Y La Orquesta is a brand new project featuring Matt Mitchell and Sergio from Seven to Blue. Great, great Latino-jazzy material. These guys are fabulous!
Portland, OR
RIYL: Le Tigre, LCD Soundsystem, Sleigh Bells, The Rapture, Hot Chip, New Order, Gang of Four and Talking Heads
"Following the artistic breakthrough of 2009's See Mystery Lights, Yacht's second album (Shangri-La)... continues to mine a fruitful blend of new wave, dance-punk, and playful electro-pop, this time with a slightly tighter, poppier focus." 4 stars - All Music Guide
"Ironic jape or not, Shangri-La captures the DFA label aesthetic perfectly, blending electro post-punk, disco and art-pop with conceptual elan, and icing the cake with dance-friendly production." 4 stars - Uncut
"There's a strong air of the post-punk '80s, and at the same time, the album's driving rhythms make it more DFA-like in spirit, like they're taking up part of the mantle of the now-defunct LCD Soundsystem, perhaps." - Pop Matters
"Even in the context of what is turning out to be a stonking year for electro-pop, YACHT have concocted a record to match their peers in Metronomy, Cut Copy and Friendly Fires." 8/10 - Drowned In Sound
"With Shangri-La, YACHT takes us away from this crumbling, radiation-leaking, bomb-launching reality on a fuck-all magical mystery tour of chimerical musical landscapes laden with beguiling beats and sparkling synthesizers that leave us dancing in the face of doom. " 4/5- Consequence Of Sound
"YACHT... (is) The most exciting avant-garde outfit to flourish since The Knife." - NME
"If dance is the religion YACHT's preaching this summer, consider us converted." - Boston Globe
“YACHT... precisely programmed digital ear candy” - Rolling Stone
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San Francisco, CA
"The Yard Dogs Show, a traveling medley of burlesque and vaudeville acts and sideshow oddities..." - Las Vegas Weekly
"His real name is Zebu Recchia, and at the age of nineteen, he left his hog-riding, bricklaying father in Denver behind to become a tramp. Though it's hardly your usual 21st-century occupation, it seemed like the timing was just right for Zebu, whose stage name is Eddy Joe Cotton, a moniker he chose arbitrarily when he first hit the road... The Yard Dogs, he says, embody tramp values in their art. "First you've got to define 'tramp artist': That's someone who uses any resources at hand to create his or her art, despite financial inadequacies. I've tried to create a mobile gallery of this type of artist." And despite difficulties in rounding up a bunch of drifters on a regular basis, Cotton's persistence has resulted in gigs with the late Ken Kesey and his resurrected Merry Pranksters, at the Coachella and Burning Man festivals." - Westward Magazine
"How do you describe the Yard Dogs? Part Cabaret, part jug band, part lounge act, part vaudeville --all played out on the set of Junkyard Wars." - Go Go Magazine
RIYL: Metric, Elastica, Tegan & Sara and My Bloody Valentine
James Peters and Charlie Rhodes, members of the "Tucson super-group" The Jons, created Yardsale Heart to experiment with their passion for electronicly-driven indie-rock. James recuited the help of his wife Belinda and his sister Lizzy P to play in the band. These guys are getting a lot of attention locally... Great fun!
Los Angeles, CA
Featuring the son of Kinks legend Ray Davies and a former member of Third Eye Blind, Year Long Disaster is getting a lot of attention - and a recent signing to the Volcom label. If you are fans of Clutch, Zeppelin and early ZZ Top, you should definately check out this band!
