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Street Scene 2009: A CoS Report

By Chris Coplan on September 1st, 2009

San Diego is home to the Padres, Shamu, California burritos, and the surfer culture. But for one magical weekend in late August, the town’s concrete jungle that is downtown comes alive beyond the laid back surfer caricature that dominates its culture and it stands on a pillar as a musical beacon. Sure, the [...]

In case you missed it…

By Alex Young on August 31st, 2009

Lots of stuff happened once the weekend whistle went off. Here’s what you may have missed…

Street Scene replaces Beastie Boys with Public Enemy

By Alex Young on July 26th, 2009

Well, at least we’ll know what time it is…

Festivals in Brief: Fabulous Festival, Sunset Strip, Farm Aid, HARD Haunted Mansion and more!

By Alex Young on July 23rd, 2009

You would think now would be the “slow” season when it comes to lineup news and rumors, what with most of the year’s festivals already behind us (or soon will be). A ha! Au contraire!

Street Scene adds Beastie Boys; ATP New York adds… everyone else

By Alex Young on July 10th, 2009

Queue mind explosion…

Festivals in Brief: FloydFest, Virgin Festival Alberta, Forward Music Festival, Street Scene

By Alex Young on July 1st, 2009

There hasn’t been a bounty of festival news of late, but there still has been a few items of note. Let’s recap with a new edition of Festivals in Brief…

Black Eye Peas, M.I.A., Modest Mouse head Street Scene ‘09

By Alex Young on May 31st, 2009

Thievery Corportation, The Dead Weather, Silversun Pickups, Girl Talk, and Band of Horses make up the other acts of note.

Festivals in Brief: NXNE, Summerfest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Forecastle, Virgin Fest Nova Scotia, No Depression, HARD Summer, and more! Yes, kids, it’s a lot!

By Alex Young on May 12th, 2009

Two things we can take from today: 1.) the festival announcement season is far from over and 2.) festival organizers all like making announcements on Tuesdays. As you’ll see below, there’s a lot going on in the world of summer music festival, so, let’s recap with today’s edition of “Festivals in Brief.”

Festivals in Brief: Northside, 80/35, All Good, 10KLF, and more!

By Alex Young on April 7th, 2009

A new day, a new slew of festival news. Let’s round up all the important info in today’s edition of CoS’ Festivals in Brief:
Coachella Music Festival:
Could Coachella be up to something? We won’t speculate other than say rumors of a big last second addition have been a float over the last week. Then, there’s this [...]

Devo tapped as Street Scene’s new headliner

By Alex Young on September 18th, 2008

After The Black Crowes unexpectedly canceled four upcoming tour dates, including their headlining performance at this weekend’s Street Scene, the San Diego based festival was left scrambling to find a last minute replacement. All sorts of rumors followed – My Morning Jacket, The Raconteurs, Social Distortion, etc. – but in the end, it was Devo [...]