"Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7 - 10 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. A full list of confirmed acts follows, and more will be announced in the coming weeks. The final Bonnaroo 2012 lineup will total over 125 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.Tickets for the event will go on sale on this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 12 noon EST exclusively at bonnaroo.com."

Radiohead, Beach Boys, Phish, Little Dragon, SBTRKT, The Antlers, Bad Brains, Laura Marling, St. Vinent, Tune-Yards, Flying Lotus, and many more are playing Bonnaroo this year. Full list below...

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"Following last year's 10th anniversary, which crushed previous attendance records and set a new mark for the speed with which tickets sold out, the Sasquatch! Music Festival unveils its 2012 lineup which once again features 4 days of music. The festival, hailed as "a model of well-paced programming...in a four-day schedule as efficient and natural feeling as an expertly built algorithm" by NPR Music while Wired notes, "leave the landscape out of it and Sasquatch! has a lineup to kill for," runs May 25-28 (Memorial Day Weekend) at The Gorge, the internationally acclaimed concert venue carved in the basalt cliffs high above the Columbia River Gorge in Quincy, WA."

The Sasquatch! Music Festival takes place, as usual, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington over Memorial Day weekend (May 25-28). And this year's lineup is:

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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

Like he did the night before at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Hugh Cornwell showed up as Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein's special guest at Bowery Ballroom on 1/21 (the second NYC show on the the Portlandia live tour). This time Hugh played hit single "Golden Brown" by his band The Stranglers to the sold out Manhattan crowd. Bowery showgoers also got live appearances by Portland mayor Kyle MacLachlan and music by Annie Clark aka St. Vincent (who just announced a tour). Annie covered Pearl Jam's "Black" at the Feminist Bookstore Pop Up Shop (Eddie Vedder, who recently announced a tour, was also a guest on the IFC show this season). Video of the cover with more pictures and the setlist of the show, below...

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Radiohead @ Roseland Ballroom in 2011 (more by Bao Nguyen)

Coachella which is taking place over the course of two weekends this year (April 13-15 and 20-22) revealed their 2012 lineup. Last week, Azealia Banks was the first artist confirmed, and earlier today they confirmed The Weeknd (maybe he found a band?), and before that, Jimmy Cliff, Breakbot, and Housse De Racket. The reunited Pulp then announced itself. The full lineup also includes headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, not to mention, as predicted, the reunited At the Drive In and the reunited Mazzy Star (!), and Madness and Refused (!) and Jeff Mangum and many, many more that you can see below...

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DOWNLOAD: SBTRKT - "Wildfire" (Drumma Boy remix ft. Shabazz Palaces) (MP3)

Back in June, we announced the killer initial lineup for Moogfest 2011 (October 28, 29, 30). That lineup just got even better with additions including TV on the Radio, Special Disco Version featuring James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, St. Vincent, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, YACHT, John Maus, Araabmuzik Baths, Zomby, Active Child and more. It was also announced that Brian Eno, part of the initial lineup, will be presenting Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings and "Illustrated Talks" as part of this year's fest.

The initial announcement also included Suicide, Tangerine Dream, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Austra, M83, Little Dragon, Passion Pit, Toro y Moi, Moby (full band), The Flaming Lips, Battles, CANT, Brandt Brauer Frick (who will be on a US tour that hits Glasslands), and more.

Speaking of CANT (aka Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear), he revealed the song "Believe" from his upcoming debut LP yesterday. Stream the track below. The album comes out September 13 on Chris' own Terrible Records. He's also got an upcoming tour surrounding Moogfest which includes a show on October 25 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are still on sale.

Speaking of SBTRKT and Little Dragon, Drumma Boy remixed the SBTRKT song with Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano on lead vocals. Shabazz Palaces is also featured on the remix (compare that to Drake's version). Grab the track above via Gorilla vs Bear. Shabazz wrote on Facebook today, "Besides the release of Black Up, I don't think I've seen one article on here create such a surge of activity as this Wildfire Remix has. Amazing."

Sampha, who sings live with SBTRKT and on his album, also recently released his own song, "Indecision." Stream the track below. Moogfest is one of the stops on SBTRKT's recently announced US tour that also hits Bowery Ballroom on October 31 (with Araabmuzik) and Music Hall of Williamsburg on November 1. Tickets for both shows are still on sale.

Little Dragon plays a BV-presented Record Release show at Music Hall of WIlliamsburg TONIGHT (8/16). The show is sold out, but if you don't have tickets you can catch them in NYC again on their headlining tour which hits Terminal 5 on October 14. Tickets are still on sale.

Song streams and full Moogfest lineup below...

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Treasure Island Music Festival is returning to San Francisco, CA on October 15 and 16. The lineup includes Cut Copy, Beach House, The Hold Steady, Flying Lotus, Death From Above 1979, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers, St. Vincent, and many others. 2-Day passes go on sale Wednesday (7/27) 10 AM and single day tickets on Friday (7/29) at 10 AM.

Speaking of St. Vincent, if you haven't already, check out her new track at StrangeMercy.com. The full album is out September 13th via 4AD. More info and tour dates HERE. Still no info on tickets for her Met show.

Full Treasure Island lineup below...

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St. Vincent @ Bowery Ballroom, NY - July 17, 2007 (CRED)

St. Vincent (Annie Clark) played her first headlining show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC last night. Last time Annie was here, she played Union Hall and stopped by Atlantic Sound to record a "DUMBO Session". They merged video from both together for the following result...

