From scouring the internets from my Ohio apartment, I have been able to determine that Nas not only performed Illmatic at this weekend’s Rock the Bells Festival in NYC but he also brought out alot of legends to do early classics with.
Above is a video of Nas rocking Back to the Grill with 3rd Bass’s MC Serch.
After the jump, watch Nas performing If I Ruled the World with Lauryn Hill, The World is Yours with Pete Rock, and Live at the BBQ with Large Professor, Akinyele and Joe Fatal.
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Nas is performing “Illmatic” with Primo, AZ and Pete Rock at the Rock the Bells Festival.
Reebok Classics has Nasir taking a trip down memory lane in the above video where he discusses working with Primo and Q-Tip on what many consider to be the perfect Hip Hop album.
Ms. Lauren Hill, Cypress Hill, Common and Erykah Badu and a few others will also be doing classic albums at the Rock the Bells Festival.
ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES Tour Dates
08.20 Los Angeles, CA – San Manuel Amphitheater
08.27 San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
09.03 New York, NY – Governor’s Island
09.10 Boston, MA – Comcast Center
full line-up after the jump
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Ok, so right after the Megacity Music Marathon, but just before Independents’ Day (and less than a month before the Ohio Film+Music Festival) comes another Columbus music festival called Music Week Columbus, brought to you by the folks at CD101@102.5, Kobo and Electraplay. Here’s the initial lineup:
The Town Monster
Donora (Pittsburgh)
Sewing Machine War (Youngstown)
Way Yes
Phantods
1,2,3 (pittsburgh)
Wet Darlings
Milano (Chicago)
Ennui (Pittsburgh)
Moon High
Megachurch (Cleveland)
Karate Coyote
Night Life (Ann Arbor)
Black Antler (live debut)
Winter Makes Sailors
Bethesda (Kent)
Boca Chica (Pittsburgh)
Tin Armor
Compressions
Fort Wilson Riot (minneapolis)
Dew Droppers
Alleyes Path
Saturday Giant
Future Days (Cleveland)
Herzog (Cleveland)
Nik and the Central Plains (pittsburgh)
Ghost Shirt
White Wolves
Beast Make Bomb (Brooklyn)
Alert New London
Narrow and the Brights
This Is My Suitcase
Maza Blaska
In this week’s the Other Paper I wrote about Double Happiness, a new venue in the Brewery District owned by Yalan Papillons and her family.
Yalan booked Santo’s Party House, the Knitting Factory, Europa, and Studio B in New York before moving back to Columbus.
In that article, I discussed this venue’s capability to bring unique events to our city.
Well, tomorrow is a good example of next level ish that could happen if the support is here..
Scott Niemet’s KVLT Party is throwing a day-long ALL-Ages festival in and outdoors at Double Happiness, Saturday July 30th. Elite national electronic acts like like PicturePlane, Gatekeeper, Teengirl Fantasy, join locals like Funerals for this special event.
Tickets are 10 in advance. 15 at the Door. Starts at 5pm.
Double Happiness is located at 482 S Front St, Columbus, OH 43215-5627
For Full-line-up and more info visit, Into the Dark Fest’s Facebook Page.
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MP3: BLOW! – Attention
MP3: Dead Leaf Echo – Half-Truth
Woodlands Tavern probably isn’t the first place you’d expect to see a festival spawned by Columbus shoegaze band Love Culture, but the band’s drummer, Robert Fischer, got the idea after noticing the venue’s two-stage setup. He started talking about the idea with friends and bandmates, who all pitched in. Says Fischer: “As much as I love all of our local festivals, the lineups are almost exclusively Columbus bands. While this festival is still heavy on the locals (10 out of 15), we decided to use the opportunity to bring in some touring bands and give them a chance to play to a good crowd.”
Chances are you’re not too familiar with the touring bands, so here’s a couple mp3s, and I’ll let Fischer give a little primer in his own words, below. (Full lineup and set times after the jump, too.)
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Tagged Alert New London, Bloody Knives, Blow!, Dead Leaf Echo, Eat Sugar, Harboring Ghosts, Holiday Mary, In Silent Movies, Lost Revival, love culture, Orange for Astronauts, Spruce Campbells, St. Moses the Black, Strangers in Daylight, The Sleeps
The Ohio Film + Music Festival is a brand-new “curated, 4-day film and music event, exhibiting Ohio native directors, bands and musicians,” and the first round of confirmations alone is reason enough to get excited. So far the inaugural lineup looks like this:
Bands:
Heartless Bastards
RJD2
Blueprint
New Bomb Turks
Main St. Gospel
Cloud Nothings
R. Ring (feat. Kelley Deal)
Buffalo Killers
Eye
Films:
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (Steven Bognar + Julia Reichert)
True Nature (Patrick Steele)
Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
4,192: The Crowning of the Hit King (Terry Lukemire)
45365 (Ross Bros)
Deadbeat At Dawn (Jim Van Bebber)
North Dixie Drive (Eric Mahoney)
Double-Stop (Roger + Gerald Sindell)
Outside In (Todd Volkmer)
Eric Mahoney and Mr. Scott Johnson promise additional lineup announcements, ticket info and more details soon. Keep up with OFMF on Facebook and Twitter.
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So this is Saturday, and it’s always a good time. And it’s free. And proceeds go to the Columbus Music Co-op. And some bands are reuniting for it (Denovo, Ugly Stick). You should come. Set times: Continue reading
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For the eighth year in a row, Columbus native and renowned jazz violinist Christian Howes brings the Creative Strings Festival back to town. The festival marries a week of workshops for student string players (violin, cello, viola) with daily performances throughout the city for enjoyment by a variety of audiences, including many free performances at a number of venues. The premise is to pair student musicians (both youth students and aspiring semi-pro adults) interested in jazz, rock, classical and improvisational music with established masters from around the country. The pairing doesn’t stop at the classroom- performances include the student-teacher dynamic as well, where instructors impart technical expertise and real-life gigging musician experience. A full schedule of events, including a stint at ComFest this weekend, be found here.
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Last year I was more excited about other one-day Columbus festivals than Comfest’s three days. Same goes for this year, and even more so (Comfest = Woodlandsfest?). The PLBO lineup, taking place July 9, is below, as well as the lineup for Independents’ Day, Sept. 17.
PLBO
THE MOONCUSSERS
UGLY STICK (Pick Up the Hatchet reissue out July 12th)
DENOVO
THE LINDSAY
THE PINKERTONES
MAZA BLASKA
RIGHTEOUS BUCK AND THE SKULL SCORCHERS
BLASTRONAUTS
EX-WHITES
Independents’ Day (more to be added)
roeVy
The Receiver
JBRW (3/4ths New Bomb Turks)
21 pilots
Colin Gawel
Necropolis
Clay (reunion)
Ex-Whites
Kyle Sowashes
Nathan Snell And The Country Sound
Sundown (TK Webb)
Ipps
Wing And Tusk
Ride To Ruin
George Elliot Underground
Old Hundred
Birds of Hair
Bum Wealthy
Mt. Carmel
Slick City Ramblers
The Main Street Gospel
She Bears
Phillip Fox Band
Bird and Flower
G finesse and the NS Crew
Trains Across The Sea
Swimsuit Edition
Survivalist
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Austin City Limits has posted their line-up. Three day passes are sold out but you can still get single day tix.
Stevie Wonder
Arcade Fire
Kanye West
Coldplay
My Morning Jacket
Fleet Foxes
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Nas & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley
Cee Lo
Bright Eyes
Social Distortion
Empire Of The Sun
Cut Copy
Santigold
Pretty Lights
TV On The Radio Continue reading
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