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Week of JUL 24 Music Festivals Are Environmental Disasters Beyond good vibes and heady memories, a primary export of U.S. music festivals is garbage. At the big events like Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Bonnaroo, literally tons of trash are created by fans, vendors, and artists. Add the mass energy consumption and weighty carbon footprint of 100,000 people commuting to a venue, and these big events can be environmentally problematic. It probably will get worse before it gets better, as the festival circuit con... Read More >> Advertisement Music Blog: Sound of the City Paul Weller's Top 10 Songs July 24, 2013 It seems safe to say that Paul Weller's been on something of a creative roll of late. Indeed, his last two albums--2010's Wake Up the Nation and last year's Sonik Kicks--are not only his two finest so... Read More >> Which Music Festivals Are Dirtiest? July 24, 2013 Our music feature this week focuses on the environmental impact of music festivals, which tend to be--surprise, surprise--ecologically problematic. For the piece we talked with Tucker Gumber. Known o... Read More >> This Is What You Learn Volunteering at P4k Fest July 23, 2013 It's not an awful thing to want free music. More importantly, it's not awful to find ways of going to some of the summer festivals without paying triple digits for a three-day pass that doesn't take i... Read More >> We Met Bill Murray With Dinowalrus July 23, 2013 "You're never too old to not have a real job." I'm on a J train to Jamaica, Queens, with Pete Feigenbaum and Liam Andrew of Brooklyn synth-psych group Dinowalrus, and guitarist/frontman Pete is givin... Read More >>		Share & Email Connect Upcoming Shows THU 7:30pm Imagine Dragons at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater   FRI 7pm Kristin Hersh at Rubin Museum of Art   SAT 5:30pm Bob Dylan+Wilco+Beck+Ryan Bingham at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater   SUN 5pm The Gaslight Anthem+The Hold Steady at Pier 26   MON 8pm RiFF RaFF+Heems+Lakutis+Dirty South Joe at Highline Ballroom   TUE 7:30pm People of the North at Death by Audio   WED 7pm Davey Suicide+The Bunny the Bear+The Defiled at Studio at Webster Hall   Featured Events FRI 08/02 4:30am Enter to win VIP tickets to Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park Bandshell

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