"Year Long Disaster featuring Daniel Davies, the son of the Kinks guitarist Dave Davies. Their self-title EP sounds like a dream mash-up of Led Zeppelin and jeff Buckley, and sports some of the best hooks I've heard in months." - Guitar World
"Year Long Disaster... echoes the hard-driving rock music of the late 1960s and 1970s a la Led Zepellin, Cream and Free." - Pittsburgh Tribune
"Year Long Disaster... sound(s) more like Thin Lizzy or Clutch than the Kinks. The music is reminiscent of swaggering, Motor City rock 'n' roll." - Charleston Gazette
"Year Long Disaster... will have fans of Blue Cheer and early ZZ Top foaming at the mouth." - Guitar Player
Gadsden, AL
RIYL: OutKast, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes and Eminem
"He’s snide, he’s scrappy, he’s on the Shady imprint... but by exploiting the differences between the two, Yelawolf's debut album, Radioactive, does an excellent job of separating the artist from his label boss, Eminem." 4/5 - All Music Guide
"Much has been made of Yelawolf's Southern rock fandom, but Radioactive is more an ode to the Southern hip-hop movement that started to seep across the world a decade ago." - Spin
"Radioactive (is) simultaneously the most and least mainstream friendly album of the year. It's a seeming contradiction that only someone who was supremely confident in their identity as an artist could pull off." 4/5 - DJ Booth
"Radioactive... is a standout effort that introduces the full-range of (Yelawolf's) talents as an MC with crafty songwriting abilities and deft ear for a sonic palette." 4/5 - XXL
"Radioactive may veer towards the mainstream Pop, but nothing changes the fact that in an era of neon-Rap, Yelawolf is the bug light." - HipHopDX
"When he's in his element – ruling over frenetic beats with rhymes that cut right to the bone – it's clear that Yelawolf's star is sure to shine for the foreseeable future." - BBC
"Yelawolf's got personality to spare... (and) unceasing technical skill." - Paste
New York, NY
RIYL: Cults, Real Estate, Dirty Projectors, Of Montreal and Neutral Milk Hotel
"Yellow Ostrich diverges from their last album... (they) went from a solo act with a backup band into a full-fledged ensemble and it’s frickin’ phenomenal... Strange Land is worth the price of admission... a solid sophomore effort." - Indie and Such
"Yellow Ostrich... NYC bedroom chamber-popper tears down wall for a wild rumpus of loops, horns, percolating percussion. 7/10 - Spin
"Alex Schaaf’s musical project Yellow Ostrich breaks out gorgeous harmonies and clean instrumentals... the catchy rhythms make this a solid album for spring. - Filter
"Strange Land is a bold and successful leap into new and previously unexplored territory for Yellow Ostrich." - All Music Guide
Los Angeles, CA
Genre: indie folk
RIYL: Neutral Milk Hotel, Jenny Lewis
With a strong emphasis on lyrical content, Yellow Red Sparks create music with a timeless feel and continues the tradition of providing an open and honest perspective to raw universal emotions that come with the everyday trials of life.
Athens, GA
RIYL: Fischerspooner, Scissor Sisters, Lady Gaga, ABC, Soft Cell and Yaz
Yip Deceiver is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Davey Pierce, which was originally intended to be a solo project, but has since become a collaborative effort with Nicolas Dobbratz. Yip Deceiver's music is an exciting take on experimental dance pop with strong hooks, and playful elements of new wave, 80s R&B and electro. Both members pull double duty in of Montreal's live band, and Dobbratz also plays with the disco-pop act Sugar & Gold.
"This Of Montreal-spawned side project... produces experimental pop with charming New Wave overtones and retrofied R&B dance music bounce." - Creative Loafing
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Watch competitors perform synchronized routines to music with YoYo, Diabolo, and Spin Top PerformancesDoors open at 9:30am with beginner contests followed by Yoyo freestyles starting on the main stage at 12:30pm-5pm!
TICKETS:
Are available day of contest, 4-13-13, to the general public $10 adults, $5 kids under 12, free under 3! Competitors please add $3JUDGES:
Chris Neff from Strummol8 and the Tournament Director from Mid-Mo Yo-Yo Expo.Andre' Boulay from YoYoExpert.com and Tournament Director for the Massachusetts State YoYo Contest.
Blake Freeman sponsored by the Square Wheels YoYo Co. and Tournament Director for the Kansas State YoYo Contest.
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Announcing for MoYo13 is Josh Parker the tournament director for the Minnesota State Yo-Yo contest.VENDORS:
Merchandise area will have vendors from the Square Wheels YoYo Co. and YoYoExpert.com.Qualifiers will advance to finals at the Mid West Regional YoYo contest on June 23,2013.
