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Guide to Summer Festivals 2008
MAY
WHAT: Memorial Weekend Festival
WHEN: May 23-25
WHERE: Bend, OR
WHO: The Breeders, Modest Mouse, the National, Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, Rogue Wave
WHAT: Summer Camp Festival
WHEN: May 23-25
WHERE: Chillicothe, IL
WHO: The Flaming Lips, the Roots, the New Pornographers, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Girl Talk, Headlights, Dark Meat
WHAT: Jam on the River
WHEN: May 24-25
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: The Flaming Lips, RJD2, Avett Brothers
WHAT: Movement
WHEN: May 24-26
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Carl Craig, Girl Talk, the Cool Kids, Pete Rock, Peanut Butter Wolf, Richie Hawtin, Moby
WHAT: Sasquatch! Festival
WHEN: May 24-26
WHERE: George, WA
WHO: The Cure, Modest Mouse, the Flaming Lips, R.E.M., M.I.A., Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Beirut, Destroyer, Built to Spill, the Breeders
WHAT: Soundset
WHEN: May 25
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN
WHO: Atmosphere, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Little Brother, Dilated Peoples, Brother Ali, Psalm One, Blueprint, Eyedea & Abilities, the World Famous Beat Junkies
WHAT: Liverpool SoundCity!
WHEN: May 27-30
WHERE: Liverpool, England
WHO: Silver Jews, Four Tet, the Field, Crystal Castles, Hercules and Love Affair, Santogold, Cadence Weapon, Vetiver, the Ruby Suns
WHAT: Mutek Festival
WHEN: May 28 - June 1
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: The Field, Radio Slave, Modeselektor vs. Pfadfinderei, Christian Fennesz, Cristian Vogel, Tim Hecker, Quiet Village, Kid Koala
WHAT: Primavera Sound
WHEN: May 29-31
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Young Marble Giants, Public Enemy (performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Animal Collective, Rufus Wainwright, Dirty Projectors, Boris, Silver Jews, Dr. Octagon, Mission of Burma, Clipse
WHAT: Do-Division Street Fest
WHEN: May 31-June 1
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Frightened Rabbit, Lucero, the 1900s, Gil Mantera's Party Dream
WHAT: Bang on a Can Marathon
WHEN: May 31-June 1
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Bang on a Can All-Stars, Alarm Will Sound, Dan Deacon, Marnie Stern, Owen Pallet, So Percussion, Karsh Kale
JUNE
WHAT: Israel@60: A Capital Celebration
WHEN: June 1
WHERE: Washington, DC
WHO: Regina Spektor, Mandy Patinkin, Oscar the Grouch
WHAT: Suoni per il Popolo
WHEN: June 1-30
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: Mount Eerie, Oneida, Retribution Gospel Choir, Powerhouse Sound, Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Marissa Nadler, Tim Hecker, the Sun Ra Arkestra, the Nels Cline Singers
WHAT: Villette Sonique
WHEN: June 3-8
WHERE: Paris, France
WHO: Mission of Burma, Clipse, Dizzee Rascal, Deerhunter, Sunset Rubdown, Shellac, Devo, the Go! Team, Throbbing Gristle, HEALTH
WHAT: Paid Dues Festival Series
WHEN: June 4-14
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: Rakim, De La Soul, GZA, Blackalicious, Murs & 9th Wonder, Hieroglyphics, Little Brother, Buckshot, Sage Francis, Kidz in the Hall
WHAT: Venn Festival
WHEN: June 5-8
WHERE: Bristol, England
WHO: Fuck Buttons, Why?, Matmos, Pole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Philip Jeck, Black Devil Disco Club
WHAT: Manimal Festival
WHEN: June 6
WHERE: Joshua Tree, CA
WHO: Ariel Pink, Mariee Sioux, Hecuba, the Chapin Sisters, Winter Flowers, Xu Xu Fang
WHAT: Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
WHEN: June 6-8
WHERE: Nurburgring and Nuremberg, Germany
WHO: Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, CSS, Hot Chip, Queens of the Stone Age, Justice, the Verve, Roisin Murphy, Babyshambles
WHAT: Wordless Music Series at the Whitney Museum
WHEN: June 6-27
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Times New Viking, Prefuse 73, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, the Berg Sans Nipple
WHAT: The Roots Picnic
WHEN: June 7
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: Gnarls Barkley, Deerhoof, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Santogold, Diplo, the Cool Kids
WHAT: Noise for the Needy
WHEN: June 11-15
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: Talib Kweli, YACHT, the Black Angels, Matt & Kim, Two Gallants, BOAT, the Warlocks, Gabriel Teodros
WHAT: Daydream Festival
WHEN: June 12
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Radiohead, Low, Liars, Clinic, Bat for Lashes, Modeselektor, Ensemble Nacional de España de Música Contemporánea (performing pieces by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead)
WHAT: Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: Manchester, TN
WHO: Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Rós, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Mastodon, Iron & Wine
WHAT: NXNE
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: Toronto, Ontario
WHO: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Evan Dando, These New Puritans, Julie Doiron, Swervedriver, Redd Kross, Besnard Lakes, Sheek Louch, French Kicks
WHAT: Celebrate Brooklyn!
WHEN: June 12 - August 9
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Isaac Hayes, Feist, Spoon, Constantines, Jay Reatard, Deerhoof, Masta Ace, Michael Showalter, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Chubb Rock
WHAT: NYC Popfest
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Love Is All, the Ladybug Transistor, Tullycraft, the Orchids, Mahogany, the Cannanes, the Hermit Crabs
WHAT: Rock City Music Festival
WHEN: June 12-14
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Sloan, the Von Bondies, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Matt & Kim, the Death Set, VHS or Beta, Apes, Juiceboxxx
WHAT: Isle of Wight Festival
WHEN: June 13-15
WHERE: Isle of Wight, England
WHO: Sex Pistols, Kaiser Chiefs, the Police, N.E.R.D., Iggy and the Stooges, Sugababes, the Kooks,
New Young Pony Club, Ida Maria, the Stranglers
WHAT: Central Park SummerStage
WHEN: June 13 - August 17
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Battles, Kid Sister, Vampire Weekend, Jamie Lidell, Afrika Bambaataa, Diplo, A-Trak, Mavis Staples, Santogold, Seu Jorge
WHAT: Meltdown Festival
WHEN: June 13-22
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Massive Attack, Gang of Four, Stiff Little Fingers (performing Inflammable Material), the Tom Tom Club, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Fleet Foxes, Elbow, Dälek, the Cool Kids
WHAT: Sónar Festival
WHEN: June 19-21
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: M.I.A., Justice, Neon Neon, Matmos, Diplo, Spank Rock, El Guincho, Hercules and Love Affair, Konono No. 1, Yellow Swans
WHAT: Terrastock
WHEN: June 19-22
WHERE: Louisville, KY
WHO: Oneida, Mono, Entrance, Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple, Bardo Pond, Tara Jane O'Neil, MV & EE with the Golden Road, Wooden Shjips, Simply Saucer, Antietam
WHAT: Telluride Bluegrass Festival
WHEN: June 19-22
WHERE: Telluride, CO
WHO: Ryan Adams, the Frames, the Swell Season, Solomon Burke, Tift Merritt
WHAT: Taste of Randolph Street
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Drive-By Truckers, Josh Ritter, Mike Doughty, Bobby Bare Jr.
WHAT: POPPED!
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: Slick Rick, Vampire Weekend, Daniel Johnston, Dan Deacon, Crystal Castles, Mates of State, Gogol Bordello, Mr. Lif, the Ting Tings, O'Death
WHAT: Hurricane and Southside Festivals
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Scheesel and Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
WHO: Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Bat for Lashes, the Notwist, Tegan and Sara, Calexico, Kaiser Chiefs, Digitalism, the Cribs, the Kooks
WHAT: Outernational Music Tour
WHEN: June 20-28
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: TV on the Radio, Gnarls Barkley, Ladytron, Seu Jorge, Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles
WHAT: After the Jump Fest
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: HEALTH, Titus Andronicus, Pattern Is Movement, Ponytail, Spank Rock's DJ XXXchange, the Austerity Program
WHAT: Rock the Garden
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN
WHO: The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Cloud Cult
WHAT: Make Music Pasadena
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Pasadena, CA
WHO: the Raveonettes, the Little Ones, Dengue Fever, Kinky, Division Day, Nortec Collective
WHAT: Virgin Festival Calgary
WHEN: June 21-22
WHERE: Calgary, Alberta
WHO: The New Pornographers, the Flaming Lips, Stars, Constantines, Ladyhawk
WHAT: KCRW's World Festival
WHEN: June 22 - September 21
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Devendra Banhart, Feist, Gnarls Barkley, Deerhoof, Gilberto Gil, the Album Leaf with the Incredible String Band's Mike Heron, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Youssou N'Dour, Bebel Gilberto, Thievery Corporation with Seu Jorge
WHAT: Hove Festival
WHEN: June 23-27
WHERE: Arendal, Norway
WHO: Jay-Z, Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses, Black Mountain, Yeasayer, the Cool Kids, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Stars
WHAT: Accelerator
WHEN: June 24-25
WHERE: Stockholm, Sweden
WHO: Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Hercules and Love Affair, Battles, Stars, Deerhunter, El Perro del Mar, St. Vincent, Fuck Buttons, Black Kids
WHAT: Sled Island Music Festival
WHEN: June 25-28
WHERE: Calgary, Alberta
WHO: Scott Kannberg, Wire, RZA, Jonathan Richman, Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, Broken Social Scene, Dan Deacon, Okkervil River, Tegan and Sara
WHAT: The Sunset Strip Music Festival
WHEN: June 26-28
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Hot Hot Heat, Dilated Peoples, Louis XIV, Camper Van Beethoven, Soul Asylum, the 88
WHAT: Corndog-o-Rama
WHEN: June 26-29
WHERE: Atlanta, GA
WHO: Dan Deacon, Janelle Monae, Maserati, Cinemechanica, Zoroaster, Snowden, the Hiss
WHAT: Summerfest
WHEN: June 26 - July 6
WHERE: Milwaukee, WI
WHO: Stevie Wonder, the Zombies, the Roots, Blondie, Gnarls Barkley, the Polyphonic Spree, Drive-By Truckers, Miranda Lambert, Stephen Marley, Ra Ra Riot
WHAT: Faster Than Sound
WHEN: June 27-28
WHERE: Suffolk, England
WHO: Plaid, Vladislav Delay, Mira Calix, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hauschka, Semiconductor
WHAT: Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats
WHEN: June 27-28
WHERE: Evreux, France
WHO: Battles, Gossip, My Brightest Diamond, Amadou and Mariam, Melt-Banana, Why?, Foals, Dalek, Blood Red Shoes, Camille
WHAT: Glastonbury Festival
WHEN: June 27-29
WHERE: Glastonbury, England
WHO: Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, Spiritualized, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, CSS, Black Lips, Battles, Annie, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Dizzee Rascal, the Verve, the National, John Cale, Edwyn Collins, your mom
WHAT: Seaport Music Festival
WHEN: June 27 - August 29
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: No Age, Dirty Projectors, King Khan & the Shrines, Atlas Sound, Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, White Williams, A Place to Bury Strangers, Abe Vigoda, El Guincho, Brother Ali
WHAT: Belmont Arts & Music Festival (BAM!)
