KCRW Presents World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl

KCRW and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association present:
KCRW's World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl

The successful collaboration continues for a 12th season in 2010, starting June 20.

KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, in its 12th year, will showcase an inspired line up of artists from around the globe on six Sundays, with headliners Baaba Maal (with special guests Playing for Change), The Swell Season, Goldfrapp, Jimmy Cliff, The Chemical Brothers, and Ozomatli.

Los Angeles-based public radio station KCRW 89.9 FM (and KCRW.com), along with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, present one of the most eclectic concert series in the country from this legendary hillside amphitheater every summer. From the music on the stage to the faces in the crowd, there is unique kind of energy that makes the World Festival special. See the full line up and information on purchasing tickets below.

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL LINE UP

Sunday, June 20, at 7 PM
Hosted by Garth Trinidad

BAABA MAAL with special guests PLAYING FOR CHANGE
YEASAYER
TINARIWEN
FOOL’S GOLD

Earthy African sounds of Baaba Maal and Tinariwen meet tribal electro-prog Yeasayer and tropical Afro-pop of Fool’s Gold in this extraordinary bill assembled to kick off the summer season.



Sunday, June 27, at 7 PM
Hosted by Tom Schnabel

GOLDFRAPP
ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB featuring
OMARA PORTUONDO
tUnE-yArDs



Celebrating a new release, British group Goldfrapp makes their long-awaited Bowl debut with their upbeat synth pop. Legendary Cuban vocalist Omara Portuondo returns with nostalgic torch songs and salsa rhythms.

Sunday, July 18, at 7 PM
Hosted by Liza Richardson & Chris Douridas

THE SWELL SEASON
SHE + HIM
THE BIRD AND THE BEE


Sunday, August 29, at 7 PM
Hosted by Jason Bentley

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
CHROMEO
YACHT

Tickets: Now on sale now at HollywoodBowl.com, at the Hollywood Bowl Box Office (Tuesday–Saturday, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.), or by calling Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000, and at all Ticketmaster outlets; call 323.850.2050 for group sales. For general information or to request a brochure, call 323.850.2000.



KCRW subscribers get 20% off selected seats for KCRW's World Festival series as part of the Fringe Benefits program.



Groups of 10 or more may be eligible for a 20% discount, subject to availability; call 323.850.2050 for further details or group sales. For general information call 323.850.2000.



About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM, licensed to Santa Monica College, is National Public Radio's flagship station for Southern California. The Santa Monica-based nonprofit represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura Counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara Counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide via KCRW.com, including three streaming channels, 27 podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances. Hear KCRW music online, all the time, on the ALL music stream Eclectic24.

THIS WEEKS NEWS!

A few great things happened this week in music and for musicbleep. For starters, two of our favorite collaborators released two new albums; the National and the New Pornographers. Both very different, but both sets of artists have one thing in common, they are collaborators. This will be the New Pornographer's 5th studio release, but this does not compare to their other collaborative efforts [Dark Was the Night]. For the National (one of my favorite bands), this will be their 6th studio release, and, like the Pornographers, they collaborate quite a bit, including spear-heading the success of the 'Dark Was the Night's double CD masterpiece.

I have had the opportunity to listen to both albums for quite some time now, and I have to say that I think that it is both their finest. I do have my nostalgic pieces from previous records, and I do hold them close to me, but they both stepped it up and proved it to me and music that they are established and here to stay. From strong compelling lyrics and melodies, whether dark or bright, as these two bands are so different, but have so much in common.

Stay up to date with musicbleep as we will be doing a full review of both the National and the New Pornographers when they are in LA as well as.....(more news!!!)....

THE SASQUATCH FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON STATE! WHERE MUSICBLEEP WILL BE THERE REVIEWING SHOWS AND GIVING UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THE FESTIVAL AND PERFORMANCES. THE NATIONAL AND NEW PORNOGRAPHERS ARE BOTH PERFORMING AMONGST MANY, MANY OTHER GREAT BANDS. CHECK OUT OUR EARLIER POST ON THE FESTIVAL AND WE WILL BE KEEPING YOU UPDATED AS WE PREPARE FOR THE FESTIVAL AND INVITE YOU TO JOIN US; VIDEOS, PHOTOS, REVIEWS!! IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!

I highly recommend checking them out and you can find them on iTunes or check them out at:

the National: http://www.blogger.com/www.americanmary.com
the New Pornographers: http://www.blogger.com/www.thenewpornographers.com



Story by Cory Radke

WE ARE SASQUATCH!

I am sasquatch from Seth Zeichner on Vimeo.

