Preview // 2012 Hangout Music Festival
After last year assembling the platonic ideal of an outdoor festival in only their second go ’round – dropping a knockout lineup and perfectly sized crowd onto one of the best conceivable settings for a live music event – The Hangout Music Festival returns to the beautiful beaches of Gulf Shores this weekend. The third edition offers another [...]
Hangout Music Fest 2012 Lineup Announced
Without a doubt, the Hangout Music Fest was the suprise success of 2011. For only it’s second year in existence, concertgoers from all over the country swarmed the Alabama coast town of Gulf Shores – essentially a first for the entire gulf coast region. In retrospect, though, the refreshing swell of alternative vacationers couldn’t have [...]
Photoset // Hangout Music Festival, Day 3: 05.23.2011
Portugal. The Man + Old Crow Medicine Show + Matisyahu + Drive-By Truckers + Ween + Girl Talk + The Black Keys performing at The Hangout Music Festival on May 22, 2011
Hangout Music Festival, Day 3: 05.22.2011
Putting a cherry of excellence atop an already stellar weekend, Sunday’s lineup included such heavy hitters as Portugal. The Man, Drive-By Truckers, Ween and The Black Keys. Native Alabamians the Truckers enjoyed a homecoming of sorts, playing selections from their recent albums The Big To Do and Go Go Boots, as well as some old [...]
Photoset // Hangout Music Festival, Day 2: 05.21.2011
Dead Confederate + Big Gigantic + School of Rock + Primus + Pretty Lights + Flaming Lips perform at the Hangout Music Festival on May 21, 2011
Hangout Music Festival, Day 2: 05.21.2011
I was gonna give you guys a well written, healthy-sized wrap-up of today’s rad shows, but I just endured the world’s longest dinner with the world’s least attentive waiter. I am exhausted and full of crab. So here’s the happs, in bulleted form: *Xavier Rudd has always been jammy, but he has a nice electronica [...]
Photoset // Hangout Music Festival, Day 1: 05.20.2011
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe + Easy Star All Stars + Beats Antique + Grace Potter and the Nocturnals + Bassnectar + My Morning Jacket performing at the Hangout Music Festival on May 20, 2011
Hangout Music Festival, Day 1: 05.20.2011
The day wasn’t without its hiccups (just ask any of the hundreds of general admission ticketholders who stood in a line half a mile long just to get in the gate), but all told, the first day of the second annual Hangout Fest played out pretty well. Thanks to both Karl Denson and the Easy Star [...]
