Summer Radio Concerts

[friday]

OK, here's what KNDD's trotting out for Endfest 14, June 4th at the White River Amphitheatre.

Endfest 14
Main Stage
Social Distortion
Queens of the Stone Age
Interpol
Hot Hot Heat
Stereophonics
MxPx

What's Next Stage
The Bravery
Ash
The Kaiser Chiefs
The Caesars
Kasabian
Tegan and Sara

The Young and the Restless Stage
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Vendetta Red
The Lashes
Aqueduct
Mountain Con
RazRez

Glad to see they're doing it on time this year. And the lineup looks much better than last year. Last year it seemed like they were mostly bringing out dinosaur acts that didn't seem like they much belonged there.

Any news on if K-Rock and/or K-Rock Part Deux are planning another "Dysfunctional Family Picnic"?

[Mr. Joe]

I'm kinda looking forward to the 13th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast. I've been going to both concerts by KROQ: Weenie Roast and Acoustic Christmas since about a few years ago.

[hunter]

KPNT's Pointfest 17
Sunday, May 15
UMB Bank Pavilion (near St. Louis)

Mudvayne
Breaking Benjamin
Story of the Year
Sum 41
Modern Day Zero
Unwritten Law
Trust Company
Life of Agony
The Exies
American Head Charge
No Address
Blood Simple
Mourningside

[alexcuse]

Looks like a weak summer for summer festivals. Even though all these big bands have new releases (Coldplay, Foo Fighters, White Stripes, System of a Down, Weezer, Audioslave, Garbage, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Oasis, etc.), they aren't playing the radio shows?

Hopefully KROQ's line-up will have a couple of the above bands instead of just (presumably) Offspring/Queens of the Stone Age/Social D/My Chemical Romance as the top bands.

[Nicholas2.0]

hunter said:

KPNT's Pointfest 17
Sunday, May 15
UMB Bank Pavilion (near St. Louis)

Mudvayne
Breaking Benjamin
Story of the Year
Sum 41
Modern Day Zero
Unwritten Law
Trust Company
Life of Agony
The Exies
American Head Charge
No Address
Blood Simple
Mourningside

We'll see if AHC make it, because their guitarist, Bryan Ottoson died Dave Williams of Drowning Pool-style, sleeping in his bus bunk earlier this week.

What frosts me about this lineup is if KPNT didn't plan this year's Pointfest for this date, Mudvayne, American Head Charge, Bloodsimple, and Life of Agony would be playing at Pop's and I'd go to see that no questions asked. Now I'm hesitant to see this show because it'll be outdoors and Mudvayne will be playing far, far away on the main stage. And I'm reluctant to sit through a lot of marginal to shitty acts just to see quality every once in awhile.

And for the record, the Point has never played an American Head Charge, Bloodsimple, or Life of Agony song in their life. They're just coming because they were on Mudvayne's tour. And for a headliner, you'd think they'd get somebody they've played more regularly over the years. "Happy?" aside, they rarely played "Not Falling," never played "World So Cold," and only played "Dig" and "Death Blooms" after hours, when they still played heavy music instead of Loveline.

[alexcuse]

San Francisco's Live 105's BFD (June 10):
Foo Fighters
Kasabian
Social Distortion
The Lovemakers
Sleater Kinney
Hot Hot Heat
The Bravery
Kaiser Chiefs
Tegan and Sara
Alkaline Trio
Z-Trip
Ash
MxPx
Dredg
Rise Against
Senses Fail
Lyrics Born
Every Move a Picture
Jackson United

What a weak line-up!  You know the show is in trouble when Kasabian is the second most popular band on the show and half the bands don't even have minimal rotation on the radio station.

[alexcuse]

KROQ's Weenie Roast

Saturday, May 21
Audioslave
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Jimmy Eat World
Queens of the Stone Age
My Chemical Romance
Interpol
Hot Hot Heat
MXPX
The Mars Volta
Bloc Party
The Bravery
Alkaline Trio
The Transplants
Dead 60s
Open Air Studio

Decent line-up. Interesting to see if anything will happen with Killers and Alkaline Trio at the same show. I think this is the first time that it's in May instead of the day after Live 105's BFD (most likely due to other bands' scheduling conflicts, as the day after BFD has already been overbooked by other festivals).