Gorillaz Announce First North American Tour in 7 Years!

The Gorillaz have announced their first North American tour dates in 7 years.... Just in time for their new album to hit the stores later this month! 

Check it all out on their website: www.gorillaz.com/

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North Coast Schedule is Out! -- September 4th-6th at Chicago's Union Park

NORTH COAST IS ALMOST HERE!!!!!!! :)

North Coast Music Festival was originally founded in 2010 by a group of independent promoters who came together to create an urban taste-maker festival of emerging and established artists from a diverse range of genres. Between them they produce hundreds of Chicago-based events each year, including multiple festivals in the Midwest, one off events at Chicago's premiere music venues, street festivals, and more, that attract thousands of fans and artists from all over the world. Last year, NCMF celebrated it's 5th year anniversary and sold out of 3-day passes for the first time, with nearly 60,000 people in attendance.

Check out the day-by-day schedule below! If you missed our last post with all the after parties & silent disco scheduled out for your easy digestion, check it out HERE.

Yes!!! You've got it, the lineup KICKS ASS!!! 

Check out their website and create your own schedule right meow! 

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North Coast Music Festival Quickly Approaching; After Parties & Silent Discos Galore!

North Coast Music Festival is coming back to Union Park for 6th year this Labor Day weekend. Spanning from September 4th-6th, North Coast has established itself as one of Chicagoland's premier music festivals. With tons of artists playing across multiple stages, there is bound to be something for everyone. If calling it quits at the end of the festival isn't quite your thing, don't worry, there are a TON of after parties for you and your friends to keep the evening alive. The full list of after parties and links to purchase tickets can be found below.

The Silent Disco... If you haven't checked one of these out for yourself, now is the year to do it. There's something pretty special about removing all the outside interference and getting a straight feed from the source. There a ton of people playing the Silent Disco throughout the day, be sure to check out the full schedule at the bottom of the post.

WEEKEND PASSES & SINGLE DAY TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE! 

Have you considered going VIP? If not, think again. Check out all these AMAZING perks of going VIP to North Coast this year:

• Express Entry at the Gates (no more standing in line with those stinky wooks)
• Two VIP Lounges (escape to a wook-free oasis)
• Spirits Bar and Food Options 
• Complimentary Bottled Water 
• Reserved Viewing Stands and Lounge Seating
• AIR CONDITIONED RESTROOM TRAILERS!!!! 

THURSDAY 9/3 
 Le Youth + Plastic Plates – the MID 21+ | Free with RSVP | Tickets

FRIDAY 9/4 
Daft Rock: Future Rock performs the Music of Daft Punk + North American Scum: Members of Turbo Suit, Digital Tape Machine, Spare Parts Present the Music of LCD Soundsystem – Concord Music Hall 18+ | Tickets
The Main Squeeze – Official Mind Your Head Album Release Party – Bottom Lounge 17+ | Tickets
Knife Party – the MID 21+ | Tickets
Salva, Sicko Mobb, Martin $ky + Cofresi – Cobra Lounge 21+ | Tickets

SATURDAY 9/5 
The Disco Biscuits – Concord Music Hall 18+ | Tickets
Lyrics Born, The Heard + O.R. They? – Cobra Lounge 21+ | Tickets
Sweater Beats, Humans + Smoko Ono – Bottom Lounge 17+ | Tickets
Steve Aoki + Ricoshei – the MID 21+ | Tickets Galactic – 1st Ward 18+ | Tickets
Chromeo (DJ Set) – Studio Paris 21+ | Tickets

SUNDAY 9/6
Goldfish + Auto Body – Bottom Lounge 17+ | Tickets
Green Velvet – the MID 21+ | Tickets
Kill The Noize, The Trap House + Rodga – Transit 21+ | Tickets
Until the Ribbon Breaks, GGOOLLDD, Equator Club – Cobra Lounge 21+ | Tickets

MONDAY 9/7 
NCMF Official Closing Party w/ Porn N Chicken + Special Guest TBA - Evil Olive 21+ | Tickets

HERE'S THE FULL LINEUP BY DAY FOLKS! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

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My Morning Jacket - "Only Memories Remain" - Song of the Day - 8/5/15

Today's song of the day is by My Morning Jacket off their most recent album, The Waterfall. What a perfect track to close out the album with.

