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Venue Spotlight: Belly Up Aspen
Hosting over 300 live concerts a year, Belly Up Aspen is where Aspen goes for live music. The venue is laid back and intimate, but the artists that they feature are some of the biggest names in every genre of music out there.
Upcoming Shows:
- Mishka and Anuhea (May 16th)
- Elan (May 18th)
- Grouplove with Reptar (May 20th)
- A Silent Firm (May 21st)
- Here We Go Magic (May 22nd)
- Best Coast (May 25th)
- Lee Scratch Perry feat. SubAtomic Sound System (May 26th)
- The Big Wrap- 520 E Durant Ave
- Matsuhisa- 303 E Main St
- Brexi Brasserie- 411 S Monarch St
- Pyramid Bistro- 221 E Main St
- J Bar- 330 E Main St.
- Zane’s Tavern- 308 S Hunter St
- Hunters Bar- 430 E Cooper St
- 39 Degrees- 709 E Durant Ave
Venue Specs
Belly Up Aspen is an all ages club, however kids under 6 are not permitted. Certain shows may be 18+ or 21+, but the website and ticket will specify.
Parking at Belly Up Aspen can be tricky, because it is in a booming area, especially in the winter peak season. There are hourly parking spots and garages in the area, but be sure to arrive early to get a good spot.
Belly Up is a smoke-free environment, however those 21+ are able to leave and re-enter as they please to smoke in designated areas.
Belly Up Aspen- 450 S. Galena St. Aspen 81611
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Venue Spotlight: Belly Up Solana
Voted San Diego’s Best Live Music Venue, Belly Up Solana boasts an atmosphere that is uniquely Southern California. Belly Up is known for bringing in the best artists, both up and coming acts and the legends, no matter the genre.
Upcoming Shows:
- Whiskey Avengers (Apr. 24)
- Walter Trout (Apr. 25)
- Jungle feat. Terrakroma (Apr. 26)
- Stepping Feet (Apr. 27)
- The White Buffalo (Apr. 28)
- Abbey Road (Apr. 29)
- BFD Comedy Show (May 1)
- Lindsey Buckingham (May 3)
Hungry? These restaurants are super close to the venue!
- Wild Note Cafe- 143 S. Cedros Ave
- Zinc Cafe- 132 S. Cedros Ave
- Lockwood Table Cafe- 346B S. Cedros Ave
- Beach Grass Cafe- 159 S. Hightway 101
Thirsty? Grab a drink post show at one of these nearby hotspots!
- Tidewater Tavern- 221 N. Highway 101
- McCaffrey’s Pub- 123 W. Plaza St
- Carruth Cellars Winery- 320 S. Cedros Ave
Venue Specs:
Parking is completely free at Belly Up, with designated spots to the right of the club. Street parking is also available.
Belly Up is a 21+ venue, no exceptions. Be sure you bring your ID to get in!
Belly Up is a no smoking venue, but there are designated smoking areas outside.
Belly Up Solana- 143 S. Cedros Ave Solana Beach 92075
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Venue Spotlight: Warehouse Live
Just a few blocks from the heart of Downtown Houston in the up and coming EaDo District is Warehouse Live, a repurposed 1920′s warehouse and one of a kind concert venue. Due to its size and location, Warehouse Live is able to host events large and small, and books some of the biggest names in music today.
Upcoming Shows:
- The Melvins (Apr. 20)
- Buckcherry with James Durbin, Redlight King (Apr. 25)
- We Created This with Trick Daddy, Mia X, Twista (Apr. 26)
- Say Anything with Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, Fake Problems, Tallhart (Apr. 27)
- Teedra Moses (Apr. 28)
- Todd Snider with Kevn Kinney (May 3)
- The Fight to Unite Tour ft. Blood On the Dance Floor & Brokencyde (May 4)
- Chamillionaire & Paul Wall (May 4)
Fill up before the show at one of these eateries that are walking distance from Warehouse Live!
- District 7 Grill- 1508 Hutchins
- Huynh Restaraunt- 912 St. Emanuel St.
- Texas Barbecue House- 2401 Texas St.
- Cafe Shoppe- 2006 Walker St.
- Calliope’s Po-boy- 2130 Jefferson St.
Keep the party going, and have a drink at one of these nearby bars after the show!
- Lucky’s Pub- 801 St. Emanuel St.
- Little Woodrow’s East End- 2019 Walker St.
- Cork Soakers- 2024 Rusk
Venue Specs:
Usually, with a venue so close to Downtown, parking can be ridiculously hard to find. But, Warehouse Live is located amongst the unmetered streets of the Warehouse District and has three lots near each corner of the venue that provide cheap, easy parking.
All shows are all ages, unless specified on the ticket.
