowd but there's plenty of local diehards who are there year after year. Parents bring their babies, 14-year-olds rock out with the 60 + age group. The VIP area is full of music heads standing alone and listening with their arms folded; ravers decked out in furry boots and barely-there neon outfits are sprawled all over the grass; impossibly tall and sleekly-dressed Europeans wander around the festival grounds; bohemian girls in long skirts draw peace and love messages on the concrete walls. And of course, the stage areas are packed with dancers from all walks of life.



You never know who you'll meet at Movement -- it's a friendly crowd, whether you're roaming alone or in a huge pack. And it's hard to find a more welcoming bunch than Detroiters -- trust us.



Time to start planning for next year's Memorial Day weekend!


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