Yes, yes, we know: Drake’s album is dropping this summer. Excited as we are, we’d also like to open your eyes to some other releases worth listening to.
On Friday night, Franklin Field gets gangsta. Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi, and opening act Shwayze are hitting the stage to put Penn’s most start-studded Fling concert to date.
You might know hip-pop duo Shwayze from their 2008 show Buzzin’. Or you might know their string of chill party hits like “Corona And Lime.” Regardless of how you know Shwayze, come Friday, you’ll know their concert antics firsthand.
Here Lies Love consists of new wave icon David Byrne and British beatmaker Fatboy Slim attempting to tell the story of the former First Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos, and her nanny, Estrella Cumpas, through 22 songs, two discs, and a whole bunch of guest singers.
Remember when everyone made music like Dr. Dog? Neither do we. While we’re certainly happy with the music of our own day and age, it would’ve been pure magic to have seen 1960s musical greats sow the seeds of their musical arcs.
Let’s be frank for a second. “That’s How I Beat Shaq” by Aaron Carter is by far the greatest song to ever come out of the entire Carter family (and yes, that includes you, Leslie).
In this epic minstrel’s tale, a young Aaron finds himself challenged to a game of one-on-one by Shaquille O’Neal.
Guitar god Slash has showcased his talent for lightning-fast fretboard fingering in many bands from the ego-fraught Guns ‘n’ Roses to the all-star line-up of Velvet Revolver and the guitar-centric Slash’s Snakepit.
Winston Ojeda Jr. has plans for “total world domination.” The president of Musyck.com, a new website promoting itself as the “Fan-Powered Musyck Revolution,” has big hopes for his patent-pending brainchild.
One of the major turning points in my life was when I stopped listening to my dad’s music. At the age of seven, with two older brothers shoveling grunge, metal and punk into my eardrums, my music tastes switched drastically.
Bonnaroo
Located on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, the annual Bonnaroo festival brings together some of the most talented acts across genres for a four-day bacchanalia of live music, arts and crafts, dance tents and booze.
April 6
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love
Slash, Slash
Dr. Dog, Shame, Shame
Peter Wolf, Midnight Souvenirs
Bobby McFerrin, VOCabuLarieS
April 13
Coheed and Cambria, Year of the Black Rainbow
Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion
The Tallest Man On Earth, Wild Hunt
MGMT, Congratulations
April 20
Circa Survive, Blue Sky Noise
Willie Nelson, Country Music
Caribou, Swim
Cypress Hill, Rise Up
Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
April 27
B.o.B, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Gogol Bordello, Trans-Continental Hustle
Bullet for my Valentine, Fever
Hole, Nobody’s Daughter
My Education, Sunrise