FREE SWAG: A Shoreline Dream
A Shoreline Dream is the epitome of shoegaze. Just beautiful, authentic, almost better than shoegaze, shoegaze. With a name like that, who’s surprised? You may have been able to catch them at SXSW in 2010 or maybe you’ve listened to one of their albums or EPs. If so, you’re probably heavily anticipating the release of their third album, Losing Them All To This Time, coming out on September 20th, which you can preorder here. If you’d rather get it for free (and who doesn’t like getting swag for free?) then The Owl Mag’s got your back.
Comment below with your favorite concert moment. Was it your first concert, was it that time you got front row, or maybe it was the first time you got drunk enough to finally get your bootie in the mosh pit? The most endearing story will not only win the new album, Losing Them All To This Time, but also a gift certificate for your choice of any pair of Børn Shoes (one pair up to $150 value). All of this just for sharing one of your favorite memories. Aren’t we sweet? Contest ends October 14th.
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Jennifer Shields - has posted 60 posts on The Owl Mag.
Writer. Dancer. Vegetarian. Soccer player. Bass player. Shower Singer. Dessert Enthusiast. Through it all; constantly nursing a crazed music obsession.
Posted on 30 September 2011.
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The most memorable concert experience I’ve been to is probably Kroq’s Almost Acoustic Christmas 2010. The line-up was great for a Kroq event, but what makes it a greater experience was being up front at the pit to see all the great bands all for free! That’s not all. I was most excited to see Phoenix play. After only seeing them two times before, one at the Hollywood Bowl and the other on Jimmy Kimmel, Thomas recognized who I was from the Jimmy Kimmel show and jump right off stage towards me (and that’s happened twice). It was so great and would really top my experience at all the other concerts and festivals I’ve been to.
There are SO many… how to choose?? I'll go with the 2nd time I saw 30 Seconds to Mars. It was September of 2007 at the Speedway in Fontana. It was about a zillion degrees out and my friend and I waited on the barrier all day. The band had literally just flown back from filming the video for "A Beautiful Lie" in Greenland, so they were jetlagged and loopy, and the NASCAR crowd didn't entirely know what to make of them. At one point, their equipment blew out the electronics entirely, so Jared pulled a guy who was missing teeth (yes, THAT stereotypical) onstage and had him sing a country song while things were fixed! It was still a great show overall, and I got to meet each of the guys afterwards. I was so out of it by that time that I'm amazed I remember it at all. I ended up having to go to the medical tent after that before I passed out. LOL So rock 'n roll!
One time at bandcamp/treasure island… I walked In on Allision Goldfrapp changing in the tent next door… smoked a spliff with hot chip.. and got stuck on the ferris wheel…
Ooo it had to of been when I saw sleigh bells oct 25th 2010 at a tiny venue in Minneapolis. We fought our way to the front to see Derek and Alexis up close. And they didnt disappoint. Alexis at one point laid on top of the crowd, and she was just a ball of energy on the stage. After the show, my friends and I were awestruck, and so we were just sitting there, laughing, and both Derek and Alexis came out and chatted with us. They were so down to earth, and calm, especially after the show they just played for us. Best day ever!
Hi Owl Mag, my most memorable concert experience was actually this summer at a Summerfest in North Bay, Ontario. I had gone mostly to see Hey Rosetta!, but The Sheepdogs and City and Colour were also playing. The Sheepdogs basically got rained out, then Hey Rosetta! started late but put on a fantastic show. Finally City and Colour came on. About a third of the way through their set, Dallas Green played a few songs solo, one of which was Body In A Box. Before he played it though, he asked everyone to turn off their cameras and phones. He asked us to focus on the music and experience it together with him and the rest of the crowd. That's just what everyone did, and it was magical.
This year, I got to go to Outside Lands in San Francisco. I was there for all three days- got to see about 20 bands, drank wine, ate cupcakes, made new friendships, and became very familiar with their public transportation system. It was the most memorable concert ever, and is now going to be a tradition amongst my friends that were with me. Seriously amazing.
Last year, The Rural Alberta Advantage at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The place was packed.Their last song- acoustic Good Night, sung at the top of the stairs with the house lights totally black, only a spot on the band. They took the crowd to another world, and left us in love.
You know those days that redefine your life? Yeah, that's exactly how Sasquatch Music Festival 2011 was. I went without tickets with intentions of only going camping. Two other friends were sans ticket, but we all ended up purchasing tickets for Sunday. By far, it was the most amazing day of my life. We spent a bit of time in the JD tent, and then we headed off to see Flying Lotus and Ratatat back to back. These performances were transcendental.
