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F the NRA by The Coathangers from the album The Devil You Know - Video by Robbie Pfeffer

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Five Things to Do This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Five Things to Do This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

It may be Fourth of July weekend, but there’s more to do in the Valley than see fireworks, eat barbecue, or attend pool parties. You can also check out the work of local artists at the latest First Friday, catch a stand-up comedy set by Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon, or experience the rope opera of the WWE. Details about each of these events are below. WWE Friday Night SmackDown Friday,…

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Agents of Shield Rewatch 4x22 World’s End

It’s like 1am but I need to get this season done. Also my husband fell asleep upstairs while putting the kids to bed and still hasn’t realized he’s not in his bed yet so I have a good excuse to stay up and wait for him. Hahaha.

Robbie you have no idea how happy I am to see you

Poor Fitz has so much to deal with I just...this is just so much

Radcliffe just did another good deed wheeeee

Robbie you look so fine go kill some robots please

Look, I full support the Ghostrider in his desire to destroy Aida

They just left the Darkhold behind? Those are the worst robots ever man.

That human brought a gun to a robot/Inhuman/Demonperson fight

Robbie and Daisy are such a good team

Haaaaaaaaahaha Coulson wants to see it too!

I like how Fitz watches Jemma come down the stairs ready to help her this is the quality content I need

I want Aida to burn for eternity for what she did to Mack for real

“Robot May was way more supportive” noooooooooooo Phil you are in so much trouble

NOooooooooo GET AWAY FROM HER AIDA

Oops don’t let your boyfriend’s fake daughter hear you say she’s fake

Fitz is trying to reason with Aida while Jemma is completely over it

Omg Phil this is legit the worst time to make romantic drinking plans

LEAVE JEMMA ALONE

Also poor Fitz this is so much

But why did she say “You did this Fitz?” I mean she didn’t seem to blame him before? I mean obviously she was stressed out but still...seems strange

Oh that was a fake Jemma. Hahahaha I forgot about that.

It all makes sense now

I support a vengeful Jemma!

PHIL IS THE GHOSTRIDER NOW!!!

This is a fitting end for Aida really

Good riddance

Although I’m going to miss Mallory Jansen, she was so amazing

I hate this so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Henry and Natalia are killing this as well but I hate that there’s so much pain here

Nope everything still hurts

Happy they are back in the real world though

I’m happy Mack seems to be adjusting well though go makeout with your girl, you deserve it

I LOVE A UNITED FAMILY

Daisy clearly inherited Phil’s inspiring speech gene

RIP Framework Radcliffe. You were almost a good dude.

ENOCH!!!!!!

I love you but I’m almost scared for what’s going to happen to you next season

I’ve seen the trailer

It’s Outer Space Phil!

Well, we did it. We got through season 4. It was slightly less anxiety inducing than watching it the first time, but I’m still not sure if I’ll watch it again. Maybe when I’m in a better headspace idk. 

This episode rates a 5000/10 on the Teamwork! scale because everyone really worked together so well in bringing down Aida. It also gets a 100000000/10 on the We Are Family scale because they all just love each other so much and that’s ultimately what I’ll take from this season. They all have a lot of trauma to deal with, but that doesn’t change the fact that right now they are a united front of love and friendship and just everything.

And with that in mind, I offer you the song for this episode (and maybe the whole season): David Pfeffer’s cover of “Time After Time.”

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 2020

Saturday September 26th, 2020 @ 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific: The Four-Eyed Horsemen ride again! Join Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, MC Lars, Schaffer The Darklord (and special guest SkyBlew) for a live streaming concert! VIP tix perks include a new t-shirt design by Robbie Pfeffer and the ability to request ANY SONG FROM OUR CATALOG! Got a rare B-side you need to hear? WE GOT YOU. 6 slots per rapper, so hurry and get your requests in! 

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/FourEyedHorsemen

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The Coathangers - F the NRA

F the NRA is taken from the brand new album, The Devil You Know, which will be released on the 8th March 2019, this video was directed by Robbie Pfeffer.

The Coathangers are a punk rock/garage band band from Atlanta, Georgia featuring singer / guitarist Julia Kugel, bassist Meredith Franco and singer / drummer Stephanie Luke.

Links: Facebook | Twitter | Site

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PREMIER: Playboy Manbaby – Lobotomobile

After a show-stopping set at October’s Lost Lake Music Festival space-cadet thunder-punk six-piece, Playboy Manbaby announced earlier this month that they would be releasing a brand new album. Lobotomobile is due out April,6 but to peak, the appetite of their ravenous fanbase the Phoenix natives are premiering 3- songs today.

College is a Scam, Strange Plastic Surgery, and I’m Impatient are the first new tunes out of the Phoenix indie darlings since February of 2017’s Don’t Let it Be. and they haven’t lost a thing in that year. In fact, the group added a lot to their repertoire and perhaps their newest horn and background vocalist saxophone player Dallas Austin Ricky Smash Lavender Rickert who can be heard loud on clear on “College is a Scam” shouting “College is a goddam scam” along with frontman Robbie Pfeffer.

Photo by Jeff Schaer Moses Photography                                                                                                                                          Left to right David Cosme, Austin Rickert, and Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby on the Piestewa Stage at Lost Lake Music Festiva Friday, Oct. 18.

Pfeffer’s off the wall lyrics take center stage in the album’s third track Strange Plastic Surgery, and are backed up heavily by the heavy-handed drummer Chad B. Dennis. Track 4 I’m impatient features some angular guitars by T.J. Friga a sound not often heard in the tunes of Playboy Manbaby, but a welcome deviation from their previous Work. Along with the stellar contributions by Chris Hudson on bass and David Cosme on trumpet, vocals, and auxiliary percussion Lobotomobile seems like it is going to blow Playboy’s previous work out of the water.

To go along with releasing the new tracks Playboy Manbaby is also opening up pre-sales for the new record in all formats including Digital, CD, Cassette, and Vinyl, as well as releasing West Coast tour dates for April to go along with a May, 18 date in Brooklyn at The Gutter for Pizzafest.

If you’re in Arizona, click HERE to get tickets for their full-length, album release show on April 6th.

Lobotomobile by Playboy Manbaby

Lobotomobile by Playboy Manbaby

Lobotomobile by Playboy Manbaby

Playboy Manbaby April 2018 Tourdates

6- Phoenix AZ @ The Rebel Lounge

12- Fullerton CA @ Programme Skate & Sound

13- Oceanside CA @ Pour House

14- Los Angeles CA @ Girl Party 3

16- Astoria OR @ Labor Temple

17- Seattle WA @ Tacoma Dome

18- Seattle WA @ The Kraken

19- Coos Bay OR @ Egyptian Theatre

20- Chico CA @ Valley Fever

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AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYBOY MANBABY

Phoenix, AZ

Playboy Manbaby, one of the most prominent bands on the Phoenix scene, has developed a strong following locally and nationally in recent months. Through genre-bending excellence and an electric stage presence, the band continues to lead the crusade of musicians into Phoenix. Robbie Pfeffer, vocalist, shares his experiences in the Phoenix scene and the personal growth of the band.  

