And More Mu-Zak June 23, 2006
After the amazing time I had at Bonnaroo, I’ve been looking into other music festivals that are going on this Summer, and although the likelihood of me actually getting to another one is pretty, well, unlikely (due to both financial reasons and locations), I thought I’d post some of what I found on here.
I had never heard of the Street Scene festival until today, but the lineup here is also pretty amazing… Tool, Wu-Tang, Social Distortion, QOTSA, AFI, Bad Religion, The Shins, Bloc Party, Slightly Stoopid, Tricky… You can check out the rest of the lineup here. As much as I’d love to make it to this festival, it’s in San Diego, which is quite a drive from here. But those of you who are closer should definitely check it out if you can.
Most of us have probably heard of Lollapalooza before, but I was surprised by this year’s lineup, which includes: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, Wilco, Death Cab, Coheed & Cambria, The Flaming Lips, Ween, QOTSA, The Shins, Matisyahu, Gnarls Barkley, Sonic Youth, Violent Femmes, Blues Traveler, Panic! At The Disco, Cursive, Sparta, and tons more (130 bands). That lineup is pretty amazing. Chicago is roughly ten hours from here, so I don’t know how likely it is that I’d make it there, but I’d sure like to.
Another fest I’ve been hearing alot about over the past year or two is All Good, which is held in West Virginia. I know people that have gone to this one in past years and have had an amazing time. This year, the festival features acts such as The Black Crowes, Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon, Ween, Robert Randolph, Les Claypool, Galactic, Xavier Rudd, The Disco Biscuits, and so many more. This is one I’d definitely like to make it to.
And like I said, there are tons more of these festivals all over the US. Some more I stumbled across… Hedgpeth Festival in Wisconsin, featuring bands such as The Flaming Lips, Primus, Peeping Tom, Minus The Bear, Slightly Stoopid, Anberlin, Murder By Death, They Might Be Giants, and Rusted Root. Gratefulfest 7 in Ohio, featuring Rusted Root, Hot Tuna, Dark Star Orchestra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and a ton of other jam/hippie bands that I don’t know a thing about. Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, The park where Gratefulfest is held, features lots of other music events, check it out. Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago seems like it’d be worth checking out, they have performers such as Aesop Rock & Mr. Lif, Spoon, The Silver Jews, Yo La Tengo, and Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. And we can’t forget about Soul Fest, featuring STRYPER!
The list doesn’t stop there… 10,000 Lakes, High Sierra Music Festival, Naperville Exchange Club’s Ribfest, A Bear’s Picnic (which is actually in PA!), All About the Music Festival, Bele Chere, Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot, and there are tons more… But it’s alot easier to just browse them yourself, check out Jambase.com where you can browse by region.
Some of you may be a little confused by my sudden interest in all this jam band hooplah, since I’d assume that those of you who have been visiting for awhile now would have gotten the impression that I’m mostly into metal. That’s still true for the most part, but I had such an amazing time at Bonnaroo, even without knowing half the bands I saw, that I’m dying to do it again. Ideally these festivals would be featuring artists whose music I know by heart, but that’s just not in the cards, and discovering new bands is always fun. Now that I think about it, it’s kind of strange that I’ve never been to an Ozzfest before… This year’s lineup has a few bands that interest me, namely Between the Buried and Me, System of a Down, A7X, BLS, Unearth, The Red Chord, and All That Remains. My main issue with this is that the majority of my friends can’t stand this kind of music, and I’m not going alone. I’d like to go to the Sounds of the Underground Tour this year too, they’ve got In Flames, The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, Through the Eyes of the Dead, and Cannibal Corpse (ha ha ha). Killswitch Engage and Horse the Band are on the bill as well, but only for select dates, which is crap. Anyway, who’s coming with me?
While on the topic of metal… I never thought Down would be touring again. They’re one of my all-time favorite bands, so when I heard they’d be playing a show in New Orleans this Saturday, I was both excited and disappointed, since it’s awesome that they’re playing again, but there’s no way I could make it to New Orleans to see it. Those of you with no plans this Saturday (the 24th) can check out a live webcast of the show here. Unfortunately I’ll be working that night, hopefully someone can capture the feed or something… Poop.
Wow, this video reminds me of parties in Shippensburg… SHIPPENSBURG POLICE! GET ON THE GROUND NOW!!!
I don’t know if any of you are fans of Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon, but you can check out his new album here.
So yeah, this post ended up being much longer than I planned on when I sat down. I have stuff to do today before work, so that’s all for now.
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Dave Jun 23
Well this is my second time writing this because I was stupid enough not to put my e-mail address in the first time. I had a few friends who went to Bonnaroo this year too, and they both seemed to have a good time. My one friend was telling about being dosed for free on one of the days.
Lolla does sound awesome this year too, especially with The Flaming Lips playing, but I doubt I’ll be able to afford that with all the hotel fares and stuff. I noticed you forgot Gathering of the Vibes (www.gatheringofthevibes.com) which is a festival in upstate NY I believe. A lot closer than Chi town, and they have a camp site. Hot Tuna, G. Love, and Bob Weir (from the Grateful Dead) are just a few bands playing there, head over to the site to listen to the other bands. I might be heading there with a few friends as long as my financial situation is all good. Just thought I’d let you know about that one.
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roadie Jun 24
Last year’s Sounds of the Underground was alot better. Opeth was one of the headlining bands that I can remember and I’m sure they would have made the whole tour worthwhile.
Steve Jun 27
Wow I gotta catch up, nice to see that your updating often now, keep it up
Steve Jun 28
Dude, street scene used to be so fucking small. Last year it really started to get crazy, the stripes were there tearing shit up; next thing you know tool is playing this year… It’s fucking awesome how it developed, originally a block party kinda thing & has evolved to actually going down at the local football stadium. One less beer garden this year though, fuckers..
-Steve