Day one of Shaky Knees rattles with The Strokes, Mastodon, Kaiser Chiefs and more

Day one of Shaky Knees rattles with The Strokes, Mastodon, Kaiser Chiefs and more
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
May 9, 2015

It takes a music festival like Shaky Knees to really put into perspective what makes bigger festivals like Coachella sometimes annoying to deal with.

The much smaller rock-driven Atlanta music festival brought a laid-back vibe from the outset and didn’t lose that momentum when The Strokes took the stage at 9:45 PM to play 70 really strong minutes.

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Death From Above 1979, Future Islands, & More to Headline Red Bull Sound Select's 30 Days in LA

Death From Above 1979, Future Islands, & More to Headline Red Bull Sound Select's 30 Days in LA
Mark E. Ortega
GrimyGoods.com
September 10, 2014

Ask any venue booker how difficult it is to set up one show and they’ll tell you it can be a huge pain in the ass. Extrapolate that over the course of 30 days in one city across multiple venues, and the task seems downright impossible.

Tuesday, Red Bull Sound Select announced that they’ve managed to do just that with their #30DaysInLA, a series of music-related events that will take place all across Los Angeles in November in mostly intimate venues with extremely affordable ticket prices featuring a number of more than solid acts involved.

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