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Treasure Island Music Festival Day 1

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:40:05 -0000

The 2nd annual Treasure Island Music Festival blew in on Saturday with high winds, high volumes, and high hopes. Day 1 of last year's inaugural festival brought in a slough of great acts from the legendary Thievery Corporation and DJ Shadow to new stars such as M.I.A. and Ghostland Observatory. So, there was much anticipation surrounding this year's event. Fortunately, it did not disappoint.

The betterPropaganda crew arrived early via the mass transportation kindly provided by the festival organizers and Bauer's. This is a perk, ladies and gentleman, making travel to and from the island a very smooth process. We hopped off of the bus and merged into a crowd of beer-guzzling fans, creepy pirates on stilts, and a group of dancing aliens - bizzarro world.

At high noon TI fans were blessed a set by Chester French, who were at the time playing their second festival gig EVER. The boys moved the crowd with their 60's pop inspired hip-pop tunes and then took a ride with us on the Ferris Wheel.

interview with Chester French at TIMF -

Right across the ferris wheel, the imeem tent was goin' off, bumping music in between sets while a flock of hipsters queued up for snapshots in the free IMEEM photo booth, which is the hipster form of scrapbooking.

The ferris wheel had a line as long the bathroom and beer lines combined, but it was a nice addition to the free-wheeling atmosphere that was spinning all day.

As for the music, Hot Chip put on a show!

They mixed old and new material, building each song into an explosion of electro-pop hysteria, causing the crowd to go wild; but, when they ended the set with a cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U," the crowd melted into '80s pop bliss.

Foals had some sound problems, but still rocked the place to the ground. We had a chance to catch up with Foals too...

Interview with Foals at TIMF -

TV on the Radio came out swinging with "Young Liars," then gave us a taste of some new material from their upcoming Dear, Science record.

CSS was a riot, as usual, and I hope Lovefoxx puts out a clothing line that includes the get-up she wore. Look at the pictures. It was amazing.

The headliner of Day 1 was JUSTICE. Now, in spite of all the madness surrounding this French duo, in spite of the fact that everyone at betterPropaganda loves these guys, I just can't get into them. I know, I know - it makes no sense, right? Well, I've given Cross many chances, but it just didn't impress me. However, their show was mesmerizing. With Marshall amps stacked to the rafters, soundboard lights flickering, a giant cross glowing, and a seizure-inducing light show, these guys rocked the island. The sound was more robust than any other set that day, the lighting was so intense now that the sun had fallen, and the fog (and smoke) added to the spectacle, which may have turned a hater into a member of the JUSTICE league. What a way to end Day 1.

Find Your Photo Booth Pictures!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:26:28 -0000

Easily find pictures from the imeem photo booth by entering in the code on your photo strip into the search bar above!

Band photos from Treasure Island Music Festival

Treasure Island Music Festival — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:02:14 -0000

Treasure Island Music Festival Saturday, September 20 with Justice, TV on the Radio, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, CSS, Antibalas, Aesop Rock, Foals, Mike Relm

Treasure Island Music Festival Sunday, September 21 with The Raconteurs, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Okkervil River, Tokyo Police Club, The Kills, Dr. Dog, John Vanderslice, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes

Find your photo booth pictures on imeem!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:56:24 -0000

If you stopped by the imeem photo booth at Treasure Island Music Festival, it’s easy to find your pictures on imeem. Just enter the code on the front of your photo into the search bar above and click search (note: all photos will be searchable on the site by 5 pm PST on September 22).

Make a photo playlist:
Did you have multiple photos from the imeem photo booth at Treasure Island? It’s easy to make a playlist of your favorite pics. Find your photo and click “playlist” below the photo. Create a new photo playlist and add your favorite snaps to it when you find them on imeem.

Add your photo to other social networking sites and blogs:
You can also easily share your photos on other social networking profiles and blogs. To the right of your photos is a link, “Click here to embed this photo.” imeem provides you with one click links to add the photo to your social networking profiles on MySpace, Facebook and more. You can also use the embed code to add it to your web sites.