Q: Playboy Manbaby is hailed as a major name in Phoenix right now, how have you built your following locally and what role do you feel Phoenix’s music scene played in this?

A: We’re definitely a product of the Phoenix scene. We’ve all cut our teeth playing hundreds of shows around Phoenix. For the first couple years of the band we played almost exclusively in Phoenix. I think we’ve built a following by brute force. We just kept playing shows until people started showing up.

Q: You’ve been touring around for the past few months, how has touring helped you expand your audience?

A: Well, it’s kind of like starting from scratch in every city we show up in. On this last tour we’ve definitely started to see people come back in cities we’ve been in before. They’ve started to learn the words to songs and know the vibe of the band. It’s a pretty rad feeling to be more than a thousand miles from home and see someone show up in a t-shirt you made. It’s nothing crazy, it’s a small group, but it is encouraging.

Q: How have your roots in Arizona formed your sound as a band?

A: I think living in AZ instead of a more relaxed art friendly state teaches you 2 things. The first is that you embrace being an outsider. Knowing that the massive majority of the people around you don’t like you definitely informs your art. Also there’s a certain lack of pretension that comes from making art in a place people don’t move to in order to make art. I hate the city of LA because there’s this awful “just trying to make it big” vibe everywhere that makes me sick and anxious. It’s gross and delusional.

Q: How would you describe the Phoenix music community?

A: It’s a multifaceted, amorphous blob. There’s a niche for everyone and as soon as you think you have it pinned down there’s something new popping up, something old dying or something you didn’t know existed coming out of obscurity. The Phoenix music community is malleable and can be whatever you want it to be if you’re willing to put in the legwork.

Q: What genre do you feel is the most prominent in Arizona?

A: No idea. It’s always changing.

Q: What does the Phoenix music scene have that other cities do not?

A: A fresh slate. It’s a new city, there’s not the baggage of other cities. It’s a city constantly trying to define itself. It’s the city version of a teenager who dresses in a wildly different style every 6 months.

Q: How did you get your start? What people and places contributed to that?

A: I started in the art community by publishing a zine, then I ran a coffee shop/venue and that kind of plugged me into the community more and taught me a lot. I would say The Trunk Space, Long Wongs, The Fixx, Parliament and a million house venues contributed most to making me into me.

Q: Playboy Manbaby is heavily involved in the community, how do programs, like school of rock, encourage music in Phoenix? How does it feel to help develop and inspire young people interested in pursuing music?

A: I think it’s a cool thing to kind of help people realize that they can be in a band too. I remember seeing bands at the Marquee and thinking, I couldn’t ever be that person, but things like School of Rock or Girls Rock or even places like The Trunk Space are a cool path for people to learn their voice and get comfortable working with other artists. Everything takes time.

Q: What have been your best and worst experiences playing local shows?

A: I’ve gotten to play a lot of really good shows in Phoenix so it’s hard to pin down just one. We played a lot of bad shows when we first started as a band. I remember one where the guitarist didn’t show up and the drum-kit broke during the set as a pretty miserable set. I don’t know, it’s all more funny than bad in retrospect.

Q: What does the band have planned for the future?  

A: Making as many records as I can force out of the band and touring as much as I can mentally and physically handle. I wanna ride the razors edge and end this project completely exhausted. I wanna leave everything on records or on stage.

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Noise Exclusive: See Inside The Mind Of Playboy Manbaby With New “I Wish My Brain Was A Computer” Video

Right now, we bet you all wish you could control your own mind. No, seriously. Instead of letting thoughts of coronavirus, Tiger King and boredom sink into your mental psyche, we’re sure you all would rather have the ability to stop those thoughts from even happening in the first place. 

Singing about this precise idea but in a much more quirky way -- like, waaay more quirky -- punk rock group Playboy Manbaby constructed a punchy three-minute track titled “I Wish My Brain Was A Computer.”

Teaming up with The Noise to show off the new track and premiere the band’s out-of-this-world music video, as you might expect from a song called “I Wish My Brain Was A Computer,” things definitely get a little out of hand.

Detailing the new clip, frontman Robbie Pfeffer says, “So the basic ‘story’ in this video is that a dude is rollerbladin’ and then cracks his head open and spends time in a weird alien dream world in his brain.”

Okay, maybe “a little out of hand” was an understatement. 

“In ‘rock’ music,” Pfeffer adds, “there’s a big emphasis on being cool, serious, macho etc. But I’m none of those things and really have no interest in being any of them. So I picked rollerblading as the activity for this video because I thought it was probably the least cool hobby a person can have. Even playing DnD is a cool move these days. Also, I haven’t rollerbladed since I was like 10, so I thought I would be a lot better and ended up falling A LOT.”

To check out the new video which may or may not teach you how to avoid concussions and possibly Ctrl+Alt+Del any negative thoughts, be sure to look below. Afterward, make sure to check out Playboy Manbaby’s latest EP Debbie From Zumba here.

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Svenja und Lisa / "soulfoodqueens"

Heute: Svenja und Lisa Blog: https://www.soulfoodqueens.com/

• Name deines Foodblogs > Soulfoodqueens

• Stell’ dich doch einmal kurz mit Namen, Alter, Wohnort, Beruf und Hobbys vor! > Lisa und Svenja Haas, 51+22Jahre alt, Bankkauffrau + Studentin, Hobbys: kochen + backen, Musik machen (Klarinette + Querflöte), Sport

• Was unterscheidet deinen Blog von den Anderen? > Wir sind ein Mutter-Tochter-Gespann und ergänzen uns mit traditionellen und modernen Rezepten der gesunden Küche

• Was hat dich dazu motiviert, einen Blog zu starten? Und warum überhaupt ein Foodblog? > Wir haben seit Ende Mai 2017 ein Instagram Account und haben dort schon Bilder unserer Koch-und Backwerke veröffentlicht, wo uns Follower um die Rezepte gebeten haben.

• Wer oder was hat in dir die Leidenschaft für das Kochen/Backen geweckt? > Mutter + Oma haben schon immer viel gekocht und gebacken, haben uns dies wohl vererbt :)

• Büro, Café, vom heimischen Sofa oder direkt aus der Küche – von wo aus bloggst du? > Meist von zuhause aus.

