HT Contributor Eliot Glazer has tremendously terrible taste in music. But he’s an adroit wordsmith, and he’s gonna try to convince us that the bad is really good. As a
In support of their August 21st Matador release Challengers, The New Pornographers will be launching a western U.S. Tour. Matador is offering a deluxe box set version of Challengers– what
Dark imagery and golden melodies form the foundation of Lazarus Beach, the full-length debut from Birmingham, Alabama’s Through the Sparks. Brimming with indie zeal and uncanny illustrations, the 13 tracks resonate with guitar-and-piano pop that is meticulously crafted and peppered with imagery that reflects the loneliness of life at any age.
G. Love and Special Sauce, Slightly Stoopid and Ozomatil are getting together for the 22-city Summer Haze Tour. G. Love and Slightly Stoopid will warm up for the tour with
Indie label Saddle Creek Records, home to Omaha, Neb., native Conor Oberst, is again breaking new territory, this time by opening a concert venue in the city. Slowdown is expected
Cat Power’s "The Greatest" has been named the winner of the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize. The album beat out nine other releases from finalists such as Band of Horses, Beirut,
The Farm Aid benefit concert is planting itself in New York City later this year, organizers said June 11th. The show will be held at Randalls Island on September 9th.
As we reported a month ago, Farm Aid is officially coming to Randall’s Island. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg today welcomed Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to Union Square’s Farmers
The Wakarusa Festival went off without a hitch this weekend in Lawrence, Kansas. So far the reports have been positive, without mention of the police hassles and undercover surveillance. Hopefully the business owners realized the financial bonanza of 15,000 kidzz with disposable income coming through town when KU isn’t in session. We’ve got many setlists from the weekend after the jump.
In case you don’t want to jump back into work, we’ve compiled some links:
And don’t forget to read on after the jump for more weekend setlists than you can shake a stick at…why you’d want to shake a stick at them is beyond us.
Photos by Ashley Suszczynski of Twiztid, X-Clan and Insane Clown Posse performing at the E Factory in Philadelphia, PA on May 25th, 2007.
