Tag: Jack

Country Throwdown Tour Mixes Top Country Like Montgomery Gentry and Eric Church with New Artists and Brings-Out the Cowboy in Youth Culture

The first multi-stage country tour’s success with youth culture across North America gives rise to new trends in music, songwriting, fashion, and lifestyles.

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Announces Band Line-up Indicating %u201880’s and %u201890’s Revival, Super Groups, and New Break-out Bands

What happens at Coachella is a strong indicator of what to expect from 2010’s summer’s concert festival season in the USA and Europe. Here’s the scoop.

Country Throwdown -In the Spirit of Vans Warped and Rockstar Mayhem, Kevin Lyman and 4 Fini Launch a Country Music Tour

A traveling country tour in the spirit of Warped featuring a diverse line-up, pre-show tailgating, singer-songwriter contests, and lifestyle attractions should make for an historic American tour.

The Dead Weather Takes the World by Storm (and the Rise of Uber Bands)

When Jack White’s The Dead Weather blew through LA, their novelties shop, theater, and Horehound performance set a new bar for pop-up merch and event experiences. Bet on new uber bands to be a part of the music future.

Jimmy Page and Jack White at Premiere of”It Might Get Loud” Documentary by Davis Guggenheim at LA Film Fest Talk About the Impact of the Guitar in Music and Defining Their Voice

The highly-anticipated documentary on the history of the guitar featuring 3 generations of legends, Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge draw star-studded crowd for must-see new movie sure to impact audiences globally.

Swiv Tackle Circus”Gallertique” Brings Together Fresh Concepts in Retail, Art, Community, Sound Creating a Modern-Day Moulin Rouge for Skaters, Surfers, Artists, Fans of the Lifestyle

Smack in the middle of an economic landscape that has torn retailers apart and sunk galleries into oblivion, up pops Swiv Tackle Circus in Oceanside, CA, a gritty little beach community on the northern edge of San Diego and an outpost for skaters, surfers, and artists. As original as its name, Swiv Tackle Circus has redefined what it means to be a retail store, gallery, and community gathering space. Known as a “gallertique” as in part boutique and part gallery, the 3,500 square-foot space owned by Shaney Jo Darden and Jeff Black, and managed with partners Desiree Dawn Kuhn and Kirsten Kuhn, gives new meaning and hope to the concept of having a business and artistic gathering space that pushes forward creativity and new ideas, rather than constricts life based on outside forces of bad economics. The concept is the epitome of DIY in that it’s so CYOO (create your own oasis).