• Gibt es Lebensmittel, mit denen man dich jagen kann? > Innereien, Schweinefleisch

• Und auf der anderen Seite: Gibt es Lebensmittel, die du am liebsten überall verwenden würdest? > Gewürze, Kräuter

• Welches Land ist deiner Meinung nach eine kulinarische Reise wert? > USA + Asien (Kochkurse in Thailand + Bali gemacht)

• Hast du irgendeine Macke, die besonders beim Kochen/Backen deutlich wird? > Svenja hält sich beim Backen nicht immer genau ans Rezept

• Auf was kannst du beim Werken in der Küche so gar nicht verzichten? > Scharfe Messer und aufgeräumte Küche

• Was ist deine Inspirationsquelle? Und wo befindet sie sich? > Bei vielen Foodblogkollegen/innen, alten Kochbüchern, Springlane, Chefkoch

• Ganz unter uns: Wie sieht es bei dir in der Küche nach deinem Experimentieren aus? > so wie davor

• Welches Hilfsmittel aus deiner Küche begleitet dich seit deinem Blogdebüt und wird wahrscheinlich nie ausgetauscht? > Granit Mörser

• Hand auf ’s Herz: Sehen deine Gerichte immer so perfekt aus oder geht auch mal etwas schief? > Natürlich geht auch mal was schief, aus Fehlern lernt man ja schließlich ;)

• Folgst du dem Motto „Der Weg ist das Ziel“ oder ist für dich das Verkosten am Ende das Wichtigste? > Beides ist wichtig, es darf nicht zu kompliziert sein, aber schmecken sollte es schon am Ende

• Gute Gerichte und Lebensmittel verlieren zunehmend an Wert. Woran liegt das und was kann bzw. sollte man dagegen tun? > Meist fehlt den Leuten die Zeit zum Kochen, daher sollte man sich dafür einen Zeitplan erstellen und sich mit den Lebensmitteln beschäftigen

• Wie privat ist dein Blog? Was gehört für dich ins Internet und was nicht? > Alles was mit Kochen und Backen zu tun hat. Aber ansonsten nichts aus unserem Privatleben.

• Hast du dein Smartphone oder deinen Laptop rund um die Uhr parat oder gibt es Zeiten, in denen du offline bist und es auch bleibst? > Während der Arbeit /Studium sind wir nicht erreichbar, ansonsten sind wir meist online.

• Wie wichtig ist dir die Anzahl deiner Leser? > Sehr wichtig, wir hoffen bald den Leserkreis groß zu bekommen.

• Bloggst du für dich oder für die Welt? > Für die Welt.

• Welche deiner „Kollegen“ schätzt du am meisten? > Bake to the roots, Usa-kulinarisch, Springlane, Zimtkeks + Apfeltarte, das Knusperstuebchen, Chefkoch u.v.m.

• Ohne welche Musik kannst du nicht leben/kochen? > Hintergrundmusik, denn meist muss man sich konzentrieren und nicht durch Musik ablenken lassen

• Mit welchem Koch würdest du gerne mal ein Menü herrichten? > Alexander Kumpner, Steffen Henssler, Karl-Heinz Hauser

• Welches Kochbuch würdest du nie aus der Hand geben? > alle die wir haben, denn sie sind alle unterschiedlich und sehr hilfreich

• Wie groß ist deine Küche? > Wir haben 2 Küchen, eine bei Mutter Lisa und Svenja hat ihre eigene

• Was macht eine Foodbloggeschichte für dich lesenswert? > Wenn die Rezepte gut und neu für uns sind, nicht zu kompliziert und von den Zutaten her auf ein leckeres Rezept hindeuten

• Und zu guter Letzt ein Klassiker: Wenn du die Zeit zurückspulen könntest, was würdest du an deinem Leben (und vielleicht an deinem Blog) ändern? > Die Lisa würde nichts ändern, weil sie immer offen für was Neues ist und somit gerne mit neuen Aufgaben zu tun hat. Svenja hätte vielleicht ein anderes Studium gewählt, was noch mehr mit Kochen/Backen zu tun hat. ________________________________________

• Wen oder was würdest du auf eine einsame „Kochinsel“ mitnehmen? TOP3

> Foodblogs: 1. Bake to the roots 2. Springelane 3. Graziella's foodblog

> Kochbuch: 1. Ich helf dir kochen von Hedwig Maria Stuber 2. Das Kochbuch von Steffen Henssler 3. So schmeckt 's bi uns im südlichen Baden

> Musikalbum: 1. Gregory Porter : Liquid Spirit 2. Robbie Williams: Swing Both Ways 3. Helene Fischer

> Kochutensilie: 1. Spiralschneider von WMF 2. scharfes Messer 3. Granit Mörser ________________________________________

• Salz oder Pfeffer? > Salz

• Bier oder Wein? > Wein

• Süß oder Herzhaft? > herzhaft

• Hauptgang oder Dessert? > Hauptgang

• „Early Bird“ oder „Night Owl“? > Early Bird

• Ordnungsfanatiker oder Dreckspatz? > Ordnungsfanatiker

• Kaffee oder Tee? > Kaffee ________________________________________

• Lieblings...: > ...messer: Thaimesser > ...gewürz: Salz > ...koch: Alexander Kumpner > ...kochzeit/tag: mittags/nachmittags, täglich > ...rezept: selbstgemachte Dinkelnudeln mit Basilikumpesto oder Kürbisrisotto ________________________________________

Vielen Dank, liebe Lisa und Svenja, dass ihr euch die Zeit genommen habt, uns unsere Fragen zu beantworten! ________________________________________

Hast du auch einen Blog? Möchtest Du, dass wir dich und deinen Blog vorstellen? Dann schick uns eine E-Mail an: redaktion@germanfoodblogs.de ________________________________________

Fotos © Lisa und Svenja https://www.soulfoodqueens.com/

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[Video Nuevo] “Double Rainbow” de Wyatt Blair Hace poco más de un mes y después de 3 años de haber lanzado Banana Cream Dream…

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On Friday night

I went onstage and everyone cheered when Robbie said my name. I was most excited because my friends are as proud to have me as a friend as I am to stand onstage with them. 

2014 is going to be the year of Rubber Brother Records. Prepare yourself, world - we're just getting started.

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Chance The Rapper Told Me All I Need Is Happy Thoughts And I’ve Been Flying Ever Since

Imagine wandering through a giant playground filled up with 200 friends and 45,000 other friendly people for 3-days set to the most incredible soundtrack possible, that’s what Lost Lake Festival in Phoenix, Arizona was like. Superfly Presents went all out with Lost Lake to ensure that even though it was the festival’s maiden voyage, it still provided all of those one-of-a-kind festival experiences that has turned the season formerly called summer into Festival Season. And I was live on rBeatzRadio all weekend long.

After living in Phoenix for nearly a decade I had some real reservations about Superfly Presents new festival in the desert, and I carried those reservations with me all the way from my home in New York City to my old desert hideaway that I’d left 2-years before. I was worried about water rations, tight security, overpriced festival food, and stuffy overpriced vendors that sold garbage.