Only Memories Remains.... 

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KOAN Sound - "Forgotten Myths EP" [FREE DOWNLOAD]

British duo, KOAN Sound, made up of Jim Bastow & Will Weeks, dropped their newest release yesterday, Forgotten Myths, an EP made up of 4 tracks. Throwing the standard formula for Drum & Bass out the window, these two developed a depth of sound that contains a mysterious darkness to it. The EP is available as a free download, HERE, through their bandcamp page. Set to embark on a North American tour, these guys are likely coming to a city near you. Check out their full tour schedule. HERE.

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Fighting fire with bass - the fire extinguisher of the future

Screenshot from YouTube 

George Mason University, the infamous cinderella team that made it to the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA men's basketball tournament as an 11-seed, is making headlines again this week, but this time its not sports related.

Viet Tran and Seth Robertson, two engineering students at the university, unveiled a fire extinguisher that utilizes low-frequency sound waves instead of water, gas, or foam. It is thought to work through increasing the speed of the air particles within and surrounding the fire, in turn decreasing the surface area of the air at the point of combustion. Makes sense right?

Check out the video below to see this next level invention for yourself!

  

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Lollapalooza Lineup Announced! July 31-August 2, 2015 - Grant Park, Chicago

Infamous festival, Lollapalooza, is set to take over Grant Park in The Windy City at the end of this July. Marking its 15th year in existence you would think they would go all out for the lineup and make it something for the history books. Well, I guess it depends who you talk to. With a mix of genres and artists, this lineup likely has something for everybody. Who are you most impressed with being on this lineup? Who would you like to have seen left off? Mixed bag of treats here, friends. As always, thanks for taking the time to read this and we hope you have a great day!

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Umphrey's McGee Live at Lockn' - Set of the Day - 1/31/14

Photo Credit: Abby Fox

Tonight, the 31st of January 2015, Umphrey's McGee is taking over The Fillmore Detroit, and our we will be present documenting the event. This night marks a historic 10th show for me, and I really cannot fucking wait. There really aren't any other bands that get down and do what UM does for me. Here is just a small taste of what they can do, a live show from Lockn' Festival in Arrington Virginia from this past fall. This 28 minute clip opens up with "Puppet String" and proceeds to sandwich "Higgins" between the track. Twenty-eight minutes of pure ridiculousness. Turn those speakers up and get ready for some rawk! \mm/

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Ross Pennock - "A Different Place in Time" - New Album Review [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Artwork By: Rachel Deichert

The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native transplanted in Denver, Colorado, Ross Miller, aka Ross Pennock, just dropped his newest album today, A Different Place in Time. This follow up to his 2014 album, Don't Stand Still, starts off strong with "Falling." Definitely not out of sight, and certainly not out of mind, he sets the stage for killer things to come through the rest of the album. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Dylan West, aka Dylan Jaymes, this album represents a progression of skills and a relentless desire to achieve great things by these two. This skill is ever-present in "Hardly Finished" where production and articulation of a vision come to the forefront. Catchy and powerful with a unique touch of glitchy bass-driven beats, the vocals by Ross are carried along while flawlessly keeping the listener entranced throughout its entirety. "Get Your Own" has an R. Kelly type of vibe to it, without the golden showers. I don't want to ruin the rest of the album for you, so I'm going to let you listen to the remaining songs and draw your own conclusions. Overall, this is great release by a good friend of mine that I only see achieving more and more because of his relentless drive to carve a name for himself in the music world. Cannot wait to see what the future holds for Ross Pennock and Dylan Jaymes. Available for free download through the Mile High Sound Movement bandcamp: HERE.

Ross Pennock Performing Live

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Grateful Dead to Reunite in Chicago for 50th Anniversary Shows Independence Day Weekend!

IT'S OFFICIAL!

"To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir will reunite at Chicago’s Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last-ever Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same venue. “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” will take place over three nights – July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2015 – and mark the original members’ last-ever performance together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (Guitar), Jeff Chimenti (Keyboards) and Bruce Hornsby (Piano), and will perform two sets of music each night.

