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Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Santigold Among Acts Set For Governors Ball Music Festival

Posted 2-21-12 by
Tags: Beck, Chromeo, Duck Sauce, Explosions in the Sky, Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Sanitgold

New York's Governors Ball Music Festival has announced a pretty stellar lineup for this summer, including Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Santigold, Built To Spill, Explosions in the Sky and Special Disco Version, featuring LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney. Tickets for the festival, which takes place June 23-24 on Randall's Island Park, go on limited pre-sale tomorrow, February 22 and general sale on Friday, February 24.

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Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Best Coast Tapped For New Metallica-Founded Festival

Posted 2-7-12 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Best Coast, Cage the Elephant, Metallica, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem

Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Best Coast, Avenged Sevenfold and Cage The Elephant are among the diverse bands slated to kick off Orion Music + More, a new music and arts festival founded by, surprise, Metallica. Hard rock's  heavyhitters will headline both nights of the two-day festival, which takes place the weekend of June 23-24 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, February 11 at 10 a.m. but pre-sale for Metallica club members begins Wednesday, February 8.

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My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse On All-Star Buddy Holly Tribute Album

Posted 4-28-11 by
Tags: Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Karen Elson, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, She & Him, The Black Keys

Bespectacled rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly is the subject of an all-star tribute album, called Rave On Buddy Holly, marking what would have been the late singer's 75th birthday this September. The auspicious lineup of bands and artists doing Holly-inspired covers includes My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Florence and the Machine, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Cee Lo Green, She & Him, Karen Elson (produced by husband Jack White) and Justin Townes Earle. The album will be released this June.

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