Monday, July 13, 2009 5:16PM - By Laura Aguirre
This year the Treasure Island Music Festival is going on its third year, was able to pull in some ground-breaking artists such as MGMT, Girl Talk, The Flaming Lips, Beirut, Grizzly Bear and Yo La Tengo.
The Festival starts on October 17th and goes for two days with a total of two stages. The good thing about this festival is that if you wish to see all of the bands, you can–there will be no overlapping sets (sweet!).
Complete Lineup brought to you by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment…
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:00PM - By Morelli
Team B, the newest project led by Arcade Fire/Beirut member Kelly Pratt, includes LCD Soundsystem’s Pat Mahoney on drums, Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire. While without a label, the band has recorded an album that’s available now through the Team B Myspace, and through iTunes.
The big names are enough to get excited, but you might be surprised with the resulting sound. Using synths and guitars, they describe themselves as “easy-listening” alt rock, and there are high hopes for Team B’s second self-released album, the follow-up to last year’s self-titled album.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:00AM - By James
Remember in high school when your English teacher would make you write compare and contrast essays? Well, for some reason I always tried to sneak just a comparison paper by her – I hated writing the contrast part. Something about how if two things are inherently different, its more fun to find similarities than to point out the obvious differences. I love comparing books to movies, movies to TV shows, apples to oranges (they’re both round) – hell, whatever comes to mind. This article is aimed at taking my two favorite things in the world and smashing them together: LOST and music.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:12PM - By Kevin
Beirut mastermind Zach Condon canceled a European tour earlier this year to recharge his batteries, but he has stayed busy. He spent his time off prepping a double EP.
The first EP is a six-track Beirut release titled March of the Zapotec. The tracks were partially recorded in Mexico earlier this year. The second EP is credited to Realpeople, a moniker Condon used early in his recording career. This release is titled Holland and features newly recorded versions of five songs of his oldest songs, a few of which have appeared on compilations.
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