In the tradition of the original Grateful Dead Ticketing Service, tickets will be available via a first come first serve mail order system starting on January 20th, followed by an online pre-sale through Dead Online Ticketing February 12th and will be available online to the general public on February 14th via Ticketmaster."

http://www.dead50.net/

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Ross Pennock - "Don't Stand Still" (Unlimited Gravity Remix) - Song of the Day - 1/10/15 [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Ross Miller, aka Ross Pennock, and Ronnie Weberg, aka Unlimited Gravity, have been good friends of mine for a while now, and both these dudes have new albums set to come out soon. Ross' is hitting the webs on the 19th, while Ronnie's is yet to have a set release date. What better way to celebrate the coming of great things than with a re-imagination of this landmark track by Ross. Hope you all enjoy today's SotD as much as I do.

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Orphic & Ill Dosage - "Galactic Cruise Control" [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Artists, Orphic & Ill Dosage, hailing from Detroit, teamed up with Swamp Music to put out their newest heavy hitting track. Crunchy bass, good drums, and all around great production make this one not to skip over. Currently living in Venice Beach, California, Orphic has been quietly pounding away and carving a name for himself within the electronic community. Don't be surprised to hear more killer tunes by either of these up and coming producers in the near future. What's even better about this track? It's up for free download through his soundcloud page.

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edIT - "Ants" - Song of the Day - 12/28/14

edIT

edIT, real name Edward Ma, is an electronic producer/DJ based in Los Angeles, California and might be better known for his role as a member of The Glitch Mob. Off his 2004 solo album, Crying Over Pros for No Reason, "Ants" is a stellar example of what this producer is capable of. Hope everyone has been having a great holiday season and continues to do so. Much love from your friends at Ikonic Sound.

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Hours Eastly Release Handful of New Songs

Gainesville, FL based trio, Hours Eastly, recently released three new tracks to their Soundcloud profile - all of which are killer. This talented group is relatively unknown and not much of their music is on the web other than an album they released in October 2012, which can be found HERE. Set to hit the road with Iration in the coming months, these guys are likely coming to a city near you. For a full list of tour dates check out their facebook page.

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The Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" - Song of the Day - 11/14/14

This classic track off The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, won the 1997 Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" and was the bands first Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at 22 on the list. VH1 claims it is the 91st best rock song of all time and it claims the 70th position on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" - whatever the hell that means. One thing we can all agree on is this track being a classic.

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Umphrey's McGee - "Dick in a Box" - Song of the Day - 11/8/14 - Final Day of Umphrey's Run!

Bringing a conclusion to our Umphrey's Run is their cover of SNL's "Dick in a Box" on New Years Eve 2006. What a better way to celebrate such a big milestone in this great band's career than with a nice present. Happy 2000th Umphrey's, can't wait to see you many more times again!

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Umphrey's McGee - Beck/Radiohead/Phil Collins Mashup (live) - Song of the Day - 11/7/14 - Umphrey's Run Continues!

Day 3 of our fabled Umphrey's Run. If you don't know by now there isn't much we can do. 

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Umphrey's McGee - "Puppet String" (Live) - Song of the Day - 11/6/14 - Umphrey's Run Day 2!

Umphrey's @ the Ravinia in Highland Park, IL this past July.

As we said in our post yesterday, Umphrey's is playing their big 2000 this weekend in Madison, WI. What better to do to prepare for the madness that is about to ensue? Listen to Umphrey's of course! Umphrey's Run continues!

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Umphrey's McGee - "Pay The Snucka / Bulls On Parade" - Song of the Day - 11/5/14 (Umphrey's Run Begins!)

Umphrey's playing at the Ravinia in Highland Park, IL this past July.

Umphrey's McGee is gearing up to play their 2000th show this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin and to commemorate their successful career as of yet, we're going to have Umphrey's for "Song of the Day" every day between now and then. So gear up, and get ready to rawk!

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John Carpenter - "Halloween Theme" - Song of the Day 10/31/14

In 1978 John Carpenter penned the iconic theme song for the class film, Halloween. Seeing as it's Halloween today, we figured it was the perfect time to dust of the cob webs and let this track echo through our speakers. Hopefully you find it as creepy as we do. HAVE A GREAT HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!!! 

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