Pretty Lights and Bassnectar brah

truly essential electronic acts

2/15/2011 3:52:37 PM

Benicassim Festival 2011 - July 14 -17th in Benicassim, Spain.

2/15/2011 3:56:20 PM

in epic lolz fests

http://www.rocklahoma.com/

2/15/2011 4:09:24 PM

There are a solid 25+ bands I'd like to see at Bonnaroo.

2/15/2011 4:16:23 PM

^yeah...you're not gonna like everything on the lineup, but if there's 30 acts i wanna see on the initial lineup...to me that's pretty great and it's definitely gonna keep me wayyyy entertained all weekend.

friday night has the potential to be the most epic night ever. ideally, the What Stage will be:

neil & buffalo springfield: 5:30-7:30
arcade fire (HL):8:30-10:30
my morning jacket from 11:30-2 (but in this scenario, i imagine mmj playing closer to 3)

that would be just too perfect for words. i imagine saturday going Black Keys>Eminem (HL)>Lil Wayne on the What Stage, with String Cheese Incident getting a late-night on the Which Stage. And I think The Strokes will close the Which Stage on Sunday. If all that happens, I will have fun all weekend. Hope they get !!! to play Thursday, I'm really looking forward to them.

[Edited on February 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM. Reason : .]

2/15/2011 6:06:43 PM

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"in epic lolz fests http://www.rocklahoma.com/"

holy fucking hell, lol

2/15/2011 6:47:37 PM

Worst festival lineup ever?

http://www.electricforestfestival.com/

The String Cheese Incident (3 Shows), REO Speedwagon, Tiesto, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights

Whole lotta fail. If I see another fucking festival lineup with Bassnectar and Pretty Lights, I'm going to shoot someone. Kudos to Coachella for being the only festival in the word not letting these pieces of shit oversaturate their shitty music at every festival in the world.

2/28/2011 5:37:02 PM

Say what you will about Bassnectar and Pretty Lights, but their shows are really fun.

2/28/2011 9:57:43 PM

I've been to a Bassnectar show. it was not fun. he is not good at what he does. Pretty Lights is also just mediocre electronic music that has become acceptable for bros to like. I guess if you are on ecstasy or acid you have a good time at those shows (let's rage brah!) but really, you could probably have fun at a Ke$ha show if you were on ecstasy

that lineup is every band I hate on that circuit in one place. horrible.

3/1/2011 4:02:04 PM

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"I've been to a Bassnectar show. it was not fun. he is not good at what he does. Pretty Lights is also just mediocre electronic music that has become acceptable for bros to like. I guess if you are on ecstasy or acid you have a good time at those shows (let's rage brah!) but really, you could probably have fun at a Ke$ha show if you were on ecstasy that lineup is every band I hate on that circuit in one place. horrible."

this x 1000

i couldn't believe some people actually started clearing out when bassnectar opened for the FAR superior lcd soundsystem at bonnaroo this past year

P.S. let's rage bruh!

3/1/2011 4:27:16 PM

I've been to both (what you would consider) "high brow" and "low brow" electronic shows and I've had fun at each of them. I build my taste on what my ears like, not what Pitchfork tells me is good. Shove that elitist attitude right up your ass.

[Edited on March 1, 2011 at 4:38 PM. Reason : .]

3/1/2011 4:35:59 PM

I, too, build my tastes off what my ears hear, and I went to a Bassnectar concert, and it wasn't good. and I had fun at a fucking Gwen Stefani and Akon concert a few years ago. I am not too elitist to have a good time at a show.

bad music is bad. 99% of the electronic music in that realm (PL, BN, Disco Biscuits, New Deal, Emancipator, whoever the fuck else is playing that Electric Forest thing) is only popular because it is associated with that the jam band circuit which is a very drug-centric culture. Pretty Lights has somehow caught on with the frat kids and has blown up. doesn't make it good.

the one band I like associated with that scene is the Benevento Russo Duo mostly because that song "Something For Rockets" rules

3/1/2011 4:51:08 PM

Well I'm sorry you didn't enjoy yourself, but your personal taste is not the end-all be-all of good music. Terrible attitude to have.

3/1/2011 5:10:14 PM

^yeah, you're right dude, we should totally rage at pretty lights bruh

3/1/2011 6:31:56 PM

ok bud

3/1/2011 6:39:44 PM

THE UNTZ IS THAT FEELING YOU GET WHEN BROWNIE DROPS THE BOMBS LIKE NAPALM ON YOUR GROOVE JUNGLE AKA SOUL, MANGS CHILLS TO THE SIDE WITH THE SWANG DIP SWANG DIP SWANG DIP, A BUNKER BOMB TO YOUR DEEMSTER TRENCH AKA MINDS EYE. ALAN CHILLS IN THE BACK WITH THE TSKA TSKA TSKA, A GROOVE MISSLE SET ON B'GOCK, AND BARBS BRINGS IT ALL BACK HOME WITH THE DEEDLE DE DEE DEEDLE DE DEE, A PSYCHIC BREAKDOWN MINE, HIDDEN IN THE TRANCE PASTURE, BLOWING OPEN YOUR BISCO CHAKRA, THAT IS THE UNTZ.

