Firefly Music Festival

The Firefly Festival in Dover, Delaware will take place on the from the 19-22 of June. The schedule for the festival was recently released. While there is no real headliner for the first night of the festival (Thursday, June 19), the headliners for the rest of the nights were released. Foo Fighters will be headlining the Friday (June 20), Outkast will be headlining the Saturday (June 21) and Jack Johnson will be headlining the Sunday (June 22). Other notable performers include the Arctic Monkeys, Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Washed Out, and Beck.

For the full schedule for the 2014 Firefly Festival, look here:
https://fireflyfestival.com/lineup/schedule/

Record Room in Arizona

During my recent trip to Arizona, I decided to go to a record store in Scottsdale called Record Room. The place was very small, but full of good records.

My finds:

The White Stripes: White Blood Cells (vinyl)

The White Stripes: De Stijl (vinyl)

Devo: Hardcore Devo-Volume 2 (vinyl)

Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (cassette)

K Records

K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington. The label has a varied group of bands, ranging from punk rock to comedy. On the label's website, you can order vinyl, CDs, cassettes and digital downloads, as well as merchandise from the label such as pins and t-shirts. The label has very friendly employee who write nice messages on the cardboard boxes that the items get delivered in to your house.

K Records also offers bands to record in their studio for a few days. You can choose who you want to be your engineer, and after payment, you can record in the Dub Narcotic studio.

The Black Keys' new album, Turn Blue

"Turn Blue", the new album by blues rock band, The Black Keys has sparked divided opinions among fans of the band. Many fans appreciate the band's new musical direction, while other fans think the band are straying too far away from its old sound. 

The new album is still recognizable as a Black Keys album, however it contains a lot of psychedelic sounds infused into the tracks. Most notably, the opening track of the album, "Weight of Love" contains a lengthy guitar solo during the bridge of the song. The album's cover art also hints of psychedelic influences on the album, for the album cover and inserts contain optical illusions.

Listen to the single, "Fever" here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZUY32iCzU

Sonic Youth reissues

Sonic Youth announced today via its Twitter page that every album release pre-Geffen will be reissued. First up is the iconic album, "Daydream Nation". The albums will be reissued on both vinyl and CD. Other soon-to-be reissues by Sonic Youth and Sonic Youth's side projects include The Whitey Album, Bad Moon Rising, EVOL, Sister, and Confusion is Sex. All of the albums are expected to be issued in the original packaging. 

Ever since the band went on hiatus in 2011 due to frontman and woman, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's divorce, the members have been keeping busy while doing solo work. Guitarist, Lee Ranaldo has been working on his solo project, Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, Moore has been keeping his busy on his solo work, and Gordon has been working with her new band, Body/Head.