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.
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.
week of 6.10.07
Bring on the half-naked high-school chicks: Hidden Track’s got a MySpace page. We like to start trends, and since we haven’t heard much about this whole online networking endeavor, I
It was difficult to tear myself away from the Wii-B-Q. Brats and Italian sausages and burgers and marinated chicken consumed, most of us, including the women, headed inside to pop
Sure you’ve got the Sopranos to look forward to this weekend, but we endorse setting the DVR or TiVo to record these choice programs as well… Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double
Usually in this space we try to dig up videos that fly far under the radar or ones that are brand new to the clusterfuck that is the world wide web.
moe. today released the final lineup for their eighth-annual moe.down festival in Turin, NY. The Roots, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals and Medeski, Martin, Scofield and Wood are the big names on the increasingly diverse lineup. And now that The Roots are on board, organizers can trumpet more than just musical diversity…
moe.down takes place the weekend of September 1st at the beautiful Snow Ridge ski area near Utica. Other major acts appearing this year include the Meat Puppets, the Ryan Montbleau Band, and Strangefolk. Early bird tickets are currently on sale for an extremely reasonable and worthwhile $95.
I went to last year’s moe.down and had an absolute blast — the great lineup and performances made me forget that it was pouring all weekend. I’m accustomed to Phish festivals, and it was very cool to attend a festival that had none of the hassles of the big boys. Everything was easy, plus they actually have working indoor bathrooms! The full lineup follows after the jump…
