Staff Photographer Bryan Lasky gives us a look at Rock n Roll Resort v4: The Dream Machine in his extensive photo gallery of the weekend. Stay tuned for a full review on Wednesday and Chris DeCotis’ photo gallery on Thursday.
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The lineup for the 2014 and eighth annual Backwoods Pondfest in Peru, NY was announced Sunday night via Facebook.
All, that is, except for the headliner.
The list of acts is heavily laden with Upstate New York talent – Twiddle, Spiritual Rez, Turquaz, Cabinet, Alan Evans Trio, The Garcia Project, Lucid, The Manhattan Project, Hot Day at the Zoo, Sophistafunk, Aqueous, The Blind Owl Band, Conehead Buddha, Capital Zen, Big Daddy Love, Big Mean Sound Machine, The Big Takeover, Mister F, GUBBILIDIS (Twiddle Duo), Formula 5, Doomfxck, and North Funk Tree.
As it has since the beginning, the festival will take place at Twin Lake Campsite on August 8th and 9th, a tossed apple from Plattsburgh; or, roughly 13 miles south of the college town.
Advanced tickets are on sale now for $70, and will continue to be sold online until August 5th. Afterwards, tickets are advertised to be sold at $85 ($5 off with a non-perishable good) at the time of the show.
Finally, it’s that time of the year again. The official line-up for this years Rockstar Energy Drink’s Mayhem Festival has been officially announced. Time to put all the rumors to bed and see which ones were true and which ones were just actually rumors.
Founded by Kevin Lyman and John Reese in 2008, Mayhem has now become an annual event to kick off every summer.
Mayhem will run ramped across New York State on Wednesday, July 23rd at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y, Tuesday, July 29th at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien, N.Y and Wednesday, July 30th at Nikon at Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y.
This years festival will mark the seventh annual event for this summers tour and will hit over 20 different cities. The tour will be headlined by Avenged Sevenfold and Korn and will round out to 19 bands in all. Korn headlined the festival in 2010 and Avenged Sevenfold appeared on the same tour for only 2 dates in July.
James “Munkey” Schaeffer, guitarist from Korn enlightened us to this information in a video interview at NAMM.
Munkey’s Interview Mayhem Announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xx-Lb9B8YY
The 2014 lineup will also include the likes of Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, Miss May I, Mushroomhead, Emmure, Texas Hippie Coalition, Veil of Maya, Upon a Burning Body, Darkest Hour, Body Count, Ill Nino, Wretched, King 810, Erihma and Islander.
Rockstar’s Mayhem Festival usually consist of bands in the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal genre style of music. There are also a lot of sub-genre band styles like nu-metal, metalcore, thrash metal, groove metal and industrial metal to name a few.
The Festival was a three stage event until 2013 when a fourth stage was added. The Main stage, the Jagermeister stage and a third has been rotated by sponsors’ like Hot Topic in 2008 and 2009, Silver Star in 2010, Revolver in 2011, Sumerian Records in 2012 and 2013 and last years third stage was sponsored by the Musicians Institute.
The festival is a must for all rock fans. Not only is there kick @$$ live music, but you have the Metal Mulisha as a side attraction.
Most of the bands that participate on the tour have meet-and-greets at various locations throughout each venue and how can you beat all the free samples of new Rockstar flavors you can handle under the Rockstar Tent.
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The Hudson Project has come to the festival scene with a bang with its initial lineup announcement this week. With an eye towards diversity, the festival has something for everyone that could see a great mix of people traveling to Saugerties, NY come the weekend of July 11th-13th. The headliners for the festival are Kendrick Lamar, Bassnectar, Modest Mouse, and The Flaming Lips. Some of the other big names include, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Big Gigantic, Moby (DJ set), Matt & Kim, The New Deal, Dr. Dog, Flying Lotus, Lettuce, Infected Mushroom, ZZ Ward, Marco Benevento, Twiddle, and TAUK.
There will be more than 85 acts at the festival on four stages, as well as a fifth performance space, interactive art installations, carnival rides and a game center. All of this with the beautiful Catskill Mountains serving as the backdrop for the festival could wind up being one of the best New York has seen in a while. Taking place where Woodstock ’94 happened gives the festival a little sense of history as well.
The Hudson Project is offering regular, VIP, and luxury camping depending on how you would like to spend the weekend. There are also going to be shuttles and buses running all weekend from various locations in New York. Tickets are on sale now at the festival’s website. Come mid-July, Upstate New York is going to be rocking like it hasn’t in a while.
