Spaceland Block Party will debut in LA this September with sets from Joey Bada$$, Vic Mensa, The Horrors, Black Kids, Wavves, Preoccupations, Porches, Tijuana Panthers, Oddisee & Good Compny, LVL UP, Slothrust, Bayonne, Mourn, Dude York, Palm, Wilsen, Alex Cameron, and others.
Florida band Black Kids got a bit of a bum rap, one of the first casualties of the ramped-up hype cycle we now live in. After the shrugs they received from their rushed debut album (less than a year after people went nuts for their free, enjoyable Wizard of Ahhs EP), the band wisely took time out to regroup, finish school and generally live their lives...
Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
As mentioned, Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival is returning to Union Park from July 19-21 with sets from Bjork, Joanna Newsom, Belle & Sebastian, R...