Bonnaroo was this weekend, so we have a lot of news from that, as well as old punks doing what they do best: being angry.
1. Kanye West comes back to Bonnaroo
The last time Kanye played Bonnaroo, back in 2008, it didn't go particularly well for anyone. Yeezus didn't hit the stage until 4:30 a.m., played a shortened set, then gave festival owners what for via his blog.
He played the festival again this weekend, and by all accounts, it went well, although he did do that thing where he removed all the Jay Z references from his songs, and gave this really, really amazing speech:
"I ain't going after nobody on the radio. I'm goin' after Shakespeare. Walt Disney. Mozart. Henry Ford. Howard Hughes. David Stern. Elon Musk. You can only achieve as high as your dreams."
2. Vancouver's New Forms festival to be headlined by Oneohtrix Point Never
Vancouver electronic music festival New Forms has tapped vaporwave pioneer Oneohtrix Point Never as the headliner for this year's festival. (Please note: we're still not at all sure that vaporwave is a real genre.)
3. Jello Biafra gets vexed after Amnesia Rockfest books him and the Dead Kennedys on the same bill
Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys, currently being run by Biafra's former bandmates Klaus Fluoride and East Bay Ray, were supposed to play next weekend's Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, Que. Unfortunately, neither side knew the other was playing, which is a problem, because the band's 1986 breakup and subsequent Jello-less reunion have been marked by lawsuits and angry remarks back and forth. As of right now, the Dead Kennedys are still playing the festival.
4. The CBCMusic.ca Festival was this weekend
Jian Ghomeshi and Arkells covered the Talking Heads, Tegan and Sara and Spoon were great, and apparently people were trying to reuse poutine buckets.
5. Skrillex brings all his friends onstage at Bonnaroo
Janelle Monae, Damian Marley, A$AP Ferg, Warpaint, former Door Robby Krieger and more joined everyone's favourite weird EDM elf onstage. Can we just admit to liking this guy without being judged yet?
6. One more bit of Bonnarnoos, here's Jack White getting 70,000 people to sing "Seven Nation Army"
That's pretty rad, eh?
by Chris Dart via Electronic RSS
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