The Raconteurs and Justice lead the pack of indie and electronic acts on tap for the second outing of the Treasure Island Music Festival . The September 20-21 event will once again take place on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.
Eye patches, parrots, pirate patois, and-- oh yes-- more sweet indie rock/dance acts than you can shake a peg leg at: it's the Treasure Island Music Festival , returning to the historic San Francisco island September 20 and 21.
The last scene of last year's hit film Juno pointed toward one small path in music's future: star Ellen Page sitting on a stoop, singing a song by obscure boy-girl folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Her leading man, Michael Cera, sang along, but he was really just her backup.
Scarlett Johansson joins the latest group of actors in taking on musical projects armed with plenty of attitude, if not always vocal chops. THE VERY last scene of last year's hit film "Juno" pointed toward one small path in music's future: star Ellen Page sitting on a stoop, singing a song by obscure boy-girl folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Her leading man, Michael Cera, sang along, but he was
Zig-Zag Live, the traveling concert series that has brought the likes of Art Brut, the Constantines, Irving, Aberdeen City, the Black Lips, Beirut, Boris, Serena Maneesh, Hank III, the Twilight Singers, Isis, Antibalas, Lucero, Dr. Dog and El-P to stages across the US, is now giving fans a chance to win a Gibson Epiphone Les Paul Special II.
Megadeth, The Kills, Engelbert Humperdinck (Hint: Mother's Day), KT Tunstall, and Was (Not Was) are a few of this weeks critic's picks to get you out and about -- and entertained.
There used to be a sign at the exit of the Verrazano Bridge that read “Welcome to Brooklynâ€The fourth largest city in America.” Actually, if each borough in Gotham were a standalone city, Brooklyn, with the present population of 2.5 million would now be the third largest city in the country.
Ocote Soul Sounds was born of strange conditionsâ€a failed biodiesel-fueled road trip that lead to jam sessions in Austin, TX, that in turn lead to the cross country trade of mp3s and song ideas, that gave birth to a surprising debut, last years' independently released Electric Tides . Masterminded by two of the freshest voices in new music today, Ocote Soul Sounds is in top form on The Alchemist
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