Gramatik FREE Mixtape Download or Stream #NCMF #FreeDownload

Releases Brand-New Mixtape "STREET BANGERZ VOL. 4" Available For Free Download - HERE Stream SB4 - HERE While we anxiously await for The Age Of Reason album release, Gramatik gives away 22 tracks, including a free mix tape to hold us over until fall. "Street Bangerz 4" is a compilation of leftover tracks from SB1 featuring Gramatik's classic sound back when he was known for producing simple and raw, sample-based hip-hop beats.  As Gramatik prepares for the second part of his upcoming Age Of Reason Tour, he unleased the album's second single, "You Don't Understand" and announced an additional Halloween show teaming up with GRiZ to play the biggest GrizMatik show to date at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The Massacre Begins will feature support by turntablist A-Trak along with guitarist Don Daro of Exmag, who will also be joining Gramatik on tour this fall. General tickets for The Massacre Begins are now on sale. In hype of the forthcoming album, Gramatik explains how he differs from the vast majority of electronic musicians as he records using live instruments while striving to make dance music that tells a story. During a recent interview with Relix Magazine, he states, "There's a lot of guitar, bass, piano, all types of organs, lots of original vocals - more than any other record I've ever produced. [The Age of Reason] combines all the genres I've been producing since the beginning in the most drastic, neurotic, cohesive and outrageous way imaginable." See below for Gramatik's upcoming fall tour dates on the Age of Reason Tour and check out his remaining festival dates including New York City's Electric Zoo and America's first Tomorrowland festival, TomorrowWorld. REMAINING FESTIVAL DATES: Aug 31  | North Coast Music Festival - Chicago, IL (ChiIL Live Shows was there... were YOU?!) Sept 07 | Hyperion Music Festival - Spencer, IN Sept 14 | Dancefestopia Music Festival - Kansas City, MO Sept 28 | TomorrowWorld - Atlanta, GA AGE OF REASON REMAINING FALL 2013 TOUR DATES: Sept 06 | The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI Sept 10 Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY Spet 12 | Wooly's - Des Moines, IA Sept 13 | Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis, MN Sept 15 | George's Majestic Lounge - Fayetteville, AR Sept 18 | Lryic Theatre - Oxford, MS Sept 19 | Republic New Orleans - New Orleans, LA Sept 20 | Soul Kitchen - Moblie, AL Sept 21 | House of Blues Orlando - Lake Buena Vista, FL Sept 22 | Grand Central - Miami, FL Sept 25 | The Ritz Ybor - Tampa, FL Sept 26 | Free Bird Live - Jacksonville Beach, FL Sept 27 | The Music Farm - Charleston, SC Oct 01  | Ziggy's By The Sea - Wilmington, NC Oct 02  | Jefferson Theatre _ Charlottesville, VA Oct 03  | The National - Richmond, VA Oct 04  | Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD Oct 05  | Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Oct 06  | Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY Nov 05  | Orpheum Theater - Flagstaff, AZ Nov 06  | Railto Theatre - Tucson, AZ Nov 07  | House of Blues - San Diego, CA Nov 08  | The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA Nov 09  | The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA Nov 10  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Reno, NV Nov 13  | Arcata Theatre - Arcata, CA Nov 14  | Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR Nov 15  | Showbox at the Market - Seattle, WA Nov 16  | Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC Nov 17  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA Nov 19  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID Nov 22  | Orpheum Theatre - Madison, WI Nov 23  | Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI KEEP UP WITH GRAMATIK: WEBSITE | SOUNDCLOUD | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

ChiIL Live Show's Must Sees--North Coast 2012 #NCMF @northcoastfest

It's here!!   And so it begins.   North Coast Music Festival 2012.   For the next 3 days, we'll be sending summer off in style and rockin' Union Park.   

*Remember, this year kids under 10 are free with a paying adult (down from 12 and under last year-boo!)    Still, they've got Riot Fest beat.   They're only admitting punk kin under 5 for free.   Boo and hiss.   So get your little hippies & house freaks outta the house and introduce them to some of your favorites before they're a bar-worthy 18+ or 21+ and would rather die than go to a music fest with their PARENTS!   

