Trekking from city to city and bringing along nonstop pandemonium, the Vans Warped Tour is soon to land at the Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center in Noblesville, IN and LoudSound Magazine will be there to bask in the festival's glory. While we are certain that every band on the schedule brings the best of themselves, time is tight and the day is long; as such, here are our picks for cannot miss acts for the July 24th extravaganza.
This is where you want to be: Louisville, Kentucky's Champions Park. A festival consisting of outlandish tunage, mouth-watering foods, a phenomenal array of bourbons, onsite camping, and just the funnest bunch of folks one can ask for.
Overall, The Now Now is a gorgeously plain variant from the Gorillaz. The flashy friends are in short supply and the melodies showcase a mellow nature. Albarn's deep lyricism and passionate croons over 2-D's imaginary soul alleviate in a very real way.
Interview with The Hellfreaks' Shakey Sue about the band’s melodic fusions, rock-n-roll leading ladies, and the gang's rise from the dead after a brief breakup.
Overall, the Arctic Monkeys reinforced, once again, the notion of existing as a legitimate top-tier rock outfit. Their pageantry is riotous, yet tamed. Polished, though disorderly. Post punk, through the hints of pop. A show deserving of every penny on that ticket price, and a band worthy of your undivided fucking attention.
Ultimately, Enanitos Verdes and Hombres G have collectively aged like fine wines. Their nostalgic cruise through a joint discography best-of is an enticing, dance worthy, beer glass raising, sing at the top of your lungs, fun till you drop extravaganza.
Overall, Call the Comet is the work of a rock icon with a bottomless thirst for reinvention and innovation. It is 2018 and Mr. Marr has set a brand new fucking bar for himself. This son of England's oasis-themed cosmic-drizzled offering is an exciting and uplifting record that's on a collision course with those best-of-the-year lists come December.
A Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls affair is not for fragile ears, nor for space sensitive patrons. It’s a noisy, mosh-pit inducing, jump up-n-down but be nice to your neighbor sweaty shindig. There are only three rules when attending a Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls ceremony, 1.- Don’t be an asshole, 2.- Make sure your version of fun isn’t stopping other fans from having fun, and 3.- Have a fucking blast.
With the music festival season in full effect, Atlanta's Music Midtown released its yearly lineup after much anticipation and fanfare. Taking place the weekend of September 15 + 16 of 2018 in beautiful Piedmont Park, this year's lineup is a mixture of top artists within several genres that's bound to please festival-goers of all types.
Hotlanta homegrown hip-hop hero Big Boi has always been one with a tendency for the odd and the flashy. Naturally, Boi being Boi, ending out his Daddy Fat Saxxx Tour at his sweltering hot stomping grounds would surely play out as an evening as cool as a polar bear's toenail. Long story short, mission accomplished!
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