FESTIVAL REVIEW: Blackwater Music and Arts Festival
Ghostland Observatory at Blackwater 2011./Photo by: Jordan Hicks of Reel Fishy Productions During the third weekend of September, the Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park played host to the 2nd annual Blackwater Music and Arts Festival. Close to 5,000 were in attendance for this year’s fest, nearing doubling last year’s numbers. Mega headliners The Flaming Lips, STS9 and Ghostland Observatory all served up exceptional sets, as did regional favorites... Read More
LIVE REVIEW: Girl Talk at Jannus Live 05.18.11
Gregg Gillis -- aka Girl Talk -- plays at Jannus Live on May 18, 2011/Photo by: gtdmouse Gregg Gillis likes to be outdoors. The 29-year-old mash-up artist better known as Girl Talk brought his All Day tour to the friendly confines of Jannus Landing last night, and no one seemed to be more pleased to be in an open-air venue than Gillis himself. “St. Petersburg!,” he told the near-capacity on more than one occasion, “We’re outside!” And... Read More
Download: Girl Talk + Jim Jones – “Believe In Magic”
Gregg Gillis gets a lot of slack for doing something that “anyone can do,” and while it’s highly unlikely that the 29-year-old DJ/producer’s detractors could seamlessly mashup 371 samples into a 71-minute album (like he did on All Day, which can be downloaded for free here), Gillis – who plays Jannus Live on May 18 – has just teamed up with Harlem by way of the Bronx MC, Jim Jones to create a new song. “Believe in Magic” isn’t entirely... Read More
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