3 day passes (except VIP) and Sunday single day passes are SOLD OUT. 

There are so many sweet choices.    We'll be shooting all 3 days, catching a bunch of sets and even more crowd shots.  Unfortunately--Murphy's Concert Law applies and multiple bands I want to see equally badly are up against each other.   We'll see how things play out or catch some half sets.

I'm a bit old school in that it's more fun to shoot a band than a DJ--How many floating head/macbook shots can you really see before it gets boring.    I dig bands with instruments.    That said, we do plan to catch Girl Talk for sure.   We have some jam friends from back in the Grateful Dead and Phish Phreak days who are now completely obsessed with Pretty Lights.    So we may check them out live, too.    We ditched em at Summer Camp Music Festival for burlesque and Jane's Addiction, so since that's not an option here....maybe this time.  

We've seen and shot both Girl Talk, Umphrey's McGee and Van Ghost (numerous times) at Summer Camp Music Festival and elsewhere and recommend catching them all this weekend.   We're especially stoked to finally catch Mathien live.   We were in the middle of a video interview with ALO and missed 'em at Summer Camp.   Mathien plays the Dos Equis Stage at 2:30 PM Sunday.   Check 'em out.



  

**Click the daily schedule links here to hear a sample of each band, read band profiles, set up your own schedule, sync with your friends, and more.**




Here are the Major players

NCMF 2012 PRETTY LIGHTS · GIRL TALK · STS9 · UMPHREY'S MCGEE AXWELL · STEVE ANGELLO · KNIFE PARTY · ATMOSPHERE STEVE AOKI · EXCISION · ALESSO · PAUL OAKENFOLD BIG BOI · THE RAPTURE · EOTO DIGITALISM · CHUCKIE · TOMMY TRASH · YELAWOLF MODESTEP · FELIX DA HOUSECAT · FUTURE ROCK · MORD FUSTANG ·  BEATS ANTIQUE · YACHT · DAN DEACON · GRAMATIK · REBIRTH BRASS BAND BOOMBOX · DIGITAL TAPE MACHINE · MAYA JANE COLES · MIDNIGHT CONSPIRACY KING KHAN & THE SHRINES · THUNDERCAT · PAPADOSIO · NiT GriT · TWO FRESH SAVOY · MINNESOTA · VAN GHOST · COM TRUISE · PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS · ZION I Mr. MFN EXQUIRE · AUTO BODY · THIBAULT · WYLLYS & THE NY HUSTLERS ENSEMBLE · ZEBO ABDECAF · FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY · TEAM BAYSIDE HIGH · STRANGE ARRANGEMENT STRATUS · LOBOUNCE · GENTLEMEN HALL · NORDJS · PAUL UNIVERSE · MARIO FLOREK KID COLOR · DJ SOLO · PROBCAUSE · ORVILLE KLEIN · BUHAY · MATHIEN · JAMIE LONO ARTS of LIFE BAND and many, many more including the best in local djs in the Groupon Silent Disco!

Here's the daily line ups break down with who we're stoked to see featured in red.    We'll be adding loads more as we go and running photo filled band features.

Today we've got kids in school & team gymnastics so we can't make it till the headliners.   But Saturday and Sunday are a whole different matter!   Tonight we're all about STS9.

Friday August 31st - NCMF 2012 DAY 1 STS9 Axwell Knife Party Paul Oakenfold EOTO Yelawolf Mord Fustang Midnight Conspiracy King Khan & The Shrines Papadosio Two Fresh Minnesota Auto Body Abdecaf Team Bayside High Gentlemen Hall ...and many more!

Saturday September 1st - NCMF 2012 DAY 2 Girl Talk Umphrey's McGee Atmosphere Excision Alesso The Rapture Tommy Trash Felix Da Housecat Future Rock Beats Antique YACHT Dan Deacon Gramatik NiT GriT People Under The Stairs Mr. MFN Exquire Thibault Zebo Family Groove Company Strange Arrangement LoBounce NORdjs ProbCause ...and many more!

