News: Spor Reveals North American Tour Dates
–Written by Kevin Madert
Drum ‘n’ bass is alive ‘n’ well, and it’s acts like Spor we can thank for it. When John Gooch announced the return of his DnB alter-ego, we were thrilled. When he released his latest record, Caligo (which you can stream in full below), we couldn’t stop listening. And when we thought our excitement levels had peaked, Gooch announced today a six-date North American tour – including an intimate gig at DC’s U Street Music Hall courtesy of Badvss Raves.
Read MoreNews: Hard Summer Reveals 2015 Lineup Via Must-See Video
–Written by Kevin Madert
The lineup for HARD Summer is here, and true to Hard form it’s relayed to us via a humorous video announcement featuring familiar faces like Dillon Francis, Porter Robinson, Skrillex, and Chromeo – all of whom will perform at this year’s festival.
Set to take over the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. August 1 and 2, Hard Summer 2015 will also be headlined by The Weeknd, The Chemical Brothers, Schoolboy Q, The Glitch Mob, Odesza, Tchami, & Gorgon City (8/1) and Jack Ü, Ratatat, RL Grime, Die Antwoord, Zeds Dead, Robin Schulz, & Maya Jane Coles(8/2), among dozens of other well-selected acts.
Read MoreNews: John Mayer Covers “American Pie” on Letterman
Earlier this week, John Mayer covered the iconic song, “American Pie”, for the Late Show with Dave Letterman, and quite frankly, he did a fantastic job with it. It’s been a long while since we’ve heard any new music from John Mayer, and while it is apparently on the way, we still have to wait a bit longer. So in the meantime, this will have to hold us over, but I think it’ll do the job just fine. This is a monumental song from any aspect, it is a hugely significant piece of music to Americana in general, and Mayer really does it justice.
Check out the video of the performance after the jump.
Read MoreNews: The Opiuo Band Announces First Round of North American Tour Dates
–Written by Kevin Madert
After months of jealously ogling the overseas exploits of The Opiuo Band, fans in North America will have a chance to see the live glitch-hop act for themselves. The initial dates for the group’s 2015 US/Canda summer tour were posted to Opiuo’s Facebook today with the caption “Making our debut! More to come…”
Read MoreNews: Motley Crue Announce Final Tour Dates
Motley Crue really don’t wanna give up, do they? Aside from this being this being probably the 12th iteration of a farewell tour, they’ve announced another, year long, leg to thier, “Guys, We’re Really Serious This Time Farewell Tour”. Of course, this time they actually are serious, everyone was so sick of their fake farewell tours that they actually signed a legally binding contract stating that they are not allowed to tour under penalty of law. I don’t know how legit that actually is, but it was a hell of a publicity stunt if nothing else.
The Daily Frequency (4/20/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
Today, a lot of things happened in the world of music. Here are some of them.
1. Moonrise Festival will begin selling early bird tickets this Thursday at 11AM EST. After a successful debut last summer, Steez Promo will once again put on the two-day festival (August 8th and 9th) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. You can check the official Moonrise Festival site for more information. Via Facebook
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