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R.I.P. Shawn Smith (Brad) and Les Reed

Tom Jones: It's Not Unusual Read More Pearl Jam Here's a band that needs no press or introduction - Pearl Jam. It's been a very long time since they were in town, but since they were already headlining Austin City Limits .…

It’s been a while since we mentioned a musician death. Although there are many deaths, there just didn’t seem to be any big names for the month of April.

If you’re a Pearl Jam fan, you might be sad to hear that American singer, songwriter and musician Shawn Smith of the supergroup Brad had passed away at the age of 53 to a torn aorta.

Personally speaking, the biggest name on the April death list, so far, is Les Reed, who co-wrote (with Gordon Mills) the song “It’s Not Unusual”. The song was originally offered to Sandie Shaw (one of Morrissey’s idols), but she turned down the song.

Of course, the song became a massive hit for then-unknown singer Welsh singer Tom Jones. Listening to the song, it did kind of have that nice Decca sound that was big in the mid-60s.

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

April (44)

[24 Apr 2019] Dick Rivers (French rock and roll singer for Les Chats Sauvages), 74, cancer

[24 Apr 2019] Pedro de Saint Germain (Brazilian singer), 69

[23 Apr 2019] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (American soprano singer and presenter), 35

[22 Apr 2019] Jim Dunbar (American radio program director for KGO), 89

[22 Apr 2019] Dave Samuels (American percussionist for Spyro Gyra), 70

[21 Apr 2019] Yasmim Gabrielle (Brazilian singer), 17, suicide

[21 Apr 2019] Atli Heimir Sveinsson (Icelandic composer), 80

[20 Apr 2019] Amar Pal (Indian folk singer), 96, heart attack

[20 Apr 2019] Wu Yili (Chinese-Singaporean pianist), 88

[19 Apr 2019] Martin Böttcher (German composer, arranger and conductor), 91

[19 Apr 2019] MC Sapão (Brazilian singer), 40, pneumonia

[17 Apr 2019] Frederick Hemke (American saxophonist), 83

[16 Apr 2019] Jörg Demus (Austrian pianist), 90

[16 Apr 2019] Kent Harris (American songwriter and record producer), 88, cancer

[15 Apr 2019] Les Reed (English songwriter), 83

[15 Apr 2019] Joe Terry (American rock and roll singer for Danny & the Juniors), 78

[14 Apr 2019] Rakhal Chandra Mohanty (Indian music director and singer), 86

[13 Apr 2019] Paul Raymond (English keyboardist and guitarist for Plastic Penny), 73, heart attack

[13 Apr 2019] Hubert Wayaffe (French radio personality and disc jockey), 81

[12 Apr 2019] Dina (Portuguese singer), 62, pulmonary fibrosis

[12 Apr 2019] Johnny Hutchinson (English rock and roll drummer for The Big Three), 78

[12 Apr 2019] Gary Stewart (American music executive and archivist for Rhino Records), 62

[11 Apr 2019] Mus Mulyadi (Indonesian singer), 73

[11 Apr 2019] Ivan Ponomarenko (Ukrainian opera singer), 73

[10 Apr 2019] Earl Thomas Conley (American country music singer-songwriter), 77, cerebral atrophy

[10 Apr 2019] Greg Haymes, aka Sarge Blotto (American singer of Blotto)

[09 Apr 2019] Paul Severs (Belgian singer), 70

[07 Apr 2019] Gino Stefani (Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist), 89

[06 Apr 2019] Jim Glaser (American country music artist), 82, heart attack

[05 Apr 2019] Ib Glindemann (Danish jazz composer and bandleader), 84

[05 Apr 2019] Pastor López (Venezuelan singer-songwriter), 74, stroke

[05 Apr 2019] Samuel Pilafian (American tuba player), 69, colon cancer

[05 Apr 2019] Shawn Smith (American singer, songwriter and musician for Brad), 53, torn aorta

[05 Apr 2019] Davey Williams (American avant-garde guitarist for Curlew), 66, cancer

[05 Apr 2019] Wowaka (Japanese Vocaloid producer and vocalist), 31, heart failure

[04 Apr 2019] Alberto Cortez (Argentine singer and songwriter), 79, gastric haemorrhage

