For the first edition of his new We Outside column, Pranav Trewn dives into the state of the US festival market in 2024 – filling IG with posters eager to grab your attention, but relying on mass appeal names in efforts to offer a “well-rounded” lineup.
Primavera's stop in L.A. State Historic Park recaptures some of the magic that Fuck Yeah Fest left behind, Reed Jackson (and briefly Jeff Weiss) write.
Pranav Trewn gets back into the groove of live music in a post-pandemic world with San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival.
After several uninspiring summers, this year’s festival run finds artists seizing control of increasingly corporatized spaces and performing for themselves.
Brad Beatson can give it to you but whatcha gon’ do with it? I’ve got this image of everybody standing on the beach somewhere, and there’s this festival on the beach and everyone’s having a really great time. There’s like people surfing, sharks in the ocean, police cars are like pulling up on the beach. […]