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It is not uncommon to see Meric Long of the Dodos [...]

The folks at Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment just announced that the third annual Treasure Island Music Festival will take place on Saturday October 17 and Sunday October 18, 2009. As in previous years, Saturday will feature electronic and dance-oriented acts and Sunday will focus on national and local indie rock artists.
No artists were [...]

Last year’s Treasure Island Music Festival was somewhere between meh and ehh. While the lineup was decent (Built to Spill, Spoon, Modest Mouse, etc.) something wasn’t clicking for me. Was it the bus ride? The windy nights? No. It was something else. Something much more offensive than the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah live set [...]

We’re having a very pirate-themed week here with a Lambchop-endorsed National Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday and the Treasure Island Festival today and tomorrow.
Here’s a preview of some of the festival’s talent, including a lot of great Bay Area bands.
Saturday:
Justice – “Planisphère (Part 2)”
CSS – “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above”
TV [...]

Details have finally emerged about a new album, Dear Science, due to be released in the US on September 23 via Interscope (the rest of the world gets it a day earlier via 4AD).
The tracklist for the long-awaited follow-up to the epic Return to Cookie Mountain (my favorite album of 2006 by a landslide), appeared [...]

As a reminder, $99 early bird tickets for the Treasure Island Festival go on sale this morning at 10AM (password = “sunset”). Tickets to the general public go on sale on Friday, May 30th.
More: Festival lineup and details

Another Planet Entertainment just announced the lineup for the 2nd annual Treasure Island Music Festival. Headlining this year’s event will be Justice and the Raconteurs, with other big names such as Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, Stranger-Dance-favorites TV on the Radio, and a host of smaller bands rounding out the two-day festival.
A.P.E. was smart to include [...]

The folks at APE Concerts just announced the second annual Treasure Island Music Festival, scheduled for September 20th and 21st. While no artists were announced, last year’s festival – headlined by Modest Mouse, Thievery Corporation, Spoon and Built to Spill – was a cool enough experience to warrant a quick announcement here.
Check out the official [...]