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Hangout Music Festival 2014 | One Month Later – Recap

By |June 9th, 2014|Categories: Alabama, Clean Energy, Fashion, Gulf Shores, Hangout Music Festival, Interviews, Music News, National News, OutKast, Photography, Pop Culture, Reviews, STS9|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

30 Days in the Hole Travel back one month to Gulf Shores, Alabama for 4 days and nights of the best music festival in the country. The dust and sand has settled, and now we can sit back and enjoy all the moments that unfolded this year. Hangout Music & Arts Festival bounced back this year with another sell out. The event in 2012 sold out tickets in record time with a stacked lineup. Several #HangoutFest alumni were brought back this year to pack the beach. We start off our 'One Month Later Recap' with featured images from Brian Glass at

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Hangout Music Festival | 2014 Review | Photos

By |May 21st, 2014|Categories: Alabama, Big Boi, Gulf Shores, Hangout Music Festival, Interviews, Music News, National News, OutKast, Photography, Pop Culture, Reviews, Top 10: 2014, United States, World News|Tags: , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='The Hangout Kids' tag='h1' color='custom-color-heading' custom_font='#0092bf' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_heading heading='Words by: Matthew McGuire and Teddy King | Professional Photography by: Brain Glass' tag='h5' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_hr ] Tour through four days of excitement from the 2014 Hangout Music & Arts Festival. [av_one_fourth first] [av_icon_box icon='ue810' font='entypo-fontello' position='left' title='Thursday' link='' linktarget='' linkelement=''] Pre-Party Coverage [/av_icon_box] [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HOMF-LiveFeedPage-BannerLogo.png' attachment='5192' align='center' animation='bottom-to-top' link='manually,https://crescentvale.com/hangout-music-festival-thursday-pre-party/' target=''] [/av_one_fourth] [av_one_fourth] [av_icon_box icon='ue810' font='entypo-fontello' position='left' title='Friday' link='' linktarget='' linkelement=''] Day 2 Coverage [/av_icon_box] [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BannerLogocopy.png' attachment='5264' align='center' animation='bottom-to-top' link='manually,https://crescentvale.com/hangout-music-festival-friday-may-16/' target=''] [/av_one_fourth] [av_one_fourth] [av_icon_box icon='ue810' font='entypo-fontello' position='left' title='Saturday' link='' linktarget=''

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  • Matt and Kim at Hangout Fest 2014. Photo by: Matthew McGuire

#HangoutFest | Saturday Live Coverage

By |May 17th, 2014|Categories: Festivals, Hangout Music Festival, Music News, National News, Photography|Tags: , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='Gulf Shores Soaks in the Hangout Festival ' tag='h2' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] The additional 5,000 attendees at the Hangout Music Festival stretched the festival grounds to new limits on Friday and Saturday. Chance the Rapper cancelled due to illness, and Moon Taxi will be shutting down the Red Bull Stage. Friday evening concluded with two over-the-top sets featuring STS9 and The Black Keys. Vintage rock fans consumed the buzz surrounding the Hangout Stage. Their was minor technical difficulties in the first song, but were evened out quickly into the set. Dance hungry, electronic music fans

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Soundings: An Evening of Sound Art | Live Exhibit

By |May 5th, 2014|Categories: Film News, Music News, Nashville, National News, Photography, Pop Culture, Reviews, Tennessee|Tags: , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='Needham's MCMA Troubadours Take on Nashville' tag='h2' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_heading heading='Written by: Matthew McGuire' tag='h5' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_slideshow size='gallery' animation='slide' autoplay='false' interval='5'] [av_slide id='4919'] [av_slide id='4921'] [av_slide id='4920'] [av_slide id='4923'] [/av_slideshow] Track One on 4th Ave. in Nashville, TN and gradate students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale worked together to host Soundings: An Evening of Sound Art and Performance on Saturday, May 3. The Swamp Tigers cut a live record with the help from Alex Kirt, The Woodbox Gang lead singer and guitarist. In addition to Kirt's live performance a list

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SIUC Fashion Design Show | Video Collection

By |April 25th, 2014|Categories: Carbondale, Fashion, Illinois, Local News, Music News, Photography, Pop Culture, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='Southern Illinois University Carbondale Fashion Design and Merchandising Spring Showcase' tag='h2' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_heading heading='Produced by: Matthew McGuire' tag='h3' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AAA_8868.png' attachment='4850' align='right' animation='right-to-left' link='' target=''] Sit front row in high definition for the 2014 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Fashion Design Merchandising Student Showcase hosted by Macy's, The Buckle, SIUC and the Carbondale Mall. The event was conducted in a packed ballroom on campus at SIUC on Thursday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Browse top tier fashion designers from youthful up and comers in the design industry.

