The Hangout Music Fest is only two years old, but it's already got some big lineup scores: The 2012 event features Jack White, Skrillex, and Dave Matthews Band, as well as Wilco, fest mainstays String Cheese Incident, the Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the Moon , and Yelawolf. This year the fest runs from May 18 through 20 at Gulf Shores, Alabama (and, yes, Alabama Shakes are booked on this bill, too) where there'll be two big stages on the beach, an additional stage (not on the beach, we presume), and an air-conditioned dance tent. The rest of ...

The initial lineup for the 2012 Hangout Music Fest , which will be held on the sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama from May 18 – 20, was announced via the festival’s Facebook page in the middle of the night and the headliners include new solo artist Jack White, musical legend Steve Winwood, PollStar’s Top Grossing Act of the ’00s Dave Matthews Band and Colorado jam band String Cheese Incident, who are set to play two sets at the event. Promoters promise to announce another headliner this week and more acts in the coming days. [Photo by Allison Taich] Hangout ...

Futurebirds with John Bell, Patterson Hood and other Athens musicians Futurebirds have confirmed a series of Mountain Region dates as part of their appropriately dubbed Black Diamond Tour. The run will kick off with a two-night stand at Denver, CO’s Larimer...

The city of Athens, Georgia has always been known for its beauty and vibrant musical heritage. A plan by an Atlanta-based developer to build a massive mixed-use development anchored by a Wal-Mart has threatened to cut into the beauty and vibe that makes the city special. Patterson Hood has fought back by writing a song about the threat of a Walmart in the heart of the downtown that nurtured the band’s career and assembled the Downtown 13, a musical collective made up of some of Athens’ finest musicians to record and film a video for the tune, named After ...

Futurebirds – Wild Heart Futurebirds – Tan Lines DOWNLOAD: Futurebirds – Wild Heart (Rollo & Grady Sessions) FUTUREBIRDS TOUR DATES (CLICK HERE)

Oh my fuck do I love psychedelic country music. I’ve actually more or less written this exact same post before about Futurebirds, but I feel the need to clamour once more. I love it so much that I’m willing to force myself to believe that songs that even vaguely sound like they could be psychedelic [...]

The Soft Pack @ The Echo 12-9-11 Images By Leslie Kalohi Fidlar + Bleached + Hunx @ Echo – 11-19-11 Images By Leslie Kalohi FIDLAR BLEACHED HUNX AND HIS PUNX Bleached – Searching Through The Past Black Joe Lewis :: Echoplex – 11/11/11 Images By Leslie Kalohi Deer Tick :: Echoplex – 11/1/11 Images By Leslie Kalohi Deer Tick – Easy Deer Tick – The Great Smoke Off Futurebirds [...]

I do. For more, check out our Futurebirds Live Session. Tweet

If you are unfamiliar with Futurebirds or on the fence about their music, it’s a requirement to see them live. There are few emerging bands with their energy and zeal on stage. The band is wrapping up a crazy year that included tour dates with Drive-By Truckers, Widespread Panic, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Gary [...]

Daily Roundup http://t.co/cbAyQJsL (@livemusicblog) # "and concert tickets to see Raging Vagina Tractors." (via @Oatmeal) http://t.co/5Ga1gmlP # PHOTOS: Futurebirds @ The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 12/8/11 http://t.co/T83grdgz (@justinpward) # LMB NYC: This Week's Concert Calendar (Dec. 12 – Dec 18) http://t.co/ZhaPmeYA (@WHITperson) # PHOTOS/VIDEOS: The War on Drugs @ Bowery Ballroom, 12/11/11 http://t.co/VH0VBMgn (@WHITperson) #

Our buddy Brent Cebul caught the Futurebirds last Thursday night in Charlottesville and took some amazing photos from the show. Check out his photo gallery after the jump. The band is in NYC tonight and set to play Brooklyn Bowl around 9pm. Get on it. Recent posts:ROUNDUP: Trey Anastasio Band @ nTelos Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA [...]

Recommended Show: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS & ABSTRACT ARTIMUS @ THE BELL HOUSE 149 7th St Brooklyn, NY 11215 $15, 8PM It's probably not a stretch to say that opening for Rocket from the Tombs is a big fucking deal for Abstract Artimus . The two acts perform at The Bell House tonight. !!! @ Maxwell's Wyclef Jean @ City Winery Rev Vince Anderson @ Union Pool The Futurebirds & Grass Giraffes @ Brooklyn Bowl The National & The War on Drugs @ Beacon Theater Oh Land, Friends, & Savoir Adore @ Bowery Ballroom Black Onassis, Spirit Animal, & Our Mountain @ Mercury Lounge The Hairs, Small Reactions, Pale ...

Our Auld Lang Syne feature returns with more year-end responses from some of our favorite artists. Along with Marco Benevento, Papa Mali, Tim Reynolds, Alan Evans this week we offer responses from Grayson Capps and members of Futurebirds, Portugal. The Man and Smith Westerns. If you haven’t yet seen...

DOWNLOAD : Futurebirds - "nearsayefive" DOWNLOAD : Futurebirds - Live at Union Pool, Brooklyn 2-26-11 (posted to www.nyctaper.com) (Photo: Eddie Whelan) It is hard to put a label on Futurebirds' music as some of their songs fit perfectly alongside the music of recent touring partner J, Roddy Walston but other songs sound like something out of Explosion in the Sky's catalogue. 2011 has been a large year for Futurebirds. The Athens outfit has released two well-received EPs; road-dogged the nation with bands such as Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Gary Clark, Jr., J Roddy Walston & the Business, Thomas Hardy, and grass giraffes; rocked to ...

New York’s Gramercy Theatre will host Ho Ho Ho Down: A Southern Rock Christmas in NYC this Saturday, December 10. The evening will bring together southern—and southern inspired—musicians like Futurebirds, Ponderosa, Jonny Corndawg featuring RA...