[04 Apr 2019] Marilyn Mason (American concert organist), 93

[04 Apr 2019] Tiger Merritt (American singer and guitarist for Morning Teleportation), 31

[03 Apr 2019] Einar Iversen (Norwegian jazz pianist and composer), 88

[03 Apr 2019] Maurice Pon (French lyricist), 97

[02 Apr 2019] Rick Elias (American musician for A Ragamuffin Band), 64, brain cancer

[02 Apr 2019] Kim English (American house and gospel singer-songwriter), 48, kidney failure

[01 Apr 2019] Caravelli (French conductor and composer for And Satan Calls the Turns), 88

[01 Apr 2019] Armando Vega Gil (Mexican writer, composer, and bassist for Botellita de Jerez), 64, suicide

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Emily's 2014 Best Of Lists

Read More Kelis W♥M 2014 Album of the Year Nomination: Kelis' Food, a concept about food. W♥M 2014 Album of the Year Nomination: Suzanne Vega's Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pantacles …

Emily's 2014 Best Of Lists

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1) Kelis, Food
2) the Afghan Whigs, Do To The Beast
3) Sloan, Commonwealth
4) the Pack AD, Do Not Engage
5) Beverly, Careers

SONGS OF THE YEAR

1) Future Islands, "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
2) Lana Del Rey, "West Coast"
3) Sharon Van Etten, "Taking Chances"
4) Eels, "Parallels"
5) Mark Lanegan, "Floor of the Ocean"

*Special mention:

- Big Freedia, "Explode"
- Old 97s, "Longer Than You've. Been Alive"
- Spoon "Rent I Pay"

SHOWS OF THE YEAR

1) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the State Theater
2) the Replacements at Midway Stadium
3) Sloan at the Turf Club
4) the Afghan Whigs at First Avenue
5) Eels (and Steve Perry) at the Fitzgerald Theater
6) Mark Lanegan at the Bottom Lounge
7) Pearl Jam at the Xcel Energy Center

New Elvis Perkins and Sleater-Kinney next year! Here we go 2015!

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Rocktober: October 19, 2014

Read More Smallpools Indie pop band, Smallpools, hasn't been around very long, forming earlier this year, but they are already making big waves. The band opened with one of their singles, Mason Jar, before going on to play .... Magic Man Coming off from touring with Walk the Moon, Boston band Magic Man plays three shows for this year’s CMJ Music Marathon: October 17 .…

Here are shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 19, 2014.

SMALLPOOLS, MAGIC MAN with Waters
at Varsity Theater
Sunday 10/19/14, 7pm
$15/$17: varsitytheater.org

Los Angeles' Smallpools will be on their Live Nation “Ones To Watch” tour, which kicks off at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis this Sunday (October 19).

The other headliner, Magic Man was a clear favorite from Justina, who saw them at CMJ 2013.

San Francisco's Waters are last band on the bill, they have a new record It All Might Be OK, which recently came out October 14th.

Tour dates:

10/16 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
10/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater *
10/21 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
10/22 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall *
10/24 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House *
10/25 – Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Mile-End *
10/26 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
10/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
10/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts *
10/30 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
10/31 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
11/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *
11/04 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In *
11/06 – Chicago, IL @ HOB Chicago *
11/07 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Lounge *
11/08 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe *
11/10 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre *
11/12 – Houston, TX @ HOB ^
11/13 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s ^
11/14 – Dallas, TX @ HOB Dallas ^
11/16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
11/17 – Anaheim, CA @ HOB Anaheim ^
11/18 – San Diego, CA @ HOB San Diego ^
11/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre ^
11/20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
11/23 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom ^
11/24 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ^
11/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue ^

* w/ Magic Man and Waters
^ w/ Magic Man and Panama Wedding

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AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT w/ In the Valley Below
at First Avenue
Sunday 10/19/14, 7pm
$19/$22: first-avenue.com

The Airborne Toxic Event is back in Minneapolis this Sunday... along with Los Angeles synth-pop band In the Valley Below, who will be playing tracks from their album The Belt. Personally, I think In the Valley Below should tour with Death From Above 1979 (who is stopping by Minneapolis on November 24).

As for Airborne Toxic Event, apparently members from that group and The Duke Spirit also have a project called The Bulls - their debut single "Come Unwound" is out now.