BISCO FTW

3/1/2011 6:41:43 PM

Haha...all of this because I went to a Pretty Lights show and enjoyed myself. Why are you taking such offense?

3/1/2011 6:50:37 PM

I'm not taking offense, I was just messing with you.

Edit: but seriously, pretty lights, bassnectar, and bisco all blow

Edit #2: i will add that some of the music i've heard from sts9 isn't the worst music i've ever heard...still, i never seek it out to listen to it.

[Edited on March 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM. Reason : .]

3/1/2011 7:07:45 PM

starfucker rules

3/1/2011 7:52:23 PM

If anyone wants to organize a bus to Rocklahoma, put my name in there.

3/1/2011 9:28:45 PM

Pitchfork Fest initial lineup was announced last week:

http://pitchfork.com/news/41768-pitchfork-festival-three-day-passes-sold-out/

Pretty sure I'm going to go, bought tickets already. I've never been to Chicago before, so should be a lot of fun.

3/8/2011 11:26:37 AM

This New Deal hate is new to me

3/8/2011 1:57:45 PM

http://www.dmbcaravan.com/

flame away...

3/9/2011 11:14:03 AM

This lineup is pretty baller

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/lineup

3/15/2011 3:03:49 PM

^^ghey.

3/15/2011 3:17:29 PM

Bonnaroo lineup additions are pretty disappointing. I may try to go to a comedy show this year though

4/7/2011 4:57:31 PM

Bonnaroo additions were fucking awful. Not one artist I have more than a mild interest in seeing.

The electronic on this year's lineup is beyond pathetic. Fucking Shpongle only compounds that issue. Toss them in with Pretty Lights and Bassnectar in the group of electronic artists that I can't stand.

4/7/2011 5:20:11 PM

at least fucking aziz ansari isn't there. more like aziz notfunni.

4/7/2011 6:21:26 PM

I like Aziz Ansari approximately 2304987239587923587x more than I like Lewis Black.

Seriously, Aziz is probably my favorite comedian right now, him and Demetri Martin. He's fucking hilarious. Lewis Black, on the other hand, I can't stand. Not a Cheech Marin fan, either.

4/7/2011 6:39:39 PM

one of my friends played an entire aziz ansari standup on the way to bonnaroo last year. i maybe chuckled a few times. i was so happy to hear neil hamburger rip on him a couple weeks ago when i saw him in DC. i would love to see neil hamburger on the what stage like chris rock in 08 just so he could troll the shit out of a couple thousand people. i think lewis black is kind of funny. i've laughed really hard at him on the daily show a couple times.

4/7/2011 6:44:31 PM

I honestly don't know how anyone could think Aziz is anything but hilarious. Maybe that's just me. A friend and I went to Aziz in the comedy tent last year and legitimately laughed our asses off for a straight hour. Granted, we were really stoned, but still, that shit was hilarious.

I know who Neil Hamburger is, but I haven't seen/heard anything of his.

[Edited on April 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM. Reason : .]

4/7/2011 6:50:16 PM

moe.down early bird tix are on-sale for $90.
labour day weekend 9/2/11-9/4/11
http://moe.org/festivals/moedown

4/7/2011 7:00:52 PM

i didn't realize how heckle-proof neil hamburger was until i saw him in person

that man is a damn genius

also aziz rules

4/7/2011 7:30:57 PM

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"I honestly don't know how anyone could think Aziz is anything but hilarious"

i've heard a lot of his jokes because i have friends who are into him. i saw him on letterman a while back and didn't find him remotely funny. i can understand his appeal to our generation. i just find him tiresome.

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"I know who Neil Hamburger is, but I haven't seen/heard anything of his."

if you're a fan of anti-humor, there's really no one better with the exception of norm macdonald. neil hamburger is great in environments where people haven't necessarily paid to come see him because if you don't get it, you'll hate it. he frequently gets booed in those situations, which is exactly what he wants, and i'm pretty sure he even had bottles thrown at him at glastonbury.

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"i didn't realize how heckle-proof neil hamburger was until i saw him in person"

haha he is. as soon as he heard someone attempt to yell out, he immediately would go "UUUUGHGHGHGH" or whatever that throat-clearing noise he makes is.

also, i was really hoping TV on the radio would be added to the bonnaroo lineup. they have a pretty big gap between the american and european legs of their tour this year. oh well.