What I found was a park full of the some of the absolute best parts of Phoenix I knew when I lived there. Whether it was my dear friend Joanna 23 doing henna in the vendor area (I invited her to my wedding for context), downtown muralist JB Snyder doing a mural on the hill, or local hero’s Playboy Manbaby playing a raucous 4 pm set on Friday afternoon, Lost Lake Festival really delivered on involving and featuring a lot of what makes Phoenix so special. While also delivering a world-class Festival experience.

All photos by Jeff Schaer-Moses Photography Mitchell Hillman music editor of Java Magazine.

As I was walking through the photo pit to get a good angle on the first act I heard someone yell from my left “you magnificent bastard” and I looked up and it was Mitchell Hillman, music editor of Java Magazine, a Phoenix-based culture magazine. We had worked together for the Phoenix New Times, we embraced and then caught the show. Encounters with Mitch would become a regular occurrence throughout the weekend.  

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Left to right David Cosme, Austin Rickert, and Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby on the Piestewa Stage Friday afternoon.

Playboy Manbaby was the opening act of Lost Lake Festival for me. They were the band I had traveled so far to see and while they may prefer to play small rooms for crazy crowds, they still have all the chops necessary to bring their space-cadet thunder-jazz to even the biggest stages. On a balmy 92 degree day Robbie Pfeffer, Chad Dennis, Chris Hudson, David Cosme, Tj Friga, and Ricky Austin Lavender Heylee Dallas Smash aka The Baddest Man on the Planet turned Lost Lake into their former Tempe garage art space The Parliament.

The quick-witted Pfeffer introduced his merry band of miscreants as The Pixies and quickly jumped into their opening number. They are known as one of the best bands in Phoenix and they have garnered a larger than life reputation in the Brooklyn garage rock scene after bringing their spazz-funk power-punk traveling road show to the BK for CMJ festival in 2015 with brooklynites Stuyeyedeyed and Vamanos, as well as Scotland based Womps.

Pfeffer and I had joked the night before that the set would be empty but it really blossomed into a formidable crowd eating out of the palm of Pfeffer’s hand. He thanked Ludacris for putting the festival together as well as the secretive Illuminati leadership behind Bonnaroo, and the irreverent frontman made light of the 7-minute walk he took from his home to the gates of the Festival.

A fan-made Playboy Manbaby T-Shirt.

Playboy brought the thunder with their tunes Last One Standing which they recently dropped a video for , and You Can Be A Fascist Too which made it’s way to Village Voice Magazine. But the one that really got the crowd going was their closer Mermaid Pterodactyl because it wasn’t until the finale that Pfeffer finally got the crowd moshing which is a trademark of Playboy.

Following their set I made my way backstage to have chat with them, which you can listen to here:

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Talking with Playboy ate up a lot of my time to catch NONAME at The Echo Stage, but I hustled over and caught the end of the smooth Chicagoans set. NONAME is a protege to the festival’s day-1 headliner, Chance The Rapper, and given some more seasoning, the 21-years young artist will be joining her mentor on the main-stage for the night time sets in no time.

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Noname bringing her groovy vibes to Lost Lake Festival

Posted by rBeatz on Friday, October 20, 2017

The Festival was laid out quite well and once I got my bearings inside of Steele Indian School Park it became easy to find everything and, though there were only 3-stages, there was still quite a bit to be found on the grounds of Lost Lake Festival. The level of production value the Walter Project brought to Lost Lake was second to none. Every tree had an LED light pointed at it, the Lake had fire shooting lily pads set to music, his famed art cars littered the grounds, and the BBQ pit had a giant spitfire going all weekend.

Broods live at Lost Lake Festival.

After NONAME I made my way over to Broods on The Camelback stage all the while encountering Phoenix-based musicians, writers, and photographers who I had been working with for years. I had been aware of the Kiwi sibling two-piece for quite some time. An old friend made me aware of them right before I moved away from Arizona, and that friend obviously knew me well because Broods are fantastic. Georgia and Caleb Nott along with their fabulous touring band put together a spectacular indie ppop/electronicaset, that also signaled a shift in the decibel level of the festival overall. Once Broods hit the stage everything got just a little bit louder.

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Next up was Crystal Castles on The Echo Stage and on a day that had been so far spectacular Crystal Castles was a noticeable dud. The band has been going downhill since Alice Glass’s departure, but amid her allegations against the band’s lead guitarist Ethan Kath revolving around sexual assault, which Kath fervently denies, the group really didn’t bring much with them to the stage at Lost Lake. They sounded and acted like they just hit play on their record while on stage, and frankly, the canned version may have been better.

Haim on The Camelback Stage.

Crystal Castles was so uninspired that I walked away early to catch Haim back on the main stage and they are very much not my style, but were still quite impressive especially when compared to the lackluster outing that Crystal Castles had. The familial three-piece make a lovely pop-rock sound and they made it for quite a few people considering they had to compete with the fact that half the fest was waiting for Ludacris to start and the other half were waiting patiently for The Pixies.

The Pixies and Ludacris playing at the same time on The Piestewa stage and The Echo Stage respectively made for one of the only two tough decisions I was forced to make all weekend, but the other one was a special sort of tough decision and we will come back to that. Having seen both The Pixies and Ludacris in the past, I felt confident in my decision to survey the Ludacris set. He brought a ton of energy to his 1 pm set at Firefly in 2016, so it stood to reason he would do even better with an 8:15 pm set.

Luda doing his thing on The Echo Stage.

The man with the midget hanging from his necklace played the hits and nothing but along with his regular road dogs Lil Fate and DJ Infamous Roll Out, What’s Your Fantasy, Number One Spot, Splash Waterfalls and all of the rest. Luda went through what seemed like his entire discography on Lost Lakes smallest stage, and the crowd responded. He may have cut the braids off, but the rapper turned actor still has everything else he brought with him to the stage during his early 2000’s heyday. That didn’t stop him from having every ass at lost lake shaking for the duration of his set.

As on point as Ludacris was; however, he really didn’t have anything on 24-year-old Chicago native Chance The Rapper. Ludacris is a legend in the game and arguably the greatest the south has ever produced. Chance is a transcendent musical entity that will be changing all the rules for hip-hop music in the coming years. Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment put on far and away the greatest hip-hop show I have ever witnessed, and I’ve seen Jay Z, OutKast, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop and Dre, Eminem, and many more in my day. The level of production, the pageantry, his opulence; he’s looking like a young Kanye West right now and he’s performing with the same zeal that Yeezus is known for.