Tour dates:

Oct 15 Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS*
Oct 17 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI*
Oct 18 The Vic Chicago, IL*
Oct 19 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN*
Oct 24 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC*
Oct 25 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR*
Oct 26 Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA*
Oct 28 Ace of Spades Sacramento, CA*
Nov 03 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT*
Nov 05 Belly Up Aspen, CO*
Nov 06 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO*

*with In The Valley Below

Read More Pearl Jam Like Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam decides to create their own music festival, in celebration of their twenty years together as a band. The line up consists of Eddie Vedder's hand-picked artists, including The Strokes .…

PEARL JAM
at Xcel Energy
Sunday 10/19/14, 7:30pm
$69.50: xcelenergycenter.com

Here's a band that needs no press or introduction - Pearl Jam. It's been a very long time since they were in town, but since they were already headlining Austin City Limits, they decided to add 10 additional shows to their schedule in October.

And yes, the show is sold out.

Fans who can't attend, the consolation prize is PJ are usually good about making their live shows available on CD.

Tour dates:

10/16/14 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
10/17/14 Moline, IL I Wireless Center
10/19/14 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
10/20/14 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
10/22/14 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
10/25/14 Bridge School Benefit
0/26/14 Bridge School Benefit

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RNDM: Acts

Tour Dates 11/02 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/03 Washington, D.C. The Black Cat 11/04 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 11/07 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club 11/08 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom 11/09 Montreal, QC Théâtre Corona 11/10 Ottawa, ON Algonquin Theater 11/11 Toronto, ON Lee's Place 11/13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall 11/14 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom 11/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue 11/16 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck 11/18 Boulder, CO The Fox Theatre 11/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour 11/23 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall 11/25 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge 11/26 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret 11/27 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market Read More Pearl Jam Like Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam decides to create their own music festival, in celebration of their twenty years together as a band…

The term “supergroup” in the world of music can be a very dangerous thing. What starts as an innocent collaboration between musicians can snowball into a bloated vanity project where there are too many egos in the kitchen. (I’m thinking recent groups like Velvet Revolver or, worse, Chickenfoot.) All one can hope for when encountering a band made up of players from other, often times more successful acts is that they use this new platform to explore and expand their sound, to utilize their new bandmates and create something different and unexpected. Or at least make music that doesn’t suck.

RNDM (pronounced simply “random”) features songwriter/artist Joseph Arthur, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, and drummer Richard Stuverud, who has performed with the Fastbacks and War Babies, and could be considered a supergroup simply because of the big names therein. But “supergroup” is just too flaky a word to be applied to these three creative, seasoned musicians. Their partnership began when the three men met at a gig over ten years ago; Ament and Stuverud were playing together in a band called Three Fish and Arthur opened for them. Arthur stayed in touch with Ament over the years and was even invited to play at Pearl Jam’s exclusive 20th anniversary concert in Alpine Valley, WI over Labor Day weekend last year.

The group’s debut “Acts” gets released on Monkeywrench Records October 30th. At first blush, the album has a fairly straightforward rock sound, absent of the loop pedals and spoken word that Arthur seems to favor on a lot of his solo recordings. Many of the tracks are upbeat and almost anthemic and actually reminds me quite a lot of those late-80s, early 90s Jeff Lynne-produced Tom Petty records. The insanely catchy “The Disappearing Ones” and some wilder tracks like “Look Out!” and “Throw You To the Pack” keep this record from getting too meandering. I really enjoyed the falsetto vocal harmonies and hand claps that snuck out from behind choruses like on the stand-out tracks “Hollow Girl” (my favorite) and “Williamsburg.” Arthur, himself, sounds relaxed; his strong, versatile voice fitting in comfortably with Ament’s clean, driving bass-lines and Stuverud’s solid, no-frills drumming.

The band starts their 18-date North American tour next month, even making a stop at the 7th Street Entry on November 15th! I (along with many others, probably) am really curious to see Jeff Ament perform original material outside his usual Pearl Jam stuff, something I’m sure he relishes seeing as how monolithic the 90s-era veterans have become. And I had the distinct pleasure of watching Joseph Arthur play a wonderful set (and paint onstage!) at the PJ20 event last year, so there is really no doubt that the RNDM show will be a unique and exciting one.

