[News] RockNess Festival Announced. Biffy Clyro, Deadmau5, Mumford & Sons to Headline

Scotland's RockNess festival has announced their initial line-up and it's an interesting mix. They've managed to get Scotland's very own Biffy Clyro to headline along with Deadmau5 and folk heroes Mumford & Sons. As well as the headliners a few others have been announced. Azealia Banks, Ed Sheeran, Justice, Metronomy and TEED also make up some of the bill. See above for everyone announced so far. 

The festival will take place in Loch Ness in the highlands on the weekend of June 8th -June 10th. Tickets are on sale now.

[News] Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012 Dates Announced

From May 25-28th, 2012, Sasquatch! Music Festival will return to the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington for the eleventh time. With the announcement of the 2012 dates, it was also confirmed that limited, discount four-day festival passes will go on sale starting at 10:00am PST on November 25th at the festival website. As well, the official lineup for the festival will be announced this February, so expect more coverage of the festival in the coming months.

[CMJ 2011] Cold War Kids, Datarock, Active Child, Mike Relm and Figo Perform at Hyundai Presents Re:Mix Labs

After previewing the trailer for Amir Bar-Lev's music documentary Re:Generation last thursday, Hyundai and Re:Mix Lab continued to bring their love of music to New York's CMJ Music Marathon. With events having taken place in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami and Chicago, it was hard to avoid their presence.

On Saturday night, they brought together huge names in music to put on another night of awesome performances. The fourth night of the Re:Mix Labs series featured none other than Cold War Kids as the headliner for the evenings performances, followed by Active Child, as well as DJ sets from Norwegian electronic duo Datarock, American turntablist Mike Relm and New York City electro punk band Figo. There's no denying it was a night full of great music and fantastic performances.

For more information on Re:Mix Labs, head here, and look forward to the release of the Re:Generation documentary in February 2012. The documentary sees five of the hottest DJs in music, inlcuding DJ Premier, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, Mark Ronson, and The Crystal Method, collaborating in genres that are out of their element, and the five tracks recorded for the documentary will be given away for free via a DJ Mixer App, which launches in November.

[Contest] Win A Pair Of Weekend Passes To Fun Fun Fun Fest!

I don't know if any of you are prepared for the offering that we are about to drop on you. Coming soon to Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX is Fun Fun Fun Fest. From November 4-6 you will have the opportunity to catch the likes of: M83, Blonde Redhead, TuNe-yArDs, Hot Snakes, Black Lips, Reggie Watts, Diplo, Major Lazer, Childish Gambino, Henry Rollins, Spank Rock, Wugazi, Yacht and about a billion other bands.

Yes, when they say their fest is Fun Fun Fun they are not kidding.

Want to score a pair of weekend passes to the fest? Here's how to enter:

• Follow us on Twitter
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"Hey @SKOABlog! Hook me up with tix to @funfunfunfest!: http://skoa.co/pdYFJ #fx3"

That's it! Not bad, eh? Please limit yourselves to one tweet per person. You have until Monday, October 10th at noon ET to enter. Anyone in the world may enter, but please only enter if you actually intend on going to the fest (let's not be wasteful!). The lucky winner will be selected at random and announced shortly after the contest ends. They will then be contacted to receive information on how to claim their tickets.

For more information on Fun Fun Fun Fest, have a look over on their website.

CMJ Music Marathon Unveils Full 2011 Lineup



In three weeks, the 31st annual CMJ Music Marathon will kick off in New York City. From October 18th to the 22nd, 75 of New York City's venues will be home to hundreds of musicians who will showcase the future of the music landscape. The initial lineup announcement featured the likes of Neon Indian, Wild Flag, Talib Kweli, Portugal. The Man, Metronomy and CSS. The second announcement brought another slew of exciting talent, including Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bag Raiders, 1, 2, 3, Young Buffalo, and Free Energy. Today, the third round of CMJ artists was announced, and there is a lot to be excited about.

Among the newly announced additions, notable acts include Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Jr., araabMUZIK, Braids, Cerebral Ballzy, Exitmusic, French Montana, Gauntlet Hair, Hindi Zahra, Islands, Jacuzzi Boys, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lord Huron, Main Attrakionz, Nina Nastasia, Outernational, Parts & Labor, Quilt, Rusted Root, Seekae, Twin Shadow, Unstoppable Death Machines, Vockah Redu, Weekend, Xylos, Young Prisms, and Zambri. Just when you thought there couldn't be more, CMJ will be announcing even more additions to the lineup in the weeks leading up the festival, and rest assured we will keep you posted.

Other acts that will be appearing at the festival include Datarock, The Wombats, Zola Jesus, Mr. Dream, Trash Talk, Cassettes Won’t Listen, Crocodiles, ANR, Canon Logic, D’eon, Locksley, Emil & Friends, Funeral Suits, Jenny Owens Young, Look Mexico, Shout Out Out Out Out, The Japanese Popstars, Xylos, Exitmusic, Gauntlet Hair, and The Pass. You can head here to see the full lineup.

CMJ 2011 passes are available to purchase on the festival website. As well, all of us here at Some Kind of Awesome will be attending the festival, so expect a significant amount of coverage of all things CMJ.

[Watch] The Kills - "Future Starts Slow" Live At Reading Festival 2011

They did it again. The twosome that is Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince AKA The Kills put on a stellar set at the weekend. The one at Leeds was sublime and from what I've read the Reading one wasn't too shabby either. Taken from the Reading set, you can enjoy their single, "Future Starts Slow" at the top. More leopard print than you could ever wish to see at a gig outside of the hair metal genre but if anyone could pull it off it's these two. 

[Watch] Deftones - "Back To School" Live At Reading Festival 2011

Seeing Chino and Co do their thing live is a pleasure and from this footage you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home! What could be better? Oh, yeah, well actually witnessing it but hey, we try. No worries about it being taken down either as it's from the official BBC account once more. They've gone to town this year, just a shame they don't upload the entire sets, or at least more than one track from most bands. Whatever, check out Deftones rocking the Reading Festival main stage this weekend. 

[Watch] Glassjaw's Reading Festival Set

Glassjaw being announced to be playing Leeds and Reading Festival was a surprise, the fact they were playing pretty far up the second largest stage, the NME tent, was an even bigger surprise. Hey, ho, they played a great set albeit to a smaller crowd than I would have anticipated. If you weren't at either Leeds or Reading and didn't get to catch these guys rocking their stuff, don't fret, we've done the leg work and you can stream the majority of the set after the jump. First up is "Vanilla Poltergeist Snake" at the top with some both new and old material up after the jump.