Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang is celebrating the festival’s 50th anniversary by staging a new multi-day event in Watkins Glen, New York from August 16th-18th.
Lang had promised an “eclectic bill” featuring modern hip-hop, rock, and pop acts performing alongside some of the legacy bands from the original festival. To that point, the lineup pairs contemporary stars including JAY-Z, Miley Cyrus, Chance the Rapper, The Black Keys, and Imagine Dragons alongside veteran artists like Robert Plant, Santana, David Crosby, John Fogerty, and Grateful Dead offshoot Dead and Company.

Other notable acts include Janelle Monáe, The Raconteurs, Sturgill Simpson, Cage the Elephant, Brandi Carlile, Greta Van Fleet, Run the Jewels, Courtney Barnett, Vince Staples, Common, Earl Sweatshirt, boygenius, Portugal. the Man, Maggie Rogers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Dawes, Princess Nokia, Reignwolf, Margo Price, Soccer Mommy, and more.
Tickets to Woodstock 2019 go on sale beginning April 22nd. Visit the festival’s website for more info.

Lollapalooza has revealed its 2019 lineup. The Chicago mega fest returns to Grant Park between August 1st and 4th, 2019.
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, The Strokes, and Tame Impala top this year’s bill. Other notable acts include Lil Wayne, Janelle Monáe, Flume, Kacey Musgraves, Meek Mill, 21 Savage, Tenacious D, Death Cab For Cutie, Maggie Rogers, Perry Farrell’s Kind Heaven Orchestra, Gary Clark Jr., Mitski, Sharon Van Etten, Rosalía, Tierra Whack, King Princess, J.I.D, Saba, Denzel Curry, Smino, and Tayla Parx.

Also playing are Twenty One Pilots, The Chainsmokers, J Balvin, Hozier, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Bring Me the Horizon, Lil Baby and Gunna, Sheck Wes, Rich the Kid, Japanese Breakfast, Francis and the Lights, 6LACK, H.E.R., Sigrid, (Sandy) Alex G, Fantastic Negrito, Fitz & the Tantrums, Calpurnia, and more.
General admission and VIP passes to Lollapalooza are now on sale. Once they sell out, you can grab them here.

In 2016 i was introduced to a mastermind. Evan Rodaniche has a craft for making creative alluring music with his band CAGE9. The band was introduced to me with the bands album ILLUMINATOR. A experimental, ambitious, gut driven rock induced album.

2019 is upon us and all the quietness from the band had me worried but with one listen to the bands newest album HYPESTHESIA I know all the downtime the band had was put to good use. 

With CAGE9 having 15plus years in the business, 8 albums and over 100 songs released the guys never cease to amaze me. This album start to finish is even more defining and illuminating then the past.

HYPESTHESIA hits you hard with a sonically diverse run down of tracks. 3ARTHQUAKE the opening track and platform single video has a lullaby introduction which smoothly takes you into the adventure of heavier driven ambiance of rock. The allure of the transitions just makes you feel alive!

THE VERTIGO brings thought of being lost in a asylum and trying to find your way out. Driving rhythmic guitar work. Appealing to anyone into that modern rock sound. 

DANCE THE MACABRE; moody, dark, electrifying! The chorus pops because the verses are more subdued and eerie yet brilliantly meshes. Probably one of my top songs on the album.

MONSTERS +VULTURES just warms my heart because this one is one of the bands heavier tracks. Add that uplifting energy in the chorus and you have a piece of beauty in my eyes.

ICE AEGE and HYPESTHESIA are non forgettables due to the vocal patterns which takes the songs to new heights.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE lays out that modern alternative rock vibe. Truthful lyrics and that easy progressions from verse to chorus makes it bleed with beauty.

WASTELAND a more punk n metal attitude. A nice change in the record and shows the versatility in the band as creators.

The bands rendition of ROOSTER by Alice in Chains is dark, captivating and has elegance to it.

The band finishes the disc with the unbelievable EXPECTATIONS. A six minute song that is full of monotony but is so hypnotic, beautifully laid out and seductively alluring that you just fall into the mood and vibe of it.

CAGE9 in my opinion has a amazing most talented and creative passion for making art and I am honored to be able to be part of it with this new listen to HYPESTHESIA