News: ID&T Announces Inaugural One Tribe Festival
–Written by Kevin Madert
European event kingpin ID&T has already made inroads in the States with festivals like Tomorrowworld and Mysteryland. Now they’re setting their sights westward, bringing the inaugural One Tribe festival to Perris, CA September 25-26. Kygo, Tycho, Gramatik, Rüfüs Du Sol, Guy Gerber, Carl Craig, Skream, and Mark Farina are among the confirmed acts, with more to be announced. 20,000 people are expected to journey to the Lake Perris Recreation Area for the festival – the first such event at the idyllic location.
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Dreamscape Festival Local Spotlight
–Written by Kevin Madert
Dreamscape is fast approaching, and we can’t wait to join Badvss Raves and all of you at Camp Ramblewood May 8-10. In the days leading up to the festival, we’re hoping to get you better acquainted with some of the artists playing the festival; if you read about them here on the AltFreq page, you should definitely catch their performances at Dreamscape.
2Rip
The fearless leader of Badass Raves since its inception (sometime in the late Jurassic period), 2Rip is equal parts man, myth, and legend. With over a decade of DJing experience under his belt in myriad genres catching one of his sets a bit like playing Russian roulette, with all six shots replaced by your new favorite songs. Nothing but respect from AltFreq for this scene staple and local legend; that sunrise set in particular shouldn’t be missed. Set times: City Of Dreams, 3:00AM-4:00AM Saturday; Pool Stage, 5:30AM-7:00AM Saturday
News: Movement Festival Announces Stages, Daily Schedule
–Written by Kevin Madert
The depthtech mecca known as Movement is fast-approaching, and before long thousands will descend on Detroit’s Hart Plaza riverfront for a Memorial Day celebration of the underground. Today the festival announced both set times and stage by stage lineups, giving us a few weeks to plan out our personal schedules/lament those inevitable overlaps (although there are surprisingly few overall).
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News: Lockn’ Festival Lineup Complete, Daily Schedule Released
–Written by Kevin Madert
As Mid-Atlantic mega-fest Lockn’ put the finishing touches on its third-year lineup, I found myself wondering how the “interlocking music festival” would be able to compile a coherent schedule from the dozens of world-class acts that had already been announced. When the day-by-day program was unveiled late last week my focus shifted to plotting a survival plan for the weekend – all four days are packed with can’t-miss performances and unique collaborations.
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News: Brian Fallon Performs With Butch Walker
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem is always doing cool acoustic covers, or onstage collaborations; there is no shortage of interesting b-side material from this guy. And today is no exception, last week, Fallon joined singer songwriter/producer/all around awesome musician, Butch Walker, on stage at a show in Philadelphia to perform Walker’s song “21+” off his new album, Afraid of Ghosts.
The collaboration is, predictably, really really good. It features two of the most prominent and talented names in traditional American rock, coming together to perform a wonderful song off a wonderful album. There’s really nothing that can go wrong. Check out the video after the jump.
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News: Atreyu Announce New Album
Earlier this year, completely out of left field, once relevant metalcore act, Atreyu, announced that they would be releasing a new album. It made ripples in the music scene as it drew a half sarcastic, half nostalgic wave of support from their fans, but that’s really all that ever came from it. But today, Atreyu have announced that they will release their first new album since 2009’s Congregation of the Damned. This upcoming album, entitled Long Live, is due out this September via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy Records.
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