The 3rd Annual Bring Our Music Back Festival (B.O.M.B. Fest) is back and bigger than ever! Bring Our Music Back, Inc. along with Frank Bombaci, Sr. and Frank Bombaci, Jr. are proud to announce the diverse group of artists that has been assembled for 2011. Watch the lineup announcement HERE. For the first time, this year’s festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-29), will be at the Festival Grounds of B.O.M.B. Fest’s new site partner, Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT — a short train ride from New York City, Boston, Providence and Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale via BombFest.com at 6 a.m. EST on March 4th.
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 has assembled its most ambitious lineup to date, bringing together some of the best names in hip-hop, alternative and indie rock, giving the East Coast its own premiere music festival. The price for two-day passes will cost $109. Official festival website can be found at www.bombfest.com.
All proceeds from the festival will benefit Bring Our Music Back, Inc. which is committed to providing music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives and community support and outreach. In addition, one of this year’s charitable initiatives includes the creation of an Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund at Western Connecticut State University.
2011 B.O.M.B. Fest Lineup:
Weezer
Snoop Dogg
Wiz Khalifa
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Coheed And Cambria
Neon Trees
State Radio
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
The New Pornographers
Shpongle presents The Shpongletron Experience
Against Me!
Best Coast
HEALTH
RJD2
Titus Andronicus
The Cool Kids
Wavves
EOTO
Portugal. The Man
Man Man
Dum Dum Girls
The Felice Brothers
Dam-Funk
Freelance Whales
Holy Fuck
Daedelus
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Dan Deacon
12th Planet
Free Energy
Woods
Real Estate
Nosaj Thing
The Hood Internet
Toubab Krewe
ESKMO
Small Black
River City Extension
Big Freedia
David Wax Museum
Roots of Creation
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez
Walk the Moon
Also featuring more than 25 local artists!
About Bring Our Music Back, Inc.:
BRING OUR MUSIC BACK, INC. is dedicated to the enrichment of life through music. Our mission is to support burgeoning musical talent, programs and services in our communities by fostering the artistic development of youth preserving music as a viable art form. Bring Our Music Back, Inc. is all about MUSIC WITH PURPOSE! Some of the enrichment initiatives championed by Bring Our Music Back, Inc. include artist mentorships and music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives, community support and music awareness and community and cultural outreach. Bring Our Music Back, Inc. is proud to support music therapy programs with the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Hospice of Connecticut. www.bringourmusicback.org
After selling out venues across the world as The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Sir Bob Cornelius has announced the release of his first collection of remixes, Best Of… Remixes (Out Now, Dim Mak). Since the Bloody Beetroots project began turning heads back in 2007, Sir Bob has amassed a series of impressive remixes, ranging from his cascading remix of The Chemical Brothers “Dissolve” to the reworking of The Refused’s “New Noise.” Spanning 18 tracks, plus five digital-only cuts, these remixes are available in one package, available now and including his work with Robyn, MSTRKRFT, Vitalic, The Whip and Tiga.
Click here and get your free download of The Bloody Beetroots’ remix of The Whip’s “Muzzle #1”
The Bloody Beetroots Best Of… Remixes Tracklisting:
1. Goose – “Can’t Stop Me Now”
2. Tiga – “Mind Dimension”
3. The Whip – “Muzzle No. 1”
4. Robyn – “Cobrastyle”
5. Goose – “Black Gloves”
6. Sound of Stereo – “Heads Up”
7. U-God – “Stomp Da Roach”
8. Shitdisco – “72 Virgins”
9. Etienne de Crecy – “Funk”
10. Hervé featuring Marina Gasolina – “Baseball Bat”
11. Proxy – “Who Are You”
12. The All American Rejects – “Gives You Hell”
13. Captain Phoenix – “Pistols And Hearts”
14. The Toxic Avenger – “Escape”
15. Aston Shuffle – “Stomp Yo Shoes”
16. MSTRKRFT – “Bounce”
17. The Chemical Brothers – “Dissolve”
18. Etienne de Crecy – “Welcome”
Digital Only Bonus Tracks:
19. Zoo Brazil & Adam Sky – “Circle Jerk”
20. The Bloody Beetroots & Steve Aoki Feat. Refused – “New Noise”
21. Goose – “Everybody”
22. Micky Green – “Shoulda”
23. Vitalic – “Second Lives”
You’ve heard the newest song, now check out the video
“Catcher in the Rye” is the band at their best, instantly memorable and insanely fun. The live video offers footage of DATAROCK’s release party @ SXSW ’11 from the future and takes their adventurous pop to the next level. The new album, Music For Synchronization, will be out March 21st.