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Night Lights Fall Music Festival is only venturing into their fourth year, but they packed a serious punch in terms of talent when they made their initial announcement this past week. Also known as “The Carnival of Lights,” the annual festival takes place at The Heron, located just outside of Jamestown, NY, and is set for the weekend of September 12th and 13th this year. Night Lights is unique in the sense that, besides great music, it packs a visual light show that is set up throughout the venue’s sprawling forest. It’s something that you really need to see in person as pictures only paint part of the picture.
The festival is looking to climb to the top of the region with a huge headliner. Fresh off their Grammy win and with enough hype to carry them for the rest of their careers, Snarky Puppy will be making their return to the region to try to one-up Marco Benevento’s incredible performance from last year. The lineup doesn’t drop off from there – with support from Turkuaz, The Mike Dillon Band, Consider the Source, Jimkata, Aqueous, The Manhattan Project, Smackdab, Lazlo Hollyfeld, and many more. The organizers have even stated that a “few more doozies” are soon to be announced.
Early bird tickets are on sale now for $60, but only for a limited time, so get them quick! This is easily the best lineup for Night Lights yet, making it one of the must-see festivals in the Western NY region this year. Keep your eyes peeled for future announcements, as this one is only going to get better!
The Hudson Valley Resort & Spa in Kerhonkson, NY will greet festival goers once again to host Rock n Roll Resort: v4 The Dream Machine on April 4th-6th. A unique and intimate music experience produced by Wicked Cool Productions offers a weekend full of music, art installations, fun activities and workshops plus much more. Perfectly located between Albany and New York City in the heart of the Catskills, The Hudson Valley Resort is the ideal festival retreat offering plenty of space to unwind, recharge and enjoy the beauty of Upstate NY.
Besides the nonstop music, Rock n Roll Resort offers multiple activities that include a mini-golf tournament, the first annual Disc Golf tournament, daily yoga as well as various instructional classes in the Holistic Village. Plus each night will have different theme night with costumes encouraged. The themes are Friday: Decades of Decadence, Saturday: Superheroes vs. Villain’s and Sunday: Pajama Party. The most creative characters for each night will be gifted a Rock n Roll Resort T-shirt and Event Poster.
The 2014 lineup features a variety of musicals performances offering something different for everyone throughout the weekend. Big acts include Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, and The Everyone Orchestra featuring Steve Kimock, John Morgan Kimock, Reed Mathis, Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman. The music will start on Friday around 4pm and go until 4am Sunday night for the dedicated ragers with more than enough music in between.
has dissected the lineup and has come up with the Top 5 acts to catch at Rock n Roll Resort v4, The Dream Machine: Solaris, Bobby Paltauf, Tauk, Mister F and The Motet.
Mister F combines members of Upstate’s own Timbre Coup and Capital Zen for a quartet of high energetic, dark rock that thrills and urges you to keep dancing.
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Bobby Paltauf is a artist on the rise in that he has played with a long list of notable musicians and is only 14 years old. Do not miss him on Friday as he is one of the starting acts and is sure to set the bar high for the weekend.
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Solaris is an all instrumental trio from Ithaca that creates original compositions fusing electronica with jazz and funk with plenty of improvisation making each show unique for new and old fans alike.
Tauk is a four piece experimental rock band that breathes music into their shows with an intensity of all instrumental jamming. They have performed at a number of festivals and recently worked with Grammy-winning producer Robert Carranza on their newest album.
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The Motet is THE improvisational funk band of today. The seven piece band from Colorado is always a special treat when they travel out to the East Coast with their reputation for throwing the funkiest dance parties.
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There are multiple ticket packagesavailable from single day passes to Rock star VIP status. For $125, you get a 3 day pass, not including meals or lodging plus you can only stay as late as 2 am. Single day Friday or Saturday go for $68 and single day Sunday goes for $37. But your best bet is to get a standard room package and split it up with your festy friends. The standard room package includes a 2 night stay, 2 event tickets, plus first class food. The more people you have in a room, the cheaper the package but with a 5 person maximum brings it to only $230 a person. Guests are encouraged to carpool, those with groups of 3 or more will have free parking, any less and it’s a $5 parking fee. There will be food vendors available 24 hours a day and reasonably priced alcohol for the adults. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this growing festival that continues to combine all the fun of a summer music spectacle within a historic and luxurious resort.
