Dreamers of the Ghetto have a couple of songs posted around online. I dig it, I think they'll make some waves on the XM/88.1 type scene.

Frontier Ruckus does a decent live show. Saw them at the Local 506 months back.

8/17/2011 11:09:13 PM

Quote :

"I think they'll make some waves on the XM/88.1 type scene. "

What does this mean?

8/18/2011 10:41:41 AM

Hopscotch is getting some national press, even being mentioned in the USA Today:

Quote :

"Yesterday, while DJ-ing in the Pop Candy Turntable room, someone asked if I was heading to Hopscotch this year. I had no idea what she was talking about. It turns out the Hopscotch Music Festival is a huge reason to head down to Raleigh, N.C., in a few weeks. (And I really should, since I have relatives down there.) The massive Hopscotch lineup includes performances by the Black Lips, J Mascis, Guided by Voices (what?!), Superchunk, Vivian Girls, Toro Y Moi, The Flaming Lips and dozens of other indie bands. If you live nearby, it sounds like a not-to-miss weekend. Hopscotch runs Sept. 8-10. Tickets are on sale now, starting at a very reasonable $32."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2011/08/looking-for-a-hip-new-music-fest-try-hopscotch/1

Does this mean that Hopscotch is too mainstream for all of the hipsters?

8/18/2011 11:33:16 AM

fuck off

8/18/2011 11:41:28 AM

88.1

TYPE

SCENE

8/18/2011 11:48:55 AM

Quote :

"Does this mean that Hopscotch is too mainstream for all of the hipsters?"

because a festival headlined by public enemy in its first year surely only caters to hipsters...

8/18/2011 6:54:04 PM

i used to be all about that 88.1 type scene back when it was called

...nvm, you prolly never heard of it.

8/18/2011 7:38:06 PM

Dreamers of the Ghetto is a band that Grayson Currin is currently tweeting about non-stop.

8/18/2011 8:18:40 PM

he kind of has to

8/18/2011 9:04:56 PM

I got a photo pass!

8/18/2011 9:16:52 PM

was it any different than last year?

I know last year all you had to do was show up with a camera and you could get one

8/18/2011 9:17:58 PM

I've never heard of half these guys...

This guys here is DEAD.

Cross...him off then.

8/18/2011 9:38:36 PM

^^^^ Okay, the bandy he's been tweeting about non-stop for two weeks. I don't get it, but they're not any worse than Drive-By Truckers.

8/18/2011 10:39:24 PM

yeah, they are the definition of an emergency fill-in

trying to think of who I would have called or just moved up the bill

8/18/2011 10:43:02 PM

LOL

Amen on the Driveby Truckers hate.

8/18/2011 10:46:43 PM

classic example of a band I don't like, but enough people who I respect do

just not for me (and a lot of you)

8/18/2011 10:49:05 PM

Quote :

"was it any different than last year? I know last year all you had to do was show up with a camera and you could get one"

Yeah I mean last year the camera policy wasn't strict at all, and it probably won't be this year either.

Although I already bought a VIP wristband so I guess I'm going to sell that, I hope photo gets you everywhere VIP does

[Edited on August 19, 2011 at 12:06 AM. Reason : .]

8/18/2011 11:37:17 PM

Quote :

"or just moved up the bill"

yeah I had figured they would bump someone up (Titus? Black Lips?) before they added a band that literally no one has heard of

8/19/2011 1:25:10 AM

merh buh bergh buh wiggg that she worrereeee used TOB E A COP

TWANG

jason is-uh-bell'n in ouurrra band

fuck

that

shit.

8/19/2011 1:29:33 AM

But seriously, the best I can come up with as to how people like the Drive By Truckers is their satire in lyric. They depict all these tragic (in lack of a better word) scenarios that rednecks are accustomed to, and people around this area can relate to that because of family?

If there's any other reason that people like them, you need to stop hanging out with said people...

8/19/2011 1:36:40 AM

i thought you were going to stop hating?

8/19/2011 10:26:33 AM

It was a latenight hater kinda moment. I was catalyzed by others' dislike for THE TRUCKERS.

8/19/2011 10:28:19 AM

I cant go but last year was fun!

8/19/2011 10:30:12 AM

I'm a big fan of the Truckers and I think they're a pretty seminal band. The arrangements are well-thought-out, the songs plain rock (it's harder than it sounds to write a good song that plain rocks and, make no mistake, the Truckers make it sound easy), and, most importantly, the storytelling of Mike Cooley and Pat Hood is unrivaled in music currently.

