With Langerado serving as the unofficial kickoff festival season, many musicians take the opportunity to stroll the grounds and see other bands they respect. Thus far we’ve spotted the following people in the
It’s 2 am on the East Coast, and I’m earnestly tired. I honestly forgot how draining these days are: 10 hours of nonstop live music in the sun on three stages with anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 people to navigate.
The day itself was, in a word, prettyfuckingawesome. I’m not sure how any band combination for the rest of the weekend will top the Assembly of Dust > Tea Leaf Green > Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings triumvirate we caught from 1 to 4 pm today, but I’m certainly willing to field offers over the weekend’s remainder. Every band we saw brought its A-game to Langerado, ensuring that every muscle in my body is sore. I can hardly type. I’m in terrible shape apparently.
It’s an interesting crowd at Langerado. But, rest assured, this guy is here:
Obviously we’ll have plenty more about the actual music as we proceed this weekend and into next week, but I’d like to first offer these pictures, which I’ve always been told are worth, like, a thousand times a word…
Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55. Atkinson police responded to a call for
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Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s leading provider of cleaner electricity and carbon offset products, and Sustainable Waves, a national provider of mobile solar powered sound and staging solutions, today
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Scotty’s already down in Florida and I’m out the door. Trey awaits at the Revolution tonight, and then scores of our favorite bands will likely greet us with fantastic aural
