Free Cake for Every Creature—the band headed by Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Katie Bennett—is not extra. Bennett announced on Facebook that she’s “determined to stop” the project “on an excessive be aware.” “I’m keen to move on to other projects; however, playing with unfastened cake becomes the first-class way I could have spent half of my 20s,” she persevered. Bennett also introduced two final Free Cake shows in New York City and Philadelphia on May’s quit. See her full announcement and the display dates below.
Bennett first commenced a self-liberating track as Free Cake for Every Creature in 2013 with her first complete-period shitty beginnings. She signed Double Double Whammy in 2014 and shared Pretty Good with a full band. Free Cake dropped their sophomore album, Murmuring of Anything With You, in 2016—their remaining album, The Bluest Star, arrived in 12 months. Goldenvoice sued an Oregon concert promoter in 2018, who claimed anti-trust damages.
In April 2018, Coachella organizers Goldenvoice were hit with a lawsuit alleging that the restrictive radius clause for the pageant violated anti-trust regulations. Oregon-based promoter Soul’d Out Productions claimed that the Coachella settlement legally forbids artists from playing every other North American festival from December 15 to May 1—hurt their annual Soul’d Out Music Festival. As Billboard reports, the presiding judge inside the case has permanently brushed off the lawsuit.
In the authentic lawsuit, Soul’d Out organizers claimed that artists, including SZA and Daniel Caesar, have had to turn down their competition due to the clause. In a rebuttal, Coachella organizers said they could “vigorously guard against this lawsuit, which calls into query a protracted-standing industry exercise critical to our capacity to maintain offering fanatics the unmatched experience for which Coachella has to end up regarded.” In October 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed the lawsuit but allowed for the claims to be refiled with technical tweaks. Mosman has now decided that no anti-trust injury became made in opposition to Soul’d Out by Goldenvoice due to the radius clause.
Read “Coachella’s Controversial Radius Clause Isn’t That Hard to Get Around” at the Pitch. On April 6, Jack White’s Third Man Records will host a celebratory event to mark the label’s tenth yr in Nashville. It could be headlined by the Raconteurs, White’s band with Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler. The overall performance marks the group’s first show in eight years. Other artists playing at the event include Lillie Mae, the Gories, the Dirtbombs, Detroit Cobras, Unique Visitors, Margo Price, the Kills’ Alison Mosshart, and mormore. Check out the poster under.
For the last 12 months, the Raconteurs have released new songs: “Sunday Driver” and “Now That You’re Gone.” They also discovered they have been at paintings on their first full-duration album considering 2008’s Consolers of the Lonely. The Raconteurs will release a collectible three” vinyl single for this 12-month Record Store Day. Check out their upcoming live performance itinerary right here.
