With multi-day musical bonanzas like
Bonnaroo, Coachella, Bumbershoot and godfather/standard-bearer South
by Southwest using massive budgets and marquee status to lure the
bands of their choosing and, subsequently, hordes of music fans,
single-day city festivals heavy on local acts are often seen as
also-rans in the eyes of aural addicts. But the SoCo Music
Experience's latest stop in San Diego, Calif., proves that's not
always true.

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With multi-day musical bonanzas like
Bonnaroo, Coachella, Bumbershoot and godfather/standard-bearer South
by Southwest using massive budgets and marquee status to lure the
bands of their choosing and, subsequently, hordes of music fans,
single-day city festivals heavy on local acts are often seen as
also-rans in the eyes of aural addicts. But the SoCo Music
Experience's latest stop in San Diego, Calif., proves that's not
always true.
Continue reading SoCo Music Experience: San Diego.
The Jackson Hole Music Festival just wrapped a few hours ago. A great weekend. To celebrate, a handful of locals and festival staff and attendees went to the Mangy Moose for drinks. There, our crowd of about 75 were treated to one of the real highlights of the weekend when Ben Harper jumped on stage, soon joined by Robert Randolph, for a performance of Bill Wither's "Use Me."
More on the festival later. For now, here are some iPhone pictures of the duo (if only we'd brought the real camera...):
More on the festival later. For now, here are some iPhone pictures of the duo (if only we'd brought the real camera...):
Continue reading Ben Harper and Robert Randolph jump on stage for impromptu song at Jackson Hole Music Festival.

The Raconteurs' Jack White at the New American Music Union Festival, photo by C.C. Chapman
Last weekend, American Eagle Outfitters launched its inaugu
ral music festival, New American Music Union, in the SouthSide Works area of Pittsburgh. A sold-out crowd of 10,000 was treated to performances from Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, The Roots and Spoon, among others, all under the curation of Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis.
Continue reading Debut of New American Music Union Festival A Hit.
Above: Bang CamaroAnother Lollapalooza weekend has come and gone and music fans of all stripes left happy (unless, of course, they were fans of the Weakerthans, who had to cancel as a result of travel problems). Despite a record attendance of 225,000 fans, festivities and rock went on seamlessy under sun-filled skies each day. The festival's organizers outdid themselves this year with opening acts, starting the weekend out with a bang. Bang Camaro, that is. Other rising stars followed suit on days two and three with the Ting Tings belting out their infectious pop tunes (we overheard Love and Rockets' Daniel Ash mentioning that they were the only reason he was at Lollapalooza) while Austin's Octopus Project wowed us with a 500 balloon salutes and Yvonne Lambert's mesmerizing theremin skills.
Continue reading Lollapalooza 2008 round-up.

(Tim Harrington plays music, really. Courtesy of Jeremy Farmer)
The buzz and short attention spans I spoke of in Day One, and the newfound diversity heralded in Day Two, these things imploded upon each other the final hours of Sunday, with one holy rockness middle ground rising up from the rubble.
The moment can be pinpointed actually, if you were to witness Les Savy Fav’s punk-maestro, Tim Harrington, careen his bald dome into a city garbage can, demanding the crowd hoist him, and his new stage, into the air so he could finish his song.
Post-set comment from a fan:
Dude wanted up, like Oscar the Grouch, towards the sky! Easily the most zenith of any rock and roll moment I have ever witnessed.
Continue reading Pitchfork Fest '08 Day Three: Lights & Music.

(Getting sick, sick, sick with Chk, Chk, Chk)
As the natural progression of emergently original things go, Pfork’s festival speaks no more to one niche market, which is something best analogized by !!!’s Nic Offer late afternoon Saturday, before thrusting his pelvis to a series of genre-blurring grunts:
We’re the lowest rated band on Pitchfork, with the highest set time. It goes to show you the kids know something the critics don’t.
Continue reading Pitchfork Fest '08 Day Two: Evolution of Hip.
(FLAVA FAV!)
It took a field of hipsters to hold back reality t.v.’s favorite half of Public Enemy last night in Chicago’s Union Park, as Chuck D shot the gun on Pitchfork’s third effort in the festival realm with the opening diatribes of hip-hop’s seminal album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, sans his counterpart.
Chuck D upon Flavor’s belated entrance: “Where the fuck were you on “Bring The Noise?”
Flavor Fav: “I don’t know Chuck, I was with the family.”
It took a field of hipsters to hold back reality t.v.’s favorite half of Public Enemy last night in Chicago’s Union Park, as Chuck D shot the gun on Pitchfork’s third effort in the festival realm with the opening diatribes of hip-hop’s seminal album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, sans his counterpart.
Chuck D upon Flavor’s belated entrance: “Where the fuck were you on “Bring The Noise?”
Flavor Fav: “I don’t know Chuck, I was with the family.”
Continue reading Pitchfork Fest '08 Day One: Looking Back On 'Don't Look Back'.
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