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Music Festival 2011

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SPRINGFESTIVAL
www.springfestival.at
June 1-5, 2011
Graz, Austria

If you live in Austria, it's not too late to attend this year's Springfestival. Headliners that I'm interested in are mostly Caribou, Atari Teenage Riot, Patrick Wolf, and Jungle Brothers. See complete artist listing below.

Springfestival is mostly electronic music (with "springsessions"/conference) and costs as much as €198.00 for the complete five days/four nights, but as low as €21.00 if you only want to see certain dates.

Nôze Live, Caribou & Band Live, DELS Live, Egyptrixx Live, Frittenbude Live, Sizarr Live, Bodi Bill Live, Egotronic Live, The Koletzkis Live, Isolee Live, Apparat & Band Live, Crystal Fighters Live, Huoratron Live, Carte Blanche Live, Jungle Brothers Live, dOP Live, Patrick Wolf Live, Atari Teenage Riot Live, Hercules and Love Affair Live, Dorian Concept Live, Eskmo Live, Stevies Wonder Glasses (feat. The Horns) Live, Piemont Live, Walkner & Möstl Live, Neodisco Live, LOGO Live, Drums Of Death Live, Snuff Crew Live, Cole Black Live, Makossa & Megablast Live, Kenton Slash Demon Live, Yelle Live, Brandt Brauer Frick Live, French Horn Rebellion Live, Effi Live, Peter Kruder, Joe Hot Chip, Riva Starr, Aeroplane, Steve Bug, Jackmaster, L-vis 1990, Wolfram, Tensnake, Oliver Koletzki, DJ Koze, Mumdance, Superflu, Michael Mayer, Seiji, Jesse Rose, Scott Hansen / Tycho, DJ Feadz, Dirty Doering, Martyn, London Electricity, Joyce Muniz, John B, Etepetete, Chris Chronsky, Johnny Honolulu, Trashtray, Physically Fit, DJ Krink, Simon Lebon, LeSale, Patrick Pulsinger, Felix Da Houserat, Rodney Hunter, Logisitcs, Joe Syntax, Nu:tone feat. Natalie Williams, Sigma, Stanza, MC AD, SP:MC, Messy MC, Capital Jay, Beware, Functionist, Jay Rome B2B Paul SG, RoBBe VS Mo' Fyah, MiSsuki, Maestro Gape, Orjo, Simon/off, Kayoz, G.Kaiser, Sébastien Léger, J Rocc, Clara Moto, Pilocka Krach, Danny Faber, Friedrich Locke, Brunessy, Florian Scheibein, Thomas Grün, Maximilian Lindner, C90s, Homework, The Magician, 2HandsUp, DJ Nied, Spiller & Nano Crew, Portable, Pete van Weed, s_Poiler, Lexy, Crazy Sonic, Fauna DJ, The 2 Bears DJ, Strukt, Jason Theodor, Evan Roth, Robert Lindström, Jared Ficklin, MK12, Brandon Dawes, Ash Nehru, Tali Krakowsky, Shot Shot Shot, OchoResotto, Formaldehyde, Rhythmus42, Fruit Media, mox, Fritz Fitzke, Mindconsole, VJ Insequent, Lichterloh

ALCHEMY MUSIC FESTIVAL
www.mauropicotto.it
June 11th & June 12th, 2011
Cavour, Italy

Alchemy Music Festival looks like a DJ-based party, it takes place in Cavour, Italy. As I have previously mentioned, I'm not in tuned with DJs, and especially since this is mostly Italian DJs, I have no idea who any of these mixers are. But the lineup is finalized, looks like all-around fun from 2pm to 4am. See details below.

The countdown to the Alchemy Music Festival in Mauro Picotto’s hometown of Cavour is in the final stages. Running high on adrenalin and espressos, the festival team – which includes Mauro himself – is buzzing with exciting news. Top of the list is a celebrity-laden line up of global artists that include Mauro, Mark Broom, Christian Smith, Yousef, Luca Morris, Mihalis Safras and more. Then there is the announcement of the top winners of the Alchemy Festival Competition: Chilean Yerko Alejandro (commonly known as Montrealer and based in Canada), Rome-based Italian DJ Marco Ferrantelli and Enrico Sangiuliano (Enrichetto) from Reggio Emilia. They will be competing on the Saturday of the festival for the first place title. Mauro says they all submitted tracks that were really original and finely executed – now it’s just a matter of seeing who has the charisma to win the crowd. Mauro is distinct about the feeling he wants the Alchemy Festival to generate: “I want people to be in the mood to have a good time – to dance and party and enjoy being together. This festival is a celebration of my life. A way to say thank you for everything I have.”