Cambridge, MA
RIYL: Blind Pilot, The Shins, Neutral Milk Hotel and Mumford & Sons
"You Won't... a straight sprint from Vampire Weekend back to the Shins." 7/10 - Spin
"Skeptic Goodbuy... the perfect post-winter pop album.” - Pop Matters
"You Won't... a retro pop sound with a folksy Leonard Cohen edge." - Nylon
"You Won't... (creates) hooks that infiltrate every of part of your body." - My Old Kentucky Blog
Vancouver, Canada
".... mix dreamy pop atmospherics and multi-layered angelic harmonies with electric guitar bursts and slowly building songs that aim for late '60s Brian Wilson pop symphony territory." 4 out of 5 stars - Paste Magazine
Dublin, Ireland and Los Angeles CA
RIYL: The Waterboys, The Pogues, The Tragically Hip and The Frames
Irish-American rockers the Young Dubliners are psyched about the release of "Saints and Sinners" an all new collection of lively recordings inspired by their tireless love of the road and the trials and tribulations that the group has encountered over the years. The Young Dubliners consider themselves to be ambassadors of Celtic and American rock. The band members' dual Irish and American heritage has always resulted in a distinctive and richly varied musical palette.
"Young Dubliners... bread a sensual mix of traditional Irish folk music, hearty American rock and roll country, and universally appealing ballads that could win over the most wary of listeners." - Pop Matters
"Young Dubliners have an amazing pop sense based on the wealthy tradition of Irish music." - Pollstar
"Yong Dubliners...combine blistering rock and the Irish groove." - All Music Guide
"It's hard... (to) capture the hellfire intensity and absorbing musical diversity of the Dubliners' acclaimed live shows." - Ink 19
Montreal, Canada
RIYL: Air, Broken Social Scene, Galaxie 500, Stars, Yo La Tengo and The Dears
"Sexy, transformative, and utterly impressive, Shapeshifting is a not simply a landmark album for Young Galaxy, but an unexpected joy to listen to again and again." 4.5 stars - All Music Guide
"On Shapeshifting... There are crafted, uplifting songs, but also haunting, ambient undercurrents hinting at everything from Art Of Noise to The xx to Fever Ray." 4 stars - Uncut
"Shapeshifting is an album that grows on you, as repeated listens reveal the nooks and crannies of these charming elecro-pop tunes." - Paste
"Shapeshifting may sound very contemporary, but it's not in the least derivative." 4/5 - Now
"Shapeshifting... Young Galaxy's finest record." 7.9/10 - Pitchfork
Austin, TX
For fans of The Datsuns, The Darkness, The Helecopters, AC/DC, Fu Manchu, and The Riverboat Gamblers...
"It's appropriate that Young Heart Attack hail from Austin, as their XL debut feels like a love letter to the kids in Dazed and Confused..." 4 stars - All Music Guide
"More rock than a geologist's wet dream, this starts ou hysterical and continues to gather steam until a drum solo actually seems like the only sensible conclusion. ...it's the record you'll wat playing as you smash up your office workstation with a crowbar for no apparent reason. Yes, it really is that good." - NME
"Blazing energy, spot-on delivery, and some kick-ass hooks to boot..." 5 out of 5 - Kerrang!
Cincinnati, OH
RIYL: Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Feist and Joanna Newsom
"Young Heirlooms... You’ll Dig It If You Dig: Regina Spektor, Feist, Breeders covering Bob Dylan." - CityBeat
Chicago, IL
RIYL: Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Low and The Velvet Underground
"Vol. 1 is Young Man’s second full-length... (it's) unbelievably good, jaw-dropping in structure, creativity and overall artistry... only has nine tracks but every single one is injected with more creativity than a lot of artists can manage with an entire album... A truly excellent release." 8/10 - Pop Matters
"On Young Man: Vol. 1... each track seamlessly flows into the next... its beautiful." - Paste
"Young Man: Vol. 1... is truly stellar introspection from a young adult on the verge of something big." 4/5 - Consequence of Sound
RIYL: Superchunk, Buffalo Tom, Nada Surf, Clem Snide and The Weakerthans
"Young Mothers... is the simple intersection where a moody Elliott Smith guitar crashes into the chipper sounds of a Weezer melody." - I Guess I'm Floating
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