• Treasure Island 2010 Preview

    Treasure Island 2010 Preview

    Treasure Island 2010 Preview

    QRO started its Festival Guide way back in 2007 (QRO 2007 Festival Guide), the same year that the Treasure Island Music Festival started in San Francisco.  Now...

  • MusicFest 2010 Recap

    MusicFest 2010 Recap

    MusicFest 2010 Recap

    On Saturday & Sunday, September 11th & 12th, QRO ventured outside of the NYC-hipster ‘center of the indie universe’ to head to that most distant and fabled of lands, New Jersey.  And this was no quick one...

  • Austin City Limits 2010 Preview

    Austin City Limits 2010 Preview

    Austin City Limits 2010 Preview

    If the alternative music world has a home, it ain't today's Brooklyn - it's yesterday & today & tomorrow's Austin.  The site of the massive alternative music industry festival South-by-Southwest (QRO recap Music Fest NW 2010 Recap

    Music Fest NW 2010 Recap

    Music Fest NW 2010 Recap

    The decade-old Music Fest Northwest, promising every year to be bigger and better, grew a day since 2009 (QRO recap), to become a five-day citywide extravaganza for 2010.  While there were more days...

  • The Art of the Mix

    The Art of the Mix

    The Art of the Mix

    A mixtape is so much more than just a portable vessel for your favorite music.  A deftly crafted mixtape is a work of art.  Now, creating the perfect mixtape is an endeavor that has plagued mankind for...

  • North Coast Fest 2010 Recap

    North Coast 2010 Recap

    North Coast Fest 2010 Recap

    For the last weekend of the summer, Chicago's Union Park held one more summer festival, the inaugural North Coast Fest.  Friday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 5th saw an eclectic mix of electronica, jam bands & more...

  • What To Look For: Fall 2010

    What To Look For : Fall 2010

    What To Look For: Fall 2010

    After sweating out the hottest summer on record (take that, Sen. James Inhofe!), cool down with the latest releases:

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  • Music Fest NW 2010 Preview

    Music Fest NW 2010 Preview

    Music Fest NW 2010 Preview

    It seems like every city is trying to have 'the next SXSW' (QRO recap) - an indie music industry festival spread across venues to promote local acts & rope in out-of-town ones, like Austin's famed...

  • Sunset Strip 2010 Recap

    Sunset Strip 2010 Recap

    Sunset Strip 2010 Recap

    Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip played host to a three-day music festival, August 26th-28th.  Days One & Two had concerts taking place at venues along the Strip, with Day Three shutting down the iconic piece of pavement for...