Gathering of the Vibes 2014 organizers knocked this year’s lineup out of Seaside Park and clear across the Long Island Sound for a grand slam. Rounding out the mid summer festival season with a variety of performances, Vibes promises four days of unique musical experiences and collaborations, friendship renewals and spiritual awakenings – traditional VibeTribe happenings – founded on celebrating the life of Jerry Garcia.
Gathering of the Vibes will return to Bridgeport, CT from July 31 – August 3, 2014. Widespread Panic and John Fogerty are making their first appearances to the festival. As southern rock outfits perfectly suited for the other, on stage collaborations are likely. The biggest surprise to this year’s lineup and perhaps the most talked about is the appearance of the Disco Biscuits featuring Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. Keeping with the Dead theme, this promises to add an element of unique musical styling and soundscape. Rounding out the Grateful tradition will be performances by Dark Star Orchestra, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and Keller Williams Grateful Grass.
Completing the spotlight are moe. and Umphrey’s McGee. Other acts set to perform are Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Ziggy Marley, Latin duo Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Left Over Salmon, Rusted Root and many more. A variety of acts put Vibes on track with a special musical experience for its nineteenth year.
Tickets can be purchased at the Gathering of the Vibes website.
The Osheaga Music Festival has announced its 2014 lineup that is going to take over Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal on August 1st-3rd this summer. The headliners include Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, and Outkast. Other major acts set to perform are Skrillex, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Foster the People, Modest Mouse, The Replacements, HAIM, and Lorde, who will be making Osheaga one of her few festivals appearances this summer.
Other acts set to perform include Childish Gambino, Local Natives, Portugal. The Man, London Grammar, White Denim, AWOLNATION, Four Tet, and CHVRCHES. Ingrid Michaelson, Gogol Bordello, Bleachers, Hospitality, and The Men will be representing New York at the festival. With the festival taking place so close to New York, there is no reason to not make the trek over the border for this great festival. Tickets are on sale now at Osheaga’s website for the entire weekend.
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Coming out of Louisville, KY today was the announcement of this year’s diverse lineup for the 2014 Forecastle Festival. This years headliners are Outkast, Jack White, and Beck. The under card for the festival is one of the strongest of the season so far. The recently reunited Replacements, Spoon, Band of Horses, Dwight Yoakam and Gary Clark Jr. are on the bill. A couple of female fronted New York bands – Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Lucius, are going to be at the festival in mid-July as well.
Other bands playing Forecastle Festival 2014 include JJ Grey and Mofro, Nickle Creek, Slint, The Black Lips, Local Natives, Reignwolf, and Sharon Von Etten. Last year’s festival got rave reviews from all over the country and this year’s line up looks like it will produce more of the same. Festival tickets go on sale Friday March 7th at Noon, with single day and late night shows happening closer to the festival. Stay tuned as we will update you when both of those are announced.
The Allman Brothers Band is the headliner for the 10th annual Mountain Jam Festival to be held June 5-8, 2014. Making a return to the mountain, the Allman Brothers Band will perform a special set in which they will play their first two legendary albums in their entirety, The Allman Brothers Band and Idlewild South.
This is a big year for the Allman Brothers Band, including an earlier announcement that guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks will be departing the band at the conclusion of 2014. Founding member, Gregg Allman also noted that this might be the final year of touring while the Allman Brothers Band is celebrating their 45th anniversary.
Coincidently, Gov’t Mule is celebrating its 20th year and Mountain Jam is in its 10th year, inevitably marking this years festival a big anniversary party. Mountain Jam founder Gary Chetkof stated, “we really aimed to bring the best of the last 9 years back for this year’s milestone and having The Allman Brothers on board feels extremely fitting. The Festival takes its name from one of The Allman Brothers’ most beloved songs and I don’t think there will be a dry eye at the conclusion of their set.”
Mountain Jam also welcomes back Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Robert Randolph and his band performed at the first three Mountain Jams and are currently touring in support of their latest release, Lickety Split.
“Pretty Early” tickets are on sale now and offer tickets at up to 22% off dayofshow prices. 4-Day and 3-Day Passes are available with and without camping, as well as Jammer (VIP) Passes, Super Jammer Passes and the brand new Ultimate Jammer Pass Package. Single Day tickets will be offered for sale in the Spring.
View the full lineup and purchase tickets at Mountainjam.com