[Edited on April 7, 2011 at 7:54 PM. Reason : TVOTR]

4/7/2011 7:52:58 PM

lollapalooza lineup is out. i don't know why eminem is headlining both this and bonnaroo. other than the cars, ween and bright eyes, there's no one particularly interesting to me that won't also be at bonnaroo. i think as far as the lineup and potential for random collaborations this year, bonnaroo is gonna blow it out of the water.

4/26/2011 8:30:16 AM

lol-apalooza lineup fucking blows

headliners are eminem, foo fighters, coldplay, and muse... to all of those except MAYBE coldplay

4/26/2011 9:02:05 AM

I'd rather see foo fighters than fucking widespread panic

4/26/2011 9:52:54 AM

The girlfriend and I were talking about going to Lollapalooza since we had plans to be in Chicago early in August, but the lineup just doesn't make me really excited about it.

I think it's because I'm just completely lukewarm about every main act and then look at the Coachella lineup and just get horribly disappointed.

4/26/2011 12:02:08 PM

Um. For some reason i've been thinking titus andronicus was playing bonnaroo for the last 2 months, and i just realized that's not the case. Not sure where i got that idea.

4/26/2011 1:11:25 PM

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/10/how-to-be-a-rock-star-a-little-faith-helps/?hpt=C2

lol

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"How to be a rock star: A little faith helps By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Arlington, Virginia (CNN) – Jonathan Slye wanted to be a rock star. The wide-eyed 17-year-old spent part of last summer at a Christian rock camp learning how to be a lead singer. But by November he had another thought: he should throw an epic rock show in his hometown. How hard could it be? In just a few months, Slye – the son of a pastor – managed to land some of the biggest names in Christian hip-hop, rock and heavy metal to play at his Spring Jam Fest this Saturday in nearby Centreville, Virginia. He did it through sheer will and a little faith – and at a fraction of the cost of a professional concert. It helped that no one told him teenagers don’t throw major rock shows. “I was just so fired up for Christ coming home from that camp I said, ‘All right God, what’s my purpose?” Slye said. The theme verse for the camp was from Romans 8:28 in the New Testament: “For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” When he got home, he said, he read and prayed over that verse every night for two months. Finally, around Halloween, clarity came: He would start a radio station for Christian rock, but not until after college. Still, something was nagging at the high school sophomore. He went to a small local Christian rock festival, and then it hit him. He said he felt God’s call to be a rock promoter – right now. “At that point I didn’t have much faith or hope. But [the call] just kept coming. It was annoying. So I decided I’d give it a try,” he said. Slye wanted to put on a rock show as an outreach to his friends to show them Christian music could be cool and have a positive message. Sitting at his kitchen table with his parents, John and Krista Slye, last week, Jonathan Slye excitedly explained to CNN how he set up an email account and starting contacting local and national bands. “I’d like to interject we knew nothing about this,” his father said. The Rev. John Slye is pastor of Grace Community Church, which has 600 members and meets at a middle school. “Well, I didn’t have much hope at the time this would ever turn into something,” the younger Slye said with a sheepish grin. “Jonathan has a lot of energy,” his father said, “so there’s a lot of things that fly around this house. So when he first started talking about it, he’s always loved music, so I’m thinking we’re talking about a small thing. He mentions all these names of bands, I don’t know who these names are. And some of them are crazy names.” At the time, the Slyes thought their son was talking about bringing in a few small local bands to play for free at the middle school. “So I was OK with it,” John Slye said. Little did they know their son was on a hot streak. Every day he would rush home from school, open his laptop and plunge into his fledgling music festival. Bands starting agreeing to come and play. “Finally the switch flipped for me,” his father said. “We got a phone call here and somebody said, ‘Can I talk to Mr. Slye?’ They weren’t looking for me, they were looking for him.” The two then sat down for a father-son chat. By this point, Jonathan already had talked to a number of bands and had struck informal deals for a website and online ticket sales. “When I finally realized what he had done and that he had put a lot of time, energy and effort into a lot of phases of this, actually he surprised me,” John Slye said. “I felt like as a dad I couldn’t just say, ‘We’re not doing this.’ Though you need to know I was and am terrified. Right now.” “Right now,” his wife, Krista Slye, repeats for emphasis. Early on, Jonathan Slye got a huge name to play the festival, Brian “Head” Welch. A co-founder of the heavy metal band Korn, Welch sobered up a few years back, left Korn and found Jesus. He is now touring as a hardcore Christian musician. Slye emailed Welch’s agent, and Welch agreed to play – for a fraction of what he could be getting elsewhere. Welch’s agent also represents P.O.D., one of the most successful Christian bands of all time. The group has sold 11 million records, had hit music videos on MTV, and was equally at home at Christian music festivals and Ozzy Osborne’s Ozzfest tour. So while Slye was on the phone with the agent, the teen offered over $10,000 for P.O.D. to play his show. It was money neither he nor his parents had. And while it’s a huge sum for a family on a pastor’s salary, it was laughably low for a band this popular. But the agent told Slye she would check with the band. “I looked at the bill and saw the bands that were on it and was like, ‘Cool, let’s play,’ only to find out later we got a young kid who just has a heart to go out and outreach and live out his faith and promote a show,” P.O.D. lead singer Sonny Sandoval told CNN. “I’m down with that, I think we share the same heart and the same vision. I look forward to seeing what happens. “When we first started playing shows, we were all 17. Everybody started somewhere. There were guys throwing shows in condemned houses and backyards just for the love of music and for the love of what bands were standing for,” Sandoval said. “So I’m inspired by this kid. I think [this concert is] the first of many for him.” After John Slye fully got on board with the idea, he started looking at the costs. A concert promoter warned him the festival could kill the family financially. The venue, the bands – it was all adding up fast. On a Monday morning in mid-April, with the concert date approaching, the elder Slye told his son he needed to raise $25,000 by the end of the week or he wouldn’t sign any contracts. (In Virginia, you have to be 18 to sign a legal document.) “I began to prepare him to be let down softly because I knew this could never work,” the father said. “I spoke about President Lincoln and all of his failures before his great success.” Two days later, his son came running downstairs saying he had just crossed the $25,000 mark. Money came from sponsors and friends. One church member heard about the situation and handed the pastor $4,000 in cash he had earned that day selling scrap metal, the elder Slye said. The contracts were signed, checks were written and the show was on. The price of rock 'n' roll continues to surprise the family. For instance, they hadn’t expected to pay $3,000 for portable toilets at the venue. But they say they the blessings keep coming. The Berryville Grill in nearby Berryville, Virginia, agreed to provide catering for the bands for free, 100 volunteers from the church signed up to help, and someone created fliers and a promotional video for free. “It was just one blessing after another that allowed us to get by and keep moving forward,” Jonathan Slye said. Still, the final price tag will be at least $70,000, which includes the $25,000 the family raised. “It’s 100% risk,” Krista Slye said. “If we don’t sell a minimum of 3,000 tickets, we’ll be in debt.” As of Monday night, they’d sold about 900 tickets at $15 each and said sales were picking up. “The reality that John and I had to decide was, ‘Do we feel God’s in it? Do we support our son’s dream?’ Because this is the part that’s scary for us,” she said. “We’re not in debt, but we don’t have any money in the bank either. So it’s definitely a risk.” The big show is slated for Saturday at Bull Run Regional Park, not far from the family’s home. Eighteen bands are scheduled to play. Plus Slye also wrangled the use of a skate park and laser tag game. Not bad for a high school sophomore."