WHEN: June 28-29
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Cursive, American Music Club, Maritime, Maria Taylor, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Sybris, Unwed Sailor, Smoking Popes, Waco Brothers
WHAT: SoCo Music Experience
WHEN: June 28 - October 18
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: GZA, Gnarls Barkley, the Black Keys, Kinky
JULY
WHAT: Comerica Cityfest
WHEN: July 2-6
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Broken Social Scene, De La Soul, the Zombies, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Calexico, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Thunderbirds Are Now!
WHAT: Quart Festival
WHEN: July 2-5
WHERE: Kristiansand, Norway
WHO: Interpol, the Hives, Liars, the Streets, Battles, Death Cab for Cutie, Dizzee Rascal, Gnarls Barkley, Trentemøller, Asobi Seksu, Kool Keith, Shining, Röyksopp, Dillinger Escape Plan, Kings of Convenience, I'm From Barcelona, Lykke Li
WHAT: Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival
WHEN: July 3-5
WHERE: Sète, France
WHO: Gilles Peterson, Madlib, Cinematic Orchestra, Henrik Schwarz, Sebastian Tellier
WHAT: O2 Wireless Festival
WHEN: July 3-6
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Jay-Z, Morrissey, Beck, the Hold Steady, Robyn, the National, Hot Chip, Guillemots, Hercules and Love Affair, Annie, the Cool Kids, Róisín Murphy, Nellie McKay
WHAT: Roskilde Festival
WHEN: July 3-6
WHERE: Roskilde, Denmark
WHO: Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Jay-Z, M.I.A., Neil Young, Liars, the Streets, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Band of Horses, Grinderman, Gnarls Barkley, Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, Slayer
WHAT: Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
WHERE: Ottawa, Ontario
WHEN: July 3-13
WHO: Brian Wilson, Feist, Ray Davies, TV on the Radio, Stars, Calexico, Jose Gonzalez, Ladytron, Metric, Tokyo Police Club
WHAT: 80/35
WHEN: July 4-5
WHERE: Des Moines, IA
WHO: The Flaming Lips, the Roots, Black Francis, Drive-By Truckers, Andrew Bird, Headlights
WHAT: Redfest
WHEN: July 4-5
WHERE: Surrey, England
Who: Patrick Wolf, Crystal Castles, Los Campesinos!, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Pete and the Pirates, Lightspeed Champion, Late of the Pier, Johnny Foreigner
WHAT: Heineken Open'er Festival
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Gdynia, Poland
WHO: Jay-Z, M.I.A., Beirut, the Raconteurs, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, the Sex Pistols, CocoRosie, the Chemical Brothers
WHAT: Solidays
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Paris, France
WHO: Vampire Weekend, Gossip, Busy P, DJ Mehdi, Foals, Midnight Juggernauts, Devotchka, Yelle, the Ting Tings, Para One
WHAT: Transmission Festival
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Kufstein, Austria
WHO: Spiritualized, Mogwai, Tindersticks, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Cornelius, Why?, Efterklang, Milosh, Murcof, Eliot Lipp
WHAT: The Mighty Boosh Festival
WHEN: July 5
WHERE: Kent, England
WHO: Peaches, the Kills, Gary Numan, the Charlatans, White Denim, Polar Bear, the Mighty Boosh
WHAT: Wild in the Country
WHEN: July 5
WHERE: Knebworth, England
WHO: Björk, Battles, the Field, Hercules and Love Affair, Foals, Booka Shade, Soulwax/2ManyDJ's, Carl Craig, Audion, the Presets
WHAT: Afro-Punk Festival
WHEN: July 5-13
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Janelle Monae, the Apes, the Dirtbombs, P.O.S., Kudu, J*Davey, Hollywood Holt, Game Rebellion
WHAT: Hop Farm Festival
WHEN: July 6
WHERE: Kent, England
WHO: Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Primal Scream, Rufus Wainwright, Supergrass, Guillemots, Laura Marling, Carbon/Silicon
WHAT: Doctor Loft 05:00
WHEN: July 6
WHERE: Catalonia, Spain
WHO: R.E.M., Editors, Gossip, Akon, Brakes, Luciano, Pigeon Detectives, the Whip
WHAT: EXIT Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Novi Sad, Serbia
WHO: M.I.A., N.E.R.D., the Sex Pistols, Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Manu Chao, the Gossip, the Hives, Booka Shade, Ministry
WHAT: Les Ardentes Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Liege, Belgium
WHO: Spiritualized, Dizzee Rascal, Liars, the Streets, the Dandy Warhols, Gui Boratto, Nada Surf, Michael Mayer, Siouxsie, Trentemøller, Cypress Hill
WHAT: Xponential Music Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Camden, NJ
WHO: Beth Orton, O'Death, the Spinto Band, Dean & Britta, Alejandro Escovedo
WHAT: T in the Park
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Balado, Scotland
WHO: R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, the Hold Steady, Interpol, Hot Chip, the Raconteurs, Aphex Twin, Justice, Vampire Weekend, the National
WHAT: Oxegen
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: County Kildare, Ireland
WHO: Interpol, Aphex Twin, Cat Power, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Justice, Band of Horses, Battles, Black Kids, My Morning Jacket
WHAT: Lounge on the Farm
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Canterbury, England
WHO: Art Brut, Los Campesinos!, Black Kids, Holy Fuck, Cadence Weapon, Lightspeed Champion, Mystery Jets, Holly Golightly & the Broke Offs, Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners
WHAT: Supersonic Festival
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Birmingham, England
WHO: Battles, Earth, Merzbow, Harmonia, Max Tundra, Parts & Labor, Oxbow, Dälek, Efterklang, Harvey Milk
WHAT: SP20 (Sub Pop 20th Anniversary)
WHEN: July 12-13
WHERE: Redmond, WA
WHO: The Vaselines, Green River, the Fluid, Les Thugs, Eric's Trip, Red Red Meat, Beachwood Sparks, Low, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, No Age
WHAT: Benicàssim
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Benicàssim, Spain
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Rós, Spiritualized, Hot Chip, Gnarls Barkley, Battles
WHAT: Camp Bisco
WHEN: July 17-19
WHERE: Mariaville, NY
WHO: Snoop Dogg, !!!, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, MSTRKRFT, Eliot Lipp, Amplive, the Disco Biscuits
WHAT: Dour Festival
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Dour, Belgium
WHO: Battles, the New Pornographers, Goldfrapp, Ice Cube, Pinback, the Fall, the Notwist, Why?, Enon, the Meat Puppets
WHAT: Latitude Festival
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Suffolk, England
WHO: M.I.A., Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Grinderman, the Breeders, Sigur Rós, Death Cab for Cutie, the Mars Volta, Tindersticks, Blondie
WHAT: Summercase
WHEN: July 18-19
WHERE: Madrid, Spain / Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Interpol, Grinderman, the Breeders, CSS, M.I.A., the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Los Campesinos!, the Long Blondes, Maxïmo Park
WHAT: What the Heck Fest
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Anacortes, WA
WHO: Mirah and Spectratone International, the Blow, Ian Svenonius, Calvin Johnson, Kimya Dawson, Mount Eerie, Lucky Dragons, D+, Karl Blau, Little Wings
WHAT: Camp Bestival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Dorset, England
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Hercules and Love Affair, Billy Bragg, Black Kids, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Kate Nash, Kevin Rowland, Andrew Weatherall
WHAT: Melt! Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Ferropolis, Germany
WHO: Björk, Franz Ferdinand, Robyn, Hot Chip, Battles, Los Campesinos!, Bonde do Rolê, Fujiya & Miyagi, Róisín Murphy, the Notwist
WHAT: Pitchfork Music Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Public Enemy (performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Mission of Burma (performing Vs.), Sebadoh (performing Bubble and Scrape), Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, Spoon, Spiritualized, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav
WHAT: Glade Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Berkshire, England
WHO: Vitalic, Autechre, the Orb, Clark, DJ Donna Summer, Daedelus, Drop the Lime, Ulrich Schnauss, Quiet Village, Red Snapper
WHAT: Hard Summer
WHEN: July 19
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: N.E.R.D., Spank Rock, Kid Sister, MSTRKRFT, A-Trak, Steve Aoki
WHAT: Siren Music Festival
WHEN: July 19
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, Beach House, Times New Viking, the Dodos, Parts & Labor, Annuals, the Helio Sequence, Dragons of Zynth, Jaguar Love
WHAT: Mile High Music Festival
WHEN: July 19-20
WHERE: Denver, CO
WHO: Spoon, Lupe Fiasco, Andrew Bird, Pinback, the Roots, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Josh Ritter
WHAT: Rock the Bells
WHEN: July 19 - September 6
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: A Tribe Called Quest, the Pharcyde, Nas, De La Soul, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Ghostface & Raekwon, Murs, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister, Wale
WHAT: Rogers Picnic
WHEN: July 20
WHERE: Toronto, Ontario
WHO: Animal Collective, Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Chromeo
WHAT: Capitol Hill Block Party
WHEN: July 25-26
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, Girl Talk, Jay Reatard, the Dodos, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson
WHAT: Les 3 Elephantes
WHEN: July 25-26
WHERE: Laval, France
WHO: Vitalic, Digitalism, Camille, Subtle, Why?, Tunng, Patrick Watson, DJ QBert, Youngblood Brass Band
WHAT: Forecastle
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Louisville, KY
WHO: Tortoise, Method Man, Extra Golden, Unwed Sailor, Z-Trip, Catfish Haven, Dr. Dog, Snowden, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Devlin & Darko
WHAT: Fuji Rock Festival
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Niigata, Japan
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Spoon, the Breeders, Jamie Lidell, CSS, the Go! Team, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Primal Scream, the Futureheads, Underworld
WHAT: PDX Pop Now!
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Portland, OR
WHO: Panther, New Bloods, the Thermals' Hutch and Kathy (tentative)
WHAT: Pemberton Festival
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Pemberton, British Columbia
WHO: Jay-Z, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, the Flaming Lips, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, the Fiery Furnaces, Metric, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, Buck 65
WHAT: Indietracks
WHEN: July 26-27
WHERE: Derbyshire, England
WHO: Los Campesinos!, the Wedding Present, Comet Gain, Shrag, Beatnik Filmstars, the Wave Pictures, Milky Wimpshake, the Manhattan Love Suicides, Darren Hayman
WHAT: Wicker Park Fest
WHEN: July 26-27
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Polvo, Isis, Ra Ra Riot, Film School, Red Sparowes
AUGUST
WHAT: Lollapalooza
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Battles, Okkervil River, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister
WHAT: Newport Folk Festival
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Newport, Rhode Island
WHO: Cat Power, Jim James, Levon Helm, Calexico, She & Him, Gillian Welch, Stephen & Damian Marley, Kaki King, the Felice Brothers
WHAT: Kendal Calling
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Cumbria, England
WHO: Super Furry Animals, Dizzee Rascal, British Sea Power, the Long Blondes, Mystery Jets, dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
WHAT: SappyFest
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Sackville, New Brunswick
WHO: Julie Doiron, Miracle Fortress, the Acorn, Think About Life, Chad VanGaalen, Sandro Perri, Rick White,
WHAT: A Day at the Races
WHEN: August 2
WHERE: Manchester, England
WHO: Los Campesinos!, Four Tet, Mum, the Mae Shi, Frightened Rabbit, Calvin Johnson, Elf Power, Nina Nastasia, Adem, Johnny Foreigner
WHAT: Splendour in the Grass
WHEN: August 2-3
WHERE: Byron Bay, Australia
WHO: Band of Horses, Sigur Rós, Vampire Weekend, Devo, Tricky, MSTRKRFT, Wolfmother, Lightspeed Champion, Ben Lee, the Music
WHAT: Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 3-4
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: Cat Power, Broken Social Scene, Iggy & the Stooges, Jamie Lidell, the Black Keys, the Go! Team, the Killers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the Weakerthans, Sébastien Tellier
WHAT: Øya Festival
WHEN: August 5-9
WHERE: Oslo, Norway
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, N.E.R.D., Girl Talk, No Age, Sigur Rós, José González, Kid Sister and A-Trak, Yeasayer, Isis, Lykke Li
WHAT: Haldern Pop Festival
WHEN: August 7-9
WHERE: Rees-Haldern, Germany
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, The National, Dirty Projectors, Yeasayer, the Gutter Twins, Dodos, Joan as Police Woman, Foals, Kate Nash
WHAT: Underage Festival
WHEN: August 8
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Four Tet, White Williams, Bonde do Role, Sons and Daughters, Count and Sinden, Mystery Jets, Those Dancing Days, Foals, Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine
WHAT: New American Music Union Festival
WHEN: August 8-9
WHERE: Pittsburgh, PA
WHO: Bob Dylan and His Band, Spoon, Gnarls Barkley, the Roots, the Black Keys, the Raconteurs, Black Mountain, the Duke Spirit
WHAT: All Points West Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 8-10
WHERE: Jersey City, NJ
WHO: Radiohead, Animal Collective, Cat Power, the New Pornographers, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, the Roots, Metric, CSS, Andrew Bird, Black Kids
WHAT: Summer Sundae Weekender
WHEN: August 8-10
WHERE: Leicester, England
WHO: Of Montreal, Supergrass, Róisín Murphy, Dirty Projectors, Simian Mobile Disco, Henry Rollins, Camera Obscura, Frightened Rabbit, Fuck Buttons, Emma Pollock
WHAT: Field Day Festival
WHEN: August 9
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Of Montreal, Simian Mobile Disco, Les Savy Fav, the Notwist, Dirty Projectors, Dan Deacon, the Field, Cut Copy, Foals, Lindstrøm
WHAT: Virgin Mobile Festival
WHEN: August 9-10
WHERE: Baltimore, MD
WHO: Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Wilco, Iggy & the Stooges, Lil Wayne, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Nine Inch Nails, Shudder to Think, Foo Fighters, the Black Keys
WHAT: Athens Popfest
WHEN: August 12-16
WHERE: Athens, GA
WHO: Roky Erickson & the Explosives, Circulatory System, Elf Power, Boyracer, Bunnygrunt, Cryptacize, the Music Tapes, Apes, Dark Meat
WHAT: Pukkelpop
WHEN: August 14-16
WHERE: Hasselt, Belgium
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, Los Campesinos!, Metallica, Henry Rollins, Carl Craig, Ricardo Villalobos, Bob Mould Band, Neurosis, Alkaline Trio
WHAT: La Route du Rock
WHEN: August 14-16
WHERE: Saint-Malo, France
WHO: Sigur Ros, the Breeders, Fuck Buttons, the Notwist, Tindersticks, Bowerbirds, Why?, Foals, the Ting Tings, Midnight Juggernauts
WHAT: Green Man Festival
WHEN: August 15-17
WHERE: Crickhowell, Wales
WHO: Pentangle, Spiritualized, Super Furry Animals, Iron & Wine, Black Mountain, Los Campesinos!, Fuck Buttons, School of Language, Bowerbirds, Nina Nastasia
WHAT: Lowlands
WHEN: August 15-17
WHERE: Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
WHO: Diplo, Black Kids, Crystal Castles, the National, Simian Mobile Disco, Modeselektor, the Kooks, Tunng, Roisin Murphy, Sex Pistols
WHAT: Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 22-24
WHERE: San Francisco, CA
WHO: Radiohead, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Black Mountain, Devendra Banhart, Bon Iver, Drive-By Truckers, the Coup, Café Tacvba, Little Brother
WHAT: Reading and Leeds Festivals
WHEN: August 22-24
WHERE: Reading and Leeds, England
WHO: Rage Against the Machine, the Killers, Bloc Party, the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Justice, CSS, Dizzee Rascal
WHAT: Sunset Junction Street Festival
WHEN: August 23-24
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, Isaac Hayes, Antibalas, the Black Keys
WHAT: Rowf! Rowf! Rowf!
WHEN: August 23-24
WHERE: Manchester, England
WHO: Richard Youngs, the Vanishing Voice, Charalambides, MV&EE, Jakob Olausson, Anni Rossi
WHAT: Get Loaded in the Park
WHEN: August 24
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Iggy & the Stooges, the Hives, Supergrass, the Gossip, Kate Nash, Plastic Little, Soulwax, Gogol Bordello, the Presets, Mylo
WHAT: Electric Picnic
WHEN: August 29-31
WHERE: Stradbally, Ireland
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, the Roots, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Henry Rollins, Silver Apples, Josh Ritter, Constantines, Turin Brakes
WHAT: Hydro Connect
WHEN: August 29-31
WHERE: Argyll, Scotland
WHO: Spiritualized, Franz Ferdinand, the Breeders, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, the Roots, Sigur Rós, Mercury Rev, Manic Street Preachers, Camera Obscura, the Gutter Twins
WHAT: Jersey Live Festival of Music
WHEN: August 30-31
WHERE: Jersey, Channel Islands
WHO: The Go! Team, the Prodigy, Crystal Castles, Black Kids, These New Puritans, Foals, We Are Scientists, the Zutons
WHAT: Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival
WHEN: August 30-September 1
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: Beck, Neko Case, Band of Horses, the Black Keys, !!!, M. Ward, the Walkmen, Dan Deacon, Man Man, Final Fantasy
SEPTEMBER
WHAT: Musicfest NW
WHEN: September 3-6
WHERE: Portland, OR
WHO: Polvo, Centro-Matic, Del the Funky Homosapien, the Builders and the Butchers
WHAT: Bestival
WHEN: September 5-7
WHERE: Isle of Wight, England
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, the Breeders, Jamie Lidell, Hot Chip, St. Vincent, CSS, Crystal Castles, Fuck Buttons, Foals, Fleet Foxes
WHAT: Virgin Festival Toronto
WHEN: September 6-7
WHERE: Toronto, Ontatrio
WHO: Oasis, Paul Weller, Bloc Party, Spiritualized, Constantines, MGMT, Foo Fighters, the Wombats, the Weakerthans, Pigeon Detectives
WHAT: End of the Road Festival
WHEN: September 12-14
WHERE: Dorset, England
WHO: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, the Mountain Goats, Low, Mercury Rev, Jason Molina, Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek, American Music Club, Calexico, Robyn Hitchcock, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner
WHAT: Monolith Festival
WHEN: September 13-14
WHERE: Morrison, CO
WHO: TV on the Radio, Justice, Neko Case, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Blitzen Trapper, A Place to Bury Strangers, Akron/Family, Del the Funky Homosapien
WHAT: Pygmalion Music Festival
WHEN: September 17-20
WHERE: Champaign-Urbana, IL
WHO: Yo La Tengo, Dan Deacon, Black Mountain, High Places, Headlights, Dark Meat, Wye Oak, the Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Monotonix, Unwed Sailor
WHAT: ATP New York
WHEN: September 19-21
WHERE: Monticello, NY
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Built to Spill (performing Perfect From Now On), Meat Puppets (performing Meat Puppets II), Thurston Moore (performing Psychic Hearts), Tortoise (performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die), Low, Shellac, Mogwai, Polvo, Dinosaur Jr.
WHAT: Treasure Island Music Festival
WHEN: September 20-21
WHERE: San Francisco, CA
WHO: TV on the Radio, Justice, the Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, CSS, Okkervil River, Fleet Foxes
WHAT: Austin City Limits Music Festival
WHEN: September 26-28
WHERE: Austin, TX
WHO: The Raconteurs, Spiritualized, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beck, N.E.R.D., David Byrne, Gnarls Barkley, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Neko Case
OCTOBER
WHAT: Voodoo Experience: The Tenth Ritual
WHEN: October 24-26
WHERE: New Orleans, LA
WHO: R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, Neville Brothers
NOVEMBER
WHAT: Brainwaves
WHEN: November 21-23
WHERE: Arlington, MA
WHO: Matmos, Stars of the Lid, A Place to Bury Strangers, Boduf Songs, Meat Beat Manifesto, His Name Is Alive, Gary Wilson, Lichens, Charalambides, Marissa Nadler
WHAT: Memorial Weekend Festival
WHEN: May 23-25
WHERE: Bend, OR
WHO: The Breeders, Modest Mouse, the National, Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, Rogue Wave
WHAT: Summer Camp Festival
WHEN: May 23-25
WHERE: Chillicothe, IL
WHO: The Flaming Lips, the Roots, the New Pornographers, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Girl Talk, Headlights, Dark Meat
WHAT: Jam on the River
WHEN: May 24-25
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: The Flaming Lips, RJD2, Avett Brothers
WHAT: Movement
WHEN: May 24-26
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Carl Craig, Girl Talk, the Cool Kids, Pete Rock, Peanut Butter Wolf, Richie Hawtin, Moby
WHAT: Sasquatch! Festival
WHEN: May 24-26
WHERE: George, WA
WHO: The Cure, Modest Mouse, the Flaming Lips, R.E.M., M.I.A., Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Beirut, Destroyer, Built to Spill, the Breeders
WHAT: Soundset
WHEN: May 25
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN
WHO: Atmosphere, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Little Brother, Dilated Peoples, Brother Ali, Psalm One, Blueprint, Eyedea & Abilities, the World Famous Beat Junkies
WHAT: Liverpool SoundCity!
WHEN: May 27-30
WHERE: Liverpool, England
WHO: Silver Jews, Four Tet, the Field, Crystal Castles, Hercules and Love Affair, Santogold, Cadence Weapon, Vetiver, the Ruby Suns
WHAT: Mutek Festival
WHEN: May 28 - June 1
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: The Field, Radio Slave, Modeselektor vs. Pfadfinderei, Christian Fennesz, Cristian Vogel, Tim Hecker, Quiet Village, Kid Koala
WHAT: Primavera Sound
WHEN: May 29-31
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Young Marble Giants, Public Enemy (performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Animal Collective, Rufus Wainwright, Dirty Projectors, Boris, Silver Jews, Dr. Octagon, Mission of Burma, Clipse
WHAT: Do-Division Street Fest
WHEN: May 31-June 1
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Frightened Rabbit, Lucero, the 1900s, Gil Mantera's Party Dream
WHAT: Bang on a Can Marathon
WHEN: May 31-June 1
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Bang on a Can All-Stars, Alarm Will Sound, Dan Deacon, Marnie Stern, Owen Pallet, So Percussion, Karsh Kale
JUNE
WHAT: Israel@60: A Capital Celebration
WHEN: June 1
WHERE: Washington, DC
WHO: Regina Spektor, Mandy Patinkin, Oscar the Grouch
WHAT: Suoni per il Popolo
WHEN: June 1-30
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: Mount Eerie, Oneida, Retribution Gospel Choir, Powerhouse Sound, Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Marissa Nadler, Tim Hecker, the Sun Ra Arkestra, the Nels Cline Singers
WHAT: Villette Sonique
WHEN: June 3-8
WHERE: Paris, France
WHO: Mission of Burma, Clipse, Dizzee Rascal, Deerhunter, Sunset Rubdown, Shellac, Devo, the Go! Team, Throbbing Gristle, HEALTH
WHAT: Paid Dues Festival Series
WHEN: June 4-14
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: Rakim, De La Soul, GZA, Blackalicious, Murs & 9th Wonder, Hieroglyphics, Little Brother, Buckshot, Sage Francis, Kidz in the Hall
WHAT: Venn Festival
WHEN: June 5-8
WHERE: Bristol, England
WHO: Fuck Buttons, Why?, Matmos, Pole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Philip Jeck, Black Devil Disco Club
WHAT: Manimal Festival
WHEN: June 6
WHERE: Joshua Tree, CA
WHO: Ariel Pink, Mariee Sioux, Hecuba, the Chapin Sisters, Winter Flowers, Xu Xu Fang
WHAT: Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
WHEN: June 6-8
WHERE: Nurburgring and Nuremberg, Germany
WHO: Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, CSS, Hot Chip, Queens of the Stone Age, Justice, the Verve, Roisin Murphy, Babyshambles
WHAT: Wordless Music Series at the Whitney Museum
WHEN: June 6-27
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Times New Viking, Prefuse 73, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, the Berg Sans Nipple
WHAT: The Roots Picnic
WHEN: June 7
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: Gnarls Barkley, Deerhoof, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Santogold, Diplo, the Cool Kids
WHAT: Noise for the Needy
WHEN: June 11-15
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: Talib Kweli, YACHT, the Black Angels, Matt & Kim, Two Gallants, BOAT, the Warlocks, Gabriel Teodros
WHAT: Daydream Festival
WHEN: June 12
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Radiohead, Low, Liars, Clinic, Bat for Lashes, Modeselektor, Ensemble Nacional de España de Música Contemporánea (performing pieces by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead)
WHAT: Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: Manchester, TN
WHO: Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Rós, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Mastodon, Iron & Wine
WHAT: NXNE
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: Toronto, Ontario
WHO: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Evan Dando, These New Puritans, Julie Doiron, Swervedriver, Redd Kross, Besnard Lakes, Sheek Louch, French Kicks
WHAT: Celebrate Brooklyn!
WHEN: June 12 - August 9
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Isaac Hayes, Feist, Spoon, Constantines, Jay Reatard, Deerhoof, Masta Ace, Michael Showalter, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Chubb Rock
WHAT: NYC Popfest
WHEN: June 12-15
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Love Is All, the Ladybug Transistor, Tullycraft, the Orchids, Mahogany, the Cannanes, the Hermit Crabs
WHAT: Rock City Music Festival
WHEN: June 12-14
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Sloan, the Von Bondies, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Matt & Kim, the Death Set, VHS or Beta, Apes, Juiceboxxx
WHAT: Isle of Wight Festival
WHEN: June 13-15
WHERE: Isle of Wight, England
WHO: Sex Pistols, Kaiser Chiefs, the Police, N.E.R.D., Iggy and the Stooges, Sugababes, the Kooks,
New Young Pony Club, Ida Maria, the Stranglers
WHAT: Central Park SummerStage
WHEN: June 13 - August 17
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: Battles, Kid Sister, Vampire Weekend, Jamie Lidell, Afrika Bambaataa, Diplo, A-Trak, Mavis Staples, Santogold, Seu Jorge
WHAT: Meltdown Festival
WHEN: June 13-22
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Massive Attack, Gang of Four, Stiff Little Fingers (performing Inflammable Material), the Tom Tom Club, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Fleet Foxes, Elbow, Dälek, the Cool Kids
WHAT: Sónar Festival
WHEN: June 19-21
WHERE: Barcelona, Spain
WHO: M.I.A., Justice, Neon Neon, Matmos, Diplo, Spank Rock, El Guincho, Hercules and Love Affair, Konono No. 1, Yellow Swans
WHAT: Terrastock
WHEN: June 19-22
WHERE: Louisville, KY
WHO: Oneida, Mono, Entrance, Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple, Bardo Pond, Tara Jane O'Neil, MV & EE with the Golden Road, Wooden Shjips, Simply Saucer, Antietam
WHAT: Telluride Bluegrass Festival
WHEN: June 19-22
WHERE: Telluride, CO
WHO: Ryan Adams, the Frames, the Swell Season, Solomon Burke, Tift Merritt
WHAT: Taste of Randolph Street
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Drive-By Truckers, Josh Ritter, Mike Doughty, Bobby Bare Jr.
WHAT: POPPED!
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Philadelphia, PA
WHO: Slick Rick, Vampire Weekend, Daniel Johnston, Dan Deacon, Crystal Castles, Mates of State, Gogol Bordello, Mr. Lif, the Ting Tings, O'Death
WHAT: Hurricane and Southside Festivals
WHEN: June 20-22
WHERE: Scheesel and Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
WHO: Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Bat for Lashes, the Notwist, Tegan and Sara, Calexico, Kaiser Chiefs, Digitalism, the Cribs, the Kooks
WHAT: Outernational Music Tour
WHEN: June 20-28
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: TV on the Radio, Gnarls Barkley, Ladytron, Seu Jorge, Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles
WHAT: After the Jump Fest
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: HEALTH, Titus Andronicus, Pattern Is Movement, Ponytail, Spank Rock's DJ XXXchange, the Austerity Program
WHAT: Rock the Garden
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Minneapolis, MN
WHO: The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Cloud Cult
WHAT: Make Music Pasadena
WHEN: June 21
WHERE: Pasadena, CA
WHO: the Raveonettes, the Little Ones, Dengue Fever, Kinky, Division Day, Nortec Collective
WHAT: Virgin Festival Calgary
WHEN: June 21-22
WHERE: Calgary, Alberta
WHO: The New Pornographers, the Flaming Lips, Stars, Constantines, Ladyhawk
WHAT: KCRW's World Festival
WHEN: June 22 - September 21
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Devendra Banhart, Feist, Gnarls Barkley, Deerhoof, Gilberto Gil, the Album Leaf with the Incredible String Band's Mike Heron, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Youssou N'Dour, Bebel Gilberto, Thievery Corporation with Seu Jorge
WHAT: Hove Festival
WHEN: June 23-27
WHERE: Arendal, Norway
WHO: Jay-Z, Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses, Black Mountain, Yeasayer, the Cool Kids, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Stars
WHAT: Accelerator
WHEN: June 24-25
WHERE: Stockholm, Sweden
WHO: Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Hercules and Love Affair, Battles, Stars, Deerhunter, El Perro del Mar, St. Vincent, Fuck Buttons, Black Kids
WHAT: Sled Island Music Festival
WHEN: June 25-28
WHERE: Calgary, Alberta
WHO: Scott Kannberg, Wire, RZA, Jonathan Richman, Yo La Tengo, Grizzly Bear, Broken Social Scene, Dan Deacon, Okkervil River, Tegan and Sara
WHAT: The Sunset Strip Music Festival
WHEN: June 26-28
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Hot Hot Heat, Dilated Peoples, Louis XIV, Camper Van Beethoven, Soul Asylum, the 88
WHAT: Corndog-o-Rama
WHEN: June 26-29
WHERE: Atlanta, GA
WHO: Dan Deacon, Janelle Monae, Maserati, Cinemechanica, Zoroaster, Snowden, the Hiss
WHAT: Summerfest
WHEN: June 26 - July 6
WHERE: Milwaukee, WI
WHO: Stevie Wonder, the Zombies, the Roots, Blondie, Gnarls Barkley, the Polyphonic Spree, Drive-By Truckers, Miranda Lambert, Stephen Marley, Ra Ra Riot
WHAT: Faster Than Sound
WHEN: June 27-28
WHERE: Suffolk, England
WHO: Plaid, Vladislav Delay, Mira Calix, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hauschka, Semiconductor
WHAT: Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats
WHEN: June 27-28
WHERE: Evreux, France
WHO: Battles, Gossip, My Brightest Diamond, Amadou and Mariam, Melt-Banana, Why?, Foals, Dalek, Blood Red Shoes, Camille
WHAT: Glastonbury Festival
WHEN: June 27-29
WHERE: Glastonbury, England
WHO: Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, Spiritualized, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, CSS, Black Lips, Battles, Annie, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Dizzee Rascal, the Verve, the National, John Cale, Edwyn Collins, your mom
WHAT: Seaport Music Festival
WHEN: June 27 - August 29
WHERE: New York, NY
WHO: No Age, Dirty Projectors, King Khan & the Shrines, Atlas Sound, Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, White Williams, A Place to Bury Strangers, Abe Vigoda, El Guincho, Brother Ali
WHAT: Belmont Arts & Music Festival (BAM!)
WHEN: June 28-29
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Cursive, American Music Club, Maritime, Maria Taylor, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Sybris, Unwed Sailor, Smoking Popes, Waco Brothers
WHAT: SoCo Music Experience
WHEN: June 28 - October 18
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: GZA, Gnarls Barkley, the Black Keys, Kinky
JULY
WHAT: Comerica Cityfest
WHEN: July 2-6
WHERE: Detroit, MI
WHO: Broken Social Scene, De La Soul, the Zombies, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Calexico, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Thunderbirds Are Now!
WHAT: Quart Festival
WHEN: July 2-5
WHERE: Kristiansand, Norway
WHO: Interpol, the Hives, Liars, the Streets, Battles, Death Cab for Cutie, Dizzee Rascal, Gnarls Barkley, Trentemøller, Asobi Seksu, Kool Keith, Shining, Röyksopp, Dillinger Escape Plan, Kings of Convenience, I'm From Barcelona, Lykke Li
WHAT: Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival
WHEN: July 3-5
WHERE: Sète, France
WHO: Gilles Peterson, Madlib, Cinematic Orchestra, Henrik Schwarz, Sebastian Tellier
WHAT: O2 Wireless Festival
WHEN: July 3-6
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Jay-Z, Morrissey, Beck, the Hold Steady, Robyn, the National, Hot Chip, Guillemots, Hercules and Love Affair, Annie, the Cool Kids, Róisín Murphy, Nellie McKay
WHAT: Roskilde Festival
WHEN: July 3-6
WHERE: Roskilde, Denmark
WHO: Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Jay-Z, M.I.A., Neil Young, Liars, the Streets, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Band of Horses, Grinderman, Gnarls Barkley, Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, Slayer
WHAT: Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
WHERE: Ottawa, Ontario
WHEN: July 3-13
WHO: Brian Wilson, Feist, Ray Davies, TV on the Radio, Stars, Calexico, Jose Gonzalez, Ladytron, Metric, Tokyo Police Club
WHAT: 80/35
WHEN: July 4-5
WHERE: Des Moines, IA
WHO: The Flaming Lips, the Roots, Black Francis, Drive-By Truckers, Andrew Bird, Headlights
WHAT: Redfest
WHEN: July 4-5
WHERE: Surrey, England
Who: Patrick Wolf, Crystal Castles, Los Campesinos!, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Pete and the Pirates, Lightspeed Champion, Late of the Pier, Johnny Foreigner
WHAT: Heineken Open'er Festival
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Gdynia, Poland
WHO: Jay-Z, M.I.A., Beirut, the Raconteurs, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, the Sex Pistols, CocoRosie, the Chemical Brothers
WHAT: Solidays
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Paris, France
WHO: Vampire Weekend, Gossip, Busy P, DJ Mehdi, Foals, Midnight Juggernauts, Devotchka, Yelle, the Ting Tings, Para One
WHAT: Transmission Festival
WHEN: July 4-6
WHERE: Kufstein, Austria
WHO: Spiritualized, Mogwai, Tindersticks, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Cornelius, Why?, Efterklang, Milosh, Murcof, Eliot Lipp
WHAT: The Mighty Boosh Festival
WHEN: July 5
WHERE: Kent, England
WHO: Peaches, the Kills, Gary Numan, the Charlatans, White Denim, Polar Bear, the Mighty Boosh
WHAT: Wild in the Country
WHEN: July 5
WHERE: Knebworth, England
WHO: Björk, Battles, the Field, Hercules and Love Affair, Foals, Booka Shade, Soulwax/2ManyDJ's, Carl Craig, Audion, the Presets
WHAT: Afro-Punk Festival
WHEN: July 5-13
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Janelle Monae, the Apes, the Dirtbombs, P.O.S., Kudu, J*Davey, Hollywood Holt, Game Rebellion
WHAT: Hop Farm Festival
WHEN: July 6
WHERE: Kent, England
WHO: Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Primal Scream, Rufus Wainwright, Supergrass, Guillemots, Laura Marling, Carbon/Silicon
WHAT: Doctor Loft 05:00
WHEN: July 6
WHERE: Catalonia, Spain
WHO: R.E.M., Editors, Gossip, Akon, Brakes, Luciano, Pigeon Detectives, the Whip
WHAT: EXIT Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Novi Sad, Serbia
WHO: M.I.A., N.E.R.D., the Sex Pistols, Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Manu Chao, the Gossip, the Hives, Booka Shade, Ministry
WHAT: Les Ardentes Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Liege, Belgium
WHO: Spiritualized, Dizzee Rascal, Liars, the Streets, the Dandy Warhols, Gui Boratto, Nada Surf, Michael Mayer, Siouxsie, Trentemøller, Cypress Hill
WHAT: Xponential Music Festival
WHEN: July 10-13
WHERE: Camden, NJ
WHO: Beth Orton, O'Death, the Spinto Band, Dean & Britta, Alejandro Escovedo
WHAT: T in the Park
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Balado, Scotland
WHO: R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, the Hold Steady, Interpol, Hot Chip, the Raconteurs, Aphex Twin, Justice, Vampire Weekend, the National
WHAT: Oxegen
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: County Kildare, Ireland
WHO: Interpol, Aphex Twin, Cat Power, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Justice, Band of Horses, Battles, Black Kids, My Morning Jacket
WHAT: Lounge on the Farm
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Canterbury, England
WHO: Art Brut, Los Campesinos!, Black Kids, Holy Fuck, Cadence Weapon, Lightspeed Champion, Mystery Jets, Holly Golightly & the Broke Offs, Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners
WHAT: Supersonic Festival
WHEN: July 11-13
WHERE: Birmingham, England
WHO: Battles, Earth, Merzbow, Harmonia, Max Tundra, Parts & Labor, Oxbow, Dälek, Efterklang, Harvey Milk
WHAT: SP20 (Sub Pop 20th Anniversary)
WHEN: July 12-13
WHERE: Redmond, WA
WHO: The Vaselines, Green River, the Fluid, Les Thugs, Eric's Trip, Red Red Meat, Beachwood Sparks, Low, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, No Age
WHAT: Benicàssim
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Benicàssim, Spain
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Sigur Rós, Spiritualized, Hot Chip, Gnarls Barkley, Battles
WHAT: Camp Bisco
WHEN: July 17-19
WHERE: Mariaville, NY
WHO: Snoop Dogg, !!!, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, MSTRKRFT, Eliot Lipp, Amplive, the Disco Biscuits
WHAT: Dour Festival
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Dour, Belgium
WHO: Battles, the New Pornographers, Goldfrapp, Ice Cube, Pinback, the Fall, the Notwist, Why?, Enon, the Meat Puppets
WHAT: Latitude Festival
WHEN: July 17-20
WHERE: Suffolk, England
WHO: M.I.A., Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Grinderman, the Breeders, Sigur Rós, Death Cab for Cutie, the Mars Volta, Tindersticks, Blondie
WHAT: Summercase
WHEN: July 18-19
WHERE: Madrid, Spain / Barcelona, Spain
WHO: Interpol, Grinderman, the Breeders, CSS, M.I.A., the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Los Campesinos!, the Long Blondes, Maxïmo Park
WHAT: What the Heck Fest
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Anacortes, WA
WHO: Mirah and Spectratone International, the Blow, Ian Svenonius, Calvin Johnson, Kimya Dawson, Mount Eerie, Lucky Dragons, D+, Karl Blau, Little Wings
WHAT: Camp Bestival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Dorset, England
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Hercules and Love Affair, Billy Bragg, Black Kids, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Kate Nash, Kevin Rowland, Andrew Weatherall
WHAT: Melt! Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Ferropolis, Germany
WHO: Björk, Franz Ferdinand, Robyn, Hot Chip, Battles, Los Campesinos!, Bonde do Rolê, Fujiya & Miyagi, Róisín Murphy, the Notwist
WHAT: Pitchfork Music Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Public Enemy (performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Mission of Burma (performing Vs.), Sebadoh (performing Bubble and Scrape), Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, Spoon, Spiritualized, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav
WHAT: Glade Festival
WHEN: July 18-20
WHERE: Berkshire, England
WHO: Vitalic, Autechre, the Orb, Clark, DJ Donna Summer, Daedelus, Drop the Lime, Ulrich Schnauss, Quiet Village, Red Snapper
WHAT: Hard Summer
WHEN: July 19
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: N.E.R.D., Spank Rock, Kid Sister, MSTRKRFT, A-Trak, Steve Aoki
WHAT: Siren Music Festival
WHEN: July 19
WHERE: Brooklyn, NY
WHO: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Broken Social Scene, Beach House, Times New Viking, the Dodos, Parts & Labor, Annuals, the Helio Sequence, Dragons of Zynth, Jaguar Love
WHAT: Mile High Music Festival
WHEN: July 19-20
WHERE: Denver, CO
WHO: Spoon, Lupe Fiasco, Andrew Bird, Pinback, the Roots, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Josh Ritter
WHAT: Rock the Bells
WHEN: July 19 - September 6
WHERE: Various Cities
WHO: A Tribe Called Quest, the Pharcyde, Nas, De La Soul, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Ghostface & Raekwon, Murs, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister, Wale
WHAT: Rogers Picnic
WHEN: July 20
WHERE: Toronto, Ontario
WHO: Animal Collective, Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Chromeo
WHAT: Capitol Hill Block Party
WHEN: July 25-26
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, Girl Talk, Jay Reatard, the Dodos, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson
WHAT: Les 3 Elephantes
WHEN: July 25-26
WHERE: Laval, France
WHO: Vitalic, Digitalism, Camille, Subtle, Why?, Tunng, Patrick Watson, DJ QBert, Youngblood Brass Band
WHAT: Forecastle
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Louisville, KY
WHO: Tortoise, Method Man, Extra Golden, Unwed Sailor, Z-Trip, Catfish Haven, Dr. Dog, Snowden, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Devlin & Darko
WHAT: Fuji Rock Festival
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Niigata, Japan
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Spoon, the Breeders, Jamie Lidell, CSS, the Go! Team, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Primal Scream, the Futureheads, Underworld
WHAT: PDX Pop Now!
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Portland, OR
WHO: Panther, New Bloods, the Thermals' Hutch and Kathy (tentative)
WHAT: Pemberton Festival
WHEN: July 25-27
WHERE: Pemberton, British Columbia
WHO: Jay-Z, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, the Flaming Lips, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, the Fiery Furnaces, Metric, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, Buck 65
WHAT: Indietracks
WHEN: July 26-27
WHERE: Derbyshire, England
WHO: Los Campesinos!, the Wedding Present, Comet Gain, Shrag, Beatnik Filmstars, the Wave Pictures, Milky Wimpshake, the Manhattan Love Suicides, Darren Hayman
WHAT: Wicker Park Fest
WHEN: July 26-27
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Polvo, Isis, Ra Ra Riot, Film School, Red Sparowes
AUGUST
WHAT: Lollapalooza
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Chicago, IL
WHO: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Battles, Okkervil River, the Cool Kids, Kid Sister
WHAT: Newport Folk Festival
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Newport, Rhode Island
WHO: Cat Power, Jim James, Levon Helm, Calexico, She & Him, Gillian Welch, Stephen & Damian Marley, Kaki King, the Felice Brothers
WHAT: Kendal Calling
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Cumbria, England
WHO: Super Furry Animals, Dizzee Rascal, British Sea Power, the Long Blondes, Mystery Jets, dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
WHAT: SappyFest
WHEN: August 1-3
WHERE: Sackville, New Brunswick
WHO: Julie Doiron, Miracle Fortress, the Acorn, Think About Life, Chad VanGaalen, Sandro Perri, Rick White,
WHAT: A Day at the Races
WHEN: August 2
WHERE: Manchester, England
WHO: Los Campesinos!, Four Tet, Mum, the Mae Shi, Frightened Rabbit, Calvin Johnson, Elf Power, Nina Nastasia, Adem, Johnny Foreigner
WHAT: Splendour in the Grass
WHEN: August 2-3
WHERE: Byron Bay, Australia
WHO: Band of Horses, Sigur Rós, Vampire Weekend, Devo, Tricky, MSTRKRFT, Wolfmother, Lightspeed Champion, Ben Lee, the Music
WHAT: Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 3-4
WHERE: Montreal, Quebec
WHO: Cat Power, Broken Social Scene, Iggy & the Stooges, Jamie Lidell, the Black Keys, the Go! Team, the Killers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the Weakerthans, Sébastien Tellier
WHAT: Øya Festival
WHEN: August 5-9
WHERE: Oslo, Norway
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, N.E.R.D., Girl Talk, No Age, Sigur Rós, José González, Kid Sister and A-Trak, Yeasayer, Isis, Lykke Li
WHAT: Haldern Pop Festival
WHEN: August 7-9
WHERE: Rees-Haldern, Germany
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, The National, Dirty Projectors, Yeasayer, the Gutter Twins, Dodos, Joan as Police Woman, Foals, Kate Nash
WHAT: Underage Festival
WHEN: August 8
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Four Tet, White Williams, Bonde do Role, Sons and Daughters, Count and Sinden, Mystery Jets, Those Dancing Days, Foals, Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine
WHAT: New American Music Union Festival
WHEN: August 8-9
WHERE: Pittsburgh, PA
WHO: Bob Dylan and His Band, Spoon, Gnarls Barkley, the Roots, the Black Keys, the Raconteurs, Black Mountain, the Duke Spirit
WHAT: All Points West Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 8-10
WHERE: Jersey City, NJ
WHO: Radiohead, Animal Collective, Cat Power, the New Pornographers, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, the Roots, Metric, CSS, Andrew Bird, Black Kids
WHAT: Summer Sundae Weekender
WHEN: August 8-10
WHERE: Leicester, England
WHO: Of Montreal, Supergrass, Róisín Murphy, Dirty Projectors, Simian Mobile Disco, Henry Rollins, Camera Obscura, Frightened Rabbit, Fuck Buttons, Emma Pollock
WHAT: Field Day Festival
WHEN: August 9
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Of Montreal, Simian Mobile Disco, Les Savy Fav, the Notwist, Dirty Projectors, Dan Deacon, the Field, Cut Copy, Foals, Lindstrøm
WHAT: Virgin Mobile Festival
WHEN: August 9-10
WHERE: Baltimore, MD
WHO: Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Wilco, Iggy & the Stooges, Lil Wayne, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Nine Inch Nails, Shudder to Think, Foo Fighters, the Black Keys
WHAT: Athens Popfest
WHEN: August 12-16
WHERE: Athens, GA
WHO: Roky Erickson & the Explosives, Circulatory System, Elf Power, Boyracer, Bunnygrunt, Cryptacize, the Music Tapes, Apes, Dark Meat
WHAT: Pukkelpop
WHEN: August 14-16
WHERE: Hasselt, Belgium
WHO: The Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine, Los Campesinos!, Metallica, Henry Rollins, Carl Craig, Ricardo Villalobos, Bob Mould Band, Neurosis, Alkaline Trio
WHAT: La Route du Rock
WHEN: August 14-16
WHERE: Saint-Malo, France
WHO: Sigur Ros, the Breeders, Fuck Buttons, the Notwist, Tindersticks, Bowerbirds, Why?, Foals, the Ting Tings, Midnight Juggernauts
WHAT: Green Man Festival
WHEN: August 15-17
WHERE: Crickhowell, Wales
WHO: Pentangle, Spiritualized, Super Furry Animals, Iron & Wine, Black Mountain, Los Campesinos!, Fuck Buttons, School of Language, Bowerbirds, Nina Nastasia
WHAT: Lowlands
WHEN: August 15-17
WHERE: Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
WHO: Diplo, Black Kids, Crystal Castles, the National, Simian Mobile Disco, Modeselektor, the Kooks, Tunng, Roisin Murphy, Sex Pistols
WHAT: Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
WHEN: August 22-24
WHERE: San Francisco, CA
WHO: Radiohead, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Black Mountain, Devendra Banhart, Bon Iver, Drive-By Truckers, the Coup, Café Tacvba, Little Brother
WHAT: Reading and Leeds Festivals
WHEN: August 22-24
WHERE: Reading and Leeds, England
WHO: Rage Against the Machine, the Killers, Bloc Party, the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Justice, CSS, Dizzee Rascal
WHAT: Sunset Junction Street Festival
WHEN: August 23-24
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA
WHO: Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, Isaac Hayes, Antibalas, the Black Keys
WHAT: Rowf! Rowf! Rowf!
WHEN: August 23-24
WHERE: Manchester, England
WHO: Richard Youngs, the Vanishing Voice, Charalambides, MV&EE, Jakob Olausson, Anni Rossi
WHAT: Get Loaded in the Park
WHEN: August 24
WHERE: London, England
WHO: Iggy & the Stooges, the Hives, Supergrass, the Gossip, Kate Nash, Plastic Little, Soulwax, Gogol Bordello, the Presets, Mylo
WHAT: Electric Picnic
WHEN: August 29-31
WHERE: Stradbally, Ireland
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, the Roots, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Henry Rollins, Silver Apples, Josh Ritter, Constantines, Turin Brakes
WHAT: Hydro Connect
WHEN: August 29-31
WHERE: Argyll, Scotland
WHO: Spiritualized, Franz Ferdinand, the Breeders, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, the Roots, Sigur Rós, Mercury Rev, Manic Street Preachers, Camera Obscura, the Gutter Twins
WHAT: Jersey Live Festival of Music
WHEN: August 30-31
WHERE: Jersey, Channel Islands
WHO: The Go! Team, the Prodigy, Crystal Castles, Black Kids, These New Puritans, Foals, We Are Scientists, the Zutons
WHAT: Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival
WHEN: August 30-September 1
WHERE: Seattle, WA
WHO: Beck, Neko Case, Band of Horses, the Black Keys, !!!, M. Ward, the Walkmen, Dan Deacon, Man Man, Final Fantasy
SEPTEMBER
WHAT: Musicfest NW
WHEN: September 3-6
WHERE: Portland, OR
WHO: Polvo, Centro-Matic, Del the Funky Homosapien, the Builders and the Butchers
WHAT: Bestival
WHEN: September 5-7
WHERE: Isle of Wight, England
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, the Breeders, Jamie Lidell, Hot Chip, St. Vincent, CSS, Crystal Castles, Fuck Buttons, Foals, Fleet Foxes
WHAT: Virgin Festival Toronto
WHEN: September 6-7
WHERE: Toronto, Ontatrio
WHO: Oasis, Paul Weller, Bloc Party, Spiritualized, Constantines, MGMT, Foo Fighters, the Wombats, the Weakerthans, Pigeon Detectives
WHAT: End of the Road Festival
WHEN: September 12-14
WHERE: Dorset, England
WHO: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, the Mountain Goats, Low, Mercury Rev, Jason Molina, Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek, American Music Club, Calexico, Robyn Hitchcock, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner
WHAT: Monolith Festival
WHEN: September 13-14
WHERE: Morrison, CO
WHO: TV on the Radio, Justice, Neko Case, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Blitzen Trapper, A Place to Bury Strangers, Akron/Family, Del the Funky Homosapien
WHAT: Pygmalion Music Festival
WHEN: September 17-20
WHERE: Champaign-Urbana, IL
WHO: Yo La Tengo, Dan Deacon, Black Mountain, High Places, Headlights, Dark Meat, Wye Oak, the Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Monotonix, Unwed Sailor
WHAT: ATP New York
WHEN: September 19-21
WHERE: Monticello, NY
WHO: My Bloody Valentine, Built to Spill (performing Perfect From Now On), Meat Puppets (performing Meat Puppets II), Thurston Moore (performing Psychic Hearts), Tortoise (performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die), Low, Shellac, Mogwai, Polvo, Dinosaur Jr.
WHAT: Treasure Island Music Festival
WHEN: September 20-21
WHERE: San Francisco, CA
WHO: TV on the Radio, Justice, the Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, CSS, Okkervil River, Fleet Foxes
WHAT: Austin City Limits Music Festival
WHEN: September 26-28
WHERE: Austin, TX
WHO: The Raconteurs, Spiritualized, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beck, N.E.R.D., David Byrne, Gnarls Barkley, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Neko Case
OCTOBER
WHAT: Voodoo Experience: The Tenth Ritual
WHEN: October 24-26
WHERE: New Orleans, LA
WHO: R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, Neville Brothers
NOVEMBER
WHAT: Brainwaves
WHEN: November 21-23
WHERE: Arlington, MA
WHO: Matmos, Stars of the Lid, A Place to Bury Strangers, Boduf Songs, Meat Beat Manifesto, His Name Is Alive, Gary Wilson, Lichens, Charalambides, Marissa Nadler
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Cat Drummer
lors du BBQ chez Oli, dom lavoie entend une toune des Killers, il empoigne le chat gustave... and the rest is history!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
MR. COBAIN IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE!
What a fuckin' travesty! Cobain signature converse shoes... Is courtney sole (pun intended) estate manager? If so she should be shot.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Artists Supporting a Democrat? Really? Barack Boomshackalacka!
It may smell like a good ol' fromage but it's kind of uplifting...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
200 People Freeze In Grand Central - WOW!
Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for
five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.
five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
One Word... WOW!
D-Day recreation on a budget. Insane video compositing job... watch the whole thing!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sia Furler - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
Keep your eyes and ears opened for this girl... she's going places real fast.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Monday, December 24, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
You Ain't Blogging This Shit! No, Never... ! HAHAHA!
GOOD TIMES @ OSHEAGA, WHERE THE BEER FLOWED!
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
Mathias Mental
context:
a summer night... im at the B.O.... there's some dumbass who's drunk as fuck... he's running full speed into closed doors... we're laughing our asses off... he pukes on himself... even funnier... he says he's in a band... he says that valleyfield sucks... he's most certainly right... gen vallée tells him that she can't trust him cause he looks like a drunk dom lavoie... this takes the cake... so hilarious... we all forget about him... 6 months later im looking for some new local talent to listen to... and... i find this shit...
the song is actually a really good pop song.
enjoy!
a summer night... im at the B.O.... there's some dumbass who's drunk as fuck... he's running full speed into closed doors... we're laughing our asses off... he pukes on himself... even funnier... he says he's in a band... he says that valleyfield sucks... he's most certainly right... gen vallée tells him that she can't trust him cause he looks like a drunk dom lavoie... this takes the cake... so hilarious... we all forget about him... 6 months later im looking for some new local talent to listen to... and... i find this shit...
the song is actually a really good pop song.
enjoy!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Velvet Revolver / Montreal / August 11th 2007
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover)
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Feist / Montreal / June 1st 2007
Leslie Feist performing "1234" @ The Olympia...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tool / Montreal / July 10th 2007
Even wussy friends affraid to celebrate Tool's presence in Montreal couldn't stop me from having a kickass time! What a killer show... amazing music, amazing visuals.
LATERALUS
2-DRUMMER JAM + MAYNARD PLAYING WITH TOILET PAPER!
LATERALUS
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2-DRUMMER JAM + MAYNARD PLAYING WITH TOILET PAPER!
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Arcade Fire on the Price is Right... Very Nice! High Five!
Tim and Richard on the Price is Right... forming 1-866-NEON-BIBLE with their tshirts.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Witch's Brew Willy's Pub Style
BIG FILE > LET IT LOAD!
TRACK: The Shins - Turn On Me
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Kyle Spratt - Slim Sellout
Did you guys hear about the 18 year old Ontario rapper, Kyle Spratt who stole Kim Mathers cellphone at a bingo hall that she frequents & then called Eminem to try to get him to listen to a demo?!
That’s ballsy! Eminem was none to pleased with the phone theft & calls, in face Eminem denied he was himself when called and Kyle recorded the conversation, as well as conversations with the police who Marshall contacted afterwards.
Kyle took all this media and concocted a pretty hilarious Eminem diss track attacking Marshall, Kim & their parenting skills. No holds barred!
Kyle Spratt - Slim Sellout
That’s ballsy! Eminem was none to pleased with the phone theft & calls, in face Eminem denied he was himself when called and Kyle recorded the conversation, as well as conversations with the police who Marshall contacted afterwards.
Kyle took all this media and concocted a pretty hilarious Eminem diss track attacking Marshall, Kim & their parenting skills. No holds barred!
Kyle Spratt - Slim Sellout
Monday, June 04, 2007
iPhone Commercials
Apple has released some commercials for the iPhone, and it's official release date has been set for June 29 (U.S. only). I'll admit, I didn't really care about the iPhone at all until I saw these. The interface looks amazingly slick, although it seems like your fingers would start hurting after all that rubbing. And there's no way their touch screen would be usable by hands as giant and manly as mine.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Photosynth demo
This is where photo sharing/tagging is going! insane!
Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.
Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an architect at Microsoft Live Labs, and the co-creator of Photosynth, a monumental piece of software capable of assembling static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Jean Leloup abat un policier lors d'un vol de dépanneur!
WOW! toute une trouvaille...
Merci Olivier Robillard Laveaux!
Merci Olivier Robillard Laveaux!
Quiksilver Store Opening / Montreal / May 26th 2007
Had an amazing time with everybody... here's the video montage i put together for Quiksilver. Stéphane was amazing and even let me leave with a couple of chosen pieces of Quiksilver gear. Click here to launch the mini site.
Friday, May 25, 2007
LCD Soundsystem / Montreal / May 9th 2007
Even though the sound was not that good (feedback festival) and the band being plagued with less than par music gear, LCDSS rocked the Spectrum and had us on our feet wiggling our tails off. Let's not kid ourselves, it's sad to see the legendary Spectrum go but the sound has always been shit for "louder" acts. The future of live shows in Montreal is not with 1000 seater rooms it's less than that (LaTulipe, Le National, L'Olympia, etc.) or its bigger like the Metropolis.
here's an excerpt of "daft punk is playing at my house" as seen and heard by jules...
here's an excerpt of "daft punk is playing at my house" as seen and heard by jules...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
The Arcade Fire / Montreal / May 13th 2007
Critics were a bit hard on the band i find... yes the venue has probably some of the worst acoustic qualities that a venue can possess, yes the crowd wasn't super demonstrative... but saying the band lacked energy is simply not fair.
here's a visual argument from my perspective!
here's a visual argument from my perspective!
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The Killers / Montreal / May 6th 2007
Amazing visuals, great ambiance... all and all a great time!
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
what am i listening to...
- Amy Winehouse's new album... cause she's honest and true to herself. she's telling it like it is and is not falling for the pressure that a second release is often plagued with.
- New Modest Mouse album "we were dead before the ship even sank". I was never in love with their first release apart from the first single "float on" which is still pretty fresh when i hear it.
- Under the influence of giants' song "in the clouds" just because it's synth galore and i like heavy synths and it makes me tap my foot.
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55... especially the track "the song that we sing" (and all other english songs) i can't really say why i like the song, i just do. deal with it... hehehe!
- The Sounds' 2006 track "painted by numbers" i forgot about this release for a while but it's damn good and catchy like i like 'em...
- There you go 4 out of 5 choices are women singers... what can i say the girls are the new boys like gray is the new black.
Credibility... everybody wants it, few really achieve it.
I'm usually not a big fan of those "lists" because they can't be entirely true. This one comes pritty close i must say and it's not just a simple enumeration, you'll also find the explanation and the angle.
read it!
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/26/credibility/
read it!
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/03/26/credibility/
Monday, March 26, 2007
and another AC post...
Arcade Fire have ended a few shows with in-crowd performances, but the first song, "Neon Bible" is fun to watch, if only to see how the whole band fit in one elevator. They save some space by eliminating percussion-- the band hit the elevator walls, and Richard Perry rips the pages out of a magazine to give the song a small, gentle beat.
SOURCE: LA BLOGOTHÈQUE: TAKE AWAY SHOWS!
SOURCE: LA BLOGOTHÈQUE: TAKE AWAY SHOWS!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
The Machine is Us/ing Us
A really clever animation explaining how the internet
got started and where it is going. ENJOY!
it's a bit techy but nonetheless quite enjoyable. you'll see.
got started and where it is going. ENJOY!
it's a bit techy but nonetheless quite enjoyable. you'll see.
I was there and you weren't :) heheh
as matt said... 3 words to describe the show > communion, orgie et énergie!
what an amazing show even more intense as the corona shows i've seen in april of 2005 if that is possible. a great balance between new material and old stuff. they opened their set with keep the car running in my opinion one of the best track on neon bible.
what an amazing show even more intense as the corona shows i've seen in april of 2005 if that is possible. a great balance between new material and old stuff. they opened their set with keep the car running in my opinion one of the best track on neon bible.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
- win playing his guitar and singing off the stage with the crowd in rebellion lies
- one word : TUNNELS
- great rendition of no cars go
- the soft but amazingly powerful my body is a cage
- acoustic version of wake up with regine, win, tim and richard on the floor with their instruments (see video below)
- win playing his guitar and singing off the stage with the crowd in rebellion lies
- one word : TUNNELS
- great rendition of no cars go
- the soft but amazingly powerful my body is a cage
- acoustic version of wake up with regine, win, tim and richard on the floor with their instruments (see video below)
Friday, February 02, 2007
what am i listening to...
here's the artists/tracks that have been rocking my boat lately...
ENJOY!
cheers,
j
- Peter, Bjorn & John - understated arrangements, killer melodies, unique vocals and intense rythmics. a must hear... especially the track "young folks"
- The Knife - this artist's tracks have been playing in my ipod for a couple of years now but their latest effort "silent shout" is a gem of post-techno beats layered with all sorts of other analog or synthesized instruments. the unique vocal approach of karen dreijer as well as her sometimes tortured lyrics are the perfect amalgam for my lil' ol' ears. also worth a listen is jose gonzales' cover version of the knife's heartbeats which can be heard in the amazing sony bravia ad with all the colored superballs (180 sec. extended version)
- The Shins - their new album is a real melodic accomplishment. the videoclip for the track phantom limb is for sure one of the best i've seen in a while and the track is nothing short than stellar... great vocal harmonies, very well produced. subpop definately hit one out of the park on this one. (see the video below)
ENJOY!
cheers,
j
Thursday, February 01, 2007
WOW! Aqua Teen Hunger Force Bomb Scare In Boston
art project / guerilla marketing project / publicity for a left field cartoon show caused all this mayhem in Boston yesterday. Now 2 unemployed and starving artists may suffer the consequences of this genius marketing ploy.
The 2 dropouts who got paid to put them (the "devices") up around the city have been arrested and charged with perpetrating a hoax or something... What hoax? It was the city that thought they were bombs and closed bridges and cancelled buses, etc. Bloggers knew what was really going on hours before the city did. And 9 other cities figured it out without causing panic.
best press conference EVER!
see a behing the scenes video of the installation process.
other sources...
http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_031135507.html
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070131/NEWS07/70131046/1054/SPORTS06
The 2 dropouts who got paid to put them (the "devices") up around the city have been arrested and charged with perpetrating a hoax or something... What hoax? It was the city that thought they were bombs and closed bridges and cancelled buses, etc. Bloggers knew what was really going on hours before the city did. And 9 other cities figured it out without causing panic.
best press conference EVER!
see a behing the scenes video of the installation process.
other sources...
http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_031135507.html
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070131/NEWS07/70131046/1054/SPORTS06
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
a glimpse into my daily online routine...
I, for one, hate doing the same things over and over again... but for some reason, which i ignore, it seems that i've been returning to the same sites for a while now for my daily dose of news, music, funny shit and other cultural enlightments.
so here we go:
- ROCKETBOOM > daily video blog based in NYC covering all types of fierce subjects, from sociological, cultural and environmental standpoints.
- THE SHOW with ZE FRANK > zany character doing the thinking so we don't have to. SO BRILLIANT yet SO FUNNY!
- PITCHFORK MEDIA > online music news resource, album reviews, etc. to consult if you're looking for little musical gems.
- DRUDGE REPORT > great "left field" international news resource (they're the ones who broke out the lewinski story couple of years back)
- STILLEPOST.CA > sometimes funny, sometimes informative but always addictive... reading 16 year-olds try to own each other all day long is quite funny...
thats it for now...
so here we go:
- ROCKETBOOM > daily video blog based in NYC covering all types of fierce subjects, from sociological, cultural and environmental standpoints.
- THE SHOW with ZE FRANK > zany character doing the thinking so we don't have to. SO BRILLIANT yet SO FUNNY!
- PITCHFORK MEDIA > online music news resource, album reviews, etc. to consult if you're looking for little musical gems.
- DRUDGE REPORT > great "left field" international news resource (they're the ones who broke out the lewinski story couple of years back)
- STILLEPOST.CA > sometimes funny, sometimes informative but always addictive... reading 16 year-olds try to own each other all day long is quite funny...
thats it for now...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Harvee - Go Mary Go Go @ The Spectrum
Harvee in action performing the unreleased track Go Mary Go Go. Recorded @ The Spectrum in Montreal where Harvee was opening for The Dears on December 14th 2006.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
BBC >> Tetris - From Russia With Love
A hard to find documentary about Tetris and its creator Alexey Pajitnov. Also covers the rivalaries between Nintendo and Atari and the ... all » absurdities of buying copyrights for software from a country that doesn't believe in property, much less intellectual property. Ultimately, a great documentary about a very important game. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY
Monday, November 13, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
How To Make Anything Look Like a Toy?
Artist Olivo Barbieri
To create this effect, Barbieri uses a tilt-frame camera to shift the plane of focus so that it is out of alignment with the film. Normally, this allows wide-angle aerial views to be captured in proper perspective. But used incorrectly, an optical illusion occurs.
MORE PICTURES HERE AND HERE
To create this effect, Barbieri uses a tilt-frame camera to shift the plane of focus so that it is out of alignment with the film. Normally, this allows wide-angle aerial views to be captured in proper perspective. But used incorrectly, an optical illusion occurs.
MORE PICTURES HERE AND HERE
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Hey Ya (Acoustic Outkast Cover)
i always loved remodeled version of popular songs... this one is not the best for shizzle but nonetheless original and well rendered.
Forgot an HP ad
Last but not least for the HP personal ads, here's Mark Burnett (Reality TV Pioneer)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Amazing road trip to toronto
Last Friday I played tour bus driver for my friends in the montreal based group Harvee. Tdot was the destination, fun was the objective, exhaustment was achieved! A couple of them had never seen the queen city from above... The CN tower.After getting robbed on the cab fare we got to see the clouds smile at us and reveal the sun they had been hiding. here's a photo i took from the observation deck.
Friday, May 26, 2006
New Gnarls Barkley video!
Simple ideas often make the best looking videos. enjoy!
http://streamos.atlrec.com/qtime/atlantic/gnarls_barkley/video/crazy/crazy-500.mov
http://streamos.atlrec.com/qtime/atlantic/gnarls_barkley/video/crazy/crazy-500.mov
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