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Lollapalooza 2011 marks the festival’s 20th year of bringing you great bands, good times, and experiences that you’ll remember forever! Ever since Lollapalooza made Chicago it’s home in 2005 and quit the touring, Sweet Leaf Tea has been apart of the action….balloon launching, thirst quenching, high-fiving, and fun having! To Granny and a lot of Sweet Leaf Tea’m, Chicago feels like our second home. With that being said, we can’t wait for the 20th Anniversary Festival. Lolla just posted a Time Capsule recaping the past 20 years in action and SLT made a couple of appearances as well! Check it out by clicking HERE, and see below for a couple snap-shots of Granny in Action.

There are gonna be some very awesome things happening this year, so if you want to be apart of the action, you can start purchasing early-bird tickets on April 5th at 10:00am Central Time. The line-up will be up on April 26th, and be sure to stay on top of the Sweet Leaf Tea Blog, because I have a feeling we’ll be sending a few lucky people up there with us. Stay tuned.

- @SweetLeafDanny

This week is exciting! It’s time for Fun Fun Fun Fest! Do you know what that means kids? For me, it means that I will go another weekend without much sleep in the name of discovering new bands, seeing bands that I’ve started digging because of my Pandora and LastFM stations, and seeing some awesome, old-school stuff that will help make me feel like 15 year old April again. You know what I say to people who ask if I ever sleep? “You can sleep when you DIE!”

Yup. that’s right.

But seriously, how many festivals out there offer you a chance to have a dance party at one stage, laugh at another and then get thrown into a sweaty pit of moshing bodies at a different one? Not many and that’s one of the reasons I dig this festival so much. Before working for Sweet Leaf Tea, I was pretty anti- hipster dufus music, but I have learned to embrace it and realized that as I stated last year, it all comes full circle and that needs to be cultivated, respected and revered. No matter what you’re into.

Wondering who I have on my list to see this year?

FRIDAY 7:45 PM: Dude, it’s Weird Al! Yes, really! I’ve never seen him before, but I’ve been a fan since elementary school and I can’t wait to catch his set. I expect to be laughing through the whole thing. I mean, can YOU listen to “Another one bites the dust” and NOT sing, “Another one rides the bus” instead? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Don’t miss him, it’s insanely awesome that he’s playing a special opening night for FFF Fest!

SATURDAY

Hopefully you get some sleep after that amazing set, OR you hit up some awesome after-parties and you wake up hungry and craving some tasty trailer food. On your way to Waterloo Park for the fest, stop at Auditorium Shores from 11am-8pm for the Gypsy Picnic Trailer Food Festival! I can’t go to a festival all day without some very important nourishment and my buddies at Gourdoughs Big Fat Donuts and lots of other fine, foodie folks will be there sampling their treats and eats at a cool and affordable $3 or LESS! Nom-Nom your way across Auditorium Shores, say hi to people like the fabulous Jodi Bart and then get over to Waterloo Park so you don’t miss the first band you’re hoping to catch.

Hope to catch: The Antlers (2:45 Orange) I don’t know what is up with all of the new-fangled animal-inspired bands, but their music is pretty nifty and dream poppy, which I tend to dig. Let’s go see them!, Slick Rick (3:50 Turquoise) This dude is old-skool personified and probably shouldn’t be missed, so bust out your gold grill and be ready! The Vandals (7:00 Grey) You can’t beat this old punk band from the OC. Do yourself a favor and bounce into the evening with these guys! Dirty Projectors (7:50 Orange) These guys play some really fun music that gets pretty funky and weird. Dig ‘em! Bad Religion (8:45 Grey) While I’m probably dancing myself into a sweaty tizzy over at the Turquoise stage, my buddy will be reliving the glory days with these guys. Tell me the truth. Is there anything better than grey-haired punk rockers? I think not. Ok maybe, if they are also wearing glasses….but I digress…

Not gonna miss: The Wavves (3:30 Organge) I like the music that gets played on both the LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture stations which is how I came to discover The Wavves and Delorean. See both of these bands during the Fest and get your dance on with me late Saturday night for the Delorean DJ set over at the Beauty Bar. Delorean (6:40 Turquoise), G.W.A.R. (7:50 Grey) This set is at the same time as the Dirty Projectors and trust me when I say that musically they are as different as pickles and stew but man, have YOU seen a G.W.A.R. show before? It’s a.must.see. <Easily offended? Maybe skip these guys..> RJD2 (8:45 Turquoise) I had to miss this guy when he came through town the last time and I will NOT miss this set, though it’s a conflict since it’s at the same time as punk rock icons Bad Religion and current hipster kings, MGMT. Looking for me? I’ll be the one getting my groove on during during the RJD2 set. Yup. That’s how you’ll know it’s me!

SUNDAY

Hope to catch:  Mother Falcon (12:15 Orange) If I can get myself out of bed in a timely fashion, then you will be able to catch me seeing these guys. They were so much fun at Zoe Cordes Selbin’s (the coolest person I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet) birthday party that they might just be a MUST SEE and not a “try to see”. Deakin (2:10 Orange) This guy does some pretty kooky, experimental noisy stuff with Animal Collective so it could be worth a listen! YELLE (7:40 Turquoise) They seem pretty fun and are super-upbeat. Why not? The Hold Steady (7:45 Orange) Still not sure how I feel about these guys, so I might stop by and see if they sway me once I hear them live.