And, no, I don't really think their songs are satirical. Some of them are funny, definitely, but more of them are poignant stories of well-intentioned, good men that are overcome and generally mistreated by institutions that are bigger than they are. Men that are displaced by technological and industrial advancement. Men that are stripped of their sole purpose in life (or worse) by people and entities that they've never even seen. Cooley and Hood have distinct voices as songwriters: they're pissed-off, proud, uneducated yet intelligent southerners who write with a rebellious, populist bent, and I love that about them.

As far as the music, I don't know, you either like their brand of rock and roll or you don't. I personally love unabashed rock and roll that eschews what's currently considered cool in favor of more traditional rock, as long as it's done by talented musicians who are smart about it. In my opinion, the Truckers are definitely talented musicians and they're definitely smart about it.

8/19/2011 12:06:43 PM

I just put them up there with Wilco as being incredibly boring.

8/19/2011 12:33:44 PM

We (White Cascade) are hosting a day party at Isaac Hunter's on Sat 9/10 1-5pm. You all are invited.



White Cascade and Deep Space Recordings present An Incredibly Dense Cluster of Stars - A Hopscotch Day Party

1pm mutant league
2pm maple stave
3pm white cascade
4pm a rooster for the masses

djing in between sets from Tilson of Goodbye, Titan

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238820069488482

21+ free.

[Edited on August 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM. Reason : .]

8/24/2011 12:49:32 PM

if they can get rid of the smell of vomit between now and then, I'll be there

8/24/2011 1:11:24 PM

Guided by Voices should play Sadlacks for Hopscotch, so I can say bon voyage to two things that have been around for 30 years I don't like.

8/24/2011 3:28:48 PM

I just heard about this from a friend.

And I think this is like the first time I've ever posted in entertainment.

Considering.

8/24/2011 11:17:03 PM

So are you gonna buy a ticket then? If not, it's probably best you not waste Entertainment's time.

8/25/2011 12:39:47 AM

Quote :

"And Foreign Exchange, what the fuck is this shit?"

some good shit

fuck you

8/25/2011 12:42:56 AM

I am going to pack a suitcase for Hopscotch weekend and I live 4 miles from downtown

8/25/2011 12:47:04 AM

Yeah, if you like your toothpaste substituted with Vagisil, I guess it is good.

8/25/2011 12:47:14 AM

Neosporin wasn't cutting it

8/25/2011 12:49:45 AM

If you're homosexual, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, settledown. I have many friends that are. They're just not in denial.

8/25/2011 12:51:53 AM

wouldn't mind throwing Vagisil at xiu xiu, though

8/25/2011 12:54:53 AM

The Foreign Exchange.


The world we live in, folks.

8/25/2011 12:56:14 AM

i love the cock and i love Foreign Exchange

but the two have nothing to do with each other

fuck you

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 12:57 AM. Reason : Connected = classic]

8/25/2011 12:57:00 AM

I would rather see the Tomahawks at Deep South than step foot into a venue that's offering free beer while the Foreign Exchange are playing.

8/25/2011 1:03:32 AM

you are a soulless sack of meat and water

8/25/2011 1:19:39 AM

Quote :

"Tomahawks at Deep South"

Oy.

8/25/2011 3:34:42 AM

anyone want a VIP pass?

8/30/2011 4:01:53 AM

For free?

8/30/2011 11:30:35 AM

The Foreign Exchange is missing something to me
i was just listening to a lot their stuff on youtube and its not terrible (to me) but nothing i would buy or download. cant put my finger on it. not sure if i would see them live ... to mellow

this is the R&B sounding group right? i hope i was listening the right group. Eyes To The Sky wasnt bad. kinda like that one.

8/30/2011 4:00:13 PM

ive got an extra all shows pass for sale if anybody is looking

8/30/2011 4:16:11 PM

no, not for free -__-

8/30/2011 5:25:27 PM

i have an extra VIP wristband

8/30/2011 11:54:23 PM

I was just giving settledown shit either way. Pretty sure he understands this is the Internet.

Anyway.

I'm honestly trying to think of a reason to be VIP this year, and really can't think of one. Advertise on CL and see what you get is probably going to be your best bet.

8/31/2011 12:30:32 AM

nah i'm trading it for tits

8/31/2011 8:11:58 AM

Were you a VIP last year? Because it saved me a ton of headaches.

8/31/2011 1:16:56 PM