Modest Mouse will visit the Lone Star state playing shows at Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, TX on November 9th and the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas, TX on November 10th. On November 13th, the band will appear at the SWU Music and Arts Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Talkdemonic, who were recently signed to Isaac Brock’s Glacial Pace label, will be opening the shows in Austin and Dallas. Tickets for the Austin and Dallas shows go on sale Friday, October 21 at 10:00am central time.
Modest Mouse tour dates:
November 9 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
November 10 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
November 13 Sao Paulo, Brazil – SWU Music and Arts Festival
Okayplayer is proud to team up with The Transform America Moving Minds Benefit Concert, which will raise awareness and funds for the organization’s Moving Minds Mentorship and Youth Council programs featuring Lupe Fiasco with additional performances by independent acts including Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Maya Azucena and Brooklyn-bred singer, poet and lyricist Shanelle Gabriel who will also be hosting the event by Maya Azucena and Shanelle Gabriel on Monday November 7th at Terminal 5 in NYC. Tickets are available for purchase here.
Matt & Kim, named this week by Time Out New York as one of NYC’s Top 25 Bands, are ready to kick off 2012 with the biggest end-of-the-year dance party at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Dec 31st. Armed with their legendary live show and “their odes to youth, friendship and the 24/7 adventure that is New York City,” Hammerstein is the place to be to usher in the New Year! Tickets are on sale Friday, Oct 21st at noon EST, with a limited pre-sale starting Thursday, Oct 20th at noon EST. Tickets available at www.livenation.com, charge by phone 800.745.3000 and select Ticketmaster locations.
Matt & Kim are just coming off a huge national tour in continued support of their album Sidewalks (FADER Label). The Brooklyn duo also joined forces with Soulja Boy and Andrew W.K. for Converse’s Three Artists, One Song collaboration. Download the original track “I’m A Goner” and watch the music video, featuring a zombie dance party, at http://play.converse.com/blog/2011/08/16/im-a-goner/
It’s a celebration, Fool’s Gold turns 4 years old this month and each year we look forward to a musical celebration to keep the ground shaking and people talking. The Fool’s Gold 4 Year Anniversary party is taking place on Saturday, October 22nd at Tribeca Grand in NYC. It’s FREE, and will feature performances by the Fool Gold’s roster, friends and even Mr Thugged Out Millatainment himself, N.O.R.E. Here are the other performances lined up for the evening: N.O.R.E., A-Trak, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Party Supplies, Chase N. Cashe, Cubic Zirconia, The Suzan, Nick Catchdubs and other special guests. Make sure to RSVP
The Guggenheim Museum will present a unique musical performance by MGMT at the after-party for the annual Guggenheim International Gala on Thursday, November 10, 2011, held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on the occasion of the exhibition Maurizio Cattelan: All. A second MGMT performance at the museum will take place on Friday, November 11, 2011.
The 2011 Guggenheim International Gala will celebrate the retrospective Maurizio Cattelan: All, in which the artist’s entire body of work will be suspended en masse from the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda in a provocative, site-specific installation. With over 130 artworks on view from the rotunda floor and from varying heights of the museum ramps, the exhibition offers a dramatic setting for guests at the Guggenheim International Gala and at the MGMT events. Continue reading “Guggenheim Presents MGMT for Two-Night Engagement” »
Bushmills Irish Whiskey, is welcoming the national expansion of its “Since Way Back” initiative with the announcement of band Bon Iver, actor Elijah Wood, and the return of Chromeo to its family. “Since Way Back” was initially developed in early 2009 to celebrate the close friendships and camaraderie shared between lifelong friends in New York.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will return to Broadway early next year. The revival of the 1971 musical by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival will begin previews on March 1st at the Neil Simon Theater after a brief run at the La Jolla Playhouse later this year. Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group and Dodger Properties will produce the show, which will be directed by Jersey Boys director Des McAnuff. The production will follow the upcoming Broadway revival of Godspell, another religion-themed rock musical from the Seventies.
Attn: NYC, the good folks of Pandora and State Farm have worked their magic and got the legendary Roots to perform along with DJ Vice on the Intrepid located on The West Side Highway next Thursday Sept. 29th. RSVP here and hope to see you guys out on the Intrepid. Full details after the jump. Continue reading “Party On The Intrepid ft. The Roots” »
Vans and Mastodon are teaming up to create an exclusive event on September 27th for Vans’ Facebook fans to celebrate reaching 3 million Likes at the end of August. A hub for all things Vans including the concert webcasts, team rider chats and the latest product updates, Vans’ Facebook community tripled in size after reaching the million fan mark a year ago.
As a big thanks to all of their 3 million Likes on Facebook, Vans called upon some friends to help celebrate the occasion. Mastodon will be doing a LIVE chat from the Van studio on September 27th, which is the release date for Mastodon’s new album, The Hunter. This is Mastodon’s 5th studio album and follows their universally acclaimed concept album, Crack the Skye released in March 2009.
Fans can pre-order the album now atwww.mastodonrocks.com. As always, various versions will available to chose from: The Hunter Limited Edition Package will include a CD/DVD housed in a digi-pack with an exclusive alternative artwork cover, a 20″ x 30″ Lenticular Poster featuring the album cover of the standard CD, a mid-blowing Augmented Reality Experience by Total Immersion and will contain exclusive content only available to this package. Tour dates will be announced shortly. Until then, keep an eye on the bands official website and stay tuned to Vans’ Facebook page for more details as we salute our loyal fans.
“Lights All Night” announced today the initial lineup for the two-day 2011 New Year’s Eve festival boasting an array of world-class DJs and music acts. The concert will be held at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, TX on December 30th & 31st. Tickets to “Lights All Night” go on sale Tuesday, August 30th.
The 2011 lineup includes popular electronic acts that are playing to some of the largest crowds in electronic music history. The two-day festival also promises state-of-the-art production with a light show, live dancers and art installations. 2nd Artist Announcement coming soon.
The concert will showcase artists on multiple stages with the 2 main stages being dubbed the “Dance” and “Bass” Halls, featuring performances by:
December 31, 2011
Dance Hall: Girl Talk, Ghostland Observatory, Wolfgang Gartner, MSTRKRFT, Neon Indian
Bass Hall: Pendulum (DJ Set), Zed’s Dead, Porter Robinson, Felix Cartal, The M Machine
