LYED Giveaway: Jenny Lewis Autographed Collection

No, you didn't read the title wrong. Thanks to Warner Music Group, Let Your Ears Decide is giving away a bundle of Jenny Lewis flavored goodies in support of The Voyager being released July 29th to a lucky reader (that might possibly be you?) What's in this bundle you ask? If you're the lucky winner, count on receiving a copy of her new album The Voyager, along with an autographed Jenny Lewis poster & patch! If I was anyone other than myself, I would participate in this giveaway (hands down.) 
Did I mention I caught the talented Jenny Lewis during Day 1 of this year's Governors Ball Music Festival in New York last month? (Read all about it here!)

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You have until midnight on Sunday (7/27) to enter! The winner will be notified/announced on the US release date of The Voyager aka July 29th (Tuesday.) If you have any questions, please shoot an email to letyourearsdecide@gmail.com! 

Thanks for playing & good luck! :)

LYED x Governors Ball Music Festival 2014

After looking at the lineup, there was no way I could pass up The Governors Ball Music Festival held in New York City. BANKS, Interpol, and The Kills all in one day? How could I turn the other cheek? This was the 4th year of the festival and by far the most impressive bill to date (although I would have loved to have gone in 2012 to see Modest Mouse on the island). The weather was absolutely perfect and the drinks were way overpriced, but hey, what's a festival without overpriced drinks? A major highlight was finally catching the talented Jenny Lewis perform both new & old JL material as well as a few Rilo Kiley classics such as "Silver Lining" & "Moneymaker." I miraculously survived the front of the crowd for Sleigh Bells, and witnessed some strange moments during Tyler The Creators set which may or may not have been the youngest crowd at the festival. If I ever get the chance, you bet your bottom dollar I'll be making my way to the East Coast for more. Even looking back at it after a couple weeks have passed - I still get butterflies from how great the experience was. Enough of my blabbering, below are some photos I took on Siera's handy dandy iPhone (because why take it with a 4 when you can take it on an iPhone 5s?)

FRIDAY: 

Bastille

Jenny Lewis

Big Boi of Outkast

Andre 3000 of Outkast

SATURDAY: 

Aluna Francis (of AlunaGeorge) with 1/2 of Disclosure

Childish Gambino 

Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells

SUNDAY: 

BANKS

Alison Mosshart of The Kills

Jamie Hince of The Kills

Interpol

Paul Banks of Interpol 

LYED x The Governors Ball Music Festival Preview

It’s a goal of mine to make it to a different festival each year in addition to Coachella & Outside Lands, and for the past 3 years I’ve been able to do so (Bonnaroo, FYF Fest, Primavera Sound.) This is my first time making it to The Governors Ball on Randalls Island so I honestly have no idea what to expect. What attracted me to this lineup? Interpol, Interpol, and…. you guessed it, INTERPOL. In addition to seeing one of my most favorite bands play in their own backyard after 3 years of pursuing side projects, the rest of the lineup seemed like a LYED dream come true. The bill overall is a little less than half of the amount of bands at Coachella, but it's been a minute since I've been to an actual music festival on an island. A smaller bill equals less conflicts (you would think) but of course there will always be a point where you have to sacrifice an experience for another one that might be more rewarding. 

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FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: Jenny Lewis (I've caught her multiple times with Postal Service, but I must admit I'm ecstatic to finally hear her solo stuff live.) Here's the lyric video to her most recent release "Just One of the Guys." 

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: HAERTS
TV On The Radio vs. Grimes: This is probably the most difficult conflict of the entire weekend for me, but I'm gonna have to go with TV on the Radio although Grimes has been giving a preview of what's to come this weekend (and it sounds amazing.)

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: Lucius & Broken Bells

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: The Internet
Lucius vs. CLASSIXX? This would be my 4th time catching the LA duo and I've yet to see Lucius, so I'm going with the latter this time. Their live performance on KEXP at The Triple Door is something worth getting hyped over (check it out here.)
P.S. Did you know that Lucius was a feature on Friday Fascination last year? 

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: BANKS 

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: Meg Myers 
SKATERS vs. Bleachers? SKATERS all the way! The NYC four-piece played a show to a rather small crowd in Santa Barbara that I consider an opportunity that will never ever happen (more on that experience later.) Crossing my fingers they play their cover of "This Charming Man" by The Smiths. (If you're not familiar with SKATERS, check them out via their SoundCloud page.)

(Click here to catch the rest of the set times & more information about the fun that's about to take place this weekend in NYC.)