It’s just as I expected! Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk will return to touring after 8 years. After noticing his name on a couple of music festivals for this year, I suspected that it wouldn’t end there. Announced today, Girl Talk will go on a North American tour and somehow San Francisco seems to be off the list. Is this a sign that we’re too old to be participating in our usual antics?
While listening to his albums is not quite like an in-concert experience, I’ll take new music any day. For all of my friends attending around the country, enjoy!
04-29 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues 05-01 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE 05-02 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre 05-03 Chicago, IL – Metro 05-05 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue 05-07 Kansas City, MO – The Truman 05-08 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre 05-09 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot 05-11 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom 05-12 Seattle, WA – The Showbox 05-13 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom 05-15 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex 05-16 San Diego, CA – House of Blues 05-18 Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin 05-19 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater 05-21 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel 05-22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 05-23 Boston, MA – Royale 06-07 New York, NY – The Governors Ball Music Festival
And yes, my heart is pretty much broken. The first text that I wake up to should never have to be about one of my favorite bands breaking up, but that was this morning for me. Minus the Bear is my youth. Growing up, I probably had a much stronger attachment to songs and bands than the average teenager, but that was just who I was – overly passionate. When I discovered “Pachuca Sunrise” it was kind of like a glass shattering experience for me. From then on, I never let go of Minus the Bear. I went to a handful of their concerts and when it came time for me to organize one of my most important shows, I even tried to reach out to them. It was a life goal of mine, even at 16, to try and book Minus the Bear. I still remember the moment where my mentor had thought that I was being a little ambitious, but encouraged me to try anyways.
All that said, I can’t say that I’m surprised. These guys have been around for so long and now it’s time for them to live out their lives with their families. They will surely be missed. 17 years is quite a run to be proud of and their legacy will continue to live on in their six albums. To say farewell to all of their fans, the band will be doing one last tour kicking off on October 9th. I have no idea how to end this post other than that I’ll be listening to Planet of Ice and Menos El Oso the rest of the night. Goodbye.
This lineup poster is really deceiving because Miguel and Sufjan Stevens are near the bottom when they should clearly be a little closer to the top. Turns out, it’s just in alphabetical order. Way to step outside of the box this year and do what no other music festival lineups ever do.
Things that Pitchfork was disappointed about in 2015 [Pitchfork]
Also, just want to note that there will be many more round-up posts as we get closer to the end of the year! I just need to wrap everything up with work first before my focus shifts to Yow Yow! Don’t worry, we’ll do our usuals that we love to do every year and look forward to.
– Because everyone here is obsessed with Blue Bottle’s New Orleans Iced Coffee – here’s how you can prepare your own at home! [BlueBottle] – I pretty much do the short version of this every morning at work 😉
Tickets for the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival are on sale now. Three-day passes are available for $130 and single day passes are $60. Three-day passes always sell out very quickly, so act fast!
Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
Friday:
Beck
Giorgio Moroder
Sun Kil Moon
Factory Floor
Death Grips
The Haxan Cloak
Sharon Van Etten
Saturday:
Neutral Milk Hotel
tUnE-yArDs
Mas Ysa
Pusha T
The Range
DIIV
Ka
Circulatory System
The Julie Ruin
Coachella confirmed last week that OutKast would be reuniting for the major music festival, but don’t worry if you didn’t snag your tickets because you’ll be able to catch OutKast at 40 other music festivals this year. We just know that one of them will be Sasquatch or Bumbershoot or BOTH! The special music festival tour is to “to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their unique and influential sound”.
Specific dates have yet to be released, but it’s only a matter of time before all of our favorite music festivals begin unveiling their lineups. If your city doesn’t have a major music festival in it, it’s likely that they will have some random cities sprinkled in as well.
I saw Big Boi at Bumbershoot in 2011 and all I was hoping for was Andre 3000 to come out and surprise everyone on stage. That never happened, unfortunately, but now I know it’s really not too late!
