Breaking News: State Radio to Headline Fountain Fling

Late last night, Program Board announced via their Twitter account that Boston-based pop/rock band State Radio would headline thing year's Fountain Fling to be held on the Mount Vernon campus on April 24th.

State Radio opened for The Dave Matthews Band in 2008.

They recently sold out 3 shows at Washington's 9:30 club.

The Flaming Lips To Headline National Mall Concert

The Flaming Lips will be headlining the Green Apple Festival this Sunday on the National Mall.

The festival is in honor of earth day, and starts at noon. In addition to the Flaming Lips, the festival also features emcee Chevy Case, Los Lobos, and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA).

Prior to the Green Apple Festival, hundreds of volunteers will be participating in environmentally focused service projects. Nine other cities, from Austin to Seattle, will have their own Green Apple Festival.

Are you a Flaming Lips fan? Will you be heading to the concert?

Smaller Concerts @ GW?

Like many GW students, I'm looking forward to friday's Jason Mraz/Ben Folds concert. While I'm all for large concerts, I sometimes wish that GW had smaller, more intimate concerts on campus.

This past Saturday I headed to the Tavern at American University to see a free concert with Matt Nathanson and Adam Day. The Tavern is like the Pub at the Vern, only larger and the neon lighting gives it a Xanadu feeling.

Due to some sound and security issues, the organizers insisted that a majority of the audience sit down and Nathanson had to play acoustic. It ended up being a good thing as everyone had a better view, and Nathanson got to showcase his talent.

Despite the tech issues and 80's lighting, Nathanson performed a good show. He sang both new and old songs, danced, interacted with the crowd, and even did a cover of Jesse's Girl.

Below is a video of Nathanson performing "Come on Get Higher". My apologies in advance for the poor quality. The combination of neon lighting and my mediocre digital camera didn't produce the best video:




What do we think readers? Would GW students come out for a similar show?

Flight of the Conchords Set to Play Lisner - It's Business Time

Baby, you know when I'm down to my socks what time it is.

It's time for the duo behind the awesome HBO show Flight of the Conchords to play TWO SHOWS on May 9 at GW's Lisner Auditorium as part of a quick spring tour.

Tickets for both an early and late show will be on sale starting this Friday (4/11) at 12 pm. Click here for tickets to both the early show at 7pm and the later, sexier show at 10pm. At $28 for students, it's a hefty price, but will no doubt be worth it to fans of the HBO show.

The Grammy-winning folk, pop, and comedy team got their start in New Zealand as a live musical comedy duo. Their hilarious live show transferred to the small-screen as an HBO musical sitcom (rockcom?) in which Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie seek fame and success in New York City as a rock band.

I'm sure they'll be playing fan favorites from the show, plus songs from their new album due out April 22.

And now, it's business time.