Warehouse Live is a non-smoking venue, but there is plenty of room outside in the designated smoking areas.
Warehouse Live- 813 St. Emanuel St. Houston 77003
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup Announced!
On Wednesday, Chicago’s own Lollapalooza announced the lineup for this year’s music fest that’s chock full of rock, EDM, hip-hop, and indie favorites. It’s sure to be a hit with any music fan trekking to the festival this summer.
Headlining this year are Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, a reunited (and much anticipated show by) Black Sabbath, and Jack White.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
For the first time in festival history, electronic music has become an important player of Lolla with main stage headliners AVICII, Justice, Bassnectar, and Kaskade.
AVICII
Florence + the Machine, The Shins, a reunited At the Drive-In, Passion Pit, The Weekend, and Sigur Ros are also featured headlining acts.
Florence + the Machine
A couple of other highlights from the lineup that I am pretty stoked about are:
Get your Lolla passes here and check out the Lollapalooza website for the entire list of artists and to create and share your own custom lineup!
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Soundtracks: more than just music
It can be hard to find a movie with a soundtrack that is as powerful, if not more memorable, than the film itself. Here at Front Gate Tickets, we’ve compiled some of our favorite soundtracks of equally genius films. Don’t forget to check out our Pinterest Board which features some highlights from the list!
The most frequent film on our list of favorites is Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”, whose soundtrack is filled with American rock and roll, surf music, pop and soul. The film is considered one of the most influential American movies of the 1990s, and the soundtrack does not disappoint with undeniable hits like Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and Urge Overkill’s cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon.” (My husband and I did a swing dance to the Chuck Berry song at our wedding! – Shrie S.)
This film, which tied for most favorite with “Pulp Fiction” is Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” whose soundtrack won a Grammy in 2001 for Best Compilation Soundtrack. The album is chock full of tunes from the late 60s early 70s, plus original songs for the film performed by stars Billy Crudup, Jason Lee and the rest of the fictional band Stillwater. The film also features over 30 more snippets of songs that are not on the soundtrack, but the 17 included definitely paint the picture of the Oscar winning screenplay.
“Drive,” the 2011 crime thriller, also has a soundtrack that is high in the ranks of the Front Gate Ticket’s team. Most of the songs are ethereal electronic-pop that was composed by Cliff Martinez, drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. After you see this film, you realize that the retro, synthesized pop music plays a vital role in portraying the intensity of the movie. The album also features French electronic musician Kavinsky and Desire, based out of Portland and Montreal.
The 1998 comedy-drama “Rushmore,” which sparked the careers of Jason Schwartzman and director Wes Anderson, has a soundtrack as quirky as the film itself. The album is comprised of artists of the British Invasion of the 60s including the Kinks, The Who and Cat Stevens. Also included are original scores by regular Anderson collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh (cofounder of Devo), who has scored most of Wes Anderson’s movies since.
Another movie to appear a couple of times in the favorite soundtracks of Front Gate is the 1998 British/ American drama “Velvet Goldmine.” The film tells the story of a glam rock pop star of the 1970s, and is based mainly on David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust. Although Bowie refused to have his music featured in the film, the soundtrack features other glam rock and glam-influenced bands from the past and present. Plus, covers of glam songs are performed under the names Venus in Furs and Wylde Ratttz, features artists like Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Ron Asheton (The Stooges), and Mike Watt (Minutemen).
Here is a complete list of Front Gate’s Favorite Soundtracks!
Ben, Project Manager IT Department
Black Dynamite
Superfly
Dead Presidents (Vol. 1&2)
Pulp Fiction
Juice
Get Carter
Enter the Dragon
Once Upon a Time in the West
Fight Club
La Planete Sauvage
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Brent, Account Manager Artist Ticketing
Festival Team- Pam, Lauren, Gabe, and Natalie
Pulp Fiction
Almost Famous
Little Mermaid
Dirty Dancing
Can’t Hardly Wait
Drive
Clueless
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Love Songs
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
Big Chill
Empire Records
Reality Bites
Virgin Suicides
Marie Antionette
Magnolia
Chansons D’Amour
Rushmore
Anything Cameron Crowe
Foster, Developer
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Hayley, CSR/ Office Manager
Death Proof
Velvet Goldmine
Magnolia
Rushmore
Pulp Fiction
Jamie, Account Coordinator
Jessi, Account Manager- Venues & Promoters
Drive
The Graduate
500 Days of Summer
Kerstin, Client Development Manager
The Big Lebowski
I’m Not There
Purple Rain
The Harder They Come
Almost Famous
Once
Amelie
Il Postino
A Brokedown Melody
Dead Man Walking
Practical Magic
Lisa, Artist Ticketing
True Blood
Velvet Goldmine
Shrie, Social Media Wizard & Marketing Maven
Morvern Callar
Lost in Translation
Do you think we left any out? Let us know what your favorite soundtrack is!
