just idylling around...

The show/CD release went great (: headlining was amazing and the bands who went before us were soooo talented!! Malevolent MC aka Ian Sanabria was super cool and gave me his CD for free (: plus the Direction was amazing as usual. Thanks SO much to everyone who came to support!! We had a great time playing for you (: And of course, as usual, we got in our fair share of group hugs!!





I know, you're definitely jealous of us (:


Beirut and Twin Sister is tonight and the Neon Trees concert is tomorrow!! Don't you just love music?! What concerts are you going to? Elan was kind enough to compile this list of concerts... AHHH!!!!


July 22nd - Beirut w/ Twin Sister @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

July 23rd - Neon Trees w/ Paper Tongues, Civil Twilight @ the Velour, $15

July 26th - The Ataris w/ Gasoline Heart @ Kilby Court, $14

July 27th - Silversun Pickups w/ Against Me, The Henry Clay People @ The Rail Events Center, $26

July 28th - The Remus Lupins for Wrock the Vote @ The Main library, FREE!

July 29th - Reverend Horton Heat @ The Depot, $20

July 29th - Miniature Tigers w/ Spinto Band @ Kilby Court, $12

July 29th - The New Pornographers w/ The Dodos @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

July 30th - Black Mountain @ The Urban Lounge, $12

July 31st - Colin Hay @ The Sandy Amphitheater, $23

August 3rd - Mimicking Birds @ Kilby Court, $8

August 4th - Tokyo Police Club @ In The Venue, $15.50

August 5th - Rush @ The USANA Amphitheater, $65 - $125

August 5th - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings w/ Jamie Lidell @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

August 6th - Darude @ In The Venue, $25

August 7th - The Vans Warped Tour with Andrew W.K., Dropkick Murphy's, NeverShoutNever, Pennywise, Reel Big Fish, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and many more @ The Utah State Fairpark, $30

August 7th - Infected Mushroom w/ Plump DJ's @ Saltair, $30

August 10th - We Are Scientists @ Kilby Court, $12

August 11th - The Temper Trap @ The Depot, $20

August 12th - Matisyahu @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

August 13th - Jack Johnson @ The USANA Amphitheater, $35/$55

August 13th - Primus w/ Gogol Bordello @ The Rail Events Center, $36

August 14th - Deftones @ The Rain Events Center, $36

August 15th - Yonder Mountain String Band @ The Depot, $25

August 17th - Dave Matthews Band @ The USANA Amphitheater, FREE!

August 17th - Bob Dylan @ The Deer Valley Amphitheater, $49.50

August 19th - Big Boi w/ Chromeo @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

August 21st - Rasputina @ The Urban Lounge, $17

August 24th - B.B. King w/ Al Green and Buddy Guy @ The Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, $75

August 26th - She & Him @ The Twilight Concert Series in Pioneer Park, FREE!

August 31st - The Black Crowes @ The Depot, $45

September 3rd - The Avett Brothers w/ Gov't Mule @ The Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, $40

September 2nd - Vampire Weekend w/ Beach House @ In The Venue, $30

September 7th - The Nekromantix @ In The Venue, $15

September 11th - !!! @ In The Venue, $15

September 14th - Titus Andronicus @ Kilby Court, $12

September 18th - Hot Hot Heat w/ Hey Rosetta @ In The venue, $15

September 23rd - Phoenix w/ Holy Ghost! @ The Rail Events Center, $35

September 24th - Starfucker @ Kilby Court, $12

September 24th - Starfucker @ Urban Lounge, $12

September 25th - School of Seven Bells @ Urban Lounge, $10

September 28th - Band of Horses @ In The Venue, $28

October 1st - Blue October @ The Complex, $25

October 3rd - Matt Hires @ Kilby Court, $10

October 4th - El Ten Eleven w/ Dosh @ Urban Lounge, $10

October 6th - The Eels @ The Complex, $22

October 8th - Ludo @ The Avalon Theater, $13

October 12th - Ra Ra Riot @ In The Venue, $15

October 14th - Social Distortion @ The Complex, $25

October 18th - Born Ruffians @ Urban Lounge, $10

October 22nd - Matt Costa @ The Complex, $15

October 25th - Of Montreal w/ Janelle Monae @ The Complex, $20

October 26th - The Horrorpops @ The Complex, $13

October 27th - Dr. Dog w/ Here We Go Magic @ The Urban Lounge, $20

October 28th - Electric Six w/ The Constellations @ The Urban Lounge, $15

November 16th - Black Label Society @ The Complex, $33

November 19th - Ghostland Observatory @ The Depot, $27

March 19th, 2011 - Lady Gaga @ The Energy Solutions Arena, $49.50 - $175

May 24th, 2011 - U2 @ The Rice Eccles Stadium (Rescheduled from June 3rd, 2010), $30 - $250


I don't know how many of these I'm actually attending since I am poor and have no money to spend on concerts ((YAY FOR THE FREE TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES)) but hopefully I'll get to see some amazing artists!!
That's all for now... I don't have anything blog worthy on my mind other than music.


audio ventus.♥

after a long hiatus...

summer time gets me distracted (:
after a spontaneous conversation with "Anon" on my last post, I am writing a new post... still curious as to who you are, anonymous. but thank you for reading!!
a lot has happened since the last time I posted. I read the other two books in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. They're all great, mindboggling books. Highly recommended by yours truly. I have yet to see the film, but I've heard good things about it.
I still haven't seen Inception either for which I have heard nothing but amazing reviews... apparently a lot of my friends have gotten their minds raped by it's spectacular story.
Tonight is Idyll Rigamarole's (my band) CD release party!!! I'm so excited, I hope it will be as great as it's seeming like it'll be. We're playing with a lot of talented artists including the Direction. We decided to name our album "...all of life is a foreign country..." after the Jack Keroac quote. It pretty much describes our journey as a band and the last track on our album expresses how much we'll all miss each other once we aren't playing together anymore.
This post is going to end up being completely about media I suppose.
The Twilight Concert Series this year is amazing. Just utterly amazing. I've had an exponentially better time at each concert than the last, even though we're only three weeks into it right now. Modest Mouse was just spectacularly crowded but it's something I'll never forget. I was only one person away from front row AHHH!!! Had to take a good 48 hours to recover from that one. Girl Talk was just a party. And damn did we party hard.
Not only do the concerts give me an excellent excuse to have all my favourite people in the same place, there are amazing, talented bands for our entertainment as well as plenty of other activities available for our utilization.
Erlend, my highland prom date, has been back in Norway for quite a while now. I miss him a lot. The saying goes you don't know what you love till it's gone, and it's really very true. I wish I'd spent a lot more time with him while I could have.
Live in the moment, it might be gone before you know it.
Well it's raining and it's 3:30, and this is a slightly short post, but I've got to go get ready for the CD release show, buy something to wear, buy cupcakes, and then go watch the amazing artists who are opening for us!! Hope to see you (whoever "you" may be) there!!
audio ventus.♥