Austin City Limits is coming up this weekend and ESBMusic is getting psyched! Two days and counting until the festivities start! In the mean time here are some of our picks (in no particular order) for what bands to to see this weekend!Kings of LeonThe Airborne Toxic EventCitizen CopeThe RavonettesThe DecemberistsWhite LiesThe VirginsCoheed & CambriaHeartless [...]
One of our favorite radio stations, KRBZ 96.5 The Buzz, has a morning program called "Afentra's Big Fat Morning Buzz" and this upcoming Monday (9/28) they're putting on a really cool event called "Kegs & Eggs." This installment of "Kegs & Eggs" is at the Firefly Lounge in Westport (Kansas ...
Mikel was kind enough to take some time from the TATE world tour (currently in Hamburg, Germany) to talk a little about TATE's past, present and future. Sonic Dissonance: Mikel, I wanted to congratulate you on the success of the album and everything else going on right now for The Airborne Toxic Event and thank you for taking some time to talk with me. Mikel Jollett: Sure and thank you Ben. SD:...
MUSIC NEWS- L.A. indie rockers THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT have announced a special performance at The Walt Disney Concert Hall on December 4th, 2009, presented by the L.A. Philharmonic. The band will be accompanied by special guest, the award-winning Calder Quartet, as well as other surprise guests to be announced. The show is part of the West Coast: Left Coast Festival, a celebration of
Californian rockers The Airborne Toxic Event have announced a series of 7 UK and Ireland tour dates for November 2009 around the UK.Tickets are on sale now, priced between £8.50 and £11.50 each.Catch the guys at:Friday 6th November 2009 – London Shepherds Bush EmpireSaturday 7th November 2009 – Birmingham AcademySunday 8th November 2009 – Bristol [...]
The Airborne Toxic Event Sept. 25, 2009, Slowdown, Omaha, NEI can't remember the last time I went to a club show where there were so many pop radio fans who just wanted to hear one or two songs. Not letting that take away from The Airborne Toxic Event's show at the Slowdown in Omaha, NE last night, the mantra of the crowd was almost predominantly soccer moms wearing business casual clothing. Su...
The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around MidnightAtmospheric SoCal pop rockers the Airborne Toxic Event are coming back to the UK in November. But you may not yet have seen the music video for the paean to lost love, “Sometime Around Midnight”, which involves singer/guitarist Mikel Jollett getting his angst on in what appears [...]
Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight live in Minneapolis from Brody McCoy on Vimeo.Airborne Toxic Event in Minneapolis 2/27/09 from Brody McCoy on Vimeo.Thanks to Rachel for getting me into the show along with taking these great shots.More Photos check out My Flickr PageAirborne Toxic Event Myspace
It is easy to forget that Los Angeles-area bands are as varied musically and stylistically as the very people who live within the city. So when the opportunity arises to see four different genres come together all in one night, it’s fun to be reminded that such musical diversity exists in the confines of one location.On this occasion, The Airborne Toxic Event enjoyed its first residency at The .
By now you've read Pitchfork's hearty pan of Airborne Toxic Event's debut album and seen the band's, well, unfortunate but heartfelt response. Since my blogger New Year's resolution is going to be "Stop talking about Pitchfork so as to help remove them from their ungainly spot at the center of the critical conversation," I wasn't going to weigh in on this -- I don't think the Airborne Toxic Eve...
[THIS POST WAS REMOVED BY POWERFUL, UNSEEN FORCES. ] THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT on MySPACE . From the LP THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT , 2008 >>> [ MP3 ] "Papillon" [ MP3 ] "Sometime Around Midnight" BONUS TRACK >>> [ MP3 ] "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" [2006]
I don't care about Airborne Toxic Event as a band (I don't care about most bands, so nothing specifically against these guys), but I do think this recent kerfluffle they've puffed up with Pitchfork proves that there are still ways for indie rock bands--especially those not subject to Brooklyn's non-stop, barely-filtered publicity machine--to imaginatively try and separate themselves from the ev...
By now you've read Pitchfork's hearty pan of Airborne Toxic Event's debut album and seen the band's, well, unfortunate but heartfelt response. Since my blogger New Year's resolution is going to be "Stop talking about Pitchfork so as to help remove them from their ungainly spot at the center of the critical conversation," I wasn't going to weigh in on this -- I don't think the Airborne Toxic Eve...
The Airborne Toxic Event - Does This Mean You’re Moving On - This track really caught me off guard because “Sometime Around Midnight” will wind up in my top 100 of 2009. This one won’t wind up in the top 1000. 4/10Click below to listen (not the original video)