Written by marketing intern, Erin L.
Fun. at Warehouse Live Review
Tuesday night, I trekked down to my native Houston to see one of my favorite bands fun. perform a sold out show at Warehouse Live. Fun. is an indie pop supergroup, featuring Nate (formerly of The Format), Andrew (formerly of Anathallo) and Jack (my personal favorite) who is currently the frontman of Steel Train. I had never seen Warehouse Live, one of my favorite Houston venues, so packed! I was worried that this was due to the recent success of their youthful ballad “We are Young,” which was featured on Glee and in a Chevy commercial . But I was happy to see that most of the crowd passionately sang along to every song, old and new.
I arrived as the opening band Avalanche City took the stage. I thoroughly enjoyed their set, especially the creepily beautiful violin prevalent in many of their songs. Avalanche City is a folk band from Auckland, New Zealand and I found myself dancing along while in line at the merch table to get my exclusive fun. and Revel & Riot t-shirt. “The Streets” and “Love Love Love”, from their new EP, are highly recommended tracks if you’re just delving into the band’s sound.
Fun. took the stage to a rowdy, rambunctious crowd and opened with “One Foot” from their latest album Some Nights. I love the uniqueness of Nate’ voice, but the album is so full of auto-tuned vocals that I wasn’t sure what the songs would sound like sans digitization. The rawness of his voice live was SO much better than on the album. Jack’s guitar solos were aggressive and bold, and so much more powerful than the latest album features. The show continued with songs from Some Nights and their 2009 release Aim and Ignite. A few of my favorites of the night were “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used to Be),” “It Gets Better,” and my most recent favorite “Some Nights.” Of course “We Are Young” was a crowd favorite, and the mood of Warehouse Live was transformed into mass frenzy when the first notes played. At Nate’s request, we belted the background “Na-na-nas” with wholehearted spirit while he pleaded “Carry me home tonight.”
Between stories about a wandering crawfish and asking what day of the week it was, the band would humbly pause and smile in disbelief at the massive roaring crowd. It was cool to see a band with such sudden mainstream success still be in awe of a devoted audience.
All in all, fun.’s performance exceeded my expectations. This was one of the rowdiest, most jam-packed concerts that I have been to and it was a sweaty, rocking, ridiculously good time.
Setlist:
- One Foot
- Walking the Dog
- All the Pretty Girls
- Why Am I the One
- All Alone
- It Gets Better
- Barlights
- Carry On
- Gambler
- Some Nights (Intro)
- At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used to Be)
- We Are Young
- Some Nights
Encore:
- All Alright
- Take Your Time
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Conquering those post-SXSW blues
Now that SXSW is over and the 20,000+ people that flock to Austin each year have left, you may be wondering what you can do to help cope. We’ve compiled list of things to do this week, whether you’re thirsting for more party or needing a little R&R.
Does SXSW leave you craving more live music? Don’t worry because tons of great bands are heading our way soon!
- The Naked and Famous- March 23rd at Stubb’s
- Young the Giant w/ Grouplove- March 25th at Stubb’s
- Huntress, Cruxiter, and Metalloyd- March 25th at Dirty Dog
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony feat. Krayzie and Wish w/ Dilemma- March 27th at Antone’s
- Todd Rundgren- March 28th at La Zona Rosa
- Hot Chelle Rae- March 29th at La Zona Rosa
Maybe you’ve had your fill of concerts for a while, but still crave the party!
- Thursday Night Social Club- March 22nd at Coldtowne Theater
- Cage Match! and Standup- March 23rd at Coldtowne Theater
- 80s Dance Party- March 23rd at Highball Austin
- The Wine Down- March 28th at ACL Live Front Porch
Or maybe you need to detox your body from all the booze and tacos that SXSW so graciously provides. Unwind, relax, and enjoy the view at these chill locations.
- Westlake Wellbeing- Get a soothing peppermint massage and foot scrub at this West Austin spa! Check Groupon for super cheap deals
- Yogagroove- Whether you’re experienced or not, Yogagroove offers Bikram yoga classes, as well as massages at the Healing Hands Clinic.
- St. Edwards Park- Located in NW Austin, St. Edwards Park is a great place to hike, bring your pup, or explore the outdoors.
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Turkey Day Listening
You get together with the fam, cook up a big bird, gorge on cheesy casseroles and sweet, sticky desserts and perhaps watch a little pigskin… this incredible day of awesomeness is called THANKSGIVING.