Not gonna miss: Best Coast (5:10 Orange) Yup, I agree with most of @SweetLeafDanny’s choices and since he introduced me to this band, every time I’ve heard them, I’ve dug it. So come find me listening to some boy-crazy 1960’s psychedelic-beach music. Deerhunter (6:50 Orange) Again with the animal names. These guys are dreamy but heavy on the distortion and I like that. Suicidal Tendencies (7:50 Grey) Man, I have some great memories of listening to these guys with all of my skater-punk friends back in the day. When I saw that they were playing the fest I KNEW that I had to see them. I will wear my nicest flannel shirt, buttoned only at the top and a Sweet Leaf bandanna low over my forehead and eyes, yo. Tie for last show: Mastodon (8:45 Grey) & The Decendents (8:45 Orange). I missed Mastodon when they came for the Dethklok Tour. I am no metal maven by any stretch of the imagination but since Dethklok is one of the best cartoons ever created, I think catching at least a part of their set will be mandatory. The Decendents deserve our attention and as bummed as I am to be missing Devo (AGAIN!), I can’t wait to see these guys for the first time. Again, (LEGENDARY) punk rock guys with some grey hair and glasses, equals awesometown to me!

Knowing our readers have great taste in music, we wanna know who YOU plan on seeing at this years FFF Fest. Holla-back on our comments, yo!

Hello Lovers of Sweet Leaf Tea!

I’m writing you as a fellow fan of Sweet Leaf. My name is Zoe, and I am friends with the tea goddess April. Thanks to April, I’m doing a guest post (and writing while sippin on a SLT Half-n-Half; my personal second favorite SLT) and I wanted to write to ya’ll about a show goin’ down tomorrow at The Parish.

The show is an end-of-summer bash with orchestral indie rockers Mother Falcon. If their name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen them gigging around town, or perhaps you saw them on the cover of the Austin Chronicle a few weeks ago. I don’t like to hype bands much—no one will know what the future brings—but I feel pretty confident making the prediction that these guys will be the Austin breakout band of the year. The buzz they are getting is well deserved; if the phrase orchestral indie rock boggles the mind, then give them a listen. With gorgeous melodies and full, lush, arrangements, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the rhythm and float away on a cloud of musical bliss. Not to say the openers aren’t equally fantastic; Battle Bend and Little Lo are opening for Mother Falcon and both are along the same beautiful lines, although slightly more stripped down. Little Lo is sonically reminiscent of a perfect, lazy Austin afternoon—yea, I’m not entirely sure what that means either, but that’s what I think of when I listen to them—see if our ideas of perfect afternoons are the same. Battle Bend is folky rocky fun; it’s come and gone as many different groups and ideas, but always anchored by fantastic songwriter Andrew Stevens.

So, you may be wondering, how is this show relevant to your tea-sippin lifestyle? Well, Sweet Leaf does happen to have the rockin-est fans around—so it seems natural ya’ll might wanna check this out. And I have it on good authority that Mother Falcon are big fans of Sweet Leaf Peach Tea, so you’ll be among fellow fans. I’m hoping to see some of you at the show; it’s tomorrow night (Aug. 19th) at The Parish, doors are at 7 and Little Lo kicks it off at 8. The cover is $8, and money made from the show will go to help record a Mother Falcon full length! Now that’s sweet (leaf)!

Your comrade in SLT arms,

Zoe

MOTHER FALCON: Marigold (Live at the Mohawk) from mutuallymade on Vimeo.

OHGEEZ, I can hardly contain myself!! Why? Because the musical geniuses behind LCD Soundsystem are about to throw down dance-party style tonight at Stubb’s in Austin TX and I can’t wait to commence to booty shakin’!!

Months ago I was at the Black Sheep Lodge to see All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem tribute band) and loved what I heard and found it oddly familiar, though I didn’t think that I heard LCDSS before. I went home to boast about how cool it was and how much I wanted more LCD in my life, only to be told that we’ve had their music for years on our computer and that we’d been enjoying them, I just didn’t realize who they were. (Music-lover faux pas fo sho.)

Since that night at the Black Sheep Lodge, I have been listening to LCDSS and bands like them (I’m already totally head over heels for The Rapture, but am now in love with Holy Ghost-opener tonight and Juan MacLean who will be making an EXCITING guest appearance at the Learning Secrets after party tonight. (Beauty Bar!!)  Where are YOU gonna be tonight?

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

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Everyone that knows me, knows I am probably one of Minus the Bear’s biggest fans. I have all the albums, one vinyl LP, poster in my house, and their albums on shuffle non-stop when cruising in my Honda Element.

Click HERE, for some background about the band.  Good story ahead, ALL ABOARD.

So when I heard that they were releasing a new album [Omni], I was STOKED! (code for excited)  I have only seen them live once (unfortunately) 2 years ago and it is one of my top 4 concerts ever.  They are amazing live.  <== SERIOUSLY click that.  I remember dancing, singing, crying (<=dramatic effect), and leaving wanting more.

At one point in the concert a guy next to me passed out and fell on the ground. So, like the good guy that I am, I start to help him up with his friends.  BUT as I started to get him to his feet, Minus the Bear busted out my FAVORITE song. (Pachuca Sunrise) So I let go and pushed my way to the front of the stage, leaving the random guy to fall back to his friends arms out cold.  Might have been a little rude, but THEY PLAYED MY FAVORITE SONG.  What’s a guy to do? Can you blame me? I was as excited as a this kid on Christmas Morning!  (see video below)

Awesome.  Not only are they releasing an album, they will be performing in Austin 12 days after the release.  SWEET! So, of course, I bought tickets and pre-ordered my album (which came in today) and I can’t stop listening to it.

So if you are at La Zona Rosa on the 16th of May for the concert, say hi, high five me, but don’t pass out….Cuz I’ll drop you like a bad habit.  Photos to come after the show.

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