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Noise Pop Festival 2016 lineup (American Football, Drive Like Jehu, Parquet Courts, Vince Staples, John Darnielle & more)

Noise Pop Festival returns to various San Francisco venues from February 19 to 28, and they’ve got the quite the lineup so far. Reunited ’90s bands American Football and Drive Like Jehu are billed alon…

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m…

Sled Island 2014 initial line-up: St. Vincent, Spiritualized, Neko Case, Rocket from the Crypt, Touche Amore, Rhye & more

Though the 2013 Sled Island Festival got flooded out, it returns to Calgary, AB this year from June 18 – 22. The full line-up will be announced on April 29, but artists appearing include St…

Lapalux released an LP, announces North American tour

After releasing some great EPs over the past couple years, UK producer Lapalux put out his debut album, Nostalchic, earlier this year via Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label…

MusicfestNW 2011 -- dates & initial lineup

Here is the initial lineup for Willamette Week‘s MusicfestNW, scheduled for Sept. 7-11, 2011 in Portland, Oregon, and it’s pretty great. The multi-venue fest includes big outdoor performances (Sunday, Sept…