First of all, I love the name, ’96 Bulls. Secondly, that team was insanely amazing and third but most important, this remix from the Australian duo is dope and if it were summer in the States like it is down under, I’d be listening to this nonstop as well.
Foster The People Announce 2012 US Tour Dates
14 DecAfter a blistering hot 2011 that saw them go from relatively unknowns to king of the mountain, Foster The People announced today 2012 US Tour dates. A few things that stand out:
1) They are playing Red Rocks! Single handily one of the top live music venues in the world.
2) They are returning yet again to rock Sin City at The Cosmopolitan!
3) Check the size of some of the venues on this tour, wow!
4) Amazing trio of openers spread out over the tour. Whether you see FTP w/The Kooks, Tokyo Police Club or Mayer Hawthorne, going to be a phenomenal evening of music.
So there you have it, four more reasons to check out the breakout band of 2011 which garnered two GRAMMY nominations from their debut album, Torches.
Foster The People 2012 Tour Dates:
5/29 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield *
5/30 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield *
6/1 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion *
6/4 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre *
6/5 Austin, TX The Backyard *
6/7 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
6/10 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion *
6/12 Montreal, QC Lachine Canal #
6/14 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for the Performing Arts #
6/15 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion #
6/16 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit #
6/19 Toronto, ON Downsview Park #
6/20 Chicago, IL Congress Theater #
6/22 Minneapolis, MN US Bank Theater #
6/25 Burnaby, BC Deer Lake Park &
6/26 Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre &
6/27 Portland, OR Edgefield &
6/29 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre &
6/30 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre &
7/3 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre &
7/5 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salttair &
7/6 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre &
7/7 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan &
* (w/The Kooks)
# (w/Tokyo Police Club)
& (w/Mayer Hawthorne & The County)
New Music: The Cinema – “Kill It”
20 SepNew discovery for me, The Cinema and their debut disc My Blood Is Full Of Airplanes which dropped last week. Still getting into the album but so far so good. Give a listen to “Kill It” and decide for yourself.
Lollapalooza
5 AugLet the games begin, the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza! Check out THIS link for a time capsule history of the festival. If you can’t be in Chicago, be sure to watch the live stream on YouTube.
And to get things going, here’s Chicago’s own, Smith Westerns who perform today!