We just got some BIG news! Musicbleep will be attending this year's Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington. It's going to be INSANE...just look at the lineup! We can't wait to bring you all the Sasquatch craziness in just a few short weeks. Stay tuned to musicbleep.com for all the latest Sasquatch Festival news and updates as we get ready to head up to the Pacific Northwest for one of the country's biggest music festivals.

Saturday, May 29th
My Morning Jacket / Vampire Weekend / The National / Deadmau5 / Broken Social Scene / OK Go / Nada Surf / The Hold Steady / Miike Snow / Brother Ali / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / The Posies / Minus The Bear / WHY? / Portugal. The Man / Mumford & Sons / The Lonely Forest / Nurses / The Middle East / Patrick Watson / Laura Marling / Fool's Gold / Shabazz Palaces / Z-Trip / The Very Best / Dam-Funk / Morning Teleportation / Garfunkel & Oates / Moshe Kasher / Brad / Patton Oswalt / Brent Weinbach / Dawes

Sunday, May 30th
Massive Attack / Pavement / LCD Soundsystem / Tegan and Sara / Kid Cudi / They Might Be Giants / Public Enemy / Dirty Projectors / The xx / The Long Winters / Midlake / Caribou / Girls / Vetiver / The Tallest Man On Earth / Avi Buffalo / City and Colour / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Fruit Bats / tUnE-yArDs / Local Natives / Freelance Whales / Jets Overhead / Booka Shade / Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set) / A-Trak / YACHT / Mike Birbiglia / Rob Riggle / Luke Burbank / Rory Scovel / Martina Topley Bird / Langhorne Slim / Dinosaur Feathers

Monday, May 31st
Ween / MGMT / Band of Horses / She & Him / Passion Pit / The New Pornographers / Drive-By Truckers / The Temper Trap / Mayer Hawthorne & The County / Boys Noize / Camera Obscura / The Mountain Goats / Dr. Dog / Quasi / Yes Giantess / Jaguar Love / No Age / Japandroids / Telekinesis / Fresh Espresso / Phantogram / Past Lives / Shadow Shadow Shade / Neon Indian / Hudson Mohawke / Craig Robinson / Todd Barry / Bobcat Goldthwait / Hannibal Buress / The Heavy / Seattle Rock Orchestra

YELLOW BIRD PROJECT

A week or so ago, I was at the troubadour with two of my best friends, and thanks to the iPhone, they showed me a website and charity that I was unaware of. It is called the Yellow Bird Project. It is an organization where independent artists like Bon Ivar, Bloc Party, Grizzly Bear, The National, The Shins, TV on the Radio, and many more, design a T-shirt and all the proceeds to to a charity of the band's choice. It is an amazing organization and website full of information and amazing, rare merchandise, so everybody wins; you get a cool shirt and a charity gets some money, you can't go wrong. Check out a little information about Yellow Bird Project below and go to their website listed at the end of this post. Thank you Zak and Kristen for introducing Musicbleep to this amazing site!

1. To raise money for charities directly through the barter and trade of our fab tee-shirts. Unfortunately we no longer accept goats; money proved to be an easier currency to store.
   
2. To raise awareness for charity organizations and their aims through artists’ endorsement. YBP is a very different venue for these charities. It brings in a lot of younger people and encourages philanthropy from treble and bass clefts. It is definitely more work to have multiple charities, rather than one fund, but we think it allows the artists to pick something that is truly important to them.
   
3. To raise the profile of artists we like. We by no means want to or presume to have the ability to make artists into marketed machines and different versions of Ms. Spears, but we want to help raise their profiles and get them the attention that they deserve. We hope YBP can in some way help artists and music to prosper, and in turn help those less fortunate.

Check out their designs, their story and blog at www.yellobirdproject.com

Story by Cory Radke

SELL-OUTS

Due to popular demand, Empire Of The Sun are proud to announce additional tour dates to their already sold-out tour, further proof of the success of Empire Of The Sun’s debut album, Walking On A Dream, released just last year on Astralwerks.

Empire Of The Sun US Tour Dates:

August 7 Chicago Lollapalooza – Grant Park- Perry’s World Stage
August 8 New York, NY Terminal 5 – JUST ADDED –
Tickets on sale Friday, May 14th

August 9 New York, NY Terminal 5 – SOLD OUT
August 11 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box – SOLD OUT
August 12 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box – JUST ADDED - SOLD OUT
August 13 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box – JUST ADDED - SOLD OUT

A GOOD O.N.E.

Yeasayer's O.N.E. is my new obsession. If you haven't heard this song - here's your chance! You are gonna be hooked...so, listen and download now!

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - REFELCTION ETERNAL FEATURING ESTELLE

Here is a new video from Talib Kweli + DJ Hi Tek (REFLECTION ETERNAL) featuring Estelle. It's called "Midnight Hour" and this video is smoken'! Check it out!