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Happy Saturday everyone! The weather outside my window today is absolutely miserable, but not wanting to let that get me down I decided to choose a Song of the Day that really gets you moving. Electric Guest is a new band I started listening to recently and they’ll be at this year’s Sasquatch music festival!
– Sasquatch will not be selling any single day tickets at this point.
Also the Bonnaroo website is so much prettier than Sasquatch’s this year.
Who’s excited by this news?
More importantly, who’s going?!
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Oh I’ve been waiting all day for this because this year…THIS YEAR I will be attending Sasquatch. I decided earlier this week that it was just unacceptable for me to pass up on the festival especially since it’s the one festival that I haven’t been to in Washington – well the only one that matters anyway.
Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Beirut, Girl Talk, The Roots, The Head & The Heart, Portlandia, Feist, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Explosions In The Sky, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Nero (DJ), M. Ward, John Reilly & Friends, Childish Gambino, St. Vincent, The Civil Wars, Jamey Johnson, Little Dragon, Tune-Yards, Wild Flag, Blind Pilot, Wolfgang Gartner, Beats Antique, Apparat, The Walkmen, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Mark Lanegan Band, Spiritualized, Blitzen Trapper, The Cave Singers, Shabazz Palaces, Fun., Grouplove, Tycho, Sbtrkt, Strfkr, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Deer Tick, Imelda May, Alabama Shakes, Dum Dum Girls, The Helio Sequence, Kurt Vile, Cloud Cult, We Are Augustines, Ben Howard, Here We Go Magic, Zola Jesus, The War On Drugs, Shearwater, Cass McCombs, Active Child, Trampled By Turtles, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Araabmuzik, Star Slinger, L.A. Riots, Com Truise, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, I Break Horses, Walk The Moon, Dry The River, Allen Stone, Pickwick, Hey Marseilles, Gary Clark Jr., Purity Ring, Electric Guest, Yellow Ostrich, Nobody Beats The Drum, Coeur De Pirate, Lord Huron, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, Beat Connection, The Sheepdogs, Hey Rosetta!, Said The Whale, Howlin Rain, Gardens & Villa, Felix Cartal, Craft Spells, Vintage Trouble, Poor Moon, Black Whales, Gold Leaves, Greylag, Awesome Tapes From Africa
Thee Satisfaction, Dyme Def, Fresh Espresso, The Physics, Sol, Metal Chocolates, Grynch, Spac3man, Don’t Talk To The Cops, Scribes, Fatal Lucciauno, Fly Moon Royalty, Katie Kate
Update: I didn’t include comedy because let’s be real – you go for the tunes.
Or you can view the entire lineup in vimeo form! It’s just more fun this way.
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-The Kids Are All Right actress Mia Wasikowska is the new face of Miu Miu and featured in their latest campaign. [Source]
– Paul & Joe’s new beauty campaign is all about cats! [Source]
– Whitney Port will have her first runway show at New York Fashion Week. [Source]
-Viva Model Management has signed Lykke Li. [Source]
– Kristen Stewart is the new face for Balenciaga Fragrance. [Source]
-Lana Del Rey covers Billboard. Have you heard of her yet? Dis girl be blowing up! [Source]
-Tavi gets even more cooler; featured in a Wilco music video. [Source]
-Lil Wayne will publish a memoir about his days in prison. [Source]
– Katy Perry’s parents try to play matchmaker and want to set her up with Tim Tebow. [Source]
– WELP! Coachella sold out in three hours for both weekends. [Source]
– The Sasquatch lineup will be revealed Feb. 2nd and City Arts Fest 2012 will be Oct. 18-20th, 2012. [1 and 2]
– Emma Roberts has pulled out of Spring Breakers due to a conflict in creative differences. The movies stars Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, and James Franco. [Source]
– Kim Kardashian will host Live With Kelly! on Jan. 23rd. [Source]
– MTV’s Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer is expecting twins again. [Source] Oh what’s up Kate Gosslin 2.0
– Zooey Deschanel and Channing Tatum will host Saturday Night Live. [Source]
-ABC’s “Work It” about two men cross dressing to find work was cancelled after two episodes. [Source]
– Congratulations to former Coffee Haus performers Champagne Champagne! The hip-hop trio will open for Wu-Tang Clan on their Seattle date. [Source]
– Philadelphia is the most depressing city to live in, and unfortunately, Seattle is in the top 5. [Source]
– Homegrown’s Turkey + Bacon + Avocado Sandwich is their best selling sandwich for 33 months! [Source] This is actually my favorite and I can vouch for it. If you haven’t tried it yet, you must!
