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30 May
2012

Silversun Pickups, Passion Pit, Girl Talk and Beirut To Headline This Year’s Musicfest NW in Portland

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Willamette Week is thrilled to announce the lineup for MusicfestNW 2012, now in its 12th year of showcasing the finest in national and regional music in one of the most compelling urban areas in the country.

MusicfestNW is once again returning to the historic Pioneer Courthouse Square—Portland’s civic living room—for three picturesque outdoor headlining performances at Levi’s Pioneer Stage headlined by shoegazing alternative rockers Silversun Pickups (Sunday, Sept. 9), mashup superstar Girl Talk (Saturday, Sept. 8), and the world music-tinged indie folk of Beirut (Friday, Sept. 7).

Beyond the Square, MusicfestNW will once again take over the city of Portland for five days, with 150 bands playing at 16 clubs all over the city. On Wednesday, Sept. 5, electropop upstarts Passion Pit headline the Crystal Ballroom (the band also plays the next night) and reunited post-hardcore titans Hot Snakes play the Roseland Theater. Critics’ darlings Ceremony, Julia Holter, Lightning Bolt, The Men, Trust, and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart will all be performing special sets of over the September weekend. The festival also features alt-country act Old 97’s playing their seminal record Too Far to Care front-to-back, the beautiful folk tunes of The Tallest Man on Earth, local atmospheric rockers The Helio Sequence, rising hip-hop phenoms Danny Brown and Yelawolf, A-Trak DJing on the Nike Sportswear stage, and the debut of the Red Bull Common Thread series featuring guitar heroes Dinosaur Jr. with sets from the bands’ two offshoots, Sebadoh and J. Mascis.

Willamette Week is also proud to announce the debut of its very own tech conference to coincide with MusicfestNW. Portland has a rich and underrated tech scene, and in its first year, Portland Digital eXperience (PDX) will extend the MusicfestNW beyond music to embrace the technology and startup community by featuring conversations with leading thinkers, both local and from outside Portland. The event, held September 6-8, will focus on individuals who exemplify an “attention to detail, creativity, and the craft of building compelling experiences.” Among the confirmed speakers are Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co., Evan Doll of Flipboard, James Keller of Walmart Labs, and Chris Teso of Chirpify.

Previous MFNW performances include: The National, The Decemberists, Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Explosions in the Sky, Sunny Day Real Estate, Spoon, Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Built to Spill, Arctic Monkeys, Cat Power, Panda Bear, Black Lips, Band of Horses and The Silver Jews.

Festival wristbands and tickets for shows at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Crystal Ballroom, Roseland Theater, and Aladdin Theater go on sale on Friday, June 1 via Cascade Tickets. Festival wristbands are on sale at two price points:

- $125 for an all-inclusive wristband that gets you into all three outdoor shows and the rest of the five-day festival.

- $75 for a ticket to one of the three outdoor shows (Silversun Pickups, Girl Talk, or Beirut) and a wristband for admission to the rest of the festival.

For further ticket information, see musicfestnw.com/tickets.

2012 Lineup

A-Trak
AAN
Alialujah Choir
And And And
Arrington De Dionyso
Beirut
Big Business
Big Freedia
Black Mountain
Blouse
Bobby Bare Jr.
Brainstorm
Brown Bird
Casey Neil & The Norway Rats
Ceremony
Cheap Girls
Chelsea Wolfe
Copy
Craft Spells
Crystal Antlers
Danny Brown
Dante vs. Zombies
Daughn Gibson
Defeater
Dinosaur Jr.
Dirtclodfight
DJ Beyondadoubt
DJ Cooky Parker
DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Erik Koskinen
Evian Christ
Fort Lean
Fucked Up
Future Islands
Gardens & Villa
Girl Talk
Grandparents
Guantanamo Baywatch
Hazel
Headaches
Hey Marseilles
Holcombe Waller
Hosannas
Hot Snakes
Hungry Ghost
I Break Horses
J. Mascis
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
Joe Pug
John Maus
Joyce Manor
Julia Holter
Kendl Winter
King Khan & the Shrines
Lake
Lemolo
Lightning Bolt
LP
Mac Demarco
Mean Jeans
Menomena
Milo Greene
Mirroring
Moonface
Mrs. Magician
Naytronix
Nite Jewel
Old 97′s
Old Light
Omar Souleyman
Onuinu
Palmas
Passion Pit
Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Pure Bathing Culture
Purity Ring
Quest For Fire
Radiation City
Red Fang
Redd Kross
Sad Baby Wolf
Sandpeople
Sebadoh
Silversun Pickups
Snow Bud & The Flower People
Sloan
Starfucker
Stay Calm
Sun Angle
Swahili
Swans
Tanlines
Tender Forever
The Builders and The Butchers
The Curious Mystery
The Dangerous Boys Club
The Dimes
The Drowning Men
The Growlers
The Helio Sequence
The Men
The Needful Longings
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
The People’s Temple
The Soft Moon
The Suicide Notes
The Tallest Man On Earth
These United States
Touche Amore
Trampled By Turtles
Trust
Tyler Lyle
Typhoon
Vice Device
White Fang
White Lung
Xiu Xiu
Yelawolf