Mixtape, Blessings, Angles, Sunday Candy, All We Got, and No Problem all made the set list among many others. And that’s by ear on the first time I have ever heard any of those songs because until Oct. 20 I was not a Chance The Rapper fan at all. I knew him for his work with Kanye and with Action Bronson but had never taken the time to give him listen. That was a mistake. I was pretty taken with his mid-set medley of Kanye songs featuring Waves, Father Stretch Thy Hands, and Ultralight Beam. But when I heard Same Drugs for the first time I almost cried. That is such a gorgeous song that so beautifully applied to the situation I was living in, returning to the place where I got started as a music journalist in 2011. The Peter-Pan allegory seemed appropriate as did the other motifs within the lyrics.

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Chance The Rapper is a hip-hop dynamo and he brought it hard to his kast festival of 2017. #lostlakefest

Posted by rBeatz on Friday, October 20, 2017

He closed the set with a shower of white confetti while singing to the crowd “Are you ready for your blessing’s?” I am not a religious man, but Chance The Rapper made me feel something. He has an innate charisma not common among humans and he shared so much of his inner light with the people of Lost Lake Festival day one, on the last show of his tour and his first show as a Grammy award-winning artist.

Day 2, started with an early trip to Strive Dreams Henna to visit Joanna 23, and that trip ended with me getting a fresh henna to sport the rest of the trip, one that I am still wearing as I write this a week later. I sat with a pumpkin spice cold brew provided by Gypsy Cup Coffee and chatted with my friend while she made her art on my hand and the sounds of Phoenix natives Bogan Via wafted over the hill at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The mixture of the tunes I’ve known for years and company of my old-friend made the early afternoon a comforting experience, especially in the friendly confines the festival.

While drinking coffee with Joanna at Strive Dreams, we saw what we thought might be a wedding procession in all white with white flags walking across the grass. It turned out it was a roving troupe of face painters who were walking through the festival planting their flags in the ground and giving people a quick makeover, on the fest!

After letting my “ink” settle for a little while I headed over to the Piestewa stage to catch Carla Morrison shimmying and shaking all over the stage while her booming voice filled in the entire festival ground. She sang in both Spanish and English and her voice was equally spectacular in either language. She may not have been singing on the main-stage at 9 pm but she may have been the best all-around singer performing on the tremendous musical weekend.

I bumped into Joanna enjoying Carla’s set and she informed me that the artwork hanging from the sides of the stage had been produced by the Fortoul Brothers, two men who used to run a shop on Phoenix’s formed art-strip Roosevelt Row, which now only exists as a shadow of it’s former self with most of the art galleries replaced by condos.

Chance The Rapper’s older brother Taylor Bennet on The Echo Stage.

Next up was Frenship on the Camelback stage who underwhelmed, so I went to the Piestewa stage to take a look at The Ricky Fits and where I also got a hot tip from Arizona Republic Music Editor Ed Masley that Taylor Bennett over on The Echo Stage would be a good act to catch. I made it over for the beginning of his set and what I found was a talented lyricist putting a run-of-the-mill hip-hop show. Certainly more memorable than the two previous bands. I fluttered away before the end of the set and later found out that Taylor Bennett was Chance The Rapper’s brother. Honestly, I still would have fluttered away if I knew, but I would have been more excited about the beginning.

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Ed Masley Music Editor of the Arizona Republic.

I stumbled upon Muna because the person who was putting me up was camped by the main-stage for the day, so in meeting up with him, I found a really neat pop band. I’d never heard of Muna before the festival, but I was very happy to spend the time I had before KONGOS chatting with friends and soaking in the catchy pop hooks of Muna.

Muna on The Camelback Stage.

On my way over to the Piestewa stage, I bumped into Phoenix New Times clubs editor Ben Leatherman who I convinced to jump into the pit and shoot KONGOS with me.

Jesse Kongos on The Piestewa Stage.

KONGOS are an institution in Phoenix having honed their skills at The Lost Leaf bar only a few miles from where the Festival was taking place. They made sure the crowd knew it when they name dropped the little bar on 5th Street and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix during their set. The four- brothers have been playing music together their entire lives so they ought to sound pretty good and since all four of them split the lead singer duties, they stage set-up has all four of them standing upright at the front of the stage.

I have seen KONGOS play to 200 people at Tempe’s Sail Inn and I have seen KONGOS play to 10,000 people at Firefly Festival in Delaware with quite a few shows in between. There were two key differences in their set at Lost Lake from every other time I’ve seen them. One, they didn’t do their first single Only Joking, and two, they looked more well-rehearsed and relaxed on stage than ever before. They look like a profoundly confident band ready to drop another mega-hit on the world, like the one they closed with Come With Me Now.

Johnny Kongos.

While enjoying KONGOS from the shade line, I felt a tap on my shoulder and it was Phoenix-based journalist, Lauren Fach. She wasn’t covering the fest but she had gotten a ticket for the day and saw me in the crowd.

Huey Lewis on The Camelback Stage.

After KONGOS brought one of the moments of the festival that just about everyone was waiting for and that was Huey Lewis and the News. To they are a band with a little more pop-culture relevance than real musical relevance, but that didn’t stop them from having a fairly massive turnout at the The Camelback Stage at 5:30 pm. Huey opened with The Heart of Rock ‘N Roll and the blues and soul hits just kept on coming. But honestly, after about 20-minutes I realized I was seeing Huey Lewis and the News in 2017 so I dispersed to make my way to The Echo stage for Lil Boat.

I am 100 percent with all the bubblegum trap fans out there. If you don’t understand Lil Yachty, it’s because it’s not for you, so don’t worry about it. He is contemporary music’s answer to our parents telling us that the music we love has no substance. He’s a 21-year-old rapper with no flow who raps about cotton candy and pixar movies. If you want no substance we will show you no substance. But at the same time, he is an incredibly engaging and charismatic performer who really gets the crowd going. Plus his DJ has a setting on his mixer for 1 touch access to the “Lil Boat” button which really made my day.

Lil Boat on the Echo Stage.

After about 20-minutes of Lil Boat I’d had enough, so I moseyed over to The Dap-Kings Beatles themed super-jam and watched the New York-based collective allow Huey Lewis, Luna Aura, members of The Shelters, members of Young the Giant, and members of Ra Ra Riots step into the lofty shadow of Sharon Jones.

The super-jam wasn’t just a chance for a bunch of great artists to jam with The Dap-Kings, it was also a chance for the audience to participate as they sang along with every song that was played including Oh Darling, Here Comes the Sun, Twist and shout and some many more before the closed it out on Hey Jude. Superjam is a borrowed concept from America’s greatest festival Bonnaroo, but with Lost Lake it felt appropriate and made for one of the Festival’s signature moments.

The Dap-Kings Superjam

Toward the end of the Superjam, a tall broad-shouldered long-haired gentleman walked by me who I realized was KONGOS bass player, Dylan Kongos. I greeted him with a hug and he conveyed to me that he was elated that Phoenix had an event like Lost Lake and that he felt as though it was just what the city needed. I congratulated him on the enormity of his success and we enjoyed the jam together for a moment before he went on his way.

