The Books Reissuing Back Catalog, Playing Celebrate Brooklyn!

The Books Download: “A Cold Freezin’ Night” – The Books Masterminds of found sound, the Books, have announced the reissue of their entire full length catalog. Re-mastered from the original mixes by Nick Zammuto of the Books, CD and LP version will be released on Temporary Residence Ltd. The albums will be released in chronological…

2011 Sasquatch! Festival Lineup Announced

2011 Sasquatch! Festival The lineup for the 10th Anniversary edition of the Sasquatch! Music Festival (May 27-30, 2011) was announced late last night in a post-Super Bowl Twitter frenzy. Headliners for this year’s festival include: Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse and Wilco. Four day all inclusive festival passes are on sale now…

MySpace and Fiat Partnering with The FADER Fort

Some of you may have noticed that long time FADER Fort sponsor Levi’s was absent from this past year’s CMJ festivities. Well, fans of corporate sponsorship can breathe a sigh of relief because starting at SXSW 2011, car manufacturer Fiat and social networking giant MySpace will be the new presenting sponsors for The FADER Fort…

Sasquatch and Bonnaroo Announce Dates, Presales and Foo Fighters

Sasquatch! 2011 It’s late November, so that can only mean one thing, it’s time for the summer festival announcements. Within days of one another, both the Sasquatch! Music Festival and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced their 2011 dates and early bird presales. In the case of Bonnaroo, next year’s fest will take place from…

LCD Soundsystem Headlining Treasure Island Festival + Virgin Free Fest Pics

LCD Soundsystem at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Here’s a little review of LCD’s headlining performance at last month’s Virgin Free Fest: …[A]fter a crushing Pavement set, 15 minutes of blasting fireworks from the pavilion rooftop, and another 15 minutes of anticipation, LCD took the stage with the opening track from their last…