09 Aug
2011

Ticket Giveaway: Band of Horses w/J. Mascis Tomorrow Night August 10 Hammerstein Ballroom NYC!

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Band of Horses are on an east coast tour that wraps up tomorrow night, August 10th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City (tickets). Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis will be playing a solo set to support. We KNOW that you want to go to the show and we want to help you out. We’re giving away ONE pair of tickets to the show thanks to the awesome people at LiveNation!

To enter the giveaway, you must:

1. Follow LiveNationNYC on Twitter at @LiveNationNYC
2. Follow us on Twitter at @theaudioperv
3. Email us at theaudioperv@gmail.com (with the subject:I WANNA SEE BAND OF HORSES!) with your name, your Twitter handle and we’ll email you back if you win!

08 Oct
2010

THE FLAMING LIPS Announce Fourth Annual MARCH OF 1000 FLAMING SKELETONS Halloween Parade in Okalahoma City This Month

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What would Halloween be without THE FLAMING LIPS? Certainly nothing as magical and incendiary as their annual Ghouls Gone Wild event held in their hometown of Oklahoma City, that’s what. As we fall into the crisp Autumnal night air of the season’s darkest yet sweetest holiday, THE FLAMING LIPS ask the question: Want to Participate in This Year’s MARCH OF 1000 FLAMING SKELETONS?

This October 23rd, The LIPS will once again host their annual MARCH OF 1000 FLAMING SKELETONS Parade in downtown Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district, just a stones throw away from FLAMING LIPS ALLEY.

Last year’s third annual Ghouls Gone Wild event was a huge success that drew LIPS fans from around the globe. Naturally, this year’s Supernatural procession will be even more elaborate as festive floats, (in) appropriately adorned cars, walking groups and plenty of surprises along with 1000 strong undead snaking through the streets of Oklahoma City.

Order your costume bundle for this year’s parade now in the official Flaming Lips store: www.flaminglips.com/store

Here are a few things you should know before purchasing your bundle:

1. You can wear your costume from previous years and participate in the
parade. If you choose this option you can purchase just the T-shirt and
the torch for $20. All the same rules apply, you must be 18 and you can
only use the torch that we provide.
2. 2010 Death March branded skeleton costumes come in 2 sizes: Standard and
Large. If you order a STANDARD costume, you will only be able to select
between a small or medium t-shirt. If you order a LARGE costume, you
will only be able to select between a large or x-large shirt. Each
bundle comes with a torch and 2010 March of 1000 Skeletons event t-
shirt.
3. You may only purchase 2 costumes. Every costume must be for a person so
we need a person’s name and e-mail address attached to each costume. You
will receive an email from us if you order 2 so we can obtain the other
person in your party’s name.
4. Every skeleton will be carrying a torch with real fire. Anyone in the
parade must be 18. Anyone in the parade must sign a waiver.
5. You will be told at a later date when and where to be so be sure to
enter a valid name, email, mailing address and phone number at checkout.
6. A person must have the ability to march in the parade for up to 2 hours.
7. If you do not show up at the assigned time to pick up your outfit and be
in the parade you forfeit your fee and will not receive a refund.
8. There are no refunds.
In other LIPS news, the band still has plenty of worldwide live shows planned for the immediate future:

