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Noise Pop Announces 2011 Lineup Additions

January 17th, 2011 | No Comments

BEN GIBBARD (DEATH CAB), NO AGE, HOW TO DRESS WELL,
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, AESOP ROCK,
DAM-FUNK, KID KOALA, ALEXI MURDOCH

Ben Gibbard

Seminal independent music festival Noise
Pop is proud to announce new additions to their already amazing lineup, as well as the details of their
first-ever pop-up shop, the Noise Pop Up Shop a month long Pop Up Store and party. Bands who will be joining the
nineteenth annual Noise Pop lineup include:

*Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, in a rare solo show, who will be playing both DCFC and Postal Service songs at
the Great American Music Hall on Feb 27. Zach Rogue of acclaimed band Rogue Wave will open this show.
*Critically lauded duo No Age playing at Rickshaw Stop on Feb 26

*Hotly tipped up-and-comers How to Dress Well playing at Cafe du Nord on Feb 26

*Hip hop’s very own Peanut Butter Wolf and Dam Funk playing at Public Works on Feb 26
*A night with Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson at the Great American Music Hall on Feb 25

*Turntable master Kid Koala playing at Mighty on Feb 25

*Singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch playing at Swedish American Hall on Feb 25

The complete list of confirmed headlining bands (thus far) is below.

ADMIRAL RADLEY

AESOP ROCK

ALEXI MURDOCH

BATTLEHOOCH

BEN GIBBARD

BEST COAST

GEOGRAPHER
DAM FUNK

DAN DEACON (SOLO)
FILM SCHOOL

HOW TO DRESS WELL

KID KOALA

KIMYA DAWSON
MAX BEMIS (SAY ANYTHING)
NO AGE

NOBUNNY

PEANUT BUTTER WOLF
TAMARYN
TED LEO (SOLO)

THE CONCRETES
THE GROWLERS
THE STONE FOXES
WAVVES

YO LA TENGO

VERSUS

ZACH ROGUE (ROGUE WAVE)

Noise Pop Festival badges, which provide entry to all Noise Pop Festival events, will be available to purchase for $160
at www.noisepop.com.

In addition to these new shows, Noise Pop has partnered with the Upper Playground gallery to open a month-long
Pop Up Shop from February 2 to February 27. Noise Pop will take over the art space FIFTY24SF
(http://www.fifty24sf.com/), located in the heart of San Francisco’s vibrant and eclectic Lower Haight neighborhood,
and will transform the space into a multipurpose center. By day, it will serve as a merchandise store, art gallery, and
information center; by night, it will become a theatre and performance space. Each night will see a different partner
co-presenting each event, from SF Weekly to YoursTru.ly bringing new audiences and new experiences to Noise Pop
attendees and the SF masses. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 6-10 pm, check out the full schedule here.

Noise Pop 2011: Yo La Tengo, Best Coast, Ted Leo, Wavves

December 6th, 2010 | No Comments

FEBRUARY 22 – FEBRUARY 27 2011 IN SAN FRANCISCO

Best Coast

Seminal independent music festival Noise Pop is proud to announce the festival dates, as well as the first
confirmed performers, for their 2011 events. The nineteenth annual Noise Pop Festival, which will take place
throughout San Francisco from February 22 to February 27, 2011, will play host to the likes of established indie rock
mainstays, such as Yo La Tengo, Ted Leo, and Versus, as well as up-and-coming
favorites, such as Best Coast, Dan Deacon, Telekenisis, and more. A
list of all confirmed performers thus far can be found below. More confirmations will be announced shortly.

Noise Pop Festival badges, which provide entry to all Noise Pop Festival events, will be available to purchase for $160
on December 9 at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST on Noisepop.com.
Early Bird Badges are now onsale for $125 at noisepop.com, and include a free festival t-shirt with purchase.

BEST COAST
DAN DEACON ENSEMBLE

DANIEL MARTIN MOORE
HOW TO DRESS WELL

MAX BEMIS (SAY ANYTHING)

TED LEO (SOLO)

TELEKENISIS

THE CONCRETES
THE STONE FOXES

WAVVES

YO LA TENGO
VERSUS
VOXHAUL BROADCAST

FYF Fest: The Rapture Panda Bear, !!!, Ted Leo

July 14th, 2010 | No Comments

LOS ANGELES HISTORIC STATE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 4 2010

The Rapture

FYF Fest is happening for the second year in a row at the Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown LA
on September 4, 2010.

