Archive for March, 2009
Hot Congress Block Party
GET YOUR POWDERED WIG READY, THERE’S A NEW CONGRESS IN TOWN
A Hot Congress Block Party
The First Continental Congress of the United States was a meeting of representatives from twelve of the thirteen Britsh Colonies in North America. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. On April 18, 2009, a new hot congress will be delegated to the city of Denver, Colorado. Hot Congress consists of local musicians working together not only to bring their art closer to you, but also you closer to your local music scene. This innovative congressionally hot collective has been working in cahoots with local music venues such as the Hi-Dive, Moe’s, and the Larimer Lounge towards raising money for the release of the first Hot Congress Compilation CD. Our other main focus has been the creation of hotcongressdenver.com, an interactive community of artists displaying, networking, and inspiring each other through art and music. This site consists of user generated content, such as reviews, blogs, live performance videos as well as shorts created by local film makers, news/show postings, a gallery of still frame art from a variety of mediums, and a venue directory to help assist not only bands within the state of Colorado, but also help smaller bands from around the country as they book tours our way. The launch of hotcongressdenver.com will take place on April 18, 2009 at the Hot Congress Block Party at the Larimer Lounge and Meadowlark.
Breakfestes, Action Packed Thrill Ride, Vitamins, Achille Lauro, and Widowers will be performing at the Larimer Lounge. The Pseudo Dates, Fissure Mystic, The Jim Jims, and Lil Slugger at the Meadowlark. A simple eight dollars gives you access to both venues. All proceeds will go to the release of the Hot Congress Compilation CD this summer. The action begins at 8pm but it would be wise to show up early, on account of the fact that you never know what’s going to happen when the congress gets HOT.
Larimer Lounge (21+) 2721 Larimer St. Denver, CO
Breakfestes 8pm
Action Packed Thrill Ride 9pm
Vitamins 10pm
Achille lauro 11pm
Widowers 12am
Meadowlark (21+) 2701 Larimer St. Denver, CO
Fissure Mystic 8:30pm
Lil Slugger 9:30pm
The Pseudo Dates 10:30
The Jim Jims 11:30
Free CD Sampler From Shockhound
Everybody loves free things, especially the way things are nowadays. Levi’s/Fader in partnership w/Shockhound are putting up a sampler of sorts for free download.
Mates of State- The Re-Arranger (Flosstradamus Remix) [mp3]
ShockHound.com is offering a FREE 12-song compilation of select artists that played this year’s Levi’s®/FADER Fort last week in Austin, Texas. To redeem the songs, just sign-up/login at ShockHound and head to http://www.shockhound.com/free_music Enter promo code ‘LEVISFORT’ and the tracks are yours! Here’s the free tracks:
1. “Young Adult Fiction” – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
2. “Nike Boots” – Wale
3. “So So Happy Making” – Hatcham Social
4. “Don’t Lie” – Abe Vigoda
5. “Bayonets” – Amazing Baby
6. “Laws Of Physics” – Coupleskate
7. “Baby It’s Boring” – Esser
8. “Stuck On Repeat” – Little Boots
9. “The Re-Arranger (Flosstradamus Remix)” – Mates Of State
10. “Iceage Babeland” – Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
11. “Whole World On Its Head” – Post War Years
12. “Get Over It” – Solid Gold
Mile High Music Fesitval Lineup
First thoughts?! The middle of the lineups look pretty solid, now as far as the headliners go….
TOOL, WIDESPREAD PANIC AND THE FRAY TO HEADLINE
SECOND ANNUAL
MILE HIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Tickets For The Festival, Held July 18th and 19th
On The Fields At Dick’s Sporting Goods Park,
Go On Sale Friday, April 3rd, At 10:00 AM MDT
Other Performers Include Incubus, Ben Harper and Relentless7,
G.Love & Special Sauce, Gov’t Mule, Buddy Guy, 3OH!3,
Ani DiFranco, Paolo Nutini, The Black Keys, John Butler, Gomez,
The Wailers, India Arie and Many Others;
Additional Artists To Be Announced
Colorado’s Mile High Music Festival returns to the Fields at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 18 and 19. The 2009 festival expands to two main stages for its second year. Headliners include TOOL (Saturday), Widespread Panic (on both Saturday and Sunday), and The Fray (Sunday).
In addition to the headliners, 2009 performance highlights include Incubus, Ben Harper and Relentless7, G.Love & Special Sauce, Gov’t Mule, Buddy Guy, 3OH!3, Ani DiFranco, Paolo Nutini, The Black Keys, John Butler, Gomez, The Wailers, India Arie many others. The Fray, 3OH!3, India.Arie, Set Forth, and Paper Bird are among the bands on the bill who call Colorado home. A complete list of currently confirmed acts is included below, with additional artists still to be announced. Visit http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com for ongoing updates. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. each day.
