Danzig, Of Montreal Set for Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest
Ratatat, the Jesus Lizard, and more join eighty other artists in Texas this November.
By RAY PADGETT 08.25.09 7:08 AM
An event that bills itself as Fun Fun Fun Fest sets the bar pretty high for itself, but this year's line-up indeed promises good times.
Danzig, Ratatat, Jesus Lizard, Of Montreal, Yeasayer, Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, and Les Savy Fav lead the acts set to take over the festival's four color-coded stages in Austin, Texas' Waterloo Park, November 7-8.
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Five Artists That Should Play Las Vegas
Is Carlos Santana's new Sin City residency a sign of better music to come? SPIN's David Marchese sure hopes so -- and offers his picks.
By David Marchese 04.16.09 6:19 AM
On May 27, Carlos Santana begins an exclusive engagement at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. He'll perform about 36 concerts a year at the 4000-seat Joint, backed by a full band, including trumpet, trombone, congas, and timbales.
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New Details: MGMT's Collabo with Of Montreal
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes calls it "soulful prog" -- and talks about his band's next album.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 12.12.08 11:56 AM
Earlier this year, we learned that Of Montreal's whacked-out mastermind, Kevin Barnes, had joined forces with Andrew Van Wyngarden of former SPIN cover boys MGMT for a new project, entitled Blikk Fang.
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Goodbye, 'TRL' -- We'll Miss You!
After more than 2,000 episodes, the end of MTV's live music show is really something to scream about, says SPIN.com's Peter Gaston.
By Peter Gaston 11.17.08 4:33 PM
My first year of professional life in New York was spent on the 32nd floor of Times Square's Bertelsmann Building, the one that houses the gigantic Virgin Megastore just across the street from MTV's studios at 1515 Broadway.
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Of Montreal Get Psychedelic in Boston
The trippy Athens, GA, band's pre-Halloween set was a mind-boggling and surreal theatrical extravaganza. You betcha!
By Brian E. King 10.31.08 8:04 AM
With a crowd dressed in their brightest Halloween costumes, last night's Of Montreal show at Boston's Orpheum Theatre was a true spectacle. Frontman Kevin Barnes commanded the event with his flamboyant hyper-Bowie behavior and unrivaled energy.
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Of Montreal
Psych-pop crazies bust conventions and shake asses with their latest album, Skeletal Lamping.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 10.20.08 10:14 AM
What? Let's face it: From his band's 1998 concept album The Bedtime Drama: A Petite Tragedy to his performance -- stark naked!
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