In its seventh year, 24 year-old Sean Carlson has taken the festival he started when he was 18 years old out of the
multiple venues in Echo Park, where it started, and turned it into an outdoor, three stage event, mirroring its
successful sister festival “Mess With Texas”, which takes place in Austin every year during SXSW. Sean has been
booking the festival with the help of Keith Morris, frontman of Off!, Circle Jerks and Black Flag, since its third year and now
with the additional help of a handful of friends they have been able to put together the largest truly independent
music festival to take place in Los Angeles.

The 2010 Lineup includes:

The Rapture
Panda Bear
!!!
Unbroken
The Mountain Goats
Dead Man’s Bones

Sleep

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Man Man

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Delorean
Cold Cave

7 Seconds

Thee Oh Sees

Washed Out
Davila 666
School of Seven Bells
AA Bondy
The Blow
Best Coast
Titus Andronicus

Wavves
The Soft Pack
Abe Vigoda
Warpaint
Off!
Vetiver
Ceremony
Big Freedia

Screaming Females

Magic Kids
The Growlers
Lower Dens
Let’s Wrestle
Cults
and more!

Early bird tickets are on sale until Thurs. at midnight at $20 here
If you wait ’til Friday, advance tickets will be $25 and VIP tickets will be available at $65.

ACL Releases Full Sched Adds Black Lips, Grace Potter

July 13th, 2010 | No Comments

BLACK LIPS, GRACE POTTER, TED LEO, SARAHA SMITH, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, SHEARWATER ADDED TO
THE BILL

The Black Lips

The Austin City Limits Music Festival, which takes place October 8-10 at Austin’s Zilker Park, has released their
complete schedule. A brief look
reveals a Friday night conflict between Phish and The Strokes, and a Saturday night
Muse and M.I.A. conflict, just to name a few.

Meanwhile, Black Lips, First Aid Kit, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Sahara Smith, Silversun Pickups, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Vonnegut, Shearwater and NINJASONIK have all been added to
the bill.

Other artists include sunday night headliners The Eagles, as well as The Flaming Lips, Spoon, Vampire
Weekend, Norah Jones, LCD Soundsystem, Monsters of Folk, Band of Horses, Broken Bells and over 100 other
performers. All tickets for the 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival are sold out.

For complete information, please visit http://2010aclfestival.com

Matador At 21: Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices

June 30th, 2010 | No Comments

CELEBRATE YOUR 21ST BIRTHDAY THE RIGHT WAY

Pavement

Matador Records sure know how to throw a 21st birthday party. Over the course of three days on October 1-3 at
the
Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, fans will be treated to a celebration of 21 years at Matador Records, featuring
an absolutely bulletproof lineup of Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, The New Pornographers, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Girls, Fucked Up, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,
Shearwater, Chavez, Cold Cave, Kurt Vile, Guitar Wolf,
Harlem, and Superchunk.

Guided by Voices will
reunite at the festival to play their first show since 2004. The performance will feature the “classic 1993-1996″
lineup of vocalist Robert Pollard, guitarists Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell, bassist
Dan Toohey, and drummer Kevin Fennell.

Forecastle Festival: Initial Sched Adds Devo, Umph, Cake, G Potter

May 11th, 2010 | No Comments

75 NEW ACTS ADDED TO JULY FEST ROSTER

Devo

The Forecastle Festival has announced 75 additional artists to the 9th annual festival, taking place July 9-11 at Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville, KY.

Devo, Cake, She & Him, Umphrey’s McGee, Against Me!, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Manchester Orchestra and many more bands will join previously announced artists The Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon, Drive-by Truckers, Bassnectar, Minus the Bear, a reunited Cap ‘n Jazz, and more.

Also making their Forecastle debut is a rare daily/nightly performance by “Cirque Berzerk” – a Los Angeles-based circus extravaganza combining aerial acrobatics and French burlesque with punk rock influences. Forecastle will be the first major festival they have performed at apart from Burning Man in Black Rock, Nevada.

Another major artist announcement is coming soon, as well as art and activism lineups, keynote speaker, film schedule, outdoor activities, kick-off parties, and complete festival schedule including hourly breakdowns of all performances and activities. Big Gigantic and Ana Sia will perform on the Belle of Louisville for the Friday night after party, and EOTO will perform on the Belle of Louisville for the Saturday night after party. After party tickets are on sale now.

