OUTSIDE LANDS INTIAL LINEUP

Outside Lands has announced the preliminary lineup for this August's third annual festival.  Big names include headliners Kings of Leon, Phoenix, The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Wolfmother, Social Distortion, and Al Green.  Some more eclectic acts will also feature, like The Levon Helm Band, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Cat Power, and Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, who will headline Saturday night.  Hip hop will be represented too of course, most notably the collaboration between Damian "Jr Gong" Marley and Nas.  Upstarts like Janelle Monae and Empire of the Sun will also add some new flavor to the mix of bluegrass, jazz, dub, and electronic music that rounds out the bill.  More artist will surely be added soon, so stay on your toes, hippies.  

Outside Lands will take place August 14th & 15th in San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park. Tickets are on sale now.  For information on Late Night shows, Festival Tickets, Food, and the full lineup, visit the festival's website.

Weekend Show Picks

Northeast 
Friday

Mute Math / As Tall As Lions -  Nokia Theare @ Times Square 
Goodie Mob / Scarface - Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC 
Art Brut / Surfer Blood - Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn

PEACHES / Amanda Blank - Theatre of Living Arts, Philly

Saturday

Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Nokia Theatre @ Times Square
Minus the Bear / As Tall As Lions - The Note, West Chester PA

Sunday

Band of Skulls - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - First Unitarian Church, Philly (!!!)

Mountain
Sunday
Ozomatli - Belly Up, Aspen
Imogen Heap - Boulder Theater, Boulder

Monday
THE PIXIES - The Fillmore, Denver
Wolfmother/Heartless Bastards - The Ogden, Denver

Wolfmother Makes Breakfast

Stop playing Guitar Hero.  The newest Wolfmother disc straight up kicks down doors.  They are a band you could easily shrug your shoulders and say "It is what it is."  Fucking right, that's the beauty of it.  Sure, they sound like good Sabbath, good Zeppelin, and a Quija board dinner party mixed together and thrown onstage, but how is that not enjoyable?  And even that is selling this album short.  The band reaches peaks on all fronts: songwriting and emotion ("Caroline") are clearly evolving into something original, if not equal to its parts. Cosmic Egg is relentless, punch you in the gut rock n roll with no pretense.  The album erupts where it needs to, but its the control and commitment to their simplicity that ultimately strings the listener along.  The fun is endless. Check out "Sundial" for a cosmic bitchslap... or do yourself a favor and get the whole Egg.  The result is overwhelming.