Pursuit of Dopeness

$pencer $ims has released the official flyer for the listening party for his forthcoming project, Almost On Time.  The listening event will take place at Jimmi Skouls Denim Lounge on June 1st.  Check out the flyer up above for more details.

Festival lineup announcements are being made seemingly every other week, and now it’s Riot Fest’s turn. The formal announcement will be made later tonight at 10PM CT, so stay tuned for that later. and highlights include Fall Out Boy and Blink 182.

I attended Riot Fest last year when the lineup included Rise Against, Coheed & Cambria, Gogol Bordello, the Offspring and Iggy & the Stooges plus others. If this year’s fest boasts a lineup that can compare to the last one, Riot Fest 2013 will surely be another great Chicago music festival.

The Festival running from September 13-15 in Chicago’s Humboldt Park will also have Motörhead, Rancid, AFI, Blondie, Public Enemy and Violent Femmes.

See the lineup below. [...]

Rock The Bells 2013‘s lineup has been revealed and it appears the 10th anniversary of the music fest is looking like it’ll be an awesome one. Rock The Bells X will feature artists like Big Krit, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Common, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli, Tyler, The Creator and the Wu-Tang Clan.

The oddest bit of news though is the inclusion of “original virtual performances” by legends Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E. This would be something cool to see…

The fest will be hitting San Bernardino (Sept. 7-8) and Mountain View (Sept. 14-15), CA, Washington, D.C. (Sept. 28-29), Rutherford, NJ (Oct. 4-5).

See the full lineup and the dates for when tickets will start going on sale here : http://www.rockthebells.net/

The good people over at RedBull and FakeShoreDrive are back with another installment of their Sound Select Series. You read the flyer above correctly only $5! Check out what they have in store below

“We’re bringing the 305 to the 312 as MMG/Def Jam artist, Gunplay, will be our Sound Select headliner. This is the first time Gunplay has ever performed in the City of Wind, so let’s give him a warm welcome, as he preps the release of his MMG/Def Jam debut, Living Legend. Also on the bill we have the Save Money Army, which will feature an all-star set from Caleb James, Kami de Chukwu, Joey Purp, Tokyo Shawn and Dally Auston. Trust this is something you won’t want to miss.”

“And rounding out the lineup is female emcee/songstress Tink, as well as rising emcees (and Heir Apparents) Lil Herb and Lil Bibby. Red Bull’s Sound Select program seeks to promote the best unsigned talent in markets across the country, and we feel like this is the perfect group of artists rep the Chi. Dave Jeff will be handling hosting duties, while DJ Oreo will be on the 1s and 2s all night long. – FakeShoreDrive“

Walk The Moon announced a new fall tour earlier today via their facebook page and website.  The new tour will kick off of in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio on August 30th and end on October 31st in Madison, Wisconsion.  The tour will hit Chicago as Walk The Moon will be performing at Chipotle’s Cultivate Festival on September 7th.  I’ve never heard of the festival, but we will give you more details on that festival when they are released.  Check out the rest of the dates below.  Tickets go on sale on May 9th at walkthemoon.com. [...]

Mac Miller took to twitter to announce his new summer tour earlier today.  Chicago’s own Chance The Rapper will be joining him on the entire 38-city tour while Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson and Njomza will join him on select dates.  Check out the full schedule below. No Chicago yet, but hopefully it gets added later.  [...]

The lineup for Austin’s other major festival, Austin City Limits (ACL), has unveiled its 2013 lineup. Some of the bands/artists that are heading down to ATX for the 2 weekend festival (October 4-6 + 11-13) include Thom Yorke’s Atoms For Peace, Muse, Kings Of Leon, Phoenix, Passion Pit, D’Angelo, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar and 80′s staples like Depeche Mode, The Cure and Lionel Richie. [...]

Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to announce the release date for the second part of his recently released album, The 20/20 Experience. The new album, which is also produced in its entirety by Timbaland, will be released on September 30th.  Check out the tour dates for his world tour after the jump.  [...]

The 9th annual Pygmalion Music Festival’s lineup for the 2013 edition has been announced. While the 3-day festival won’t be taking place until September 26 (-28), our neighbors down in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois will be hosts to live sets from Major Lazer, the Breeders, Youth Lagoon, and Chance the Rapper among others.

Other artists slated to appear are: Foxygen, the Head & the Heart, Dawes, Warpaint, Daughter, Perfume Genius, METZ, Damien Jurado, Kishi Bashi, Psychic Twin, Jenny Hval, Murder By Death, Caveman, K.Flay, Saturday Looks Good to Me, On An On, Nat Baldwin, Common Loon, PHOX, Detective, Justin Walter, Grandkids, the Dirty Feathers, Elsinore, the Struggle, and Sun Stereo. More performers will be announced in June.

Pygmalion 2013 tickets go on sale Tuesday, May 7 at noon CST here

(Spin)

Attention all Sneakerheads! Sneaker Con is coming to Chicago on Saturday, May 11th at the Broadway Armory Park on 5917 N. Broadway. “Sneaker Con is the premier traveling event for sneaker connoisseurs to buy, sell and trade some of the most sought after footwear on the market.” Peep the Chicago flyer below. This is an event that any person interested in sneakers would not want to miss! Click HERE FOR MORE INFO! As you can see, Sneaker Con will also be hitting Atlanta, Miami, and NYC.