The initial schedule is posted below, and is also available on the festival website, along with a breakdown of bands, including live performance videos.

Friday, July 9

Widespread Panic
Manchester Orchestra
Cirque Berzerk
Drive-By Truckers
Lucero
Dead Confederate
Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
All The Day Holiday
Light Pollution
Frontier Ruckus
Kinetix
The New Deal
Savoy
Treasure Fingers
Tony Desaro
Andy B
Garganta
Arnett Hollow
Adventue
Dangerbird
The Tillers
Yardsale
23 String Band
EOTO
The Disco Aliens
Ana Sia
Big Gigantic

Saturday, July 10

Devo
Bassnectar
Cirque Berzerk
Cake
Umphrey’s McGee
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Cap’n Jazz
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Cloud Cult
Foxy Shazam
That One Guy
Bear Hands
Civil Twilight
Wax Fang
Mucca Pazza
The Tillers
Black Diamond Heavies
Lucky Pineapple
EOTO
Break Science
Mimosa
Two Fresh
Booty Sweat
Amtrak
The Disco Aliens
Willy Joy
Frontiers
Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue
The Doloreans
The Broken Spurs
Scanners
Madien Radio
Straight A’s
Bad Blood
Scott Mertz

Sunday, July11

The Flaming Lips
Spoon
Cirque Berzerk
She & Him
Minus The Bear
Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek
Dar Williams
Joe Purdy
Against Me!
Ted Leo and The Phramacists
Company Of Thieves
Paper Route
Jukebox The Ghost
Morning Teleportation
Death On Two Wheels
500 Miles To Memphis
Dawn Landes & The Hounds
Vandaveer
Pop Empire
Quinn Erwin
Boombox
Papadosio
Heavyweight Dub Champion
Greenskeepers
John Napier
Quantum 38
Sam Gracie
Paul K and The Weathermen
The Ravenna Colt
Parlour
The Fervor
The Pass
Whistle Peak
Lamis
The Commenwealth
Six White Horses

Three day passes, priced at $150, and single day tickets, priced at $60, are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. They are also available at ear-X-tacy in Louisville, Shake-It Records in Cincinnati, CD Central in Lexington, Indy CD and Vinyl in Indianapolis, and Grimey’s in Nashville. VIP packages and other premium ticketing options are also available, as well as campground accommodations and on-site hotel rooms.<p.

Forecastle Fest: WSP, Lips Spoon, DBTs, Bassnectar

April 1st, 2010 | No Comments

FORECASTLE ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP / MOVE TO WATERFRONT PARK

The Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon to Perform, More Headliners To Be Announced

John Bell – Widespread Panic :: Forecastle 2009 by Rawn

The Forecastle Festival and Nederlander Entertainment have announced the initial lineup for the 2010 Festival, as well as a venue change to Louisville’s Waterfront Park to accommodate larger crowds and additional festival activities.

The 9th annual Forecastle Festival will take place July 9-11 at Waterfront Park – just a few minutes walk from last year’s location at the Riverfront Belvedere – and feature experimental rock pioneers The Flaming Lips and perennial jam band favorites Widespread Panic, along with Spoon, Drive-By Truckers, Bassnectar, Minus the Bear, The New Deal, Lucero, a reunion by Cap ‘n Jazz, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek), Dar Williams, EOTO, Break Science, Mimosa, Mucca Pazza, Company of Thieves, Savoy, BoomBox, Two Fresh and Morning Teleportation. Over sixty more performers will be announced in the upcoming weeks, including additional headliners.

Forecastle 2010 will feature over 75 bands, DJs, and electronic artists on four festival stages, along with regional art installations, the Sustainable Living Roadshow, an expanded outdoor extreme sports park, Patagonia Footwear Film Pavilion, SPROUTS “Rock, Relax, and Refresh” children’s eco-info zone, outdoor industry demos, renewable energy exhibits, organic food options, discussion panels, speakers, dance tents, and more.

“Forecastle’s move to Waterfront Park is a long-awaited dream come true. After nine-years of continuous growth, we finally have the opportunity to spread our wings and do things we’ve always wanted to do. This is a new chapter, and groundbreaking time for us,” said JK McKnight, Founder and Manager of Forecastle.