The next day was Sunday, since we all know that festivals can be very draining, I was curious as to what to do with my time on Sunday, I didn't know if I could party an extra day in the campgrounds especially after the previous day full of concerts. As I was sitting at the site, a random girl called out tickets. I thought to myself, maybe I'll buy it if I can afford it.
Lo and behold, she offered me her wristband for free. She said that she was leaving so she wanted to spread the joy. Then we were able to get enough wristbands from her that the rest of us were able to see the last day filled with Foster the People, Best Coast, Skrillex and Major Lazer!
I even got autographs from Foster the People and Best coast
My first concert. We had lawn seats, got front row. It was amazing, and has fostered my lifelong love of live music.
one of my favorite concert moments has to be rock the bells a few years ago. me and some of my buddies went wit no tickets. we ended up gettin in for free wit some worker who had extra t shirts of his company. i dont know how but we ended up backstage wit wu tang clan. but the highlight was smoking out wit method man. we caught them live on stage behind the scenes. dont ask me how this all ended up happening but it did.
I took my son to the Treasure Island Music Festival. Now when he smells pot wafting on the breeze, he says it "smells like Treasure Island."
Dancing on the grass outside of one of the Coachella tents this past year. My best friend, his boyfriend, and I were dancing, clapping, spinning in circles like absolute fools to the Presets and then hugging as the set ended.
The year I was pregnant with my first child, Bob Dylan came to my brother's town. So for my birthday that summer, my brother drove 3 hours to pick me up, 3 hours back, and took me to my first Dylan concert. Outside. By the river. Under the stars. Sitting on the grass, watching the not-pregnant people dancing to "Mr.Tambourine Man". Then we drove back in his antique Fiat convertible. Yes, I have the BEST brother ever.
PART 1 : My favorite concert experience was, Warped Tour 2000. It was my first concert, that I was allowed to go to with friends. It was also probably the last year that they had a pretty decent line up (at least compared to the line ups as of late). I was 17, and excited to be seeing Weezer live for the first time. I had been a fan since middle school, so this was a big moment for me. My friends and I tried to get as close as possible before they took the stage. As soon as Weezer took the stage, the sea of people went crazy and pushed everyone to the front. I could literally lift my feet off the ground and still be "standing". My friends and I were being crushed! Once they started playing, I was being pushed in every direction, I couldn't breath, I couldn't see the stage, my friends were gone, shit was getting serious. Then all of a sudden, I felt pressure on top of my head. I tried to look up to see what was going on, when I was kicked in the nose by a crowd surfer who proceeded to fall on me, taking me down to the ground with him.
PART 2 : This is the point, where I pretty much accepted the fact that I was going to die, being crushed to death during a Weezer performance. Then I realized that that would be a totally embarassing way to go out. So I decided to fight for my life. I pushed my way through the crowd with my new found strength, trying to find the biggest guys I could to clear a path for me until I could find my way to the next biggest guy to do the same. Eventually I got out of the crowd and was able to recover and enjoy Weezer from a safe distance. So, even though it might not sound like that great of a concert experience, it ended up being fun. I also learned a valuable lesson; Weezer fans don't fuck around.
I was a freshman in high school, 1997 and I was finally going to my first concert without my parents. WBRU in Providence, RI was holding their annual birthday bash. The line-up was amazing: Blink-182 (when they were still punk), Eve6, Ben Folds Five, Catherine Wheel, Letters to Cleo, Everclear, Days of the New, the Sneaker Pimps and Ben Harper. It was that amazing. It was held at the old Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel and I was front row, squeezed up against the metal bars. I didn't leave until they made us. I got a bunch of signatures and souvenirs. Such a great variety of music, it solidified my love of noise. My ears have never hurt that much, I lost my concert virginity that night. It was a night I wouldn't forget.
One of the most fun shows I've ever been to was when Kimiya Dawson, Defiance Ohio and Blackbird Raum played in Oakland last winter. A ton of my friends were there who I hadn't chilled with in ages since I had just taken a semester off. I had just enough to drink and danced my butt off the whole time. By the end of the night I was the only girl left jumping around with all these big guys. I got to crowd surf for the first time and was floating around for so long since I was so small before I somehow made a perfect dismount. Everyone was great, there was such a good energy and we all were looking out for each other. At one point me and another boy fell and everyone immediately grabbed our hands and pulled us right back up. The next day at work I couldn't stop smiling and still felt like I was floating all day.