SATURDAY, 11TH JUNE Aiko Matteo Gatti Gabry Fasano Mihalis Safras Yousef Top 3 Winners of the Alchemy Contest Live (Yerko Alejandro, Marco Ferrantelli, Enrico Sangiuliano) Mauro Picotto Christian Smith Riccardo Ferri (live) Mark Broom		SUNDAY, 12TH JUNE Devid Gabry Ribetti Oozicky Maurizio Benedetta Daniele Papina Luca Morris Paolo Kighine Gabry Fasano Alchemy Contest Winner Joseph Capriati Mauro Picotto

ITUNES FESTIVAL
www.itunesfestival.com
July 1-31, 2011
Roundhouse, London

Billed as "31 nights of back-to-back live music", this festival is a whole month of music. Probably not feasible if you want to take vacation to see the entire lineup, unless you live in London, but it's defintely worth it when "every ticket to the iTunes Festival is free" (but it looks like you have to "win" a pair of ticket to see the event; good luck!). If you don't live in London, they are streaming the whole thing (or on demand for a limited time) via the iTunes application.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, said, "We are really excited to do the iTunes Festival in July and to perform at the legendary Roundhouse. And the fact that it's going to be broadcast to so many people is really exciting, because making music is more about the audience than the band sometimes. I feel like the opportunities we have to reach out to more people through technology is a wonderful thing; to see the world get together and experience music, live".

Line up looks incredible, would really love to see Paul Simon, MSP, Beady Eyes, Duran Duran, Moby... basically every band listed below.

1 July: Paul Simon 3 July: Manic Street Preachers 4 July: Linkin Park + Neon Trees 5 July: Beady Eye 6 July: The Wanted 7 July: ADELE 8 July: Bruno Mars 10 July: Glasvegas 11 July: Foo Fighters + Jimmy Eat World 12 July: The Script 13 July: White Lies + The Naked and Famous + Alice Gold		14 July: Friendly Fires 15 July: Jessie J 16 July: Duran Duran 18 July: Rumer 21 July: Swedish House Mafia 23 July: Mogwai + Errors 24 July: Noah & The Whale 25 July: Lang Lang 26 July: Magnetic Man 28 July: Chase & Status + Nero 31 July: Moby

ROCK THE BELLS
www.rockthebells.net
8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10
Various, USA

Rock the Bells festival is a travelling music festival, hitting San Manuel Amphitheater in Los Angeles on August 20, then Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco on August 27, then Governor’s Island in New York and wrapping up in Boston on September 10.

Already confirmed headliners includes some major hip hop stars, including: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill, Erykah Baduand, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, Raekwon & Ghostface and more.

If you are interested in cheaper presale tickets, the general pre-sale starts June 4th.

The most interesting thing on the press release is that Cypress Hill will be performing their entire 1993 album Black Sunday, the album features their big hit song, "Insane In The Membrane". Insane in the brain!

Festival co-founder and Guerilla Union head Chang Weisberg had this to say about the festival: "I am excited that this year's Rock The Bells will continue its rich history and tradition by presenting the best and most ambitious festival programming in Hip Hop. The bar has been set high and this year's line-up will certainly stake its claim. With ten of the biggest records in the history of the genre and the freshest new talent bubbling from the underground, this summer's Rock The Bells is another dream come true."

Artists confirmed for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES include:

Ms. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill + Nas – Illmatic + Cypress Hill - Black Sunday + Erykah Badu* Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star + Raekwon & Ghostface - Only Built for Cuban Linx + Mobb Deep - The Infamous + The GZA - Liquid Swords + Immortal Technique Slaughterhouse Mac Miller* Curren$y* Souls of Mischief - 93 ‘til Infinity +		Black Moon Childish Gambino Blu & Exile Fashawn Random Axe* Masta Killah - No Said Date + Evidence* Macklemore* Freddie Gibbs Roc Marciano + notes full-album sets * notes performance on select dates only

AFRO-PUNK FESTIVAL
www.afropunk.com
August 27-28, 2011
Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park, New York

In its seventh annual Afro-Punk Festival, they have announced their lineup, including Cee-Lo Green, Fishbone, and Santigold!

Expect to see loads of skateboards and BMX bikers all around, as well the unusual food vendors (this year will feature "cuisine from around the world") and the usual music fun.

I don't live in New York, but I would definitely want to attend what the New York Times calls a "rock and rebellion squarely in the category of African-American music. I got a glimpse of the Afro-Punk show, when they took their show on the road.

Afro-Punk 2011 Band Lineup

Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Jay Electronica, Toro Y Moi, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts, Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch

MUSICFESTNW
musicfestnw.com
September 7-11, 2011
Portland, Oregon

Willamette Week's MusicfestNW announced their initial lineup for its 2011 festival (see full listing below). Like their inspiration of SXSW, this festival looks like it takes place at various venues, but what makes this interesting is that there are three main outdoors show exclusively for MFNW.

The $115 wristband will grant you access to pretty much everything MFNW has to offer, over the course of the five-day music festival. If you're on the cheap, or just particular about who you want to see, there is the $70 ticket, which will only grant you one of the three outdoors show.

Some bands on the bill that I would be interested in seeing includes: The Kills, Archers of Loaf, Butthole Surfers, Blitzen Trapper, Band of Horses, Sebadoh, Sharon Van Etten, and Little Dragon.

2011 Initial Lineup – Alphabetical:

A Storm of Light, Akimbo, Alela Diane, Anais Mitchell, And And And, Archers, Archers of Loaf, Avi Buffalo, Band of Horses, Bare Wires, Beat Connection, Big Freedia, Black Prairie, Blind Pilot, Blitzen Trapper, Blouse, Boat, Bobby Bare Jr., Butthole Surfers, Caleb Klauder, Cass McCombs, Celilo, Centro-Matic, Charles Bradley, Climber, Crooked Fingers, Crypts, Dam-Funk & Master Blaster, Dangerous Boys Club, Death Songs, Dennis Coffey, Diesto, Dirty Beaches, Dirty Mittens, DJ Anjali, Dolorean, E Rock, E3, Elitist, EMA, Emily Wells, Eternal Tapestry, Explosions in the Sky, Fernando, GIVERS, Glass Candy, GRAIL, Hammerhead, Handsome Furs, Heavy Cream, Holcombe Waler, Horse Feathers, Iron & Wine, Jared Mees & the Grown Children, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Joe Pug, Kelly Blair Bauman, Kylesa, Lifesavas, Little Dragon, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mad Rad, Marius Libman, Mnemonic Sounds, Monarques, Morning Teleportation, Natasha Kmeto, Nether Regions, Neurosis, Old Light, Olivia Tremor Control, Operative, Phantogram, Pierced Arrows, Pig Destroyer, Portland Cello Project, PS I Love You, Purple & Green, Quiet Life, Rabbits, Rebecca Gates, Reporter, Rhett Miller, Richmond Fontaine, RTX, Sean Flinn & the Royal We, Sebadoh, Shabazz Palaces, Sharon Van Etten, Sleepy Sun, Soft Kill, Talkdemonic, Ted Leo, Tennis, The Angry Orts, The Antlers, The Dimes, The Gaslamp Killer, The Globes, The Hood Internet, The Horrors, The Incredible Kid, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The Ladybug Transistor, The Minders, The Miracles Club, The Moondoggies, The Needful Longings, The Soft Moon, The Thermals, The Vaccines, The Wizard Rifle, Thee Oh Sees, Thornes, Thousands, Transient, Twin Sister, TxE, Ty Segall, Typhoon, UME, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Violet Isle, Viva Voce, WEINLAND, White Hills, Wild Ones, Witch Mountain, Y La Bamba, Yacht, YOB, You Am I, Zuzuka Poderosa

PJ20 DESTINATION WEEKEND FESTIVAL
www.pj20.com
September 3-4, 2011
Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI

Like Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam decides to create their own music festival, in celebration of their twenty years together as a band. The line up consists of Eddie Vedder's hand-picked artists, including The Strokes, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Liam Finn (we like his dad).

