IN THE NEWS:
Photos from day 1 of the inaugural two-day music festival Orlando Calling on Saturday, November 12, 2011 in Orlando, FL, featuring Pixies, The Avett Brohters, Gavin DeGraw, The Roots, Gogol Bordello, The Raconteurs, Iron & Wine, and Lucero among others.
As SoundSpike contributor Roy El Saghir wrote in a recent live review, Gogol Bordello is "not your average Russo, Ukrainian, Romany, Jewish, Polish, Latvian, Ethiopian, Chinese, Thai, Ecuadorian, Italian, Swedish, Caribbean and Spanish band."
Monsters of Folk delivered a strong set at ACL yesterday (10/9) despite less than ideal placement. As a result of the fact that their performance space at the Austin Ventures stage sat directly between the two main stages, AMD and Budweiser, the musicians had to contend with an impromptu battle of the bands in order to be heard over Gogol Bordello and LCD Soundsystem.
Despite chilly weather and a downsized lineup, the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival returned to San Francisco for its third go-round, rocking more than 80,000 music fans over the weekend.