5/10/2011 3:36:51 PM

anyone looking at Electric Zoo ?
http://www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo/pr

also, Ultra 2012 - Mar 23-25

[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 3:26 AM. Reason : .]

5/15/2011 3:05:26 AM

Yeah, these guys:

5/15/2011 3:10:20 AM

k

5/15/2011 3:20:46 AM

I think I mean, don't come in here with a serious conversation about trance music and expect not to get ousted. Just figure I'd be the first on the asshole boat...

5/15/2011 3:25:27 AM

there's house / dub / dn'b type stuff too

bassnectar and pretty lights might even be there

i figured this was an equal opportunity festival thread

5/15/2011 3:30:21 AM

Well, at the very least critical, $300 seems abit much to pay for several bleep bloop bands...

5/15/2011 3:37:24 AM

they really bled as much money out of people as possible for that thing, but it was what I was looking for - I had a great time, got to finally see everyone I wanted to in person, hung out with some cool hostel strangers

overall, had a great time, would get gouged again

also, it's not so much bleep bloop as UUNNZZZZZZ UNNNZZZZZ UUNNNZZZZZ - anywhere you walked, the ground was shaking

[Edited on May 15, 2011 at 3:51 AM. Reason : .]

5/15/2011 3:43:08 AM

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"anyone looking at Electric Zoo ? http://www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo/pr also, Ultra 2012 - Mar 23-25"

$300 is ridiculous.

I'm going to Camp Bisco in July--the lineup is pretty awesome, and they still have about 25 artists to add.

http://www.campbisco.net/artists/

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"i figured this was an equal opportunity festival thread"

There are people here who hate on electronic music for whatever reason. Just ignore it.

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM. Reason : .]

5/16/2011 8:40:15 AM

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" anyone looking at Electric Zoo ? http://www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo/pr "

this looks good!

5/16/2011 12:48:46 PM

it'd be nice to get dat big name big city thing going on with Ezoo, but yeah I think it might end up costing more than Ultra... i'll wait on that one

Bisco looks fun but I don't recognize as many names

[Edited on May 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2011 1:27:20 PM