Fire Jam at FIGMENT 8/10

The next Fire Jam at Garfield Park Conservatory will take place SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 7PM-9PM during FIGMENT Chicago, a FREE participatory art festival! Fire & flow artists will perform to the percussive beats of an open drum jam in one of Chicago's most beautiful and historic green spaces. From 7-7:30pm, the Great Circle will be open to nonfire flow artists to perform for the crowd. From 7:30-9pm, the Great Circle will be for fire performance only.

If you are a fire performer and wish to participate in the jam, you must have taken the Full Moon Jam Fire Safety Training AND be insured - please contact Liz Campanella at liz@pyrotechniq.org BY MONDAY AUGUST 8 if you wish to perform, you cannot show up at the jam to spin fire unless you've signed up with Liz. If you are a flow artist and wish to participate in the jam, insurance is not required.

We are also looking for anyone willing to act as a dedicated safety during the fire performance portion of the jam from 7:30-9pm. If you are willing to safety for the jam, please contact Liz at liz@pyrotechniq.org.

Please note that the drum jam is now an OPEN DRUM JAM. Any and all percussionists are welcome!

All the other usual FMJ rules will be in effect: This is a Leave No Trace, alcohol- and substance-free, family-friendly event. Per Garfield Park Conservatory rules, the jam will end at 9pm when the Conservatory officially closes.

The Conservatory is right off the CTA Green line, at the Conservatory-Central Ave stop. There is also a free parking lot for the Conservatory and on-street parking.

This is a wonderful opportunity to participate in a fantastic participatory art event for families and fellow artists. If you're not familiar with FIGMENT, see the information below. We hope to see you next Saturday at the second GPC fire jam and FIGMENT Chicago!

What is FIGMENT? 

FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy taking place at Garfield Park Conservatory August 10-11. FIGMENT is a FREE, annual, family-friendly celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible.

FIGMENT wants to see imaginations blossom with thousands of visitors interacting directly with nearly 50 participating art projects and more than 300 artists and volunteers.

Artists have heard about FIGMENT germinating the seeds of its Chicago debut for the past year. The idea itself has spread worldwide for over a half-decade since its NYC roots. Like many new happenings, some haven't heard the call. Organizers have high hopes for a large contingency of West Side and Chicago families to converge at the Conservatory and relish a one-of-a-kind Saturday and Sunday adventure of pure expression. 

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**Sample artwork by a talented West Chicago youth at FIGMENT's July 10, 2013, Meet n' Greet. 

Several of these individually enhanced posters are popping up all around Chicago including one by ChiIL Mama and a hord of kids from toddlers to tweens--made at the last Garfield fire jam.**

Highly Recommended Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Houndmouth & Saturday Heartless Bastards 6PM on The Grove

Did you catch Houndmouth's Lollapalooza set yesterday or opening for Heartless Bastards at another fav of ours... City Winery last night!   Put them on your must see list.   You can still catch Heartless Bastards TODAY at Lollapalooza

After Houndmouth's debut album dropped last month, the band several people have called "the Alabama Shakes of 2013" has been one of the busiest of the summer with two late night TV appearances on Conan and Letterman and nonstop touring and festivals. By Lolla, the quartet will have already hit Bonnaroo, Newport Folk, High Sierra, and their hometown Forecastle, where they were upgraded to the main stage at the last minute due to demand.

Rolling Stone has called them "earthy melancholy with a rude garage rock streak" and American Songwriter writes that their guitar "blows gates open at a full speed gallop."   ChiIL Live Shows will have a full album review up shortly.

Watch their Letterman performance of "Ludlow" (and see how they tweaked Dave on-air!): http://youtu.be/Q_eEx3N5Le0

This past weekend, Houndmouth made their Newport Folk Festival debut to glowing reviews. Rolling Stone called their Dylan cover with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes a "highlight" of the weekend, Billboard said they "proved their mettle," and Paste called them the #2 Band to Watch.