DATAROCK US Tour Dates
3/7: New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House
3/8: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
3/9: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
3/10: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
3/11: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
3/12: Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
3/14: Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
3/15: San Diego, CA @ Cashbah
3/17: Austin, TX @ The Parish. Beatport showcase
3/18: Austin, TX @ Friends, WARP showcase 1am
3/19: Austin, TX @ Cedar Street, FILTER/release party, 3pm
Euro and Italo disco, in their purest forms, are undeniably worthy strains of this thing we call club music. Austrian mixer Wolfram believes that the populace often forgets this, and we’re partial to agree—like any genre, there is a lot of bad Euro/Italo out there, clogging our ears with tacky, unimaginative glitter.
This Johan Agebjorn take on “Fireworks” (feat. Hercules & Love Affair) is the first step in Wolfram’s campaign to rid the world’s dancefloors of junk. Supple and slinky, this track is cold new wave, golden ballad, and irresistible 90s-tinged synthpop all in one. — RCRD LBL
The full debut won’t be out until April, but here’s something to hold you over.
01. Hold My Breath feat. HOLY GHOST!
02. Fireworks feat. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR
03. Out Of Control feat. PAUL PARKER
04. Roshi (loopable)
05. Thing Called Love feat. HADDAWAY
06. Teamgeist feat PATRICK PULSINGER
07. Norway feat. SEBASTIAN MURAVCHIK (loopable)
08. So Fine All The Time feat LEGOWELT
09. All For You feat. DIDI BRUCKMAYER
10. Hold My Breath (SALLY SHAPIRO version)
11. Pianopella + Breathless (hidden cd tracks)
I am ecstatic to hear the news today that there’s a brand new single out from Architecture in Helsinki. Can you believe it’s been 4 years since their last album?
The band’s upcoming hook-laden, magnetic, and lush new album, Moment Bends will be released on May 3rd through V2/Cooperative Music USA/Downtown Records.
Click here for a free download of “Contact High” courtesy of Pitchfork!
On the track, “Ivy League Circus,” the velvety, 80’s R&B style vocals glide over an elastic, electro-funk groove. The clip was directed by The Wilderness, who also helmed videos for Passion Pit, The Juan MacLean, Antipop Consortium, and Spank Rock.
He has produced songs on both Das Racist mixtapes (“Shorty Said” and “Puerto Rican Cousins”), an official remix of Twin Shadow’s“I Can’t Wait,” and the track “Spring Fever” for battle rap king Iron Solomon.
Gordon has also won the adorations of everyone from indie darlings BRAHMS(who remixed Voidwell’s “Ivy League Circus”) to pop music masterminds like Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson (who declared “I love this shit. I play it on my radio show, in my house AND in my sets.”) Mayer Hawthorne, another fan, even invited Gordon to open his tour this past Fall along with The Heavy. His first full length debut album will be out later this year.
You can grab a free download of the original AND BRAHMS remix of “Ivy League Circus” over at Stereogum: click here!
Last month, I posted a video from new band Dearling Physique. Now, the Minneapolis band is the “Artist of the Week” this week on MTV’s new music blog, Iggy. Read their Q & A with Domino Davis by clicking here.
The band’s debut album Deadeye Dealer is out now. Also, they’ll be at SXSW on March 15th when they appear as part of the Art Disaster/Fanatic showcase at Beauty Bar. You can grab a couple free mp3’s by clicking here and heading to Last.fm.
The two singles that have been getting the group attention are “Discipline Your Hands” and “Monster,” both of which are the best from Deadeye Dealer. Though I like the idea of the group and think they’re interesting, those are the only two tracks that got more than 2 stars from me. “Sleep and the Heart” almost gave me nightmares from the demonic, scary sounding voices. Otherwise, they have similarities to Depeche Mode, which is a plus; unfortunately, I just couldn’t get as “into” them as I’d hoped.
The Strokes announce the release date for their highly anticipated fourth album, Angles, on March 22nd via RCA records in the US, and March 21st via Rough Trade Records in the UK. The complete track-listing for the album can be found below.
Angles track listing:
1. Machu Picchu
2. Under Cover of Darkness
3. Two Kinds of Happiness
4. You’re So Right
5. Taken For A Fool
6. Games
7. Call Me Back
8. Gratisfaction
9. Metabolism
10. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. If you enjoy Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Fenech Soler and Bag Raiders, then you’ll likely LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE The Naked and Famous, too.
Their debut album, Passive Me Aggressive You, isn’t available here in the States until next month…but you can get the above two singles on iTunes now, or pre-order the album on Amazon by clicking here.
At the end of 2010, Poly Styrene, the unforgettable frontwoman and iconic face of the seminal band X-ray Spex announced her return to the music scene. A true musical; and fashion rebel, Poly Styrene has returned at her most thrilling.
X-ray Spex may have only been around for a couple of years but their star shone brightly. Poly Styrene’s return is highly anticipated; she remains a genuine icon and one of the premier influences on the Riot Grrrl and Britpop scenes. Currently, a new set of young American bands like the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, The Gossip and countless others recognize her fiery, irrepressible presence. With her great self-styled image, brilliantly sharp lyrics and powerful presence, Poly’s indomitable spirit still inspires.
Musically Amusing 