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Best of the Fest: Splendour XP, All Things Go, Freakazoid Robots, and 00:01

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Read More Splendour in the Grass Splendour in the Grass 2011 will be covered by the fine Festival Ladies, but Sally and I looked over Coldplay (it was all yellow!), Kanye West (he just shows up everywhere). A good bunch together of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Gomez, and Regina Spektor in a block is pretty amazing …

SPLENDOUR XR
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The world’s first virtual music festival, Splendour XP, will be taking place this July 24th to July 25th.

We covered the Australian music festival as Splendour in the Grass in 2011 and 2015 and they generally get really amazing headliners for their shows. We’re talking big names, like Kanye West, Coldplay, and Blur.

As usual, Splendour is booking some amazing acts for 2021: The Killers, Chvrches, Charlie XCX, Grimes, Khalid (not to be confused with DJ Khaled), and so many more! See full listing below.

Personally speaking, we like physically being at the show, but I can see the appeal for those interested in a virtual experience. For example, think of all the money you will be saving: from eating at home or price of entry. Plus, you don’t have to worry about catching COVID, etc.

It’s also convient, you can watch it on your phone, tablet, desktop, VR, or any web browser (this is perfect for those with Android box/NVIDIA Shield or Apple TV) ... all this and you don’t even have to leave the house. Pants are optional!

So, let’s say you miss an act because of confusing time zones and set times – that is not a problem! All performances are available to access online for 24 hours.

If that sounds like something you’re interested in, they do offer discount early bird pricing. Please note that the price goes up the closer to the actual event.

SPLENDOUR 2021 TICKETHOLDER

Dates July 1 - July 15 July 15 - July 22 July 22 - July 25

Single Day – Weekend $25.99 - $43.99 $27.99 - $46.99 $29.99 - $49.99

DAY 1 – KHALID

Chvrches. Denzel Curry. Duke Dumont. Tash Sultana. Masked Wolf. Russ Millions. Band Of Horses. Little Simz. Violent Soho. Aurora. Phoebe Bridgers. Vera Blue. Pink Sweat$. Client Liaison. Griff. Pond. Tayla Parx. Dune Rats. Methyl Ethel. The Chats. Triple One. Cat & Calmell. King Stingray. The Southern River Band

DAY 2 - THE KILLERS

Charli Xcx. Vance Joy. Grimes Metaverse (Super Beta). The Avalanches. Of Monsters And Men. Kaytranada. Black Pumas. Hot Dub Time Machine. Millennium Parade. The Jungle Giants. Ocean Alley. Jungle. What So Not. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Sinéad Harnett. Holly Humberstone. Spacey Jane. Crooked Colours. Amyl And The Sniffers. Wafia. Aviva. The Snuts. Band-Maid. Ziggy Ramo. Gretta Ray

Read More HAIM The numbers are in, and as expected, the Haim sisters (Este, Danielle, and Alana) received the #1 spot in the U.K., and an impressive #6 on the Billboard album charts in the U.S., for their debut album Days Are Gone …

ALL THINGS GO MUSIC FESTIVAL
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The 2021 All Things Go Music Festival is coming back this October 16 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland.

The festival is known for their female-focused billing, and this year will feature such acts as HAIM, St. Vincent, Charli XCX, and many others.

Lineup

HAIM

St Vincent

Charlie XCX

Lauv

Girl in Red

Cautious Clay

Beach Bunny

Soccer Mommy

Gus Dapperton

Tai Verdes

Role Model

Blu Detiger

Tkay Maidza

Del Water Gap

Jelani Aryeh

Isaac Dunbar

Read More MSTRKRFT I had no idea who MSTRKRFT were, but I figure the cover art and sleeve was cool enough that I was willing to give them a chance. I was a little relieved that this band was actually pretty good. If you like rave/dance …

FREAKAZOID ROBOTS
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Taking place this Labor Day Weekend (September 4-5) will be the inaugural Freakazoid Robots in Ascarate Park, El Paso, Texas. The Disco Donnie Presents event is focused on techno and electronic music… featuring over 40 artists, such as MSTRKRFT, CID, and Seth Troxler.

Lineup

Ardalan

Adventure Club

Alesso

Atliens

Audien

Boogie T B2b Dirt Monkey

CID

Decadon

Deep Dish (Dubfire + Sharam)

Devault

Drezo

Eli & Fur

Gryffin (DJ Set)

Jantsen

Jauz

Joyryde

Kayzo

Kumarion

Lane 8

Layla Benitez

Midnight Tyrannosaurus

MSTRKRFT

Nala

Nazaar

Nicole Moudaber

Ookay

Qrion

Riot Ten

Rusko

Sam Blacky

Seth Troxler

Shiba San

Slander

Subtronics

Sullivan King

Swarm

Trivecta

Wax Motif

Westend

Wooli

Zhu

Read More Flamingods Levitation Flamingods - Do you like Stone Roses and/or Kula Shaker? Do you like psychedelic rock in the 60s? …

00:01
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Egyptian Elbows is putting on this music festival called 00:01. It’s 6 bands, 2 stages, and meant to celebrate the return of live music in a post-COVID world. The event is taking place July 19th, and features Flamingods, Crows, Talk Show and others.

Lineup

Oval Space

DJ Beta Max

Flamingods

DJ LED

Crows

Talk Show

Pickle Factory

Lynks

Grove

Duress

Fake Turins

DJ Peggy X Ed the Dog

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MSTRKRFT - The Looks

 

2007 TOUR Jul 21 - WEMF, Welland, Canada Aug 04 - Cutting Edge Music Festival, Grand Ben, Ontario, Canada Aug 11 - Summersonic, Toyko, Japan Aug 12 - Summersonic, Osaka, Japan Sep 22 - Parklife, Melbourne, Australia Sep 23 - Parklife, Adelaide, Australia Sep 29 - Parklife, Brisbane, Australia Sep 30 - Parklife, Sydney, Australia Oct 01 - Parklife, Perth, Australia

 

MSTRKRFT - The Looks

I picked up this CD purely based on the album packaging. Let me explain it to you: There are some die-cut holes on the sleeve that changes depending on how you insert the interior sheet and CD cover. If you click on the album art displayed here, the two eyes are the die-cut holes.

I had no idea who MSTRKRFT were, but I figure the cover art and sleeve was cool enough that I was willing to give them a chance.

I was a little relieved that this band was actually pretty good. If you like rave/dance stuff, you'll probably enjoy this.

There's a couple of strong tracks on this album: "Work on You", "She's Good for Business", and "The Looks". "The Looks" seems to be the most commercially accessible of all the tracks, so I'll include the song here. It does get a bit repetitive, but I figure if you're on the dancefloor, you probably won't care.

There was some things that I've already concluded before I got confirmation from wikipedia:

• They're probably two DJ's, similar to such acts as The Chemical Brothers or Daft Punk. [CHECK]
• Name is probably pronounced "Masterkraft" or "Mysterykraft". [Answer: Masterkraft]
• They're probably Canadian, this information is based on their record label Last Gang Records in Montreal. [CHECK]

Additional information: The duo consists of Jesse F. Keeler and Alex Puodziukas. They're actually quite famous, I usually gauge these things by tags on Vox (seriously people, you need to start using your tags!) or doing a random search on The Hype Machine.

They have a new LP record coming out next month (July), although I couldn't find any information on this. I know they have a remix album, which probably collect all the songs that they've remixed (from such bands as The Gossips, Bloc Party and Annie), but according to their record company, it won't be released until September 2007.

By the way, the company that designed The Looks packaging is Seripop.

vu Links: www.mstrkrft.com