Festival booker Jay Sweet pegged them as the next Newport breakout on NPR All Songs Considered, saying they "are just going to grow and follow that Avett Brothers kind of path." And during the NPR Music broadcast of their set, WFUV host Alisa Ali said "Even though they just released their debut album, they are so well seasoned, like good curly fries" and Ann Powers tweeted a Vine of them "rockin it": https://vine.co/v/hAg7qLTHilE

Next up for Houndmouth: Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, and a headlining fall tour (details coming soon).

Lolla Bands On Our Radar Saturday & Sunday From Our Friends at Press Here

Saturday, August 3^rd

CHERUB * Perry’s @ 12PM

Nashville’s sexy electro-pop duo, Cherub, released the 100 Bottles EP earlier this year and have been described as “…hands down THE hottest music coming out of Nashville…” by KCRW.   Their viral hit “Doses and Mimosas” that hit #1 on Hype Machine’s “most talked about songs” chart!

LOCAL NATIVES * Red Bull Sound Select @ 4:00PM

Local Natives, who are currently on their most extensive tour to date, will be making a stop at Lollapalooza in support of their latest album, Hummingbird! The band recently swung by The Late Show with David Letterman – PRESS HERE to watch their performance of“Breakers”, and PRESS HERE to watch their new music video for “You & I”.

Sunday, August 4^th  

PALMA VIOLETS * Bud Light @ 1:00PM

London’s Palma Violets will be performing at Lollapalooza in support of their debut album 180, which received rave reviews around the globe and spawned a veritable summer anthem in first single “Best Of Friends.”  PRESS HERE to watch the video for “Best Of Friends”.Listen to 180 on Spotify now.

BEAR MOUNTAIN * BMI @ 5:40PM

Vancouver’s own electro-dance band, Bear Mountain, have had a crazy year – they released their debut album XO via Last Gang Records, toured with Bloc Party, and their song “Congo” hit #1 on Hype Machine! PRESS HERE to watch the video for their new single “Faded.”

  

PHOENIX * Bud Light @ 8:30PM

Music festival favorites Phoenix are set to headline Lollapalooza this year! Following the release of their critically acclaimed albumBankrupt! and their highly lauded headlining performance at this year’s Coachella, Phoenix and their live show have become the most talked-about of the summer. PRESS HERE to watch the band’s new video for “Trying To Be Cool”.

Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Shovels & Rope: Saturday at 12:45 at the Red Bull Sound Select Stage #lolla

SHOVELS & ROPE

LOLLAPALOOZA DEBUT!

Shovels & Rope Lead 2013 Americana Honors & Awards Nominations For ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR, EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR,

AND DUO / GROUP OF THE YEAR

"Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent were

solid singers and songwriters on their own,

but the pairing is truly a thing of magic...”

 – Filter

Playing:  Saturday, August 3 

12:45-1:30pm 

Red Bull Sound Select Stage

Charleston, SC's Shovels & Rope (Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent) will make their Lollapalooza debut Saturday, August 3 on the Red Bull Sound Select Stage (12:45-1:30pm) in support of their most critically acclaimed album, O' Be Joyful. With the release, Shovels & Rope made their network television debut on The Late Show With David Letterman, debut on Austin City Limits and debut on Billboard Heatseekers chart while receiving accolades from a wide variety of press.  NPR Music, Associated Press, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, SPIN, Nylon, Filter, American Songwriter, Relix, UTNE, American Public Media, CMT, Austin American Statesman, Garden & Gun and many others have praised the duo's compelling songs and sweat soaked live performances.  Click here for highlights

This week, NPR featured Shovels & Rope in Five New Faces Of Folk saying, "On stage, South Carolina singer-songwriters Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent are geysers of goodwill: The husband-and-wife duo's chemistry and ramshackle playfulness make them difficult to resist. But listen to "Hail Hail," from last year's O' Be Joyful, and you'll also hear musicians for whom a smile is just one way to bare one's teeth." 

The electrifying road warriors are making their debut on the major festival circuit this year, beginning with a thrilling performance at Coachella to which the New York Times said, “Of all this afternoon’s young bands, they were the softest, but they might make the loudest crash.” They won over fans at Sasquatch, Hangout, Wakarusa, & Forecastle festivals, with upcoming festival appearances scheduled at Newport Folk Festival, Austin City Limits, Voodoo Experience.

