Festivals
Hundred Visions will be your next search on Spotify if you’re into jam bands. Assuming you’re reading this on The Grateful Web, you are. I saw them at my first official showcase of SXSW, at one of Austin’s best under-the-radar music venues, Hotel Vegas.
If you only saw one show at SXSW, I hope it was Polica. If you didn’t see them, I hope you’re listening to them in your cubicle right now. Although, to be fair, their recordings don’t do them justice. The band’s live performances are like breathing life and reality into the abstract. If bands were pieces of art they’d be a Picasso masterpiece.I saw them at Banger’s, an outdoor venue on Austin’s Rainey Street which never disappoints. The backyard was at max capacity as soon as the show began. At the beginning, there was a clear
Considering what they’ve done, it’s hard to believe London Grammar released their first album If You Wait a mere six months ago. It featured their already-popular EP Metal & Dust from earlier in the year. Immediately, they were on the radar, hitting the top of the charts in UK and Australia. One more example, last week they opened for Coldplay. Yes, really. It sounds beyond ludicrous that they have already had so much success, until you hear them.Following Hannah Reid’s {vocalist} and Dan Rothman’s {guita
Wakarusa Music Festival is teaming up with several national and local non-profits organizations. The non-profit will have a chance to share materials and their mission on-site at Wakarusa, June 5-8, 2014 on Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, AR.
The 5th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival will take place at the historic Monterey County Fairgrounds from May 23-25, 2014. This year’s impressive lineup combines the best talent from the progressive US Reggae scene with SOJA, Rebelution, 311, and Pepper with Jamaican favorites including Steel Pulse, Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, and many more.
PLM's Paul Basic (http://www.paulbasic.com/) sits down to answer your questions live about the upcoming SnowBall Music Festival in Denver, CO (http://snowballmusicfestival.com/) April 4th-6th.
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Gent Jazz Festival 2014 presents musicians from the new generation on the Garden Stage every day of the festival, while on the main stage a traditional and carefully balanced mix of international top names and recent projects can be heard.
It’s late afternoon at Javelina and I’m starting to sweat. The unpredictable Austin weather is up to its old tricks, and I’m drowning in layers. I just finished my beer and am about to go do some more aimless wandering, following the sounds of good music or loud cheers, when the guy next to me at the bar strikes up conversation. He’s from California, a pediatrician, an obvious Austin enthusiast, and had a friend who knows a guy that knows the girl who’s about to play next. She’s supposed to be really good, he says. That line gets me every time.Ten minutes into her set, I’m so glad I st
