Photos: Orgone at Bonnaroo

Home grown LA funk collective ORGONE crushed the stage at Bonnaroo two weeks ago (in a good way).  Raging rhythms hard for those that took two days of work - Orgone delivered their quintessential vibrant So-Cal flavored grooves with a lot of energy, some wailing vocals and top notch percussion from Stewart Killen.

It was the perfect set to kick off Bonnaroo....hope they bring them back in 2013!

Thank You to You/Weapons of Audio on Friday

Sitting in New Orleans, parked on the side of the road on Fathers Day, listening to Anders Osborne acoustically jam inside an RV I just travelled cross country in provided a good opportunity for reflection....

SUPERGOODMUSIC was launched around three years ago and as its father - I've nurtured the baby from its infancy into toddler-hood, from successes and failures, from micro journalism to big discoveries like Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks."  Finding that next big thing fuels the drive, and so do the fans, so THANK YOU to all of you readers, contest participants and general music enthusiasts.  You're all part of the SUPERGOOD fam!

And also thank you to Jam In The Van - the cross country trip provided a solid reminder to why I do what I do, facilitated the discovery of new talent and continued to assist SUPERGOOD in uncovering some artists whom we think could be the next big thing.  Weapons of Audio - who play tomorrow night at a Surfrider Foundation event - were an act whose JITV performance raised SGM's eyebrows.  Check out their awesome Jam In The Van video for "Night Light" and then see them play tomorrow night at The Arbor Collective (102 Washington Boulevard, Venice, CA).   Proceeds benefit Surfrider Foundation and there will be complimentary beverages available....so get your weekend started right with free drinks and tunes from Weapons of Audio, Capital Cities, Ry Cuming and more!

Psychotropic Summer Volume I

Tonight begins the first of potentially many psychedelic summer nights in Los Angeles as Thief Presents launches their A Psychotropic Summer - Volume I at Nomad Gallery in Frogtown.  

To commence the trippy fun - Dead Meadow, Dagha Bloom, Sleepy Sun and Highlands provide the soundtrack.  There will be booze flowing and apparently some art exhibits, live oil projections, vendors and more.

Tickets are $15, doses are not included.   Check out the Facebook event and get your tickets at the door (limited number available).  

Get Gaymous with Scissors Sisters

June is gay pride month and what better way to celebrate it than with the appropriately named Scissor Sisters at Hollywood Palladium on Saturday?  If you want to move, sweat and meet your new gay best-friend - look no further than Sunset and Centro on Saturday June 16, 2012.  

We're dishing out a pair of free tickets to their poppy-gaymous glam rock electroclash dance party - and we strongly recommend you hit us up at contest@supergoodmusic.com if you want to go. The formerly Fibrillating Scissor Sisters are celebrating the release of their album Magic Hour (released May 28, 2012) and will most surely be dropping "Only The Horses" "Shady Love" and "Lets Have a Kiki" for their first time in LA - plus classics like "Take Your Mama" and "Fire With Fire."

If you don't want to chance it - ensure you'll be inside for the party by getting tickets here via Live Nation. 

Rebirth Brass Band Rages The Mint Tonight!

Don't miss the chance to put the funk in your Thursday with famed New Orleans artists Rebirth Brass Band at The Mint tonight!  The Grammy award winning act will be blowing all sorts of horns in the toasty little jazz enclave - and we don't want you to miss it, which is why we are giving away a couple pairs of tickets to their jam session.

Just email contest@supergoodmusic or tweet out @supergoodmusic and @mintLA to enter!

Eat. See. Hear. In Pasadena Today (w/ Tic Tic Boom!)

Up and coming indie-synth rock sensation Tic Tic Boom! bring their talents to Pasadena today as part of the Eat. See.  Hear. series that launches this weekend and is taking place each Saturday night into September.    With food trucks on the front end and The Wedding Singer being aired on the back end - there is no reason not to enjoy Tic Tic Boom! as the "Hear." portion of your entertainment sandwich on June 2, 2012.

Although outside booze is not allowed - you can bring your own picnic to the party.  Blankets and lawn chairs are not provided.  Tickets to the E.S.H. get down are $10 and $20 here.  For $10 it is GA consumption, but the $20 passes allow you to arrive at your leisure and still be guaranteed a good spot for SEEing.  

 

Glen Campbell Celebration at The Hollywood Bowl/Dawes at Bonnaroo

As you may or may not know, Country music legend Glen Campbell (Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Country Music Hall of Fame) was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.   In honor of his legacy and brilliant music career, he will be performing at the Hollywood Bowl on June 24 for one final night of merry-making in Los Angeles with contemporaries and protégés alike.  Sharing the stage will be Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Jenny Lewis, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Lucinda Williams and Dawes.

Glen Campbell’s Rhinestone Cowboy:

http://youtu.be/-p8wDhK5LyY

Dawes will open the first half of the show with some “special guests.”  I’m not sure how the guests could get much more special than the lineup already released, but chances are, the Hollywood Bowl audience is in for a real treat.

Dawes are incredible performers and musicians and are a wonderful choice to honor Mr. Campbell.  Their lyrics could be read as poetry and their harmonies melt souls.  I was honored to see brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith perform as an acoustic duo at a BMI event at Sundance.

The music was even more beautiful stripped down.  Their set at Coachella was equally enjoyable as the full band passionately and energetically shared their songs.

A highlight of that set was when they covered The Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down in honor of Levon Helm’s passing.   Dawes have a very clear strong connection with country/folk-rock music of the 60s and 70s and will undoubtedly do justice to the rich career of Glen Campbell.

If you will be attending Bonnaroo, be sure to check Dawes out on Friday, June 8 at 7:30pm at The Other Tent and Saturday, June 9 at 1:30pm at the Sonic Stage.

Watch their video for When My Time Comes:

or my personal favorite:

post by Jessica Rotter (jessica@supergoodmusic.com)