Download your photo:
Click on “view full image” to the right of the photo. Once your full screen photo pops up, right click and save it to your desktop.

Photos from Treasure Island 2008

Treasure Island Music Festival — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:37:14 -0000

imeem had a great time this year at the Treasure Island Music Festival!

The imeem booth gave festival goers the best seat in the house with a view of both the bridge and tunnel stages. Hopefully you had a chance to stop by the imeem photo booth and dress up like a pirate with us.

This year's festival once again featured a day of electronic and a day of indie rock. The bands brought out an electic crowd in their weekend best (i.e. neon tights, gold jackets, pirate gear . . .aarrrrrrrrrrr).

You might have also spotted us running around the grounds and interviewing bands at unique TIMF locations like on the Ferris Wheel, with the stilt walkers, with the short green aliens (what were those?). More exclusive artist interviews and music playlists to come shortly!

Treasure Island Around the Corner!!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:04:24 -0000

Attention music lovers!

Don't forget that the Treasure Island Music Festival is coming up this weekend! (Saturday, Sept 20th and Sunday the 21st!)

imeem will be on the scene with an enormous booth! There will be a free photo-booth, free T-shirts and we will also have a comfy lounge area where you can watch on-site streaming! Make sure to stop by!

If you can't make it to the festival...don't worry! Check back here for exclusive band interviews and photos of the action!

AND THE WINNERS ARE. . .

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:23:41 -0000

Wow, I guess the judges did a good job picking the top 20, because it’s obvious fans have already discovered them. We were all amazed at the amount of support and interaction from fans of the top 20 bands. If you haven’t already, definitely check out the videos and songs from the top 20!

Now down to business. Without further delay, CONGRATULATIONS to this year’s winners of Mutiny& Mayhem on imeem who will be playing on stage at TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008!!!

Saturday, September 20:
The Frail

Count on This - The Frail

Sunday, September 21:
Or, the Whale

Isnt She Awful - Or, the Whale

The judges chose these two bands out of over 900 submissions! Keep an eye out on imeem for a special behind-the-scenes look into the two winning bands.

We want to thank ALL the bands that participated and made this year’s contest a success. Now head on over to www.imeem.com/timf to check out the latest from the Treasure Island Music Festival!

Congrats again to the The Frail and Or, the Whale! We'll see you at Treasure Island Music Festival.

Call and Response - Or, the Whale - Or, the Whale

Firefly - The Frail

ATTENTION FINALISTS!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:31:09 -0000

Remember to get your fans to listen to and vote for your uploaded entries! While the judges have the final say, they will be taking plays, votes and comments into consideration during the final decision. It is very easy to embed your submissions to get more plays! Just copy the embed code under your video and paste into your myspace, blog and websites! You can also choose to feature your video entry on your facebook profile! We will be announcing the winners on the 18th so don't waste any time!

Good luck to everyone.

Mutiny & Mayhem Finalists

Treasure Island Music Festival — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:50:13 -0000

Hey Everyone!

Check out the 20 Mutiny & Mayhem finalists!

Saturday Finalists

Sunday Finalists

Make sure to comment, favorite and rate your favorite bands for both days!

AND THE 20 FINALISTS ARE. . .

Treasure Island Music Festival — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:58:29 -0000

Thank you to all the artists for participating in this year’s Mutiny and Mayhem on imeem! The judges listened to over 900 submissions from bands across the country, and had a tough time choosing just 20 bands from all of the creative entries. But choose they did...

Without further ado, here are the 20 finalists (in no particular order) -- drum roll please:

Saturday
Goodword
The Dont's
Location Location
Madeline Puckette
Hood Blues
The Frail
Laguna!
Fans of Jimmy Century
Midnite Theory
DJ Delivery

Sunday
Mick Leonardi
The Brokenmusicbox
Zigmat
Or, the Whale
Allofasudden
The Craze
The Hooks
Overview
Suzanna Choffel
Maldroid

What now, you ask?