Following The Dap-Kings Super Jam came a whole different kind of jam, The Roots crew jam. Many \would say The Roots frontman Black Thought is the greatest M.C. of all time, and while I don’t know if I believe that, I feel confident in saying he is in the conversation. The Roots are a visceral musical assault on the senses, creating as much noise as a 10-car pileup. They have as much street cred with hip-hop crowds as they do with jam band crowds and with all of ?uestlove’s extracurricular activities with the band minus Thought, it’s easy to see how they became such massive crossover celebrities.

Black Thought of The Roots.

They laid waste to the main stage, rocking jam after jam and giving every member of the band a lengthy solo. They slayed with their eclectic mix of hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, with just a flare of rock ‘n roll and ?uest showed another festival exactly why he is hip-hop’s Jerry Garcia. The set ended on a lengthy drum solo by the man with the famed Afro, and then came what may have just been the worst hour in festival history.

Dreamcar on the Piestewa Stage.

This is that “special” choice I was talking about earlier. The choice between a Lil Jon DJ Set or to see the lead singer of AFI live out his 80’s dreams with the former members of No Doubt. After about 10-minutes of each set I took myself over to the main-stage to prepare for The Killers.

I was sitting up against a tree about 5-minutes before The Killers went on when I realized I had made a grave mistake. As I was bemoaning the fact that I thought both acts playing weren’t very good, I had forgotten how far above and beyond Lost Lake Festival had gone to make sure there was always something to do. I could have been participating in any number of creative activities that the festival had organized, but I was busy being a party pooper.  

It took me a little while to come around to The Killers live set, I even took a stroll away from the stage and caught the Lilly Pad fire show in the lake during the set.

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Who knows what wonders are still left to behold at Lost Lake Festival #lostlakefest

Posted by rBeatz on Saturday, October 21, 2017

But when I got back to the stage after a taco, a chat with Leatherman, and catching the fire I was fully enthralled with the pop/rock icons. They packed all their biggest hits into the back of their set which made for an over-the-top finale complete with laser show, pyrotechnics, confetti, and intrigue. The set was dramatic and exciting and full of songs you couldn’t help but sing along too because you’ve heard them just so many damn times.

Gabo Fayuca during his afternoon set on the Main Stage.

The third day of Lost Lake once again began with a trip to Gypsy Cup for their pumpkin spice cold brew and then a trip to The Piestewa Stage for Phoenix legends Fayuca. They are a five-piece rock ‘n roll outfit that really brought the energy to an early set opening the fest on Sunday morning. They brought a big piece of what Phoenix music is all about with them because they are a big part of why Phoenix sounds the way it does, having been together and rocking for more than 10-years. They turned in a stellar main-stage set before hitting the festival for the day mere days before they hit the road for a 3-week west coast run.

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  A Tribe Called Red were next up on The Camelback Stage, and their blend of EDM and legitimate first nation music is not only wildly appropriate for a venue like Steele Indian School Park, which is named such for the Indian School which still sits on it’s grounds as a symbol of America’s mistreatment of Indigenous cultures, but also because the show was being played on what some consider to be Occupied O’Odham land. They brought traditional dancers out with them and they had some of the best LED graphics of the fest at their backs. A Tribe Called Red really is a one of a kind act and worth catching when they’re in your town.

From there it was the long haul (quarter mile at most) to The Echo Stage for the wild and woolly Murs. With his beard down to his chest and his dread’s looking full the former Living Legend took the stage with a laptop, a snack tray, two Heineken, and a bottle of Jameson. I was sad to see his running buddy DJ Foundation wasn’t with him, but he put on a great show nonetheless. He kicked it off by greeting all his fans in the front rows with a handshake and sampling drinks of as many people as he could before chugging a beer and getting the show going.

For as drunk as he had to be he still managed to put on an entertaining set. As a member of Atmosphere’s label Rhymesayers, Murs has quite a following and with his ties to Tucson Arizona the Valley has always been a stronghold for his fans.

That was my only trip to The Echo Stage on Sunday. Next, it was back to The Camelback stage for one of the acts I had been looking forward to most leading up to the festival, Futuristic. Futuristic is another Phoenix-based artist and along with his bombastic DJ Kode Break has strong ties to my favorite band Small Leaks Sink Ships formerly of Tempe Arizona. Futuristic and Code Break encountered some technical difficulties mostly stemming from the mid-afternoon Phoenix heat, but they persevered and still made it one of the most hyped sets of the day.

It’s almost unfair for Futuristic and Kode Break to work together because they are two of the most magnetic performers I have ever seen, and together it is impossible to look away. They mix EDM and hip-hop in a quite pleasing way but the real secret to their success is their audience engagement. They’re crowd surfing, they’re bringing fans on stage to rap on the mic, they’re getting the crowd going in the all the right ways to make them a memorable act. Separated both Futuristic and Kode Break would easily be a great success, but together it’s immortality or bust for one of the most fun touring musical acts right now.

After exiting the photo pit, I made my way into the crowd to enjoy the show, and after gettting deep enough into the crowd, I looked to my right and was dancing next to Danny Torgersen who had rocked the trumpet for FAYUCA earlier in the day. We exchanged hugs and then enjoyed the show.

When the set ended, I made my way back stage to give Kody a hug and meet Zach, a rapper I have been writing about for years but until then had still remained elusive to me. We chatted about the success of Small Leaks for a moment on the backside of the massive main stage, and then finalized our interview plans before I snuck off for lunch.

I had heard a rumor that Tom’s BBQ, my favorite BBQ spot in Mesa Arizona (30 minute drive from the grounds) had a booth set up. I had only been back in AZ, once for 3-days since moving to New York City, and I certainly didn’t have time to visit a little BBQ shop in Mesa, so Lost Lake Festival brought it to me.

After a sandwich, I caught back up with Futuristic and Kode Break for an interview about their upcoming plans.

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I made it over to Piestewa Stage just long enough to see the massive scene that was English DJ Snakehips set for about 10-minutes. The Arizona sun was still high in the sky, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from packing the green in front of the Piestewa stage and letting the mixologist from across the pond take them to funky town.

If there is one thing, Danny Brown definitely is himself. He’s a big goofball up on stage. The crowd loved every second of it. He and Big Gigantic made for a great late afternoon 1-2 punch to lead into the festival’s headliners. Both Brown and Gigantic had their fans out in force, repping their merch. and singing along. Well, singing in Brown’s case anyway. Danny Brown and Big Gigantic both did their part to get the crowd primed up and into a frenzy for the evening’s headliners Run The Jewels, Major Lazer, and Odesza.

The final three acts of the Festival were each the only act playing in their time-slot, which went right along with one of Lost Lake Festival’s biggest strengths. The options were not overwhelming. The lineup was strong, eclectic, big, but without forcing a major decision between bands or a mad rush across the grounds to catch half of two sets.  The 3-stage set up made it easy to catch just about everything you wanted to.

