Die Antwoord have said that they are heading back out on the road this Summer and Fall, and their run includes a stop at Outside Lands Music Festival and opening for Jane’s Addiction in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. See below for full list of dates:
08/03/12 – Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL
08/04/12 – First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN
08/06/12 – Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO
08/09/12 – Fox Theater in Pomona, CA
08/11/12 – Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, CA
08/15/12 – Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier in Philadelphia, PA
08/17/12 – Williamsburg Park in Brooklyn, NY
10/14/12 – ACL Festival in Austin, TX
10/15/12 – House of Blues in Dallas, TX
10/17/12 – Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS
10/18/12 – The Pageant in St. Louis, MO
10/19/12 – Marathon Music Works in Nashville, TN
10/20/12 – Center Stage in Atlanta, GA
10/22/12 – The Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10/23/12 – The RITZ Ybor in Tampa, FL
10/24/12 – Beacham Theater in Orlando, FL
They also released their new video for “Baby’s On Fire” off their latest album TEN$ION. The clip for “Baby’s on Fire” was directed by Ninja and Terence Neale and can be seen below:
It’s probably no secret that one of my favorite bands is NOFX. I try to get to their shows whenever they are playing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Back in January, I got to go see them for their two night run at the Fillmore with Old Man Markley, No Use For A Name, and Lagwagon. It was a great two nights, but the second night was probably the crazier of the two. On the second night, there was an incident now known as “Melvingate.”
Halfway thorough “I’m Telling Tim” Eric Melvin was tackled by a drunk fan who made a very quick retreat into the crowd. Melvin soon followed with a jump after the guy. The greatest thing was that I just happened to catch it all on video. In fact, I caught the whole show on video. Instead of telling you all about it, why don’t you just come with me in my time machine back to the show!
Of course, the show starts off with regular banter, but Hefe also gets a demo CD from a guy in the crowd who was there both nights. A guy they named, Gallagher, because he looked similar to the comedian.
Right into “60%,” Fat Mike is hit directly in the fact with a drink. Not cool, and the band asks for the crowd to turn in the culprit for $100. The show had a lot of energy and it was hard to stand still so the shot is pretty shaky.
Running through their set with “Murder The Government,” “I’m Telling Tim,” and “It’s My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite.” Everything seemed to be going well until Eric Melvin gets tackled on stage at the beginning of “I’m Telling Tim.” He gets up and stage dives after the guy into the crowd where he is joined by Fat Mike and some of the Fat crew.
“Leaving Jesusland.”
“Totally Fucked.”
Playing “black music played by whites and Mexicans,” or “Eat The Meek.”
“Seeing Double At The Triple Rock.”
About 1/3 done with their set. Although they state that this show is definitely in their top 800 played, they do screw up the start to “Mattersville.”
“Fuck The Kids Revisited” and “Linoleum,” and you get to find out what snowballing is if you did not already know!
A guy gets up on stage and tries to take pictures, but is very quickly rushed off during “Wore Out The Soles Of My Party Boots.”
“The Moron Brothers.” Appropriately enough, the guy in front decides to be an ass and give people the bird.
Here, they change the name of the song a little from “Arming The Proletariat With Potato Guns” to “Arming Puerto Ricans With Potato Guns.”
“Reeko.”
“Blasphemy (The Victimless Crime).” They also call out a guy in the crowd, calling him Dave Mustaine.
Here, they screw up the start of “The Malachi Crunch,” but then they nail it in true NOFX style.
Finishing up their set with “The Separation Of Church And Skate.”
Starting their encore with “Doornails.” They also unveil their second night banner!
“Stickin’ In My Eye.”
“Don’t Call Me White.”
Continuing through their encore with “I Wanna Be An Alcoholic” and “Fuck The Kids.”
And, finishing up with show with “Kill All The White Man.”
I kept seeing this video posted around Facebook and finally got curious enough to click on it. Glad I did! Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers are on tour right now and it seems they have come up with a pretty simple, but innovative idea to promote themselves while on the road. They have periodically been recording covers of tunes from other artists while they are driving in their van and they have been posting them around the internet as their “Van Sessions.” Check out this video of them covering Hall & Oates‘, “I Can’t Go For That.” For this and other videos by Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers check out their YouTube channel, here. Good stuff!
I think the best way to put it is that I have been having “fun” with Skrillex this past year and his introduction to Dubstep for the mass audience. If you don’t know who Skrillex is, it is Sonny Moore from the band, From First To Last, and he just had a huge year in 2011 and is currently enjoying an even bigger one now after winning three Grammys.
I have been enjoying all of his stuff lately, but have recently just started checking out his videos. I hope you enjoy his stuff as much as I do. Have fun!
May the rollercoaster of Lana Del Rey opinions keep whipping up and down. Because it is so much fun: two weeks to the day after tanking miserably on SNL, she performed “Video Games” on Letterman last night. And it is…much, much, much, much better. Take a look:
Lana Del Rey performed “Video Games” this weekend on Saturday Night Live. We’ll let you form your own opinion. Watch it below:
NBC news anchor Brian Williams took time away from More Important Things to holler at Gawker with his take on her appearance:
Brooklyn hippster [sic] Lana Del Rey had one of the worst outings in SNL history last night — booked on the strength of her TWO SONG web EP, the least-experienced musical guest in the show’s history, for starters.
Ouch. The divisive singer, who has absorbed accusations of sporting a label-contrived image but has some fantastic songs behind her, still looks shaky onstage. But it wasn’t that bad, right? What do you think?
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