I originally thought this festival was in Chicago (a city that I've sworn against because of their toll roads), but it is in East Troy. It's semi-close enough for me to drive, but I probably won't make an effort since I'm not that massive of a Pearl Jam song, but I know many of you guys are. If you don't want to put up all the fuss of driving, you can either fly in or take a long bus trip over the long The Labor Day Weekend.

Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Queens Of The Stone Age, Mudhoney, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, thenewno2, David Garza, STAR ANNA, The Young Evils, and Jason Lytle

POP MONTREAL
popmontreal.com
September 21-25, 2011
Montreal, Canada

POP Montreal turns ten this year, and they are throwing a huge festival. This Canadian festival looks massive, they said they attracted over 50,000 attendees last year, so expect the same turn out this year, especially because of their anniversary.

They are going to have over 300 bands, 50 events in arts/film/fashion, and will take place over five days in September. General pre-sale goes on sale on June 2^nd, and prices starts at $250 (early bird special).

So far, these are the bands that they've confirmed (more to be announced later):

Chromeo, Redd Kross, The Raincoats, tUnE-yArDs, R. Steevie Moore, Marie-Jo Thério, Asobi Seksu, Tahiti 80, Barbara Lynn, Ralph Soul Jackson, Joe Bataan, Gary Lucas' Captain Beefheart Symposium, The Velvelettes, Babukishan Das Baul, The Socalled Musical, Vockah Redu, Japandroids, Purity Ring, Death Grips, Cave

MOVEMENT
www.movement.us
Memorial Day weekend (May)
Detroit, Michigan

Movement: The Detroit Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic/dance/DJ music festival that started in 2000. This year's headliners looked amazing, especially with Fatboy Slim and Felix da Housecat, but, unfortunately, we've just missed the festival (but there's always next year!).

What's kind of cool is that Red Bull sent me some updates on the recent event, including some great photos of DJs and people having a good time. It looks like a good time all around, too bad it's not the sort of festivals that I'm interested in.

I can tell you that, like Mazda, Red Bull invests back into the music community, partnering with the music festival to bring DJ Godfather, Hudson Mohawke, Daedelus, Dam-Funk & Master Blazter, Goldie ft. Armanni Reign, Com Truise, Space Dimension Controller, Beardyman, Gaslamp Killer, and Aux 88, to their stage.

This year's lineup:

69 (Carl Craig), Adam Beyer, Al Ester, Ambivalent, Ana Sia, Anthony, Attalla, Aril Brikha, Art Department, Ataxia, Aux 88, B. Bravo, Beardyman, Ben Klock, Boo Williams, Brian “Starski” Gillespie, Bruce Bailey Calvertron and Figure, Chuck Daniels, Cio D’Or, Clark Warner, Claude Young, Com Truise, Dabura Daedalus, Dam-Funk & Master Blazter, Deepchord presents Echospace, Delano Smith, Deniz Kurtel, District 909, DJ Cent, DJ Godfather, DJ Harvey, DJ T-1000, DJ X-Change, Dr. Atmo DTM 5×5, Dubfire Eliot Lipp, Eric Johnson, Erika, Fatboy Slim, Felix Da Housecat, Flying Lotus, Franki Juncaj (aka DJ 3000), Gaiser, Gaslamp Killer, Glenn Underground, Goldie, Green Velvet Guti, Heartthrob, Hudson Mohawke, James Zabiela, John Collins, JPLS, Justin Martin, Kero, Kerri Chandler, Little Dragon, Livio & Roby, Loco Dice, Marc Houle, Marcel Dettmann, Margaret Dygas, Mark Flash, Martin Buttrich, Matt Clarke, Matthew Hawtin, Metro Area, Michael Geiger, Mike Brown, Mike Servito, MiM0SA, Minx, Monolake, Surround N-Ter, Nospectacle with Markus Guentner, Paranormal Tek, Paul Kalkbrenner, Pearson Sound / Ramadanman, Pulshar Reference, Ricardo Villalobos, Richard Devine, Richie Hawtin, Ryan Elliot, Sammy Dee, Scuba Secrets, Shlomi Aber, Skrillex, Soul Clap, Space Dimension Controller, Space Time Continuum, Steve Rachmad, Sven Väth Terrence Parker, The Dirtbombs, The Siege Three, tINI, Tortured Soul, Traversable Wormhole, Venetian Snares, Victor Calderone, Visionquest

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