Vision Fortune

Warm Up at MoMA PS1 2015 lineup (Cut Copy, Boys Noize, Baauer, Samantha Urbani, AG Cook, Sicko Mobb, Jlin, more)

The annual Warm Up summer concert series of mostly electronic music (but other genres too) returns in 2015 every Saturday from June 27 to September 5 at MoMA …

Stereogum/Exploding In Sound free SXSW party

Stereogum and Exploding In Sound Records are teaming up for an all-day free SXSW party at Hole In The Wall on Saturday (3/20). The show runs from 11 AM until 2 AM and features over 30 bands…

Levitation Chicago Fest is this weekend -- listen to the mixtape, get ready for Levitation at SXSW & again in Austin too

In addition to Austin Psych Fest’s Levitation Festival in Austin, they’re doing another US fest: Levitation Chicago, which happens this weekend (3/13-14) with The Pop Group, Destruction Unit, Viet Cong, Swervedriver, Atlas Sound and m…

Levitation Chicago this weekend at Thalia Hall (full lineup)

Levitation Chicago will be happening at Thalia Hall this weekend on March 13 & 14. The event’s lineup recently expanded to include Destruction Unit, Noveller, Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Atlas Sound, Heat Leisure, and Gateway Drugs, joining the likes of Swervedriver, Viet Cong, and The Pop Group…

Austin Psych Fest presenting Levitation Chicago w/ The Pop Group, Swervedriver, Oren Ambarchi, Viet Cong & more

Austin Psych Fest has become one of the most consistently solid festivals over the course of the past few years, and this year’s Texas installment goes down in May at the usual spot, Carson Creek Ranch (though they’re calling the fest “Levitation” now)…

UK band Vision Fortune releasing new album, playing US shows around SXSW (dates, LP stream)

London’s Vision Fortune don’t make it easy for you. Their 2013 debut, Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune, looked like $.25 bin mariachi record, all its songs were just roman numerals and it was basically just one long, connected droney throb…

Iggy Pop, Drive Like Jehu, Belle & Sebastian, Godspeed, Run the Jewels, Mudhoney & more playing 2015 ATP Iceland

Though its festivals in the UK and the US are no longer, ATP Iceland is still going and returns in 2015 from July 2 – 4 at Ásbrú in Keflavík…

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…

Stefan Lockdown | RIP | DJ, Party Promoter

I didn’t know Stefan personally, though I did see him out all the time. The picture above (he’s the one with the hat) was just taken after he won a PAPER nightlife award…