Desert Daze 2019, Day 2: Flying Lotus, Devo and side orders of noise and cheese
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Flying Lotus, with his 3D spectacle, Devo and Ween highlighted a thoroughly eccentric Saturday at the eighth annual Desert Daze.
Flying Lotus, with his 3D spectacle, Devo and Ween highlighted a thoroughly eccentric Saturday at the eighth annual Desert Daze.
Also on Friday: Ty Segall, Kamasi Washington, Yo La Tengo, Lower Dens, Boogarins, God Is an Astronaut, Amo Amo, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Gang of Youths, Alain Whyte, Same Same But Different Fest, Ice Cube, MANÁ, Dom Kennedy, Toto, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Elder Island, MUNA
Incoming: Paulina Rubio, Ben Folds, the Mountain Goats, Mary J. Blige, Yungblud, 10,000 Maniacs, Avril Lavigne, Methyl Ethel, Kamasi Washington, Maggie Rogers, Meg & Dia, Elder Island, the Black Keys, TRACE, Kills Birds, Ex Hex, Tijuana Panthers, Of Monsters and Men, Flying Lotus, MANÁ, Toro y Moi, Yo La Tengo, the Regrettes, Ty Segall, Dom Kennedy, Gang of Youths, Mickey Avalon, MUNA, Lenny Kravitz, Sabrina Claudio, Phantogram, Mika, Emotional Oranges, the Paper Kites, Russian Circles, Cones, Hatchie, Sheer Mag, Black Flag
The Flaming Lips and Flying Lotus join Stereolab and Animal Collective as the artists announced for Desert Daze on Oct. 10-13. Passes go on sale Thursday.
Flying Lotus teases another selection from his forthcoming opus “Flamagra” (out May 24) and announces a huge 3D tour that comes to L.A. in September.
Flying Lotus’ new album “Flamagra” is out May 24 — a double-LP with a roster of collaborators including Anderson .Paak, George Clinton, Little Dragon, Tierra Whack, Denzel Curry, David Lynch, Shabazz Palaces, Thundercat, Toro y Moi and Solange.
Lightning in a Bottle has announced the lineup for this year’s festival, May 8-13 at its new home, Buena Vista Lake in Kern County.
Day 1 of the Adult Swim Festival lacked nothing for variety. Flying Lotus’ 3D show and Mastodon’s bracing set of heavy metal closed out the night.
The inaugural Adult Swim Festival features Run the Jewels, Neko Case, Rick and Morty Musical Ricksperience, Big Freedia, Mastodon, Flying Lotus, Com Truise, Thundercat, Zola Jesus, T-Pain, Open Mike Eagle and more.
Ten years later, 2008 sounds pretty good. The memories, though, are a mixed bag. Here’s Buzz Bands LA’s annual flashback.