Sunday September 2nd - NCMF 2012 DAY 3 Pretty Lights Steve Angello Steve Aoki Big Boi Digitalism Chuckie Modestep Rebirth Brass Band BoomBox Digital Tape Machine Maya Jane Coles Thundercat Savoy Van Ghost Com Truise Zion I Wyllys & The NY Hustler Ensemble Stratus Mario Florek DJ SOLO Mathien IndigoSun ...and many more!

North Coast Music Fest & Summer Camp Music Fest--Bookend The Summer

It's strangely fitting that we always kick off the big, summer music fest season with Summer Camp Music Festival and end with North Coast Music Fest, now in it's 3rd year.   Many of the same bands are playing both, including:

Umphrey's McGhee

Pretty Lights 

Van Ghost

EOTO

Midnight Conspiracy

Mathian

IndigoSun (all SCamp2012)

Girl Talk (SCamp2011)

Can you spot more?

NORTH COAST 2012 COMPLETE LINE UP:

• Pretty Lights   Girl Talk   STS9   Umphrey's McGee

• Axwell   Steve Angello   Knife Party   Atmosphere

• Steve Aoki   Excision   Alesso   Paul Oakenfold

• Big Boi   The Rapture   EOTO

• Digitalism   Chuckie   Tommy Trash

• Yelawolf   Modestep   Felix da Housecat   Mord Fustang Future Rock   Midnight Conspiracy   Beats Antique   YACHT Dan Deacon   Gramatik   Rebirth Brass Band   BoomBox

• Digital Tape Machine   Maya Jane Coles   King Khan & the Shrines Thundercat   Papadosio   NiT GriT   Savoy   Two Fresh   Minnesota

• Van Ghost   Com Truise   People Under the Stairs   Zion I   Mr. MFN eXquire   Zebo Auto Body   Thibault   Wyllys & the New York Hustler Ensemble   AbdeCaf Family Groove Company   Team Bayside High   Strange Arrangement   Stratus LoBounce   Gentlemen Hall   NORdjs   Paul Universe   Mario Florek   Kid Color DJ SOLO   ProbCause   Orville Kline   BUHAY   Mathien   Jamie Lono Arts of Life Band   IndigoSun   Second City Citizens   Vapor Eyes   Ignorant Noise

• Alex Kislov   ATLIS   Avi Sic   Bisharat   Benji Gunplay   BUHAY   Dakota DanceFloor Destroyers   Dani Deahl   Deafside   Deejay Pickel   Digital Departure   DJ Dante DJ Demchuk   DJ Intel   DJ Moppy   DJ RC   DJ RTC   DJ SOLO   DJ Trew   Fleege Gemini Club   Greg Corner   Hunter Vita   Intensive   Jaime Lopez   Joe Bryl   Kid Color Konrad Gainnes   Kool Hersh   Lewis Gigson   Lou Dooben   MattBoyWhite   MEGA MIKE Milk N Cookies   Miss Amphetamine   Mister Joshua   Moxxy   Mr Bobby   Orville Kline Phenom   Phives   Punky Fresh   SABOR   SUSHI   SWGGRBCK   Tima Fei   Vipeeps WhyB   Wyllys

**Click here for ChiIL Live Shows photo filled Summer Camp (SCamp) Footage:

Scamp 2012

Scamp 2011

Scamp

It's time to Rock Union Park and get your fest buzz on AGAIN.   Check out ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama for great, photo filled North Coast coverage, starting with past years right here.

*North Coast off to Great Start-Friday 2011 

*North Coast Saturday 2011 

*Great Divide Video Interview & Live Show Photos

*Kids 12 and Under Free With Paying Adult-  North Coast 2011

*North Coast 2010 Photo Filled Recap

We have press credentials for the 3rd year now,  and will again be there for all 3 days.   Check back with ChiIL Live Shows/ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for photo filled features and loads of must see tips, new footage, new live show shots, and more.