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Summit On The Summit

There are good deeds and then there’s Mark Foster of Foster The People. Most people are kind enough to write a check, serve a meal, hold a bake sale or do a 5-k walk to […]

WXRT–2013/01/04

40 Years in 40 Days: MGMT @ Lollapalooza, 2008

Every year there’s a band that outdraws their time slot. A band that’s scheduled early in the afternoon but draws like a main stage, evening act. Maybe the band really takes off after the Lolla […]

2012/10/23

Neil Young, Guns N’ Roses, Steve Martin Playing This Year’s Bridge School Benefit

Axl Rose may have to stick to a schedule for once: he and Guns N Roses have signed on to perform at this years Bridge School Benefit Concert, and the young audience have a curfew to stick to. Also on the bill: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, comedian Steve Martin and his bluegrass group The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Flaming Lips, Jack White, Sarah McLachlan, Foster The People, Lucinda Williams, k.d. lang and Gary Clark Jr.

2012/09/07

Foster The People Sold-Out XRT Show (photo: Nate Azark)

Foster The People Pump Up Chicago’s Congress Theater [Diary Of An XRT Intern]

I’ve been a Foster the People fan for a while now. After one of my favorite bands that I had loved for over 6 years broke up, I was looking for a someone or something […]

2012/06/27

Foster The People & The Kooks Cover Alabama Shakes’ “Hold On” [First Listen]

Los Angeles’ Foster the People, pulling the heart strings of fans with their hit songs and awesomely creepy videos, gave their London audience at o2 Brixton Academy some perspective on their rapidly blossoming career. “A […]

2012/05/01

Foster the People Get Morbid Marionette Make-Over In New “Houdini” Video [Watch]

A lot of mainstream musicians become metaphorical puppets of the music industry; Foster the People took the idea one step further in a new music video for their song “Houdini” from their début album Torches. […]

2012/04/26

Kimbra From Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” Collaborating With Foster The People, Mars Volta

[pullquote quote="I've been in LA for the past week working on a song with Mark Foster from Foster The People. "]Taking top honors on charts all around the world, Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To […]

2012/03/14

Dave Grohl at Lolla 2011 (photo Nate Azark / WXRT)

2012 Lollapalooza Headliners Announced! Have Your Passport Handy?

[pullquote quote="Judging by all the requests, they are going to erupt. We really delivered for them. Now, I want them to show me how you party in Brasil." credit="Perry Farrell"]It was 20 years ago when […]

2011/11/21

Foster The People Light Up Live On Letterman With Electro-Rock Dance-Jams – Watch On Demand!

From an up-and-coming indie band struggling on the music-saturated streets of Los Angeles to an immensely successful international musical force, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Foster The People[/lastfm] are models for many other small bands looking to reach mainstream […]

2011/10/26

Foster The People Live Streaming Concert: Watch Tonight!

Tonight, indie-pop group [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Foster The People[/lastfm] performs an exclusive Live on Letterman concert, direct from the stage of New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater. The concert streams live tonight starting at 9pm ET/6pm PT, and […]

2011/10/26

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