MoogFest announces 2016 lineup
Moogfest has announced the lineup for its 2016 edition. After being held for four years in Asheville, North Carolina, the four-day event will take place in Durham, NC from May 19th to 22nd. Headliners...
View ArticleTop 10 Music Festivals: Winter 2016 Power Rankings
Feature image by Adam Kivel and Cap Blackard Everyone has a favorite season. Some people like spring, when snow melts and flowers bloom. Some people are into autumn, with all the leaves changing colors...
View ArticleTop 10 Music Festivals: Spring 2016 Power Rankings
Feature image by Philip Cosores and Cap Blackard Judging from my uncontrollable sneezing, sinus migraines, and itchy eyes, it’s springtime again. Which means we’re two weeks removed from South by...
View ArticleGrimes to debut “REALiTi” interactive art installation at Moogfest
Photo by Philip Cosores Organizers of Moogfest describe their annual festival held in Durham, North Carolina, as a “synthesis of music, art, and technology.” No current artist exemplifies that...
View ArticleMoogfest Prix Fixe: 8 Performances to Pair with Panels
Ah, the Moog. A synthesizer so popular even non-musicians can recognize it by logo, but almost everyone fails to pronounce its name correctly. Way back in 1964, Robert Moog created a voltage-controlled...
View ArticleMoogfest 2016: Exclusive Portraits
Moogfest successfully relocated from Asheville to Durham, North Carolina, for their 2016 installment, and Consequence of Sound was there to capture the wide range of performances and panels. In...
View ArticleMoogfest 2016 Festival Review: 25 Best Performances
Moogfest: the event that never ceases to amaze. “Event” being the important distinction. Part festival, part conference, part expo — Moogfest celebrates music, technology, counterculture, and always...
View ArticleMichael Stipe will debut “first solo composition ever” at MoogFest
This past November, Michael Stipe revealed that he’d like “to work in music again.” In an interview with the New York Times, Stipe said his eagerness to return to the music world some five years after...
View ArticleThe Five Most Unique Experiences at Moogfest 2017
Moogfest is the weirdest, most gloriously nerdy music festival in the entire world. For starters, it’s not just a music festival. The four-day event unites electronic music legends and cutting edge...
View ArticleMoogfest announces 2018 lineup led by female, non-binary, and transgender...
Pictured from left to right: Chelsea Manning, Jamila Woods, and Gavin Russom Next year’s edition of Moogfest will feature a lineup led by female, non-binary, and transgender artists. Taking place May...
View ArticleCaroline Polachek cancels Moogfest performance: “Gender is not a genre”
Photo by Ben Kaye On Wednesday, Moogfest shared its lineup for next year’s festival, billed as “led by female, non-binary, and transgender artists.” Now, though, one of the announced performers,...
View ArticleUncanny Synthesis: Moogfest 2018 Festival Review
The Festival of the Future? Put simply, Moogfest is a festival unlike any other. One part TED Talk, one part that record you discovered in college that blew your mind; the event’s dual focus of Future...
View ArticleThis Must Be the Gig Hosting Conversation with Kimbra at Moogfest
New Zealand’s Kimbra has developed a unique fusion of jazz, R&B, pop, and dance into a mercurial infusion that seeps deep into the heart. Today, This Must Be the Gig host Lior Phillips will host a...
View ArticleMadame Gandhi on Drumming for MIA, Running the London Marathon, and the...
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher In our first episode from Moogfest 2019, This Must Be the Gig host Lior Phillips gets locked into a repurposed bank vault in the basement...
View ArticleUS Girls’ Meghan Remy on the Impact of Billy Joel
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher This week, This Must Be the Gig catches up with US Girls mastermind Meghan Remy prior to her Moogfest set. The Toronto-based experimental...
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