In the spirit of Turkey Day (or Tofurkey Day or Lasagna Day.,. or WHATEVER you eat on this day) we’ve put together a few little ditties we like to call our… Turkey Day Listening Playlist.
Listen, marvel at the songs specifically curated for your eager ears and share it with your friends! Share it with your Mom and Pop, that guy on the corner that asks for beer money and your creepy landlord cat lady!
Ohio Players – “Jive Turkey”
Thanksgiving – “Welcome Nowhere”
Drive-By Truckers – “The Thanksgiving Filter”
Johnny Cash – “Thanks A Lot”
Tom Waits – “November”
John Lennon – “Cold Turkey”
Jefferson Airplane – “Wild Turkey”
Belle & Sebastian – “Family Tree”
The Ruby Suns – “Cranberry”
Beck – “Nicotine and Gravy”
Ian Brown – “The Gravy Train” Nightmares on Wax remix
Sister Sledge – “We Are Family”
Halloweeny
“To be or not to be”… While Hamlet would be a pretty rad costume, I doubt your friends would recognize you as the esteemed prince and not the drunken, trust fund-sanctified ‘back-to-school’ conqueror (and who cares if they did?). But hey, don’t let that deter your dreams of impressing all your buds with a costume for the ages (or more appropriately, the weekend). Wanna ensure that your costume is a smashing success this All Hallows’ Eve? Here are some outfit inspiration ideas centered on everyone’s FAVE topic around here: music.
Robert Plant
Some say he’s the greatest front man to ever grace the stage; some say he should’ve worn more clothes (or should have at least covered some of that chest hair spillage). Either way, portraying Plant circa-1970 will undoubtedly raise eyebrows amidst of a gaggle of ghouls and gals. Now don’t go busting out off-key Led Zeppelin renditions to every poor soul within earshot, but if you have the physique to pull of this character of characters, we urge you to “Ramble On”!
Particulars:
- Curly wig
- Tight blue jeans
- Necklace (think vintage)
- Retro long sleeve shirt (unbuttoned, see below)
- Chest hair (a must!)
Rick Astley
If you have ever been “Rickrolled” (which more or less includes every online user), you’re definitely familiar with the genuine ginger, Rick Astley. While his angelic sound never took off (screw you, Huey Lewis and the News), his presence lingers in our hearts and minds to this day. Part your hair and get ready to administer a little “rickrolling” yourself!
Particulars:
- Red Wig
- Blazer
- Pleated Khaki pants
- Colorful polo (horizontal stripes)
- Amplified sound
TLC (T-Boz, Left Eye or Chilli)
In the endless pursuit for a suitable mate, so many took on the “No Scrubs” mantra, made popular by 90s RnB act TLC. When these three hit the scene, we didn’t know how to respond, but hoped they would show pity on us lesser beings. With spunk, charm and wit, they taught us not to compromise and to take charge of our own lives (cue the tears!). To immortalize their ever-influential career, grab a couple of sultry shirtless fellas and rock the original girl band style (sorry Destiny’s Child)!
Particulars:
- Colorful sports bra (accentuated with sequins, glitter, etc.)
- Baggy pants (see above)
- Beauty accessories (hairspray, nail polish, etc.)
- Stilettos (Pumps. In. The. Club.)
Okay, maybe our costume ideas aren’t the BEST you’ve ever heard, but we hope this at least kickstarts your costume creativity with a little musical musing. Now, go forth and pillage your neighborhood Goodwill/Salvation Army! We’ll leave you with some sounds that are sure to put your in the Halloween spirit…
*Playlist and blog created by Richard R. the intern
Spotify Playlist feat. Passion Pit, Dodos, Milk Carton Kids and more
Round two of our Upcoming Shows Preview Spotify Playlist is up and ready to wow ya! If you aren’t digging the Spotify yet and want to, let us know! We’ve got a few invites to spread around.
The tracks on this playlist feature artists that are performing this week (that Front Gate Tickets is ticketing). For more information on when and where these artists are playing, go to our Front Gate Tickets home page and search for the specific artist. Enjoy, disburse, give feedback! We want to know if you love (or hate) this list, and what YOUR suggestions would be.
LISTEN > SHARE > REPEAT.
“Hanging On” – Active Child
“Don’t You Want Me” – Human League
“The Reeling” – Passion Pit
“I’m Afraid I’m Gonna Die Here” – Tim Kasher
“Shake It Out” – Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
“Iso-Residue” – Centro-matic
“Good” – The Dodos
“Your Rocky Spine” – Great Lake Swimmers
“Eyes on the Prize” – Carrie Rodriguez
“Undress the World” – The Milk Carton Kids
“Laredo” – Band of Horses
“Darkness On the Edge of Gastown” – Japandroids
“Want Some Mo’” – Turbo Fruits
