Roadburn Festival 2017 Part II, Tilburg Netherlands


Baroness, by Susanne A, Maathuis Photography

The outside area around 013 was set up as a place to relax away from all the noise. You can hang out at the picnic tables, drink local specialty Schröbbeler (a sweet herb liquor) and enjoy food from one of the many food trucks that adorn the festival these days. Continue reading


Roadburn Festival 2017 Part I, Tilburg Netherlands


Have your earplugs at the ready and put your day job put on hold, because the day we marked on our calendar 366 days ago has finally arrived. In the vibrant and ever-changing Dutch city of Tilburg, an influx of heavy music fans from all over the world are taking over the town as Roadburn Festival is ready to kick off. A couple of thousand people will spend their weekend sauntering between five magnificent stages, from the cushy cafes of Cul de Sac and Extase, to the wooden beams and stained glass windows of Het Patronaat and the two fabulous stages of music venue 013: the 3000-capacity monster main stage and it’s little quarter capacity brother The Green Room. Roadburn 2017, we are ready for you!Continue reading


Psycho Las Vegas Adds Mastodon As A Headliner


Psycho Las Vegas 2017 will be taking place from August 18th-20th at the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The initial lineup seemed to feature every band ever, but now they’ve added Mastodon as the final headliner, and it’s officially one of the sickest bills ever created. Continue reading


GUEST POST: Pete Edwards Of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard Top 10 Of 2016


 

Ghost Cult once more brings you “End Of Year” lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the world from 2016. Today we have Pete Edwards, bassist of the awesome and awesomely named Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard. Pete breaks down his top 10 albums of last year for our readers. Continue reading


GUEST POST: Faith Coloccia Of Mamiffer Best Of 2016


Ghost Cult once again brings you “End Of Year” lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the world. Today we are honored to have Mamiffer co-leader Faith Coloccia who shares her eclectic list with us. If you aren’t familiar with Faith’s musical output or any of her other ende+avours (she’s a baddass renaissance woman) look her up!

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GUEST POST: DÄLEK’s Top 10 of 2016


Ghost Cult once again brings you another “End Of Year” list, with memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the world. Underground alt hip-hop legends Dälek runs down their list of favorites for us. Dälek released their own acclaimed album Asphalt For Eden via Profound Lore.Continue reading


GUEST POST: David Gates Of Season of Arrows Top Ten Albums Of 2016


Ghost Cult once again brings you another “End Of Year” list, as we close out 2016. Today we get a list from David Gates of Nashville sludge and doom rockers Season Of Arrows. The band just signed a new record deal with Argonauta Records, Give it to the Mountain, due out on March 24th 2017. David puts down his axe, and picked up his laptop to send us in his essential list of albums from this past year, and it’s killer!Continue reading


GUEST POST: Aaron Turner’s (SUMAC) Top 10 Music, Art And Literature Of 2016


 

Ghost Cult once again brings you “End Of Year” lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the world. Today we are honored to have a list from Aaron Turner. In addition to his current 2016 release with SUMAC, Aaron is/was a member of essential acts such as ISIS, Old Man Gloom, Mammifer, House Of Low Culture, Lotus Eaters, USBM supergroup Twilight and many more. And he founded Hydra Head Records, which we love around HQ. Aaron was kind enough to share his list of “Illuminating music/art/reading” he enjoyed in 2016. Read on! Continue reading


Roadburn Festival Announces Camping Packages, On Sale Tonight


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Roadburn Festival 2017 tickets are already on sale and moving fast. The massive lineup will be curated by John Dyer Bailey of Baroness.  Roadburn Festival will take place 20-23 April, 2017 at on of Ghost Cult’s home venues 013, in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The fest has announced full details for camping option for the fest, including all weekend options. Continue reading