Shovels & Rope just wrapped an opening tour for Dawes with select opening shows for Dave Matthews Band. In September, the duo will hit the road for the remainder of 2013 on a headlining tour. For tour dates and more info, visit: http://www.shovelsandrope.com/

Highly Recommended Lolla Bands On Our Radar: O'Brother Sunday at Noon on BMI

O'Brother to Play Lollapalooza Sunday August 4th  12:00PM on the BMI Stage 5:00PM at the Toyota + SpinMedia Soundwave Tent w/ Guards O'Brother Premiere "Perilous Love" Exclusively with AV Club! "'Perilous Love' is equal parts Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, a throwback thrasher that is pretty unrelenting." - A.V. Club “Genre-bending rockers O’Brother beat the sophomore slump on Disillusion, an album as complex and textured as it is loud. Think Deftones meet Radiohead meet Alice in Chains. From distorted, sludgy guitars (there’s three of them in the band!) to frontman Tanner Merritt’s haunting vocals, this is an album with a beginning, middle, and end—each song building upon the last and masterfully bleeding into the next....Don’t let the name fool you; this is an album that won’t let you down.” – Revolver  “...genre-bending post-metal that is as operatic as it is destructive... Expect this record to end up on a lot of year-end best-of lists.” – Alternative Press "As far as I'm concerned, there really isn't an active band that blends ethereal and skull-crushing heaviness as well as O' Brother do. Disillusion has the spacious soundscapes of a Sigur Ros record, the nuance-laced inventiveness of a Radiohead record, the haunting melodies of a Jeff Buckley record and the head banging heaviness of Isis' early work. And it's all blended together tastefully and seamlessly, with a perfect dose of patience to maximize the impact of shifts in dynamics. They set the bar awfully high for themselves after they released Garden Window, and somehow they've manage to raise it again with Disillusion. It's phenomenal." - Riley Breckenridge, Thrice *Returning to Chicago Sept. 5* Full routing below... Aug. 1—The Firebird—St. Louis, MO Aug. 4—Lollapalooza—Chicago, IL Aug. 6—Hoosier Dome-Indianapolis, IN Aug. 14—Bottletree—Birmingham, AL Aug. 15—Spanish Moon—Baton Rouge, LA Aug. 16—Warehouse Live—Houston, TX Aug. 17—Club Dada—Dallas, TX Aug. 18—Red 7—Austin, TX Aug. 20—Pub Rock—Scottsdale, AZ Aug. 21—House Of Blues—San Diego, CA Aug. 22—Constellation Room—Santa Ana, CA Aug. 23—Cobalt Café—Canoga Park, CA Aug. 24—Bottom Of The Hill—San Francisco, CA Aug. 26—Backspace—Portland, OR Aug. 27—Biltmore Cabaret—Vancouver, Canada Aug. 28—Chop Suey—Seattle, WA Aug. 30—Kilby Court—Salt Lake City, UT Aug. 31—Hi-Dive—Denver, CO Sept. 1—Record Bar—Kansas City, MO Sept. 3—7th Street Entry—Minneapolis, MN Sept. 4—Vaudeville Mews—Des Moines, IA Sept. 5—Bottom Lounge—Chicago, IL Sept. 6—Musica—Akron, OH Sept. 7—Pike Room—Pontiac, MI Sept. 8—Hard Luck Bar—Toronto, Ontario Sept. 10—Stage AE—Pittsburgh, PA Sept. 11—Lost Horizon—Syracuse, NY Sept. 12—Santos Party House—NY Sept. 13—Brighton Music Hall—Allston, MA Sept. 14—The Space—Hamden, CT Sept. 15—The Barbary—Philadelphia, PA Sept. 17—The Rock And Roll Hotel—Washington, DC Sept. 18—Local 506—Chapel Hill, NC Sept. 20—The Basement—Columbus, OH Sept. 21—The End—Nashville, TN Sept. 22—Casbah—Charlotte, NC Sept. 24—New Brookland Tavern—West Columbia, SC Sept. 25—Roc Bar—Jacksonville, FL Sept. 26—Crowbar—Ybor City, FL Sept. 27—The Social—Orlando, FL Sept. 28—Masquerade—Atlanta, GA

Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Chicago's Own Makeshift Prodigy at BMI Stage Sunday at 1:10 #Lolla

Chicago's own Makeshift Prodigy has been around the city for a number of years and now they're gaining followers on a national level and are signed to Atlantic Records and Warner Chappell Music. Musically they land in some conglomeration of Coldplay and 30 Seconds to Mars, with a little U2 thrown in for good measure. 

Who: Makeshift Prodigy

Where: Lollapalooza / BMI Stage

When: Sunday August 4th, 1:10p-1:50p

RED BULL SOUND SELECT CELEBRATING LOCAL MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE THAT PUSH IT FORWARD

Fans In 10 U.S. Cities Enjoyed Free “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” Shows July 26 - 28 By Engaging With RedBullSoundSelect.Com + Interacting With Their Local Music Scene

Red Bull Sound Select Artists Even Gave Fans Free Tickets to Lollapalooza Aug 1 - 4 www.redbullsoundselect.com

  

Red Bull Sound Select expanded into five more of the nation’s most influential music cities in July. To celebrate, a special series of free “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcases were hosted July 26-28 in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis and Seattle. The ongoing program supports local music scenes and the people who push them forward, and rewards fans for engaging and interacting with the local music scene.

Those events were curated by some of the most respected music voices in each city and featured a line up of promising local Red Bull Sound Select artists opening for headliners including: Dirty Projectors, The Dandy Warhols, Theophilus London, The Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips, Juicy J, Metric, Yeasayer, Erykah Badu (LIVE), Frightened Rabbit, Azealia Banks and The Airborne Toxic Event. Listen to audio from the live performances here:  http://www.redbullsoundselect.com/posts/rbss-10-cities-live-audio. See select photos from the July shows below and visit the Red Bull Content Pool for additional editorial images.

Up Next

Red Bull Sound Select artists Chance the Rapper, Cherub and Rivals of the Peacemaker playing Lollapalooza this weekend!

“Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcases continue monthly in each city featuring new local acts opening for headliners. August shows include Michael Franti, Kilo Kish, Yacht, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tobacco, Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun and more. For additional information on Red Bull Sound Select artists, shows and music, visit: www.redbullsoundselect.com.

Juicy J (Atlanta) Credit: Ian Witlen/Red Bull Content Pool The Black Lips (Atlanta) Credit: Ian Witlen/Red Bull Content Pool Frightened Rabbit (Los Angeles) Credit: Erik Voake / Red Bull Content Pool Erykah Badu (Dallas) Credit: Gary Miller / Red Bull Content Pool Yeasayer (Minneapolis) Credit: Joe Gall/Red Bull Content Pool The Gaslight Anthem (New York City) Credit: Brian Nevins/Red Bull Content Pool

About RED BULL SOUND SELECT

Red Bull Sound Select is a long-term music initiative that invests in local music scenes, and connects artists and fans with one another to be part of the stories that break music. Since its BETA launch in February, Red Bull Sound Select has hosted 35 “Presents” showcases to welcome nearly 100 new artists into the program including Chance the Rapper, Cherub, The Black Cadillacs, Gemini Club, HANDS, Heliotropes, Show You Suck, Beach Party, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Sasha Go Hard, Rivals of the Peacemaker and many more.

Every month, a collective of local music curators invite three new artists from each participating city into the program and host a “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcase to introduce them. Red Bull Sound Select curators include: Brooklyn Vegan, Next Big Nashville, East Village Radio, Fake Shore Drive, Transmission Entertainment, Knuckle Rumbler, Full Service Music, MFG Productions, Lightning 100, Do 312, Riot Fest, ScoreMore, Afropunk, Brooklyn Bodega, IAMSOUND and Marathon Music.

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