Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Coachella, Fashion, H&M, Music, Music Festivals, Sasquatch, Spring Trends 2010, Trend Report
Spring has hit Seattle very early this year!! I am pleased to announce some of my favorite upcoming trends for the season as requested by a reader of Yow Yow! If you ever have any suggestions at all about what you want to see on the blog, just send a comment my way and let me know :)
1. Jewel Tones – Typically meant for winters, but I think I’m going to love seeing splashes of emeralds, sapphires, and ruby colors mixed in with crisp whites for the spring. It will add a little bit of spontaneity that no one will expect in your outfit.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bonnaroo, YouTube, Music, Music Festivals, Coachella, Song of the Day, Sasquatch, Local Natives, Cavil at Rest, We Could Love, SXSW, Bon
Cavil at Rest – We Could Love
Before Local Natives became a band, they were Cavil at Rest and they were amazing. I really wish that they would have continued with Cavil because they had so much potential and I thought they were doing well then one day all of a sudden, they decided to change their name and their music. I don’t not like Local Natives, I enjoy listening to them, but Cavil will always have a special place in my heart first before them.
Now they are so big that they will be performing at SXSW, Coachella, Sasquatch, and Bonnaroo. I guess they’re happy.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, Events, Music, Music Festivals, News, Olympics, Sports, Vancouver, Washington, Winter Olympics
I love Vancouver. Vancouver, Canada that is, not Vancouver, Washington. Even though I’m not from there I am loving the hype it is gaining for the Winter Olympics right now. Since the Olympics are a huge event and there will be many more people flowing in and out of the city during this time, they have decided to put on a free music festival for two weeks (Feb 12-28!)
PS the animals for their design are super cute. I want!
Here’s the list underneath the cut:
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Andrew McMahon, Bamboozle, Music, Music Festivals, News, Quotes, Something Corporate
Everyone was super excited to hear that Something Corporate would be one of the headliners this year at Bamboozle, but little did we know, big news was on the way. Something even bigger. Something Corporate had gone back into the studio to record once again and will be debuting their “Best of” album in April or May.
The new album will also include some re-recordings of demos that never made the final cut for the other two Something Corporate albums. Andrew McMahon commented, ““We went back into the studio sort of with the idea that we wouldn’t be bringing in brand new material so we could get it done quickly and not have to do a bunch of pre-production and stuff. We just hung out in the studio for a week. First time we had been in a studio together in, God, probably four or five years.”
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: California, Coachella, Events, Music, Music Festivals, News, Paul Tollet, Scandal, This or That
The Coachella festival planners have officially decided to scrap all single-day tickets. This year attendees will only be allowed to purchase a three-day ticket pass for $269. Hello, do they not know that people can’t afford to attend a music festival all three days? Time is money, and money is not something we all have. Sometimes it is convenient for us to just choose one day that has all that we are looking for.
In light of the forceful three day pass – they have decided to cut the camping fees from $57 to $55. Oh damn a whole two dollars!
So what is the reason behind all of this? Festival architect Paul Tollet says, “The single- and two-day people are clogging up the hotels and making it so people who want to go for three days can’t find a hotel.”
Clearly this isn’t a good enough reason for everyone else. Fans of the festival are fuming and won’t let this sit quietly, but will all their noise make a difference in the end? Who knows?
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bamboozle, Music, Music Festivals, News
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: California, Coachella, Events, Indio, Music, Music Festivals, News
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Events, Festival Kinetik, Montreal, Music, Music Festivals, News
Montreal’s Festival Kinetik has just released their lineup of bands for the event.
For electro/industrial/noise/hardcore fans
…I know none of these bands.
Source
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Blood Cells, Bumbershoot, Concerts, El Corazon, Events, Kane Hodder, Music, Music Festivals, Out on the Town, Schoolyard Heroes, Seattle, Sirens Sister, These Arms Are Snakes
Schoolyard Heroes and Kane Hodder will lay to rest in their graves tonight after they perform for their last show EVER. Both bands have had quite the following over the years and will be missed amongst the hardcore crowd. I once witnessed a Schoolyard Heroes performance at Bumbershoot in 2007 and by the end of the set my face was melted off.
If you’re looking for a riot or a place to get down, this is your calling tonight. They may just make you feel like you have never been to a concert worthy of even being called a concert until you have seen them. You can bet that they will go all out.
Show takes place at El Corazon tonight. 8 PM. $15. All ages. Other acts include: Sirens Sister, These Arms Are Snakes, and Blood Cells.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Events, Lilith Fair, Music, Music Festivals, News
How’s the lineup looking this year?
A Fine Frenzy
Ann Atomic
Ash Koley
Brandi Carlile
Butterfly Boucher
Chairlift
Chantal Kreviazuk
Colbie Caillat
Corinne Bailey Rae
Donna De Lory
Emmylou Harris
Erykah Badu
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: All Time Low, Amber Pacific, Cash Cash, Cobra Starship, Events, Fall Out Boy, Hey Monday, Jay Sean, Jingle Bell Bash, Justin Beiber, KISS 106.1, Lady Gaga, Music, Music Festivals, Natasha Bedingfield, News, Push Play, Seattle, The All American Rejects, The Jonas Brothers, The Maine, The Pussycat Dolls, This Providence, We the Kings
Every year, KISS 106.1 hosts Jingle Bell Bash and usually you can expect the typical mainstream artists that they always play on the radio. It’s become a little bit predictable when you see Fall Out Boy, The Pussycat Dolls, The Jonas Brothers and Natasha Bedingfield on a lineup
This year, KISS 106.1 has become… what’s the word…scene? It’s not quite mainstream completely, but they’ve chosen a lineup of bands that to the rest of the world might all sound similar. I know they’re not only because I’ve been listening to these bands for quite some time, but what is their fan base going to think when they see no hip hop? They could’ve been expecting Lady Gaga, Jay Sean, or that adorable 15-year old Justin Beiber.