The first at taking the collective ear of Lost Lake was Run The Jewels, and having scene them before I know they’d kill. El-P and Killer Mike were made for each other. Not only are they coming with some of the hardest songs out in mainstream hip-hop, but they are also one of the most adorable couples I have ever seen in my life. El-P literally told Killer Mike to come hold him during the set. Watching what may go down as one of the greatest hip-hop duo’s in the history of the game perform is exciting. But knowing the two of them are best friends and enjoying what they are doing down to their bones makes it so much sweeter.

It was the last show of RTJ’s tour and they were on fire. It is crazy to think that two 40-year-old M.C.’s who were seemingly getting toward the end of their careers could become one of the biggest hip-hop acts in the world by joining forces. But that was the case with Run The Jewels. They played all the hits, they played around on stage like high schoolers, they engaged the crowd, they did everything right, and they brought a radical political message within their ridiculously well put together hip-hop tunes.

After shooting RTJ I made my way back into the crowd because there was no way I was going to miss a second of their set. I danced my way through the crowd looking for the right spot, and when I found it I looked to my right and saw none other than Danny Torgersen dancing next to me.  Me, him, and his green haired lady friend spent the rest of the set dancing together to Close Your Eyes, Call Tictron, Blockbuster Night, and all the rest of their hits.

The three of us embraced, realizing it was probably the last time we would see each other at the fest, but it was time to roll on.  I headed for the Major Lazer photo pit.

Diplo and Switch were already on and going when I got the pit, and they had all of Lost Lake Festival doing the dutty wine all over The Piestewa Stage. You hear stories about a guy like Diplo, about his personality and about him being a lazy performer. I can’t speak for anyone else’s Dipo experience, but he gave me everything I wanted from one of the world’s mega producers.

They had the biggest LED wall I have ever seen, backup dancers, and bass pounding hits. Phoenix doesn’t often get a crack at Major Laser so they made it count in the Copper State and the entire crowd danced as hard as they could. After shooting I found a cozy spot on stage left where Phoenix painter Matty B. was dancing it away with his vibe tribe buddies, before I moved closer and spent the rest of the set dancing next to a pixie cut blonde who I’m pretty sure I knew but couldn’t quite place.

 Whether we knew each other or not was irrelevant, the fact that we kept each other dancing throughout the set is what matters. We never spoke, we hardly made eye contact, but we were there side by side for a while keeping each other’s energy up.

We parted ways before the set ended, and when it did I made my way to meet back up with Josh, my host for the trip. Odesza was another act I had not the time to research going into the festival, but I was properly blown away by their entire set. They provided a most epic end to one of the most incredible festival’s I have ever been too, and what I am sure is one of the best maiden voyages for a fest ever.

Odesza brought the whole crowd into a high and had them stuck there for the duration. Headliners headline and that’s exactly what Colorado’s Odesza did, they occupied the space above the rest of the day’s performers. As far as the musical flow Superfly had provided for the festival, I don’t think there is a single act on earth that could have acted as the festival’s climax better than Odesza.

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ODESZA is really bringing Lost Lake Festival to an epic close. What a spectacular first year festival in the Valley of the Sun.

Posted by rBeatz on Sunday, October 22, 2017

During the middle of the set I literally bumped into someone because of my backpack. I looked at the person, and it was my former neighbor Ana from when I was in college at Arizona State University. We made a quick catch up before getting right back into the groove.

The set ended, and on the way out they set, the fire lilypads did their thing set to Purple Rain as the masses poured out of the festival grounds. I stood alone between the road and the agave maze, watching the fire shoot toward the sky like I had as a younger man at Saguaro Man. When the song finished I waited for my friends closer to the road when I caught a pair of eyes getting wider and wider attached to a handsome mexican face and I heard Cori Rios of The Hourglass Cats blurt out “what are you doing here?” He hugged me and lifted me off the ground, before we had a quick catch up and 30-second hug before we went our separate ways.

I got to neverland and Chance the Rapper told me all I need is happy thoughts, I’ve been flying ever since. Big Ups Lost Lake.

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I think this is an accurate summary of the Funny World show last night. <3 wish I coulda done a lot of things but I'm glad I got to see Playboymanbaby for the second night in a row!

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Playboy Manbaby Share Bizarre Half-Cartoon Video For “Cadillac Car,” Announce West Coast Tour

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Just in case you’re feeling the urge to quit your job and buy yourself a new car, avant-garde punkers Playboy Manbaby are here to help make your dreams a reality with their brand new single “Cadillac Car” and its whacky-as-hell music video.

Doing their best to re-remind everyone of Americans’ issues with materialism and their obsession with big fancy cars, the Arizona six-piece provide a catchy chorus and an infectious beat you’ll be humming along to all weekend long -- whether it’s done ironically or not.      

“America obviously likes to bathe itself in semi-real excess,” says vocalist Robbie Pfeffer about the new eye-opening track. “I’ve always thought the idea of openly lying to people with art was strange but it’s a cornerstone of pop culture. This video and song are all about kind of taking that excess and illusion to it’s furthest reaches. I figure if we’re going to embrace violence and opulence, let’s push it far past the point that it’s comfortable and see what it says about us.” 

As for the new half-cartoon, half-live-action video animated by Pfeffer himself, he said, “My animation skills are pretty rudimentary but it’s still fun to be able to build a reality from scratch. There’s some video sprinkled in and it’s kind of an odd, two-pronged narrative. I think the final video turned out very strange but hopefully fun and enjoyable.”  

To check out the new video, be sure to see below. Afterwards, if you’d like to see “Cadillac Car” performed in person, make sure to check out tour dates and locations for Playboy Manbaby’s upcoming 15-date West Coast tour below.

Tour Dates:

11/09 - Pomona CA @ Characters  11/10 - Los Angeles CA @ Titanic Haus  11/11 - Oceanside CA @ Pour House  11/12 - Los Angeles CA @ Rec Center ``  11/24 - Los Angeles CA @ Mr. $unday’s DIY Dungeon  11/25 - Sacramento CA @ High House  11/26 - Salem OR @ The Space  11/27 - Seattle WA @ Wallingford Annex  11/28 - Seattle  WA @ The Kraken  11/29 - Bellingham WA @ Friend Zone  11/30 - Portland OR @ White Owl  12/01 - Chico CA @ TBA  12/02 - Oakland CA @ Storyville  12/03 - Los Angeles @ TBA  12/09 - Phoenix AZ @ The Trunk Space 

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Lost Lake Festival Artist Preview

Lost Lake Music Festival will be opening its gates in a week and with so many amazing musical acts converging on one place at the same time, it would be all too easy to get lost in the sauce. So as the festival creeps closer here are some of the absolute can’t miss acts of the festival.

