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Set Times for 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival

Set Times for 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival

Vito Valentinetti June 20, 2009 0

It’s been a busy week for Chicago festival schedules. First, Lollapalooza is revealed and now we get the set times for Pitchfork’s 3 day orgy of music taking place July 17-19. A couple of

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Lollapalooza 2009 Schedule Announced

Lollapalooza 2009 Schedule Announced

Vito Valentinetti June 19, 2009 0

Having a festival in downtown Chicago is a bit easier on travel, unlike say traipsing to a farm in the middle of nowhere Tennessee. The trade-off is that the multitude of bands performing at

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Review Roundup: Bonnaroo ’09

Review Roundup: Bonnaroo ’09

Vito Valentinetti June 18, 2009 0

As it turns out, Music Festival Junkies wasn’t the only media outlet to attend Bonnaroo this year. Check out the following to fill in the blanks from your Bonnaroo experience. Let’s kick off with a Rolling Stone

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Outside Lands: New Artists & Special PreSale

Outside Lands: New Artists & Special PreSale

Vito Valentinetti June 16, 2009 0

All sorts of tidbits coming out of the Outside Lands website. The first big news is that five new artists have been added to the bill. Alpha Blondy, Street Sweeper Social Club, Autolux , Cage The Elephant, and Infantree

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Review Roundup: Wakarusa ’09

Review Roundup: Wakarusa ’09

Vito Valentinetti June 10, 2009 0

The Wakarusa Festival took place last weekend on Mulberry Mountain in Arkansas. Expections were high as this was the first time Wakarusa was being held at this location. How did it turn out? Well,

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New Artists Added to All Points West

New Artists Added to All Points West

Vito Valentinetti June 6, 2009 1

The organizers of All Points West announced via their official Twitter that five new bands have been added to the lineup. The new artists are: …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of

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2009 Virgin Festival BC Lineup!

2009 Virgin Festival BC Lineup!

Vito Valentinetti June 6, 2009 3

After taking a year off, the Virgin Festival returns to British Columbia. Sonic Youth, De La Soul, and Ben Harper are just a few of the headliners playing Burnaby’s Deer Lake Park on July

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Latest Monolith Music Festival Lineup

Vito Valentinetti June 5, 2009 0

In true Web 2.0 fashion, the folks running the Monolith Festival have been announcing bands one tweet at a time. Starting back in the middle of May, they starting dropping names that would appear

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Thievery Corporation and Others Join Mile High

Thievery Corporation and Others Join Mile High

Vito Valentinetti June 5, 2009 0

With only 42 days left, it seemed like the Mile High Music Festival was all set for artists. They’ve already got Widespread Panic, Tool, and G. Love as some of the big acts playing

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MFJ in Entertainment Weekly

Vito Valentinetti June 4, 2009 0

What does iced coffee, surf reports, and Music Festival Junkies all have in common? We all made it into Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog. In an article about staffer’s favorite sites for summer, we were

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Review Roundup: Primavera Sound ’09

Vito Valentinetti June 3, 2009 0

Primavera Sound happened last weekend in Barcelona, and as usual, we’re sweeping the tubes of the Internet for the most interesting and informative reviews. Here is what a few sites had to say about

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North America Music Festival Preview: June

Vito Valentinetti June 1, 2009 0

June has arrived and with it a multitude of festivals. If you can’t make to one, then you’re just not trying hard enough. Here are options for your next four weekends. Click on any

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