94/9 Independence Jam

[allyjoy]

Apparently 94.9 (an indie radio station in San Diego) is putting on Independence Jam which will feature:

The Black Keys
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Metric
Dead Confederate
and a bunch of local bands they claim don't suck.

It's only $30 and they promise no additional fees. Actually seems like it would be worth it. I might have actually found a reason to not hate this place.

http://www.independencejam.com/

[Sushov23]

Also the bands should get a long set(at least an hour, except for Dead Conf. who only have one album). The local bands do kinda suck this year.

[Boourns]

Black Keys should not be billed above Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

[Sushov23]

Black Keys should not be billed above Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

in SD they should be, they are a bigger draw there.

[ThomThom]

in SD they should be, they are a bigger draw there.

QFT... Keys are huge out there.

[Sushov23]

QFT... Keys are huge out there.

yup this show is selling out in 3-4 days for sure. So ridiculous, I remember the Keys show sold out in 2 days when they played the HOB in SD a year ago.

[indietron]

Well this looks exciting! When is it??

[allyjoy]

June 7

[indietron]

EDIT: Thanks Ally

SO worth 30 bucks!

[TallGuyCM]

And the Black Keys' newest album is waaaaay better than the YYY newest album.

[pancakespancakes]

I'm sooooooo excited. Such a great Bonnaroo warmup fest.

I'll probably be up front for Dead Confederate --> Metric --> YYYs and then watch Black Keys from the bleachers, depending on how intense the crowd is, which is likely to be quite so.

[allyjoy]

I would disagree Tall, YYY's new album is pretty damn good. You can't really compare the 2 because they are very different sounds.

[WhyTheLongFace]

There's another show or festival that happens June 6th. I cant put my finger on it. But thats a packed 2 days if I go to both.

[pancakespancakes]

I'm not even going to get into this YYYs vs Black Keys thing, to avoid flipping a bitch, but I was really surprised to see them billed first, especially considering how much more the Yeahs have been played on this very station in the last 8 years...

[TallGuyCM]

True. I thought despite the backlash for the glossy production, the Black Keys' album was the best of last year. Followed closely by Portishead's album.

[Egull]

This show is going to be amazing, Im stoked!

[pancakespancakes]

Just for the sake of concentrating discussion into one thread, I will repost what I posted in the Upcoming Shows thread...

This is what our venue looks like this year, folks. Devore Field it is not:

[TallGuyCM]

BTW, LA radio stations unashamedly have ripped off FM 94.9 for years. Anyone who lives in LA who listens to 100.3 "The Sound"..."it's all about the music." Where from the beginning 94.9 said "it's about the music".

Indie 103.1 miraculously came up with "Big Sonic Heaven" when 94.9 had "Big Sonic Chill" years ahead of time.

[Egull]

Just for the sake of concentrating discussion into one thread, I will repost what I posted in the Upcoming Shows thread...

This is what our venue looks like this year, folks. Devore Field it is not:

Minus the chairs.

[matsuolost]

im so going to this

and i thought big sonic heaven was before big sonic chill
anyway, that was a great show when midory was in

[matildawong]

Midori doesn't do big sonic chill anymore? I guess I'm out of the loop...

[miscorrections]

Why don't they book some actually GOOD local bands? We do have some here. I'm looking at you, The Soft Pack and A Beautiful Noise.

[Sushov23]

Why don't they book some actually GOOD local bands? We do have some here. I'm looking at you, The Soft Pack and A Beautiful Noise.

the soft pack are so good, so is a beautiful noise, and the silent comedy.

[TallGuyCM]

I lived in San Diego for 8 years...just out of curiousity, what do people think of John Reis and his multiple bands these days? I always thought he was decent, he seemed like the king of the SD rock scene who never got big nationally.

[herro kitty]

So.... this thing will have the Yeahs AND Ally?!? Count me in!!!!!!

[matsuolost]

I lived in San Diego for 8 years...just out of curiousity, what do people think of John Reis and his multiple bands these days? I always thought he was decent, he seemed like the king of the SD rock scene who never got big nationally.

the night marchers' last song at coachella was soooooooooo fuckin good
probably the best single song i (hadnt) heard (before) all day

or maybe it was just the weed
cause when i listen to the bootleg, its not so good anymore

[TallGuyCM]

Yeah, I really wanted to see the Night Marchers. Too bad they had to be on the same time as No Age.

[matsuolost]

yeah no age were good too. didnt catch the whole set though
man, sunday was just legendary

[TallGuyCM]

No Age was Top 5 of the weekend for me by a long shot. Incredible energy, especially up front.

[summerkid]

Wow black keys and yyys for 30 bucks and in my fucking backyard no less. I'm so there. Soooo there.