Festivals

Sooo not sure what happened to my 'Psychedelic Pop' post - it mysteriously disappeared - but maybe if I ever get around to re-doing it I will...but anyway in addition to getting stoked about spring and warm weather...it is time for festivals season!!

The 8th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will be June 11-14 on the same 700-acrs farm in Manchester, Tennessee this year. This four-day camping and music festival will total over 120 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages. The initial 2009 Lineup has been posted on the festival's website.

Some bands that I felt compelled to highlight are:
The Knux - Bang! Bang!
The Knux - Cappuccino
David Byrne - Strange Overtones
Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
The Decemberists - July, July!
The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament
Béla Fleck - Poindexter
Béla Fleck - The Fjords of Oslo
Béla Fleck - The Last Jam
Gomez - See the World
Santogold - Lights Out
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Okkervil River - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe
Brett Dennen - Ain't No Reason
Brett Dennen - The One Who Loves You the Most
Crystal Castles - Air War
Crystal Castles - Magic Spells
Chairlift - Bruises
Alberta Cross - Low Man
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue


Also some other artists playing whom I have mentioned in previous posts are: Animal Collective, of Montreal, Andrew Bird, MGMT, and Bon Iver

Drop of Animal Collective's LSD

So everyone knows that Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion album is about to drop - big hype about that.

I first heard about them about 4 years ago on Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale - met a lone ranger at our hotel with whom we ended up exchanging a bunch of music. Got the Feels album from him and I will leave you with a couple old school jams from that:

Animal Collective - Banshee Beat

Animal Collective - Daffy Duck

Animal Collective - Two Corvettes