Spiritualized

Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke brought his tour to NYC last night (5/28) for a show at Irving Plaza, where he debuted his new live show. It was his first show with a live band, and here’s how show presenters Noisey described it in their review: “It was, for the lack of a better slang word, …

One of the premier music festivals in the world, the 2015 edition of Primavera Sound is just underway in Barcelona, Spain. If you can’t make it, they’re streaming many of the fest’s performances live via two video channels on their website and below…

When it rains it pours. Last year, Austin Psych Fest was a duststorm. This year (renamed Levitation), literal dark clouds hung over, threatening thunderstorms all three days even though it only ended up raining on Friday (5/8), and before bands started playing…

LA’s annual FYF Fest returns August 22 & 23, and today the lineup was announced. It includes Morrissey, The Jesus & Mary Chain, D’Angelo, Frank Ocean, Bloc Party, Run the Jewels, Deerhunter, Belle & Sebastian, Spiritualized, Dinosaur Jr, Mac DeMarco, Joyce Manor, Title Fight, METZ, Cold Cave, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Battles, Neon Indian, Alvvays, La Femme, Mikal Cronin, Hop Along an…

The 2015 Glastonbury Festival, which sold out in 25 minutes back in October, has announced it’s initial lineup. In addition to Lionel Richie, which they confirmed a while back, this year will feature Patti Smith, Kanye West, Florence and the Machine, Pharell Williams, Motorhead, Alabama Shakes, The Fall, Alt-J, Suede, Fat White Family, The Chemical Brothers, GOAT, Caribou, fka twigs, George Clinton, Father John Misty, Kate Tempest, Run the Jewels, Future Islands and more…

LEVITATION (fka Austin Psych Fest), one of the best festival lineups of 2015, is now less than a month away. Happening May 8-10, 2015, the 8th annual festival will feature performances by the 13th Floor Elevators (50 year anniversary reunion), The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, The Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, Mac Demarco, and many more…

Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses and Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam are old friends and have now made an album together, titled Sing into My Mouth, which will be out at some point this sumnmer…

The 2015 Primavera Sound Festival goes down in Barcelona, Spain from May 28 – 30. We knew The Strokes and recently reunited shoegazers Ride were playing and now the line-up is being announced via the festival’s mobile app, which is a not-so fun 8-bit game you have to play to reveal names…

We’re officially in Music Festival Announcement Season, and the latest one is Atlanta’s annual Shaky Knees Festival, happening May 8-10. This year includes The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies, Social Distortion, Ryan Adams, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Tame Impala, Brand New, Mastodon, Neutral Milk Hotel (supposedly one of your last chances to see them for a while), Interpol, Flogging Molly, TV on the Radio, Manchester Orchestra, James Blake, Death from Above 1979,…

Austin Psych Fest 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) The annual Austin Psych Fest, which they’ve renamed “Austin Psych Fest presents Levitation” (more on that below), happens this year from May 8-10 at the Carson Creek Ranch…