Wreck The Tape Deck

60 Watt Kid – Virtual Plastic Surgery from JOSH on Vimeo.

let 60 Watt Kid brighten your evening with an all ages free show @ The Bandshell (11338 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90025 – The West LA Civic Center Bandshell is an amphitheater located behind the West Los Angeles Library at 11338 Santa Monica Blvd in West LA). Yellow Alex and Cinq Finatra also play, and i can’t verify the start time, but according to 60 Watt Kid’s Myspace, it begins at 5.30pm

second and last chance to see Kings of Leon @ the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with Built to Spill (wow, didn’t even know he was still around) and Features opening

Smokey Robinson classes up smell-A @ the Hollywood Hollywood Bowl with Lizz Wright

Smokey Robinson by Shepard Fairey

“To commemorate Smokey Robinson’s 50 years of music, Smokey and Shepard Fairey have just put their signatures on two limited edition prints created by Fairey. The limited edition prints will be released to coincide with Smokey’s Keynote Address in Austin at SXSW Festival on March 18th. There will be two print editions available in two different colorways and will be made available in person March 18th at the SXSW Festival’s Flatstock Poster Show and the Obey Giant website (www.obeygiant.com). Our limited edition prints are available in a small quantity on eBay, get yours now! -Gold- and -Red-”

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i don’t know who Leon is but i’m pretty sure he doesn’t need Kings of Leon @ Hollywood Bowl with Built to Spill (wow, didn’t even know he was still around) and Features opening (tix here)

it’s a CALENDAR FOLDING PARTY!!!! @ Cinefamily – more info from them “The latest round of our print calendars is here! We’ll start the folding this Monday at 7:30PM — come on by the theater, for there will be pizza, snacks, and afterwards, a 35mm screening of Satan’s Cheerleaders, exploitation master Greydon Clark’s ‘77 ode to teenage abandon and devil worship!”

what a coupla' cards...

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Cymbals Eat Guitars – “And the Hazy Sea”

This is our final update on the Pitchfork 2K9 schedule, barring any last second changes. Our previous update was missing a lot of these bands, plus the time schedule and stages weren’t listed yet. This should be the final lineup (*Updates are in bold):

Built to Spill 8:40 (A)
The Jesus Lizard 7:20 (C)
Yo La Tengo 6:10 (A)
Tortoise 5:00 (C)

The National 8:40 (A)
The Black Lips 8:30 (B) (moved from Sunday)
Matt & Kim 7:30 (B)
Beirut 7:25 (C)
Lindstrøm 6:30 (B)
Doom 6:15 (A)
Wavves 5:30 (B)
Yeasayer 5:15 (C)
Ponytail 4:30 (B)
Final Fantasy 4:15 (A)
Bowerbirds 3:35 (B)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 3:20 (C)
The Antlers 2:40 (B)
Fucked Up 2:30 (A)
Plants and Animals 1:45 (C)
The Dutchess and The Duke 1:45 (B)
Cymbals Eat Guitars 1:00 (A)
Disappears 1:00 (B)


The Flaming Lips 8:40 (A)
The Very Best 8:30 (B)
Mew 7:30 (B)
Grizzly Bear 7:25 (C)
Vivian Girls 6:30 (B)
M83 6:15 (A)
Japandroids 5:30 (B)
The Walkmen 5:15 (C)
DJ/Rupture 4:30 (B)
The Thermals 4:15 (A)
Women 3:35 (B)
Pharoahe Monch 3:20 (C)
Killer Whales 2:40 (B)
Blitzen Trapper 2:30 (A)
Frightened Rabbit 1:45 (C)
Dianogah 1:45 (B)
The Mae Shi 1:00 (A)
Michael Columbia 1:00 (B)

The concert takes place on July 17th – July 19th in Chicago’s Union Park. They’ve added some great bands, The Thermals, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Beirut… this has shaped up to be an amazing event. At this point, tickets for Sunday are SOLD OUT. So are two-day passes. There are limited tickets left for Friday and Saturday so if you still wanna be one of the cool kids, get tix here. More info here.

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Good morning nation. Just want to continue getting everyone excited about the Pitchfork Festival going down in mid-July. The first update was in the beginning of April, here’s what’s happened since (*UPDATES are in bold):

Friday, July 17
“Write the Night: Set Lists by Request”:
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise

Saturday, July 18
The National
Pharoahe Monch (moved to Sunday)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
DOOM
Yeasayer
Fucked Up
Plants and Animals
Matt & Kim
Lindstrøm
Wavves
Ponytail
Charles Hamilton
The Duchess and The Duke
Disappears
+ many more!

Sunday, July 19
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
The Walkmen
Vivian Girls
M83
Pharoahe Monch
Blitzen Trapper
Frightened Rabbit
The Mae Shi
The Black Lips
The Very Best
Mew
Japandroids
DJ/Rupture
Women
Dianogah
+ many more!

Wow. The addition of M83, Blitzen Trapper, Frightened Rabbit, The Black Lips, DOOM, Yeasayer, Wavves… Damn, it’s looking a lot more fun.

This is going to get bigger and better so I’m gonna keep you updated as soon as word gets out. Tickets are on sale now for $35. The action takes place July 17th to July 19th in Chicago’s Union Park.

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Eyyo kids, this is a labor of love. Just want to start getting everyone excited about the Pitchfork Festival going down in mid-July. Here’s the initial lineup:

Friday, July 17
“Write the Night: Set Lists by Request”:
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise

Saturday, July 18
The National
Pharoahe Monch
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
+ many more!

Sunday, July 19
The Flaming Lips
Grizzly Bear
The Walkmen
Vivian Girls
+ many more!

This is going to get bigger and better so I’m gonna keep you updated as soon as word gets out. Tickets are on sale now for $35. The action takes place July 17th to July 19th in Chicago’s Union Park.

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