Three day passes, priced at $150, and one day tickets, priced at $60, are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. They are also available at ear-X-tacy, Shake-It Records, CD Central, Indy CD and Vinyl, and Grimey’s. VIP packages and other premium ticketing options are also available. Visit www.forecastlefest.com for details, along with continuing schedule updates, band and activity descriptions, directions, campground and lodging information, and more!

For more on Forecastle Festival see our 2009 coverage here.

Music on the Tube: 3/8 – 3/14

March 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Late Night Music Lineups

Can’t make it to any shows this week? Check out live music on the tube…

Late Show with David Letterman

Mon, March 8 – Lady Antebellum
Tue, March 9 – Broken Bells
Wed, March 10 – Alkaline Trio
Fri, March 12 – Drive-By Truckers

Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Mon, March 8 – Ben Harper and Relentless7
Tue, March 9 – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Wed, March 10 – Ryan Bingham
Thu, March 11 – Colbie Caillat
Fri, March 12 – Katharine McPhee

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Mon, March 8 – Corinne Bailey Rae
Tue, March 9 – Gary Allan
Wed, March 10 – Manchester Orchestra
Thu, March 11 – Gin Wigmore

Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Wed, March 10 – The Temper Trap

Thu, March 11 – Ryan Bingham

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Mon, March 8 – Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Tue, March 9 – The Allman Brothers Band

Thu, March 11 – Broken Bells
Fri, March 12 – Vampire Weekend

Last Call with Carson Daly

Mon, March 8 – Daniel Merriweather (Repeat)
Tue, March 9 – Weezer
Wed, March 10 – Lisa Hannigan
Thu, March 11 – David Gray
Fri, March 12 – Lily Allen

Other Shows of Interest

Sat, March 6 – Saturday Night Live featuring Pearl Jam

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists New Album and Tour Dates

February 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists New Album and Tour Dates

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will be releasing their latest album, The Brutalist Bricks on LP, CD and via all popular digital storefronts March 9. Recorded throughout 2009 at Brooklyn’s Seaside Lounge, Bricks could be the most confident, kinetic and varied work in Ted’s canon.

Exploring new ground for Ted, Bricks showcases his singer-songwriter side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots. With a work ethic and a commitment to touring bordering on maniacal, the next two months has Ted performing up and down both coasts.

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Tour Dates

March 11 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
March 12 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot
March 13 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
March 14 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
March 15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
March 18 Spokane, WA The Blvd
March 19 Seattle, WA Nuemo’s
March 20 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
March 21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
March 23 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
March 24 Santa Barbara, CA Soho Restaurant & Music Club
March 26 Pomona, CA The Glass House
March 27 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
March 28 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
March 31 Austin, TX The Parish Room April
April 02 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
April 03 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
April 04 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
April 05 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
April 07 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
April 08 Washington, DC 930 Club
April 09 New York, NY Irving Plaza
April 10 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Friday Playlist: Beatles Covers

October 9th, 2009 | No Comments

THEY REALLY ARE FAB

There’s just something about a Beatles song. Swathed in nostalgia but brilliant even without all the added heft of history and reputation, and we couldn’t think of a nicer way to usher in the weekend than a baker’s dozen of choice renditions.

We tried to sniff out a few things you might not be familiar with – the fractured wackiness of Eugene Chadbourne and Shockabilly‘s “Day Tripper” or Nina Simone‘s use of Lennon-McCartney’s “Revolution” as a springboard for a real civil rights sermon – but also dipped into interesting covers by The Black Crowes (“Strawberry Fields Forever”), The Secret Machines (“Blue Jay Way”) and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (“I’m Looking Through You”). But, you’d be hard pressed to find two artists having more fun with The Beatles’ catalog than our kickoff pairing of Al Green (“I Want To Hold Your Hand”) and Black Oak Arkansas (“Taxman”).

And yes, we know we could have picked a bunch of different Beatles covers. Really, what band has been covered more? Feel free to chime in on your favorites in our comments section, and in the meantime, press play and wing your way to PepperlandÂ…

And check out last week’s Playlist, which was our second installment of the “Cream of ’09″ with standout tracks from some of this year’s best new albums.

Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, who plans to do more of these Beatles cover things in the futureÂ…