I wasn’t familiar with many acts playing at the Real Big Deal music festival in Gainesville this weekend (no, I am NOT a fan of Motion City Soundtrack). But I was pleasantly surprised by the smorgasbord of musical styles presented in the lineup, many of which wielding instruments I had never seen played live, let alone heard of (is that… tin cans around your neck??).
Here I present to you two extremely different music-making devices; both of which kept the crowd glued to the stage from opening chord to closing note with their unique and catchy sound.
Two-piece Lightning Bolt have been hailed as one of the best noise rock bands by the hipster community thanks in part to their loud and chaotic music, intense performances done in the pit with the audience, and their gimmicky face masks. Of course hipsters are, like on most topics involving music, horribly wrong. Enter Ruins. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s something very odd going on at Harajuku Station in Japan. No, it’s not the adults bouncing around dressed as comic book babies. It’s not the crowds dressed as their favorite Dragonball Z character. I can even overlook the schoolgirl goth-Lolita based on extensive experience dealing with Floridian emo kids. But Rockabilly has regrown roots in Tokyo, and the only thing I can think is, Elvis is dead, guys.
There have been times at shows where we’ve become so inspired that we wanted to jump on stage with the band. They’re ripping into an epic guitar solo and sometimes it’s difficult to resist the urge to leap on stage and join them in their riotous shredding. However, it’s generally considered to be an epic faux pas reserved only for the creepiest of die hards. We try not to do it as much as possible.
Sometimes fans take it too far and end up physically interacting with the band on stage. There are varying degrees of how bad this is, ranging from colossally moronic to only mildly stupid. Both Robbie Williams and Noel Gallagher know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of a push into the crowd, while Jeff Tweedy knows that the only recourse when a fan enters your peripheral vision is to pop him right in the noggin. While a lot of these occurences are laugh out loud funny (who hasn’t wanted to chuck Noel Gallagher into the crowd at one point?), it often doesn’t end well for the perpetrator. Either way they slice it, they’re getting a beatdown from someone.
Without further ado, here are some cases where fans have rushed the stage to both humorous and disastrous results (Dimebag Darrel intentionally omitted).
How do we know that The Real Big Deal festival will be super excellent? Here are several reasons:
1. Florida has a great music scene and this festival showcases some of the best bands like Morningbell, Umoja Orchestra, and Band Marino.
2. National acts like Mates of State, Drive-By Truckers, and Motion City Soundtrack are making the trip to our delightful enclave of culture in the middle of nowhere. Check the lineup here.
3. It’s not on a weekend where there is a Gator football game. The festival runs from September 13-14th.
4. The camping. We all know what goes on in the campgrounds. Consumption of entirely legal products and discussions of classic literature.
Seriously, if you’re around our fair city sometime over the weekend, be sure to check out the festival. There’s a really eclectic lineup, so if your mother in law listens to exclusively funk music she wont be disappointed. You also have a cool mother in law.
Shoot us an email at blog@grooveshark.com so we can arrange a meet up and give you some free crap and talk music. Until then, here’s some more free crap in the vein of free song streams from some of the bands playing The Real Big Deal Festival.
I gave up my car last year when I moved to Philadelphia, and relied heavily on the subway, cabs, and walking. When I decided to move back to the small city of Gainesville, I refused to buy a car since I realized one can really get around in life without one. I have since depended completely on my bicycle.
This has presented two problems. One, I constantly get caught in rainstorms on my bike. Two, I have no way of listening to music. Well, I could, with headphones, but this is illegal, and I really don’t want to get into another bike accident.
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