So who did KISS 106.1 choose for this year?
- The All American Rejects
- Cobra Starship
- All Time Low (more…)
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Battle of the Bands, Bumbershoot, Dyno Jamz, EMP, EMP | SMF Sound Off!, Events, Music, Music Festivals, News, Seattle
The most coveted Battle of the Bands is back for another round in the Northwest. Last year, we saw Dyno Jamz take first place and this past weekend saw them dominating the stage at Bumbershoot. Who will be next year’s winners?
The EMP | SMF Sound Off! is now taking entries for the 2010 competition via online here: www.empsfm.org/soundoff
Send in your apps by November 9, 2009 to enter. Every participant/member of your band must be 21 or under as of March 6, 2010.
Previous bands that have been a part of this competition include: The Lonely Forest, New Faces, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, the Oregon Donor, Man Down Medic, Schoolard Heroes, Dyme Def
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot '09, Drink, Events, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Memorial Stadium, Music, Music Festivals, Review, Seattle, Sheryl Crow, Starbucks
Katy Perry
I swear, I went into this this performance with an open mind, but I’ll be honest, when “I Kissed A Girl,” I came out, I just couldn’t understand the mainstream hype. When I walked into Memorial Stadium, I gave Katy a clean slate. I was prepared to be blown away by her voice, which I have always thought was decent, but instead I was disappointed. No, I wasn’t disappointed, I just stopped caring and was you know that term… “over it?”
Katy Perry is a character. She wears the red lipstick, she has the unique outfits, she’s like MIA or Lady Gaga (almost.) She’s a little risque because she kisses girls! oooh! The performance, however, did not live up to her character. It was almost as if everything I’ve ever heard about her was played up so much that people have forgotten if she could perform or not.
She did make her apologies to the crowd by saying she didn’t get a lot of sleep the night before because she had wanted to be on time for Bumbershoot. Okay, I’ll give her that one. Another time she said, “I need a Starbucks!” In my head, I was thinking “Good God, I need a Starbucks to get me through watching this performance!”
Her performance slot was at 2:30 meaning she was still a big act for the mainstage, but not quite as big as Sheryl Crow for the headliner on the mainstage later that evening. Maybe the girl thought she needed to say more shocking things to boost up her wow factor or something, but it was very unnecessary indeed by saying “I know you’re not here for me, you’re here for someone else.” While, yes, that is true, we didn’t think you actually had to SAY it.
Her audience was mainly teenage girls (as expected) with just a dash of male presence, obviously the boyfriends of those girls. Everyone else seemed to not be paying that much attention to her. In one last attempt, after performing her last song, Perry decided to rage on stage by raising up her giant red lipstick before throwing it to stage with all her might.
I asked my friend, “What’d you think of her performance?”
“It seemed kind of half-assed,” he responded.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: "Heat It Up", "Universal Love", Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot '09, Dyno Jamz, EMP Sound Off!, Events, Music, Music Festivals, Review, Seattle, University of Washington, Zac Millan
I just transferred all of my notes from my Blackberry to a word document. Most tedious thing ever. Originally, I wanted to do one big post of all the bands I was reviewing, but you know what, I think all of the bands deserve their own recognition.
Dyno Jamz
I’ve been waiting to catch a Dyno Jamz performance for a very long time. The guys were playing pretty early around 12:30, so luckily I arrived at the festival with ten minutes to spare. Dyno Jamz continued to acquire more and more attention this year as they competed in the EMP Sound Off! competition triumphing through every round until finally taking first place. One part of the prize (of quite a few parts) landed them a gig at Seattle’s largest and most anticipated music festival Bumbershoot this year.
The best way for me to describe their sound is like a jazz ensemble complimented by rap lyrics. The two mesh together so well that I couldn’t imagine them separately. Another thing I love about this band is how humbled I feel they are about the whole experience. These guys are students over at UW! You can tell from seeing them on that stage that they are very grateful to be there and expressed that by sharing their love for the crowd.
My favorite song by them is “Universal Love,” but when MC Zac Millan showed us his softer side with the song “Heat It Up,” my heart swooned a little bit as a I felt like I was falling into some weird dream state! I know…it was weird. Songs do that to me sometimes.
Watching their performance was the perfect start to my day! Whether or not a possible career may come out of this, who knows, I think I would like to see them take it to that level. The band has great potential, I mean they’re making teenagers LOVE jazz, which is definitely a refreshing sight to see. The guys of Dyno Jamz don’t look like rockstars [yet], but they are proving to be very well deserved winners.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bumbershoot, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Music, Music Festivals, OA's, School, Seattle, Seattle University, TheOvercast.net
I was just catching up with my friend Pauline tonight when we both discovered our common interest in both music and writing. It started with an, “Oh you saw Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground at Bumbershoot yesterday?” and lead to “They played at one of my shows awhile ago we should go see them together and finished off with a bang! A “I run a blog ish site.”
And if I lost you already the convo went – Pauline-me-Pauline. (in a jist)
So everyone go check out her site! It’s awesome because she’s got interviews with bands and reviews of albums and she runs it all on her own.
We decided that we’re gonna collaborate, someday somehow.
