Two retro-Psychedelic Bands Rewire an Era. It was a psychedelic weekend in Philadelphia with two bands who are steeped in the sound and imagery of the late 60s,The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels. The Dandy Warhols, formed in 1993, are the veterans and at the Electric Factory on November 8, they took a stage…
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MoogFest Final Take
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/MoogFest2010EchoesFeature.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThree Days of Plugged in Sound (except Mountain Man): An Echoes Perspective MoogFest 2010 wasn’t the first MoogFest, but it was the first of a new era of MoogFests that follows the programming pattern of alternative rock music festivals like Coachella, Bonaroo and the Pitchfork Music Festival. There…
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MoogFest Final Day:DJ Spooky, Hot Chip.
Echoes Lost in a World of Dance Electronics at MoogFest Expectations were low for the last day at MoogFest with a list of artists that tended more toward the Rap and DJ end of the spectrum. The first act up actually had nothing to do with the festival, even though they played more Moog instruments…
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#MoogFest Day 2: A Massive Night with Massive Attack
An Echoes Take on MoogFest 2010 Day 2: Massive Attack assaults, Thievery Corporation raps, Jon Hopkins up-dates Techno. It was Halloween Eve at MoogFest and there were many treats, no tricks, and some disappointments. Unfortunately, an interview commitment prevented me from seeing several acts including Jonsi, Caribou and Mountain Man. But I have reports on…
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MoogFest Day 1: No Devo, MGMTdoes Karaoke
Devo Cancels. MGMT does Karaoke. King Britt travels the Spaceways. Mutemath does Back-Flips The first day of MoogFest consisted of tough choices made easy by disappointment. The disappointment was the late-news that Devo would not be performing. They canceled their entire US tour after guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh sliced his thumb to the bone. But disappointment…
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MoogFest-Too Many Choices
Getting ready for MoogFest tonight and already faced by insurmountable choices with overlapping bands in venues separated by anywhere from 5 to 20 minute hauls. The pleasant pop of Kuroma and The Octopus Project each overlap by half an hour, so I’ll start out with TOP but Kuroma will have to depend on how good…
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Brian Eno’s Stormy Seas.
Echoes’ #1 Icon, Brian Eno Holds a Dark Tiller on Small Craft on a Milk Sea German bands like Neu!, Harmonia, and Cluster have been getting a lot of attention lately, constantly named-dropped as influences on younger bands. Of course, almost no one knew about these artists back in the 70s when they laid down…
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Keith Emerson-A Different Knife’s Edge.
Keith Emerson, founder of The Nice, the Emerson in Emerson, Lake and Palmer and destroyer of Hammond B-3’s undergoes colon surgery. From Keith Emerson’s Facebook page: I would like to thank all those well-wishers that wrote to me during my recent hospitalisation. I would also like to thank the doctors, surgeons and nurses of The…
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Philadelphia Concerts & Win Free Sakamoto Tix
Philadelphia’s Concert scene is heating up as the weather cools down. Here’s some of the concert appearances in the next 9 days with a lot of Echoes artists coming in. See Ryuichi Sakamoto listing below to win a free pair of tix and his new double CD Playing the Piano/Out of Noise. RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK…
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Beardyman Hyper-Kinetic Joy
There are DJ’s, beatboxers and techno-wizards and then, there is Beardyman. For 38 minutes of pure unalloyed joy, watch him in this video and keep in mind, it’s all live. I’ve seen some great Kaos Pad performances by Ulrich Schnauss and Jon Hopkins, but for pure kinetic energy, this one is unreal. You have to…