– Michelle Obama is officially on Twitter. [Source]
– Nevermind Sinhead ‘O Connor ends marriage again. [Source]
– The dessert for the Golden Globes will have gold flakes dusted on top of it! [Source]
Sasquatch is leading the pack by making their 4-day passes available for purchase this Friday, Nov 25th at 10AM. If there’s anything you should be purchasing on Black Friday, it’s this. The entire lineup will be released February 2012, but I wouldn’t be surprised if tickets for the festival sold out beforehand considering the fact that Sasquatch has delivered again and again every year some of the best up-and-coming and mainstream acts in the indie music scene.
Last weekend, I had the chance to see a private performance from Minus the Bear at the Vera Project because they were promoting the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project. I didn’t get a chance to talk about the show in a previous post because I was so pumped about meeting Suchin Pak though! My bad, sowwy!
It’s been a few years since I last saw them perform. The first time I saw them, I was w/ my best friend at Neumos on a school night. Reckless behavior. Before they got on stage, they set up plush white tigers on top of the speakers to set the mood. I can’t remember if they were promoting Planet of Ice or if it was the album before. I do, however, remember attending a laser show for Planet of Ice to preview the whole CD before it came out in the summer of 2007. Minus the Bear didn’t need the tigers at their recent performance though. Since I saw them last, their sound has matured and so did they naturally. They have come a long way since Pachuca Sunrise, which is still one of my favorite songs. There is more structure and cohesiveness apparent throughout their entire new CD Omni. For Planet of Ice, we heard bionic and futuristic sounds that different from their previous two albums. With Omni, each part within a song – intro, chorus, bridge is emphasized. They’ve also upped their game in terms of performance. This past week, they performed on Jimmy Kimmel and I couldn’t be more proud of them.
Along with a show review, I guess I’ll give you a CD review too.
Best songs:
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Way to exceed my expectations this past Friday! It had been three years since I last saw them and even back then I had decided that they were one of the best performers I had ever seen. Not much has changed. They have been blowing up all year performing at some of the biggest names in music festivals including this year’s Coachella, Sasquatch, and Bonnaroo. They began their entrance with a thick fog emerging off the stage and into the crowd. It wasn’t long before the lasers appeared, which really got the crowd excited. [myself included] They performed tracks from their 2010 album American Ghetto as well as last year’s The Satanic Satanist and even songs from when I first started listening to them nearly four years ago.
Portugal. The Man – Thanks for reminding me of what I have been missing from my life.
Musicians and bands left and right are pulling out of their summer tours. The main reason behind this is because they just aren’t generating enough ticket sales. This makes sense. While seeing one of your favorite artists, you are paying a huge chunk of money for them. You’re paying for the time, the costume changes [if there are any] the stage, the lighting. You’re paying for an all out show. Many others, like myself, can’t afford that. Why see one main headliner this summer like Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, and Lady Gaga when you can go to a festival and see more of your favorite acts for that same price or less. Sure, you don’t get the extravagant set, but who needs it? Those musicians became your favorite because of their sound right? That’s exactly what you’re going to get.
Actually I need to retract the statement above haha You won’t be seeing Christina Aguilera because she canceled her tour and Rihanna may cancel dates as well due to poor ticket sales.
Sasquatch has come and gone. KUBE 93’s Summer Jam is this Friday, [like I care haha] Capitol Hill Block Party will dominate the summer in Seattle, and Bumbershoot will close it out. We’re lucky to have as many music festivals as we do in our area. This is the reason why artists above aren’t selling their tickets. I feel bad for main acts that are having to cancel their tours and such, but maybe they should just headline music festivals instead.
I have one take on it, here is Billboard’s
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What a great song this is…
I will have lots and lots of posts for you this weekend!! The countdown to summer has already begun and even though this is my hardest week it has been the best week. Here’s hoping that a little sunshine will come through for you this Memorial Day Weekend.
Have fun @ Sasquatch, Folk Life, Chelan or wherever you are!