One More Reason to Wish You Had Disposable Income: Futuresonic Announces Headliners RZA and Wire
By Liz Louche on Mar 31 2008
As spring sets in and summer festival fever starts to take hold of the UK, Manchester's Futuresonic festival reveals the first additions to this year's lineup. The festival, which runs from May 1-5, will feature performances from Mike Paradinas (you know him as µ-Ziq) Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert, Flying Lotus, Chrome Hoof, The Chap, Dirty Projectors, Gay Against You, Rolo Tomassi, and so much more! In this case, the "more" in question consists of headlining performances from the Wu Tang Clan's RZA as Bobby Digital and legendary post-punks Wire. But the fun doesn't stop there! OH NO IT DOESN'T. Because, you see, Futuresonic is not just about music -- it's also about art, learnin', and FUN.
Futuresonic gives props to music and digital culture through a series of conferences with experts, big-wigs, and assorted movers ‘n’ shakers from both fields. Expect intellectual stimulation from "media futurist" Gerd Leonhard, "gaming academic" Aleks Krotoski, and a whole slew of fun, smart people. And around the city there will be art and art experiments! There's just too much to describe. Besides, the laundromat where I wash my clothes and steal free wireless from the adjacent apartment building smells terrible, so I need to leave as soon as possible, but the Futuresonic website has extensive information. Now if only the festival provided ticket scholarships for unemployed former graduate students, it would be PERFECT.
Stereogum Fully Owned by Buzznet; Interscope Buys Stake in Buzznet
By Mango Starr on Mar 31 2008
paidContent (via news aggregate The Daily Swarm) keeps us abreast with Stereogum news so we can keep you updated. But why should you care about Stereogum? Well, first of all, it's an influential (and, uh, promotion-heavy) music blog. Second, we love us some industry news, and Stereogum is a good example of the increasing corporate interest in online music coverage, which I think readers like you should know about. Besides, you probably read it anyway.
Late last year, we relayed the news that Stereogum traded an estimated $5 million worth of equity stakes to Buzznet, a social media network. Along with founder/ex-VH1 dude Scott Lapatine and ex-MTV guy Jason Hirschhorn, Stereogum is partly owned by former AOL executive Bobb Pittman, owner of investment firm The Pilot Group. (This guy's known for investing heavily in new media like DailyCandy, Thrillist, Double O radio, TV stations, the OTX net marketing company, and GarageBand.com.)
Just 3-4 months later, word has it that Buzznet now fully owns Stereogum. What's more is that Buzznet has recently raised something around $25 million, which includes a few million invested from Universal Music imprint Interscope. What does this mean? Well, aside from the fact that Stereogum's parent company has investments from crap label Interscope (oh wait, you probably like Feist), you can bet your ass that this is just the beginning of more "content acquisitions."
Alright, enough of that. Time to brand some indie rock artists!!
Oh wait, wait... oh shit... it's coming, oh fuck, it's.. it's.... BLEEECHHHHHH!!
Iowa’s Mission Creek Festival Lineup Announced!
By Annapocalypse on Mar 28 2008
As your official random Midwest festival reporter here at Tiny Mix Tapes, I feel it's my duty to announce the lineup for the upcoming Mission Creek Festival, taking place in Iowa City, IA from April 2-5.
The festival, now in its third year, is being held in conjunction with Iowa City’s Documentary Film Festival. Mission Creek will take place at the following area venues: The Mill, The Picador, The Yacht Club, Java House, Englbert Theater, Black Box (IMU), and Hall Mall. All-access passes are available for purchase right here. Four-day all-festival passes are priced at $40 while two-day passes are $30.
- Mission Creek Festival lineup in graphic form:
- Mission Creek Festival lineup in text form:
Cursive, Dan Deacon, Bon Iver, Neva Dinova, The Hood Internet, Spoon, The Walkmen, Headlights, Evangelicals, Alejandro Escovedo, Pieta Brown, Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Oh Astro, Capgun Coup, Fourth of July, The Poison Control Center, White Rabbits, Cepia, These United States, So Many Dynamos, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, Baby Teeth, Brighton MA, Death Ships, Lair of the Minotaur, Caleb Engstrom, Samuel Locke-Ward, Vandaveer, The Western Front, The Gglitch, Master/Slave, Today is the Day, Datagun, Mannix!, Porno Galatica V. Zap!Rowsdower, Wolves in the Attic, The Wheelers, Michael Morris, The Glowing Glass, Mit’n, Kelly Pardekooper, Illinois John Fever, The Blacks, The Mayflies, Sam Knutson, Dennis McMurrin, Monadnoc, Sarah Cram and The Derelicts, Highway Shelter, Foul Tip, Birth Rites, MC/VL, Henrihenrietta, Complete Failure, Mouth of the Architect.
- Mission Creek Festival lineup in graphic form with cool Photoshop effects:
Tapes ’N Tapes Tour, Raise Money for Breast Cancer Cure, Serve You Breakfast in Bed
By Heidi Vanderslice on Mar 28 2008
Walk It Off is not only a snazzy (my mom likes that word a lot, it is a Mom Word), title for the new Tapes ’N Tapes album, it's also an indicator of great things to come! Instead of simply going on tour and making money cash hoes, the band is asking YOU to sign up for a breast cancer research walk in your neck of the woods and to sign up as "Team Tapes ’N Tapes"! Then, whichever team in each city raises the most cashish gets a signed and personalized copy of Walk It Off. Chee! That's a stand-up way of promoting a new record if I ever heard one. Speaking of which, the critics-that-be are saying some mighty good things about the aforementioned new album, and I'll have to agree: it's a powerful little force to be reckoned with, but I'll leave that to the pros. Who am I?
Information about how you can get involved in some of the walks, see below:
- American Cancer Society
- Avon Walk For Breast Cancer
- Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
- Additional info: Tapes 'N Tapes website
After you've fought the good fight, go par-tay down at one of these!:
