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Pop Explosion 2014new
 
    
    No sleep 'til Sunday
  
    The Coast, Halifax's Weekly  |  
    Staff  |  
    10-23-2014  | 
    Concerts
  
  2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-upnew
 
    
    Hip-hop tops the two weekends with ladies close behind.
  
    Austin Chronicle  |  
    Staff  |  
    04-23-2014  | 
    Concerts
  
  Doing Drugs at Coachella? Here's How to Avoid Trouble With the Policenew
 
    
    A festival fan's guide to how to partake without fear of rude surprises.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Katie Bain  |  
    04-16-2013  | 
    Concerts
  
  South By South Carolinanew
 
    
    Four days with eight South Carolina bands at SXSW.
  
    Columbia Free Times  |  
    Patrick Wall  |  
    03-20-2013  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: Toro Y Moi
  Toots and the Maytalsnew
 
    
    Toots and the Maytals, we call them, but to the island of Jamaica, they were and always will be simply the Maytals: the rah-Jah Temptations of ska, reggay champions before there was reggae music, the most soulful and sensational vocal group to come out of the Caribbean in the 1960s.   Led by the restive rasp of Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the original trio (Hibbert, Henry "Raleigh" Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias) fell short of the stateside chart heights and pop-cultural impact of Bob Marley and the Wailers, though a handful of its Jamaican-record 31 No. 1 hits — chiefly "Sweet and Dandy," "54-46 (That's My Number)" and "Pressure Drop," all products of a fertile, rapid-fire recording period from 1968-70 — became ubiquitous cover selections and worldwide rocksteady standards...
  
  More Metal!new
 
    
    The Southwest Terror Fest makes its debut this weekend with 32 bands
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Casey Dewey  |  
    10-17-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  Review: X-Fest Uproar Tournew
 
    
    Joey Megan Harris reviews the highly anticipated, always impressive X-Fest Uproar tour 2012 at Klipsch Music Center on Saturday, September 8.
    
  
    
  Review: Minus the Bearnew
 
    
    Jordan Martich reviews Minus the Bear's performance at The Vogue on Sept. 17 with Caspian and Cursive.
    
  
    
  Music Festival 411new
 
    
    A quick rundown of this fall'a biggest festivals.
  
    Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  
    Jeff Hahne  |  
    09-19-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    
  The Sights and Sounds of Forecastle Xnew
 
    
    A look back at Louisville's biggest music fest yet.
  
    LEO Weekly  |  
    Peter Berkowitz  |  
    07-18-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: Forecastle X
  Good Times, Great Oldies
Bonnaroo 2012 brings out a few old friends.
  
    YES! Weekly  |  
    Ryan Snyder  |  
    06-19-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2012
  Wyclef Jean Agrees to 4/20 Censorshipnew
 
    
    Wyclef Jean, whose performance on Friday at Colorado University-Boulder has been pitched as an alternative to the annual 4/20 smokeout on campus, has agreed to not directly mention marijuana or 4/20 during his show.
  
    Boulder Weekly  |  
    Hadley Vandiver  |  
    04-19-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    
  The Big Spill: The people's answer to SXSWnew
 
    
    Backbeat's publisher Angel Castorena is no stranger to mammoth multi-day fests. Last April, he closed Local Music Week with a three-day festival featuring 45 bands.
  
    San Antonio Current  |  
    Enrique Lopetegui  |  
    03-07-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: Best Coast, SXSW 2012
  Reaching Out Morenew
 
    
    Ozomatli heads to the Rialto to raise funds for the fight in favor of TUSD's ethnic studies.
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    02-16-2012  | 
    Concerts
  
  
  
    Tags: ozomatli
  Super Indy: Talking football with Fuelnew
 
    
    Taylor Peters speaks with Bret Scallions about Fuel's various members and his Super Bowl predictions in advance of their Super Bowl Village performance.