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Flipboard | The Hottest Summer Events

By |April 21st, 2014|Categories: All Good Music Festival, Australia, Big Gigantic, Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Europe, Festivals, Film News, Gramatik, Hangout Music Festival, Interviews, Jack Johnson, Local News, Lotus, Moe., Music News, National News, North America, North Coast Music Festival, OutKast, Paper Diamond, Photography, Pop Culture, Reflections, Reviews, Sports, Summer Camp Music Festival, Summer Set Music Festival, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Tech News, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Widespread Panic, World News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='Swipe Like An Egyptian ' tag='h2' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_heading heading='Produced by: Matthew McGuire' tag='h6' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_hr ] [av_gallery ids='4801,4802,4803,4804,4805' style='thumbnails' preview_size='portfolio' crop_big_preview_thumbnail='avia-gallery-big-crop-thumb' thumb_size='masonry' columns='5' imagelink='lightbox' lazyload='avia_lazyload'] [av_icon_box icon='ue839' font='entypo-fontello' position='left' title='Flipboard in 2014' link='manually,https://flipboard.com/profile/CrescentVale' linktarget='' linkelement='both'] Scroll through the biggest and best festivals of the year with our Flipboard online magazine series. We aim to provide a multimedia viewing experience for large scale events nationwide. Our goal moving forward will be to keep up on the events we promote now, and expand to more international news and media

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Gramatik, BRANX, Gibbz, + Russ Liquid | Photos, Show Review

By |April 12th, 2014|Categories: Carbondale, Gramatik, Illinois, Music News, National News, Photography, Reviews, Summer Camp Music Festival|Tags: , , , , |

[av_slideshow size='featured' animation='slide' autoplay='false' interval='5'] [av_slide id='4705'] [av_slide id='4707'] [av_slide id='4709'] [av_slide id='4710'] [av_slide id='4713'] [av_slide id='4714'] [av_slide id='4715'] [av_slide id='4716'] [av_slide id='4717'] [av_slide id='4718'] [/av_slideshow] [av_hr class='default' height='50' shadow='no-shadow' position='center'] [av_heading heading='Lowtempo Records Fire Up at the Copper Dragon' tag='h3' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] [av_heading heading='Words and Photos by: Matthew McGuire ' tag='h6' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] "There comes a time in a human life when you reach the so-called ‘age of reason’ and realize that there are so many irrational beliefs, shameless contradictions and illogical restrictions inflicted upon society for various malicious

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Sundance Film Festival | Short Film Tour

By |April 7th, 2014|Categories: California, Clean Energy, Festivals, Film News, National News, North America, Photography, Pop Culture, Previews, Sundance Film Festival|Tags: , |

[av_video src='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-tFxVChyg&feature=share&list=PLkGyhCwp93E4KItUIGQWzUj-AzBBSjFds&index=8' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] [av_heading heading='Afronauts, The Cut, Dawn, MeTube: August Sings Carmen “Habanera” + More Shorts ' tag='h3' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading]   Words by: Matthew McGuire [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SFF14_ShortsPoster1.jpg' attachment='4681' align='right' animation='top-to-bottom' link='manually,http://www.sundance.org/programs/short-film-tour/' target=''] The Sundance Film Festival has announced today that eight short films will be featured from the 2014 event on the road this year. International filmmakers will be able to share their work with audiences that might have not been able to catch the screenings at Sundance, but still want to experience the raw cinema experience. Watch and preview trailers for the eight films below

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Big Muddy Film Festival | Shorts | It Felt Like Love

By |February 21st, 2014|Categories: Big Muddy FIlm Festival, Carbondale, Festivals, Film News, Illinois, National News, Photography, Previews, Reviews, United States|Tags: , , |

It Felt Like Love at Big Muddy Photography and words by: Matthew McGuire Shayna Connelly and Deron Williams   Carbondale, Ill — Experimental shorts this year at the Big Muddy Film Festival were subtle, but intelligible with additional context provided by the filmmakers during a live Q and A following the screening this afternoon at the Guyon Auditorium. I think life is more about the words unspoken rather than the words that are said. - Deron Williams, director of Promo Williams and Connelly spoke with the audience about their short films that provoked different emotions. Promo was directed

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Interview and Photos | Rebelution

By |February 12th, 2014|Categories: Global, Interviews, Music News, National News, North America, Photography, Top 10: 2014, United States, World News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Rebelution's Winter Greens 2014 Tour Photography by Brian Glass & words by Matthew McGuire Eric Rachmany, vocalist and guitarist for Rebelution spoke with us on the phone as the band tours across country to go over their current nationwide tour, their upcoming album and more on the diverse band. Brain Glass captured the photos from the band's performance at the Madison Theater on Saturday, February 8. Click and connect with his extended photo gallery. The interview was taken on Tuesday, February 11. Thank you Eric for taking the time to speak with us today. Lets jump right in. CV: When

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