Have you ever looked at a festival lineup and thought, “meh, I could do better”? A new service imagines what would happen if you could do just that. Playing into festival mania, a new website connects to your Spotify to design a custom lineup poster based on your listening habits. “Festify” allows you to see... Continue Reading →
Well, folks, it's Coachella weekend one, so you know what that means: time to get crazy. On our respective couches. Because we don't have tickets to Coachella. It's Couch-ella, baby. One of my favorite festival season traditions. Grab your favorite blanket, your tastiest snacks, your very best indoor flower crown and settle in for a... Continue Reading →
It only took a few seconds of "Bare Knuckle" from McKinley Dixon for me to realize I had found a favorite. Backed by a band (horns, strings, all of it) Mckinley raps about real life - his observations and his concerns about real substantive issues. I've heard and read comparisons of his sound to the... Continue Reading →
Because it is Super Bowl Sunday and we love themes here at Living the Fest Life - this evening we are going to take a look at the place where music and the NFL overlap, the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Interestingly, the Halftime Show (which began in the 1960s) spent much of its history in... Continue Reading →
Mike Posner is that guy that comes out of the background every few years with a full-on JAM. That tradition continues this year, this time, with a slightly different tone. Don’t worry though, the song is still a bop. Mike Posner released a music video for his new song “Move On” a few short weeks... Continue Reading →
By now, we've all seen or heard about both documentaries that chronicle the implosion of a festival that was supposed to make Coachella seem like an over-priced carnival. In a move that can only be described as absolutely savage, Hulu dropped their surprise Fyre doc four days before Netflix's long-anticipated one was to be released. After... Continue Reading →
You heard about this right? Not the Manti Te'o thing, we ALL heard about that. I'm talking about Fyre Fest, the 'advertised-as-better-than-Coachella' festival that could not have been worse had it literally been on fire. Here's a quick expectation vs. reality to jog your memory. YouTube/Fyre FestivalTwitter/@NkopaneSebako Long story short, Fyre Festival founders Billy McFarland... Continue Reading →