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Lollapalooza 2009 Lineup Announced
Running from August 7-9 in Chicago’s Grant Park, one of the world’s biggest summer festivals is back, including headlining performances by Tool, Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, The Killers, and Kings of Leon. Check out the rest of the massive lineup below.
Contest: FREE Tickets for Orange Tulip Conspiracy’s May Tour
Covering vast swaths of sonic territory in any given few songs, Orange Tulip Conspiracy channels prog fusion, psychedelic rock, 1950s jazz guitar, avant metal, Romani melodies, and much more. Now, as the band prepares for a nationwide tour in May, five ALARM readers can win a pair of tickets to see its hefty talents in person in cities of their choice.
Mouth of the Architect: Quietly
Quietly, the newest album from post-metal quartet Mouth of the Architect, doesn’t just rest on its volume-knob laurels, opting instead for dynamic and intricate songwriting, highlighted with delicate flourishes of feedback, samples, and noise play usually associated with ambient music.
Marissa Nadler’s Dreamy Melodies Delight Chicago Audience
With Marissa Nadler’s ethereal, reverb-soaked vocals and delicate demeanor, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine the songwriter sprouting wings and flying away while playing her folky, vaguely psychedelic guitar melodies.
Weekly Music News Roundup
Doom admits to hiring people to play him on stage; Nile will record a new album in June; Qwel puts out a limited-edition tour CD; the next Madvillain album should be finished in two months. This and more in the roundup…
What We’re Seeing This Weekend: The Bad Plus, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Dub Trio, Kid Koala
This weekend brings the energetic jazz of The Bad Plus, the showy avant-rock of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the dub metal of Dub Trio, the cross-genre turntablism of Kid Koala, and more.
Bad Brains Frontman HR…at Dick’s Last Resort?
ALARM music editor Jamie Ludwig headed to meet friends at Dick’s Last Resort in Chicago last week. Unbeknowst to her, she was about to experience an intimate performance — with youngsters celebrating birthdays — by legendary Bad Brains frontman HR.
NASA Fails to Liftoff in Live Setting
Last month, DJ duo NASA performed at Chicago’s Abbey Pub, leaving the crowd in disarray and with a lack of energy despite a rocket-launching video, orange space suits, and green painted alien dancers.
Contest: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Dub Trio, Cheer-Accident FREE in Chicago
Would you like a last-minute chance to see three great bands in Chicago on Thursday? Enter the contest below for a chance to win two tickets to see theatrical avant-rockers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, dub-metal instrumentalists Dub Trio, and unclassifiable prog collective Cheer-Accident.
Contest: FREE Tickets for Orange Tulip Conspiracy’s May Tour
Covering vast swaths of sonic territory in any given few songs, Orange Tulip Conspiracy channels prog fusion, psychedelic rock, 1950s jazz guitar, avant metal, Romani melodies, and much more. Now, as the band prepares for a nationwide tour in May, five ALARM readers can win a pair of tickets to see its hefty talents in person in cities of their choice.