Now it’s up to the fans to help decide which bands should play on stage this year! Check out all of the finalists and RATE, COMMENT, and FAVORITE their music. The judges will take into account fan favorites.

If you are one of our 20 finalists, upload more music (at least one song) plus a video of a live performance by August 10 to this group page. We want to see how you can rock the stage at Treasure Island!

The two winners will be announced on August 18th.

Who do *you* think should play at Treasure Island?

Submissions are closed

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:16:24 -0000

Submissions for Mutiny and Mayhem are officially closed. Make sure to set a reminder to check back on Friday to find out which 20 bands are moving on to the final round!

Thanks to all the bands that submitted their music. It's going to be a tough decision, and the judges have a big task in front of them.

Which band is your favorite?

Deadline to submit is approaching!!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:30:02 -0000

We're REALLY excited at the number of quality submissions from all of you! For those of you who haven't submitted yet, remember that the deadline to upload your band's song to the group page is Monday, July 28, at 11:59 pm PST. Unfortunately, we can't accept any submissions after that point.

If you haven't submitted yet, what are you waiting for? You could be playing the same stage as your favorite bands come September. Don't forget to review the rules below and good luck!

Two important reminders about submitting to Mutiny and Mayhem!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:12:17 -0000

Hey all,

If you’ve just arrived at this page for the first time, welcome! See the blog posts below on how to enter Mutiny and Mayhem for a chance to play at Treasure Island Music Festival.

For those who have already submitted, please review these two reminders:

1. Each band can only upload 1 song for submission. Out of fairness to all the entrants, the judges won’t review bands that have uploaded more than one song.

Are you thinking, “Shoot, I uploaded more than one song. What do I do now?”

No worries! All you have to do is choose the song you want to submit and delete the rest. Click on your song on the group page and there is an option to “delete song” beneath the player. You can only delete songs you have uploaded.

2. Make sure to specify in the description of the song whether you are submitting your band to play on Saturday, September 20 (electronic, dance and hip hop), or Sunday, September 21 (indie rock).

Play at Treasure Island Music Festival!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:28 -0000

Battle of the Bands: imeem Presents Mutiny & Mayhem at the Treasure Island Music Festival!

Treasure Island Music Festival — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:08:28 -0000

imeem Presents Mutiny & Mayhem at the Treasure Island Music Festival 2008!

Want to share the spotlight with some of today’s hottest bands and expose your music to thousands of new fans at one of the country’s leading music festivals? imeem.com is giving two up-and-coming bands an opportunity to take the stage at the Treasure Island Music Festival in September, alongside an internationally-renowned lineup of artists that includes The Raconteurs, Justice, Vampire Weekend, TV On the Radio, Hot Chip, and more*.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Sign up for imeem, click here

2. Join the Treasure Island Music Festival group, click here

3. Upload ONE original song by your band to the Treasure Island Music Festival group page, click here

4. Make sure to specify in the description of the song whether you are submitting your band to play on Saturday, September 20 (electronic, dance and hip hop), or Sunday, September 21 (indie rock). Please don’t forget this step!!

Full list of official rules governing the Mutiny and Mayhem competition at: Rules and Regulations

The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. PST on July 28th. On Friday, August 1st, our panel of music industry luminaries will announce 20 finalists (10 finalists per day) and then open voting to imeem’s community. Make sure you have your fans/friends/family/strangers comment, rate, and listen to your music! The judges will take into account crowd favorites.

On Monday, August 18th, we’ll announce the two bands selected to open this year’s festival. Good luck to everyone!!

*Additional artists at Treasure Island Music Festival this year include (Saturday) Goldfrapp, CSS, Antibalas, Aesop Rock, Amon Tobin, Foals, Mike Relm, Nortec Collective: Bostich and Fussible, Loquat, and Chester French. Artists performing on Sunday include Tegan & Sara, Spiritualized, Okkervil River, Tokyo Police Club, The Kills, Dr. Dog, John Vanderslice, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes, The Morning Benders, and Port O’Brien.