A pair of weekend festivals will be playing in the Hamptons in early August! One will be in East Hampton and the other in South Hampton. Cute.
Both festivals are featuring indie bands with no overlap. But PLEASE check out the music before you buy. There are all day and single passes still avaliable. Don't drive. Take mass transit.
Escape to New York (August 5-7)
www.escape2ny.com
South Hampton
On the Shinnecock Reservation
Music to Know (August 13 - 14)
www.musictoknow.com
East Hampton
Runway 4
I'm excited to see that Mates of State is a part of the line up for Escape to New York! Hopefully, Kori will have time to update her blog, Band on the Diaper on the Run, with this experience.
Another name that made me go "Ooooo" is Ellie Goulding. This succesful young British electropop star is just that. A star!! Ellie has been recieving awards and nominations in her native UK since 2010. Her debut album, Lights, pretty much smashed the UK charts last year. And I love it! Ellie will be performing at Music to Know on Saturday's line up. She'll also be touring the rest of the U.S. until the end of the summer. Check the schedule!
FYI: Ellie will be performing at Best Buy on Saturday, July 30, in Union Square (NYC) at 2 PM!
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Mates of State - Get Better
Are you a furry animal loving kind of person? If your answer to that is a yes, then this video, "Get Better" by Mates of State, is for you! Actually, I meant a person-in-a-furry-animal-costume loving person... It could have the same effect.
I wasn't too fond of the bunny suit that I saw first. Bad memories from a certain movie that involves a disturbed teenager and a big, scary and imaginary bunny. But I was quickly calmed by the appearances of the other amanimals! This song is very cheerful and hopeful within a world of uncertainty. The catchiest line is "Forget all your politics for awhile, let the color schemes arrive." It's funny how I understood this video and how it visually shows some of the political happenings in the world today, even though this song came out in 2008!
Mates of State is a husband/wife duo from Kansas. Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel formed their band in 1997 and have been active ever since. Many of their songs have been featured on many television series ranging from "Ugly Betty" to "The Gossip Girl." They also had two daughters along the way! Their sixth and latest album, Crushes, came out during the summer of 2010.
The duo is working on new material and are expected to release their seventh album after this summer. But in the meantime, Kori keeps us updated on their family life on the road in her blog, "Band on the Diaper Run." I love the name and the blog! You get a peek into their normal lives, too. I might be going out on a limb here, but maybe it's a play on Paul McCartney's classic, "Band on the Run." Yeah, that sounds about right.
I wasn't too fond of the bunny suit that I saw first. Bad memories from a certain movie that involves a disturbed teenager and a big, scary and imaginary bunny. But I was quickly calmed by the appearances of the other amanimals! This song is very cheerful and hopeful within a world of uncertainty. The catchiest line is "Forget all your politics for awhile, let the color schemes arrive." It's funny how I understood this video and how it visually shows some of the political happenings in the world today, even though this song came out in 2008!
Mates of State is a husband/wife duo from Kansas. Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel formed their band in 1997 and have been active ever since. Many of their songs have been featured on many television series ranging from "Ugly Betty" to "The Gossip Girl." They also had two daughters along the way! Their sixth and latest album, Crushes, came out during the summer of 2010.
The duo is working on new material and are expected to release their seventh album after this summer. But in the meantime, Kori keeps us updated on their family life on the road in her blog, "Band on the Diaper Run." I love the name and the blog! You get a peek into their normal lives, too. I might be going out on a limb here, but maybe it's a play on Paul McCartney's classic, "Band on the Run." Yeah, that sounds about right.
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