Playboy Manbaby

Let me put it this way, I was only interested in leaving my home in New York City and traveling back to the arid Arizona desert for this festival because Playboy Manbaby is playing it. Though I haven’t seen every band on this bill I have seen a lot of them and I feel confident in saying Playboy is going to blow them all off the stage. Lead singer Robbie Pfeffer brings enough energy to power a small country and when his compatriots are rocking as hard as him it’s hard to imagine a more explosive act on any stage. Playboy is going to be on the Piestewa Stage at 4 p.m. on Friday which means frankly I may be at home on Friday night by 6.

NONAME

Coming up under the wing of Lost Lake headliner Chance the Rapper NONAME is one of the most exciting hip-hop artists in the world right now. She’s been a well-known rapper and slam poet in the Chicago scene for the better part of a decade but really caught on nationally after appearing on Chance’s Acid Rap mixtape. The 27-year-old will be hitting the Echo Stage at 5 p.m. on Friday, so it’ll leave 15-minutes to make it over from Playboy Manbaby at The Piestewa Stage.

Broods

Broods may be the most well-traveled act on the bill coming all the way from their home in Nelson, New Zealand to play Lost Lake Festival’s mainstage The Camelback Stage. Broods have been getting music fans excited with their signature tunes their debut self-titled EP dropped in January of 2014. They are somewhat of an outlier, genre-wise, compared to every other band on the bill but that only makes them so much more enticing.

Calexico

Calexico is one of Tucson’s best and brightest infusing some authentic regional music into their indie rock sound. They are one of the only bands on the bill that is going to be playing a sound akin to the tunes that have been coming out of the Arizona desert for over 100-years. They are going to be rocking out the Piestewa stage at 6:45 P.M. Friday.

Ludacris

I covered music in Phoenix for a lot of years and the only time I recall Luda coming through was when he hosted a Super Bowl party. Now I’m not saying that the king of the south has never rolled through Phoenix before, I’m just saying if he did I don’t remember when. The man is a bonafide hip-hop legend with some of rap music’s biggest all-time hits in his catalog and he’s taking the Echo Stage at 8:15 P.M. Friday.

Pixies

If you like music that was made in the 90’s go pay homage to the group that all of those bands were copying. Even the great Kurt Cobain said he just wanted Nirvana to sound like The Pixies. They are rock legends who have earned the admiration of pretty much all of their contemporaries and to this day they are still one hot ticket. Their last show in Phoenix saw them at downtown’s Comerica Theater and Lost Lake Festival will see them on the Piestewa Stage at 8:30 P.M. on Friday.

KONGOS

KONGOS is a platinum-selling rock band and hero’s in the Phoenix metro area. They honed their skills at a bar less than 5-miles from the festival grounds called The Lost Leaf and now as a band, they seem to only roll back through the Copper State for the biggest of shows. They are an easy band to catch live because of how often they tour but catching them in their hometown is a rarity, and keep those ears open for a secret show like they did at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale when they were in town for the inaugural Summer Ends Music Festival. KONGOS take the Piestewa Stage at 4:30 P.M. on Saturday.

Superjam ft. The Dap-Kings

There is no one single thing that makes Bonnaroo the best festival in the country, but on a list of things that do Superjam would definitely come in pretty high up on the list. It’s a one of a kind jam session that blends groups who probably otherwise may not even know about each other together on one stage, and this one is going to be lead by the legendary Dap-Kings. Sharon Jones was a gigantic loss for the entire music-loving world, but the Dap-Kings are going to do their best chug on without their leader. Superjam will be popping off right after KONGOS on the Piestewa Stage at 6:30 P.M. Saturday.

Huey Lewis and the News

If you didn’t know Huey Lewis and the News were still playing out live then you are in exactly the same boat as me. Frankly, I thought their last hurrah was being on the “American Psycho” soundtrack. But the famed pop-rockers are still out there in the world mixing it with live shows and for the opportunity to hear Sports live in its entirety it is definitely worth spending the hour between 5;30 p.m. and 6;30 p.m. on Saturday at The Camelback Stage.  

The Roots

?uestlove is without a doubt one of hip-hop’s greatest ambassadors to mainstream America and there are many who would claim Black Thought is the single greatest M.C. of all time. Mix that together with a wildly talented and entertaining live band and you give me one good reason why the roots are not an absolute can’t miss at Lost Lake Festival? They will be rocking the Camelback Stage at 7:30 P.M. Saturday.

The Killers

Legendary hits, sold out stadiums, and a headlining slot on pretty much every other festival that has ever happened, The Killers have earned their place among the perennial major festival headliners and they’ve done it through consistency. The Las Vegas natives have been bringing high level shows to their fanbase for more than 2-decades. The Killers will be shutting down Saturday night at Lost Lake on The Camelback stage at 9:30 P.M.

Fayuca

If you’re coming into Lost Lake from out of town or if you’re one the literal millions from inside the Copper State that has no idea what the Phoenix music scene is all about no band on this bill will give you a better sense of what Phoenix sounds like than Fayuca. They have been making their signature mix of punk rock with Latin flavors for more than a decade and their current lineup may just be their best one yet. Fayuca may not be topping the bill at Lost Lake but they are definitely a can’t miss for anyone who cares to find out what the music in the region is really like. Fayuca is going to be opening the Camelback Stage Sunday afternoon at 12:45 P.M.

Futuristic

Futuristic and his stalwart DJ Kode Break are 100 percent guaranteed to make it lit. They have done nothing but grow in stature and popularity since releasing 2015’s Rise and coming in hot after being one of the only hip-hop acts on the Vans Warped Tour Futuristic is sure to want to show out for his home crowd. Futuristic takes the stage at 3:30 p.m. on The Camelback Stage.

Murs

Murs, along with his stalwart teammate DJ Foundation is a member of noteworthy hip-hop collective The Living Legends and a Tucson hip-hop staple. Murs is an intricate lyricist who has used hip-hop to branch out into other mediums like comic books. He is another real sprinkle of Arizona culture into Lost Lake and he is hitting the Echo Stage at 2:45 P.M.

Danny Brown

The residents of the Arizona desert like to define themselves as rugged individualists, which is a concept which should be right up Danny Brown’s alley as a man who is constantly lauded for his individuality. Brown is on the Camel Back Stage at 5 p.m. on Sunday and if all the reports are right he is going to put on one hell of a show.

Run The Jewels

Who would have thought that two 40-year-old underground rappers linking up would become one of the most entertaining hip-hop shows in recent memory? In a genre notorious for phoned in live performances EL-P and Killer Mike bring their A-game to every stage they touch and they have gained quite the formidable reputation doing it. Both M.C.’s have had successful solo careers in hip-hop but neither ever climbed as high as they have together. RTJ will be storming the Camelback Stage at 6:45 P.M. Sunday.

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