Mile High Music Festival exploded on to the national festival scene last year as hosts to Colorado’s largest music and arts festival, offering concertgoers a tremendous variety of musical talent, food from many of Denver’s top restaurants, an artists’ village and more. The festival, which attracted more than 90,000 attendees its inaugural year, went off without a hitch and promises again to put the fan experience first. The festival grounds, with its remarkable views of the Denver skyline and Rocky Mountain Front Range, will offer even more shade and misting tents, an increased number of free water stations, and shorter concession lines. The 2009 event also boasts an upgraded VIP experience and expanded festival greening initiatives.
This year’s Mile High Music Festival introduces a charity component as a special thank you to the community that is helping make the event a Colorado summer tradition. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit Commerce City’s Quality Community Foundation (QCF). “This is extremely good news,” said Commerce City Mayor Paul Natale. “The city is very excited to again be apart of the Mile High Music Festival and for AEG Live to donate money to the city’s Quality Community Foundation is just music to my ears.” The Quality Community Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established by Commerce City in 2006. It grants money to organizations that provide nonprofit services to Commerce City residents.
Tickets for Mile High Music Festival will go on sale Friday, April 3, at 10:00 a.m. MDT online at http://www.tickethorse.com and http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com, by phone at 866-461-6556 and at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Box Office. They can also be purchased with a credit card at the Ticket Outlet Kiosks in twelve Dick’s Sporting Goods stores. The Paramount Theatre Box Office will be open on Friday, April 3 from 10 am – 2 PM to sell MHMF tickets to walk-up customers only. Ticket prices are $162.50 (plus service charges) for a 2-Day Pass. A limited number of Single Day Tickets will be available for $90.00 (plus service charges) while supplies last. Two-day VIP Packages are also available: $400.00 (plus service charges) for the Mile High VIP Pass and $1250.00 for the Mile High Apex experience (plus service charges).
Mile High Music Festival’s two-day weekend pass is available this year on a Layaway Program. The Layaway Program offers an opportunity to pay for the price of a two-day pass in two installments, with 50% plus service charges due at time of purchase and the remaining 50% balance due on June 12.
The festival will also offer a Carpool Package for $650.00 and includes four two-day passes and special carpool parking. Carpoolers are encouraged to participate in the Mile High Music Festival Carpool Contest. Participants are asked to decorate their vehicles to draw attention to their green driving efforts. Winners will be randomly chosen on each day of the festival and awarded VIP upgrades for each rider in the vehicle.
Visit www.milehighmusicfestival.com for details. The Fields at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is conveniently located just nine miles from downtown Denver, and only 1.8 miles from the I-70 and Quebec exit.
The line-up for Mile High Music Festival is currently as follows (not in order of appearance and additional artists still to be announced):
Saturday, July 18
TOOL
Widespread Panic
Incubus
Ben Harper & Relentless7
G. Love and Special Sauce
Ani DiFranco
The Black Keys
Paolo Nutini
Gomez
Greyboy Allstars
Railroad Earth
India.Arie
Lyrics Born
Rocco DeLuca and The Burden
Erin McCarley
Band of Heathens
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
Set Forth
Sunday, July 19
Widespread Panic
The Fray
Gov’t Mule
3OH!3
Buddy Guy
John Butler
Gogol Bordello
Galactic
Guster
The Wailers
Matisyahu
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Mat Kearney
Dead Confederate
Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
Paper Bird
Honeyhoney
Joe Pug
Electric Touch
School of Seven Bells ::: P4K/Windish Agency Party ::: SXSW 2009
Of all the shows I was fortunate to catch last week, I can pinpoint this one as my favorite. The bass being pumped inside Emo’s Jr. was a bit overwhelming, but the trio delivered in a hot steamy sauna that had their beats cutting through the humidity as fast as our government is spending our tax dollars. All of a sudden, the Secret Machines are an afterthought.
School of Seven Bells-Half Asleep [mp3]
WAVVES ::: P4K/Windish Agency Party ::: SXSW 2009
Hype is a bitch. Everybody expects for greatness to manifest itself from the stage when everybody writes something resounding about said group or person. As the case with California kid blogger turned musician into an indecipherable spaz onstage. I tried to see what it was all about and I came away empty handed. Turns out that the recorded version is a bit better at trying to understand what is being said.
Wavves-Sun Opens My Eyes [mp3]
Delphic
Don’t be surprised if you see the aforementioned name around in a bit. The Manchester band has opening duties for Bloc Party on tour and is making quite a splash with their synth-heavy single below, Counterpoint, in their native UK.
Counterpoint Video
UNKLE VIDEO
Spike Jonze is on a tear. When not directing what seems like a smashing movie, he’s directing videos or dating Karen O and as of late, Michelle Williams. Something I didn’t know, is that he’s also creative director over at VBS.TV. This sublime video creates another life for UNKLE in ways only others can imagine.
UNKLE-What Are You To Me (Sasha Remix) [mp3]
Heaven Video
Hillbilly Prom ::: These United States ::: Hi Dive ::: 03.27.09
Don’t forget about this Friday. Be dressed to the 9′s in your finest hillbilly attire!
These United States-Get Yourself Home [mp3]
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