Gorilla Vs Bear Announces Festival | July 23rd at Granada Theater (Dallas)

I trust his taste more than most so when Gorilla Vs Bear hinted at his first festival a few days ago I was all ears. Today we have the line up announcement and if you read GVsB regularly you can tell that he chose a lot of his favorites was very meticulous in his choices. The final product is a very solid day of music. I for one will be heading down to Dallas to take part and I highly suggest that all of you do the same.

A brief description of the line up via Gorilla Vs Bear:

The inaugural lineup couldn't be much more representative of the inspiration and history behind this blog, as it features our current favorite band (White Denim), the newest endeavor of one of my favorite rappers of all-time, and the creator of the best album of 2011 to date (Shabazz Palaces), the debut of the new project from a Dallas icon* and founder of one of the most beloved bands in the history of our hometown, and much more. The bill is rounded out by a few of our favorite -- and most posted about -- artists that are currently making music: Julianna Barwick, Grimes (who'll be coming off a stint opening for Lykke Li's current North American tour), Sleep ∞ Over, Pure X, Sunset, and Dreamed, with DJ sets coming between bands from Dallas' own Sober.

*Tim DeLaughter's (Polyphonic Spree) new project Preteen Zenith will also perform.

[Purchase Tickets] and be sure to show to venue early: The first 200 people through the door get a screen print of the above poster for free.

Little Joy Returns To Austin (The Independent), Dallas (Club Dada) in June

Yeah, you read the title of this post right! Little Joy will be returning to Texas to play some shows in Austin and Dallas, not sure if there's more cities or if the lineup will include Fabrizio Moretti (we thought he was recording new material with his other band, The Strokes). We do however know that we'll be there, seriously they were incredible last year at The Parish.

First up, they'll be performing here in Austin at The Independent (map) on June 8th. Tickets for the show are only $13, and go on sale this Saturday at 10AM. You better snatch those tickets up quickly unless you want to pay a bunch of money on Craigslist. The next night, they'll be in Dallas at Club Dada, purchase those tickets ($11) here.

Little Joy - No One's Better Sake (mp3)

Little Joy's self-titled debut was one of our favorite records last year, purchase it here.

[Little Joy Myspace]

Update: Looks like they're also playing the Troubadour in West Hollywood on June 5th. Tickets for that show are already on sale, purchase them here for $15.

Crystal Castles Coming To Austin :: La Zona Rosa

And another one...

Crystal Castles will be coming to La Zona Rosa on April 13th. Tickets go on sale this Saturday (Valentine's Day) at 10 am for $22. The only other U.S. tour dates so far are a set at the Ultra Music Festival and one at Bonnaroo. Oh yeah, they're also playing Coachella too. We're assuming more tour dates will be announced in the near future.

Crystal Castles - Air War (mp3)

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[Crystal Castles Myspace]

[La Zona Rosa Official Site]

Update: Crystal Castles have also added a Dallas show on April 14th at the Granada Theater. Tickets are $15 and they are already on sale.

"Crimewave"

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The show has come and gone, check out our pics.