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Outside Lands Festival - An MP3 Guide (Sunday Lineup)

Outside Lands Festival MP3s

Here’s the third and final installment of our Outside Lands Festival preview. Today, we bring you songs by all of the artists appearing on Sunday of Outside Lands.

You can find the two previous installments here: Friday & Saturday

With our fancy new media player, you can even hit the little play button next to any song and listen to it as a mix without downloading anything.

Sunday:

Jack Johnson - “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” [Live]
Wilco - “Jesus, Etc.” [Live]
Widespread Panic - “I Walk on Guilded Splinters” [Live] (Dr. John cover)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - “Tamacun”
Broken Social Scene - “7/4 (Shoreline)”
Andrew Bird - “A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head”
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - “100 Days, 100 Nights” [Live]
Drive-By Truckers - “Dead, Drunk and Naked” [Live]
Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead [Live]
Bon Iver - “Skinny Love”
Jackie Greene - “Shaken”
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - “Pain in My Heart” [Live] (Otis Redding cover)
Rogue Wave - “Postage Stamp World”
ALO - “Lady Loop”
The Cool Kids – “Mikey Rocks”
Little Brother - “Watch Me”
Toots & the Maytals - “Pressure Drop”
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk - “Turn This Thing Around”
The Mother Hips - “Time We Had”
Nicole Atkins - “Maybe Tonight”
K’Naan - “Soobax”
Culver City Dub Collective - “Big Long Gun”
Back Door Slam - “Come Home” (Sample only)


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Stranger Dance Presents: Cousin Chris CD Release Party

So, exciting times around these parts. Not only are 5 bajillion cool bands playing at Outside Lands a mere nine days from now, but we’re also breaking out of our little shell and throwing a party to celebrate the release of Cousin Chris‘ debut album Moon Paper. We’re inviting all our readers and fellow bloggers to join us next Thursday, Aug. 21 at House of Shields downtown (New Montgomery b/w Market and Mission) between 6PM and 10PM to celebrate the release of a great album and prime the pump for a great weekend ahead.

For those who don’t know, Chris Schreiber, aka, Cousin Chris, is a local boy who wrote, sang and played every instrument on Moon Paper. Rooted heavily in a blues (but not at all derivative), bathed in slide guitar and accented with his unique voice, Moon Paper carves out an original sound that, while minimalist, is still compelling and – most importantly – interesting. The album was recorded at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studios where bands like Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Nada Surf and Mike Watt have all recorded. Cousin Chris sat down with me for a chat, which you’ll find – along with a sample of his music – after the jump.

And don’t forget to come out to House of Shields next Thursday and support a local musician (and bloggers!).

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Meow Picks (Episode 6) - Not a Mix

I know you’re upset. I’m one day late. But after spending days and nights arguing the definition of a mix with the Stranger, I came to the conclusion that, alas, Meow Mix was not a mix. This is partially my fault - I never really intended it to be a mix, but rather a collection of some songs I’ve been listening to in the past week. And if I’m lucky maybe there a couple of bands in there that you’ve never heard of before. After all, that’s the only reason to come back, right? From this day forward, I declare Meow Mix to be Meow Picks.

This week’s episode includes The Bar-Kays “Soul Finger,” a track off the funktastic Superbad soundtrack, and Lykke Li’s “Dance Dance Dance” (because people need to be reminded how good her music is after this). The Ruby Suns “Kenya Dig It?” caught my attention because of the fact that it sounds like it belongs in an Animal Collective or Panda Bear album. And finally, I need to give a special thanks to ipickmynose who posted Iver’s “Skinny Love” a few weeks ago and reminded me of how much I love that song. Ennnnnnjoy.

MP3s:

Bon Iver - Skinny Love
The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl
Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
The Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
Sigur Ros - Festival [Box.net]
Brendan Canning - Chameleon
The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Atlas Sound - River Card

Outside Lands Festival Schedule

Outside Lands Festival Radiohead Tom Petty Jack Johnson Lineup

While the folks at APE Concerts haven’t announced the schedule for the Outside Lands Festival [Update: full schedule now available here], most of the bands involved have which night they’re playing on their respective sites. So we did a little investigative journalism to cobble together a schedule.

According to their site, Radiohead is scheduled to headline the opening night of the three-day festival. Tom Petty’s site notes that they will play Saturday night, leaving MoR Jack Johnson to close out the festival on Sunday night

[Full schedule after the jump.]

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Outside Lands Festival Lineup Announced [Golden Gate Park Festival]

Outside Lands Festival Radiohead Tom Petty Jack Johnson Lineup

As we previously posted, we were already pretty excited about the upcoming Summer concerts. The lineup for the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was announced today and I’m peeing in my pants. One word: incredible. 3-Day pass tickets go on sale this Sunday for $225. Single-day passes have not yet been confirmed. [Update #1, 4/28: Full lineup/schedule and single-day tickets announced; Update #2, 6/18: Even More Acts Announced]

See below for the full announced line-up: Click here to read more

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