Sun Oct 10 ACL Fest. /Zilker Park Austin, TX
Wed Oct 13 Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL
Thur Oct 14 H.O.B. Lake Buena Vista, FL
Fri Oct 15 St. Augustine Amphit. St. Augustine, FL
Sat Oct 16 Sunset Cove Amphit. Boca Raton, FL
Thu Nov 11 Singapore @ Fort Canning Singapore
Sat Nov 13 Asia World Expo Hong Kong, China
Mon Nov 15 Namba-Hatch Osaka, JPN
Wed Nov 17 Zepp Tokyo Tokyo, JPN
Thur Nov 18 Zepp Tokyo Tokyo, JPN
Sat Nov 20 AX-Korea Seoul, South Korea
Mon Dec 27 Belly Up Tavern Aspen, CO
Fri July 1, 2011 Alexandra Palace London, ENG

(ATP presents THE LIPS performing The Soft Bulletin in its entirety. Special
guests: Dinosaur Jr. & Deerhoof)

More dates TBC! Until then, keep your eye on www.flaminglips.com for announcements, news, new merch and so much more!

19 Oct
2009

Violent Soho Perform “Muscle Junkie” Live

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Fans of grunge listen up – there’s a new kid in town. Australian rockers Violent Soho performed their song “Muscle Junkie” at a recent concert in Brooklyn, channeling Nirvana but putting their own “muscle” into the music. And before the show, the band proved they’re more than just a pretty face with a conversation on race relations in their home country. Check out all the action in this new video clip.

In anticipation of their US debut release early next year, Violent Soho are sharing the stage with the likes of Built To Spill, The Raveonettes and alt-rock legends Dinosaur Jr. Visit their Myspace for complete tour information and to hear a few more tracks from the band. Watch the video below the tour dates:

TOUR WITH THE RAVEONETTES:
Oct 23 2009 – Magic Stick – Detroit, Michigan
Oct 24 2009 – Southgate House – Newport, Kentucky
Oct 25 2009 – The Metro – Chicago, Illinois
Oct 26 2009 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, Minnesota

TOUR WITH DINOSAUR JR:
Oct 27 2009 – Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 29 2009 – Boulder Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Oct 30 2009 – Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins, Colorado
Nov 3 2009 – Marquee Theatre Tempe, Arizona
Nov 4 2009 – Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California
Nov 5 2009 – House Of Blues West Hollywood, California
Nov 6 2009 – The Fillmore San Francisco, California
Nov 7 2009- Wonder Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Nov 8 2009 – The Showbox Seattle, Washington

01 Oct
2009

Violent Soho Tour Dates With Dinosaur Jr.

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Fresh off their tours with Built to Spill and the Raveonettes, Violent Soho will be joining alternative-rock legends – and one of their own favorite bands – Dinosaur Jr. on a few of their Midwest and West Coast tour dates, starting October 27th in Omaha, Nebraska and concluding November 8th in Seattle. See below for the full list of dates, and visit Violent Soho’s MySpace for more details and to hear some tracks from the band. They are currently recording their US debut album, with an expected release of early 2010.

VIOLENT SOHO WITH DINOSAUR JR
10/27 – Slowdown – Omaha, NB
10/29 – Boulder Theatre – Boulder, CO
10/30 – Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, CO
11/3 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
11/4 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA
11/5 – House of Blues – W Hollywood, CA
11/6 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
11/7 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
11/8 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA

17 Sep
2009

Sara (Tegan and Sara) reads for That Summertime Sound

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There’s this cool new book out called That Summertime Sound about a 19-year-old who’s forced to choose between going home to Los Angeles to a detached family or living a rock n’ roll adventure into the heartland of America. The rock and roll novel by first time author Matthew Specktor is drawing praise and attention from all around, partially because of all the famous people who’ve recorded narrations of part of it, including Sara Keirsten Quin of Tegan and Sara. Jeremy Irons, James Franco, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr) also provided narrations for the audio recordings. Check them out below and read excerpts from the book here. Buy That Summertime Sound on Amazon and go to thatsummertimesound.com for more.

Sara Keirsten Quin reads “The Way It Felt Right Now”
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Morgan Freeman reads “This is Never Going to End”
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Jeremy Irons read “The Devil In It Somewhere”
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26 Jun
2009

Dinosaur Jr – “Pieces” on Fallon 6/25 Video

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Dinosaur Jr performed “Pieces” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 6/25. Check out the video below: