Live Review: Kendrick Lamar / Chance the Rapper
IMU Main Ballroom, Iowa City, IA - 5.06.13

Several years ago, Snoop Dogg was scheduled to play a show here at the University of Iowa. If memory serves (and it might not), the show was scheduled for one of the larger venues around, if not the sprawling Hubbard Park, then certainly the spacious Main Ballroom inside the Union. I’m surely getting the specific details mixed up in the fog of time, but the show WAS cancelled. While the University never... ...[read more]

  I went to Riotfest's first iteration as an outdoor festival last year, and it was an incredibly well run festival, stacked front to back with acts to pay homage to the old school (Iggy & The Stooges) as well as the current day (Rise Against). Over the course of the weekend, I had precisely forty-five minutes where there was not a band I HAD to see. I thought I had missed out on the days of seeing shows made specifically for me when Warped Tour started booking screamo bands, but Riotfest proved me wrong. I did not think such a... ...[read more]

  It's been a while, but My Bloody Valentine are continuing the resurrection in the wake of MBV with a headlining spot at Los Angeles's FYF Fest. The festival will take place August 24th & 25th at L.A. State Historic Park. Yeah Yeah Yeahs will also close out a night, and they'll be joined by groups like TV on the Radio, FLAG, Yo La Tengo, Kurt Vile & The Violators, and and many more. All information can be found at www.fyffest.com, and the lineup is as follows:
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  2013's 80/35 has already had a great initial batch of artists ranging from David Byrne & St. Vincent, Wu-Tang Clan, and Wavves alongside locals like Trouble Lights and Mumford's, and they've continued the trend with their latest announcement. Menomena and Detroit rappers Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson will bring their particular brands of ruckus to the festival along side our boys in Gloom Balloon and H.D. Harmsen. The whole list of new acts can be found below, and all pertinent information regarding the festival can be found at... ...[read more]

  Justin Timberlake just doesn't seem to get any breaks, does he? Successful albums, hilarious stints on SNL, movie star status? It's a wonder the man can sleep. Also adding to the ills is the success of The 20/20 Experience, and now come the perils and trappings of a sure-to-be successful tour. If you want to commiserate with the man, check out the following dates: ...[read more]

  Much like Jaws creeping upon Amity Island, The National are on their way to devour all in their way this summer. Trouble Will Find Me is slated for release in just a few more weeks, and they've now joined forces with their sad-sack brothers in arms Frightened Rabbit for a North American tour. There's not too many dates on this tour, so...hopefully more are coming? Until then, make plans now: ...[read more]

  Asheville, North Carolina's Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit have released their initial 2013 lineup starring the rebirth of Nine Inch Nails and electro superstars Bassnectar and Pretty Lights as headliners and the excitement continues right down the artist roster. Crowd pleasers Animal Collective, Trent Reznor's other band How To Destroy Angels, the just-reunited Neutral Milk Hotel, recent comeback kids Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and old school wonder Gary Numan are next on the marquee followed... ...[read more]

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