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Shout Out Louds @ Spiegeltent, NYC - July 16, 2007 (CRED) (review)

* St. Vincent headlines Bowery Ballroom
* Slint does Spiderland at Webster Hall
* Chrisette Michele is playing at Borders
* Marc Ribot @ The World Financial Center
* The Shout Out Louds are at Luna Lounge
* Os Mutantes play Lincoln Center
* Jamie T is at Union Pool
* Stream new Editors, Magic Numbers, Cribs, Chemical Brothers

What else?

DOWNLOAD: St. Vincent - Now, Now (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Spoon - The Ghost Of You Lingers (MP3)

For a mid-summer week, the music CD release list is surprisingly bountiful. Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Interpol's Our Love To Admire lead the pack of new releases, and I can also highly recommend St. Vincent's debut album, Marry Me, former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell's Sirens Of The Ditch (which includes my current favorite protest song, "Dress Blues"), and Patton Oswalt's comedy album Werewolves and Lollipops).

Reissues released this week include two Monkees remasters (Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd), as well as a remastered edition of M. Ward's Duet for Guitars 2.

Have I left anything noteworthy off the list? What new music releases can you recommend this week?

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DOWNLOAD: St. Vincent - Now Now (MP3)

Annie as Polyphonic Spree member, Keyspan Park, Brooklyn - Oct 2, 05 (CRED)

Everyone's favorite guest blogger Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, is playing her own headlining show at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on July 17th. Scout Niblett is opening, Annie will have a full backing band, and tickets are on sale. All tour dates below....

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Last time Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and John Vanderslice checked in, it was John interviewing Annie. This time around Annie asked John some questions....

John & Annie in Chicago - Apr 13, 2007 (CRED)

Annie Clark: This first part is free association: "the banality of evil":
John Vanderslice: is perfectly understandable

AC: "Keith Richards"
JV: doesn't live by our/your morals.

AC: Complete this phrase: "Out of ____, out of ____."
JV: "Out of Mind, Out of Sight." A crucial Buffy episode (SE1, EP11) in which Angel rescues the Scoobies. It changed my life.

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Peter Hughes, John Vanderslice & Matthew Caws @ Union Hall *

If you were at the John Vanderslice / St. Vincent (Annie Clark) show Sunday night at Union Hall, you witnessed (and heard) an awesome two performances that included Peter Hughes from the Mountain Goats, Matthew Caws from Nada Surf, and Annie all joining John on stage for various songs including a finale where John and Annie sang real-quiet-and-beautiful-like in the center of the audience. You also heard John promise everyone an interview he conducted with Annie. He probably did it in a venue, or in the tour van, or at a Denny's/Cracker Barrel/Waffle House, or maybe at a gas station, or....

That interview, and more pictures from the show, below....

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Do you want to go see John Vanderslice and St. Vincent at Union Hall in Brooklyn Sunday night (April 22)? I have a pair of tickets to give away. To win, e-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Vanderslice). Include your first and last name as you'd like it to appear on the guestlist. One winner will be picked at random. Your email will not be shared. Contest ends Sunday @ 4pm.

Here are some pictures from their Thursday night (April 19) Mercury Lounge show...

John

Srsly, Vanderslice = Dance Party. If you ever doubted it in the past, doubt no more. I also now have a stronger memory of why Mercury Lounge rules. The sound was pretty much perfect. And watching John play guitar is fun. He was my Guitar Hero for the night." [vert's livejournal]

Annie

By the way, St. Vincent (Annie Clark of Polyphonic Spree fame) is my new obsession. I can’t remember the last time I fell so hard for a musician that I had never even heard of before. She sings, plays guitar, bass, piano, synth, and does all this cool programming stuff. She’s charming and delightful and a seriously skilled and interesting guitarist. She was like…I don’t even want to insult her by comparing her to other female singer/songwriter types. Do yourself a favor and check out her myspace page or better yet see her live cause I don’t think she’ll be playing tiny venues for much longer. Look for her album coming out soon on Beggars Banquet. [uncoolkids]

Photos by elizabeth weinberg.
John Vanderslice's last blog entry, and all tour dates, here.

The John Vanderslice and St. Vincent tour-blogging series continues as John and Annie reach NYC (how was the show at Maxwell's last night?). Tonight's (April 19) Mercury Lounge show is sold out, but tickets are now on sale for a 2nd NYC show at Union Hall in Brooklyn on April 22nd. And now, heeeere's Johnny....

Hotel Life, Best and Worst:
I have no problem understanding why Russell Crowe hurled a phone at a hotel desk clerk. i wonder why these things don't happen more often. When you rely on these unstable businesses to provide comfort and consolation, you are vulnerable to say the least.

Best:
We stayed in a brand new Hampton Inn in Athens, OH. I would have been quite happy to have my books and records shipped out and camp there for a year or so. I went to sleep thinking: "What nice tile work in the bathroom!"

Worst:
The next night we stayed in a creepy hell-hole in Lancaster. Serious central PA rednecks, the kind that look down at your shoes before answering a question (I guess my Tigers didn't pass). A sign in the room listed 14 conditions for using the pool:

#13. Any person showing evidence of any communicable skin disease, sore or inflamed eyes, cold, nasal or ear discharges, or any other disease shall be denied access to the pool. Any person with excessive sunburn(!), open blisters, cuts, or bandages shall be denied admission.

#14. No lifeguard on duty. SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Beautiful. So, after we had to move rooms due to several unsatisfactory unmentionables, repeatedly made them restart their wireless router, were forced to eat Raisin Bran with warm skim milk, and endured heaps of bad vibes, I had no choice but to smash my room phone into bits. It was seriously beaten into non-functionality. My only regret was not packing it in my Samsonite and giving it away as a door prize at the club in Philly the next night - Johnny Brenda's, which by the way, has got to be one of the best sounding small clubs in the nation.

-JV

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John's first post is here. Annie's first post is here. Updated tour dates below...

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