Year Seven, you read that right! Year seven of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL in Downtown Las Vegas is back!! Now the lineup has been out for just about a month and taking a step back, what a heater we are in store for! Can’t wait to see all the smiling faces September 20-22! Give a listen to the official playlist via Spotify, HERE!
Yes, more new music was just released by GORILLAZ! Click play below and give a listen to “Sleeping Powder.” The track is actually from 2D and was released on the band’s mobile app. More words can be found HERE from Rolling Stone. Plus, don’t forget that GORILLAZ are headlining Life is Beautiful 2017 this September in Downtown Las Vegas, September 22-24, hope to see you there!
Bummer to wake up to the news that Chris Cornell has passed away. He was 52.
I should be posting a Soundgarden track but man, I always hoped for an Audioslave reunion. Wishful thinking….
Trampled by Turtles fans listen up and give a listen to Dead Man Winter aka TBT frontman Dave Simonett. Click play below to listen to “Red Wing, Blue Wing” off his upcoming album, Furnace, set for release on January 27. More words and tour dates from Rolling Stone can be found HERE.
Another year down, another year filled with great tunes. Below is a list (in alphabetical order) of 50 albums I dug in 2016. Normally I shy away from naming my top album because quite frankly I think there is too much great music that gets released throughout the year but this year is different because to me, A Tribe Called Quest didn’t just shock everyone by announcing and releasing its first album in 18 years, coupled with the loss earlier this year of Phife Dawg but it was the perfect album at the right time when “We The People” needed it. We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service is the album of the year and if you haven’t for some reason, dive into it, listen closely. We need more like ATCQ in 2017 and the years to come, there is a purpose to this album, find yours as I found mine. Peace + Love + Music. See you in 2017.
| A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service |
| Anderson .Paak – Malibu |
| Angel Olsen – My Woman |
| Anohni – Hopelessness |
| Blood Orange – Freetown Sound |
| Blossoms – ST |
| Boulevards – Groove! |
| Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial |
| Catfish and the Bottlemen – The Ride |
| Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book |
| Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love! |
| Christine and The Queens – Charleur Humaine |
| Crystal Fighters – Everything Is My Family |
| David Bowie – Blackstar |
| DAWES – We’re All Gonna Die |
| DIIV – Is the Is are |
| Empire of the Sun – Two Vines |
| Flume – Skin |
| Gallant – Ology |
| Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being |
| GOAT – Requiem |
| Goldroom – West of the West |
| J. Cole – 4 Your Eyez Only |
| Jack Garratt – Phase |
| Kaiser Chiefs – Stay Together |
| Kaytranada – 99.9% |
| Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered |
| Kings of Leon – Walls |
| Lapsley – Long Way Home |
| Lewis Del Mar – ST |
| Mitski – Puberty 2 |
| Mumford & Sons – Johannesburg EP |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – A Little Something More From Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| Nice As Fuck – ST |
| NxWorries – Yes Lawd! |
| Phish – Big Boat |
| Run The Jewels – RTJ3 |
| Saint Mesa – Jungle EP |
| St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Sea Of Noise |
| Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth |
| The Avett Brothers – Trus Sadness |
| The Head and The Heart – Signs of Light |
| The Lumineers – Ophelia |
| The National +++++ – Day of The Dead (Grateful Dead) |
| The Rolling Stones – Blue and Lonesome |
| The Shelters – ST |
| Tycho – Epoch |
| Whitney – Light Upon The Lake |
| Wolfmother – Victorious |
| ZHU – Generation Why |
Sadly the list in 2016 continues to grow as over the weekend Leon Russell bid us farewell. You can read words from the New York Times, here. Time to dig in, crank it up and hit play. If you’re unfamiliar, get familiar because they sure don’t make them like this anymore.
Man, 2016………..
Rest In Peace Leonard Cohen! Another icon we bid adieu to this year.
Desert Trip, Oldchella, Retirement community of the year, whatever you want to call it, it’s magical and being able to experience it with my family is priceless and amazing. Watching other families like ours enjoying the weekend is so joyous I only wish everyone had the opportunity. Seriously if you can make it next week, get online, buy tickets and be in Indio, it’s worth every moment.
Day two was a memorable one for the books! Neil Young and Promise of the Real delivered an incredible and rocking set to kickstart the night; Sir Paul McCartney as he always does, dazzled the crowd with his insane catalog of hits, production any artist would die for and of course his graceful ways with the crowd. However last night amid the smiles grinning from ear to ear during the second day of Desert Trip, the most powerful moment came when Sir Paul welcomed Neil Young to the stage. Together they rocked “A Day In The Life” into “Give Peace A Chance” which became a 75,000+ singalong in unison. If an Englishman and a Canadian can stand on stage and deliver this message to 75,000 people from all over the world, it’s our duty (and should be our honor) to continue to spread this message not only across the United States from sea to shining sea but to each and every person we touch. Believe in PEACE, seek PEACE, give PEACE a chance!
PEACE + LOVE + MUSIC
Get ’em while their hot…….and available! Limited number of single day tickets to Life is Beautiful are on sale now! Visit www.lifeisbeautiful.com to purchase and hope to see you in 42 days!
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