All Things Go Festival Set Times Revealed

All Things Go

Today the All Things Go Festival, which takes place on October 1, 2022 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, has released the official artist set times for the event. This year’s fest includes a headlining set from Lorde, with also marquee appearances from Bleachers, Mitski, Bartees Strange, Lucy Dacus, Hippo Campus and many more. We plan to have a presence at the All Things Go Festival to cover the event, including a media panel where we’ll be asking questions about what this great event means to these talented bands, as well as what each artist has been working on. For more information on the festival, visit the official site here.

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Lorde and David Byrne Interview Each Other

Rolling Stone

Lorde and David Byrne interviewed each other for Rolling Stone:

Byrne: I don’t mind. I’ve learned the hard way that you do have to play some of the hits for the audience.

Lorde: Did you use to not play them?

Byrne: Just one tour [in 1989]. I started working with a very large Latin band, and there were a few older songs that I could work in there, but a lot of them didn’t fit that musical style, so I was doing 80 percent new stuff that the audience had never heard. That’s something in our business that always puzzles me. It’s not like a movie, where you’re not expected to do that scene that you did: “The one before that we really liked. Can you just repeat that again?”

Lorde: True, that’s a funny way of thinking about that.

Byrne: But it’s also true that music has a different thing. Music is repeatable that way and can move people again.

Lorde, Halsey, and the Infuriating Discussion Around Their Producers

Halsey

The most insufferable discourse awards of the year go to: “Solar Power sucks because Jack Antonoff produced it,” and “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is only good because Halsey worked with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from Nine Inch Nails.” Not only are these statements over the top, but there’s also a level of sexism, albeit most of the time unconscious and these comments rob artists of their agency. I’ve seen various conversations like this, but never to this point where people everywhere undermine a songwriter’s prowess due to their relationship with a producer’s work. Let’s not forget, Lorde demonstrated storytelling beyond her years from her beginnings with The Love Club EP in 2013. Halsey, who uses she/they pronouns, hasn’t found the same critical acclaim thus far, but fans who have followed their career recognize their growth since they released the Room 93 EP in 2014.

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