Upon returning from Holy Ship!!, it seems like there’s been a void in my life. When you step aboard this luxury cruise liner, you sign a deal with the EDM gods, you give them a part of your soul in exchange for what is sure to be the best 3 days of your life. Since Holy Ship!!…
On normal cruises, deck chairs are scarce. People wake up at dawn to go put their towel on a chair to reserve it. There was even a note in the Celebrity Silhouette staterooms warning that this is against the rules. There was definitely no need for it though. The first leg of the SS Coachella…
As the first leg of the SS Coachella sailed to the Bahamas this week, there seemed to be two main fashion strategies going on. Many followed Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker’s technique of simply not dressing for a warm, humid sea voyage at all (at least not one in the last 100 years). He’s pictured above…
Of the myriad activities led by artists on the SS Coachella, the must-have ticket was a wine tasting hosted by James Murphy and his oenophile compatriot Justin Chearno. The wait list for this event was capped before boarding even began despite audible begging and plaintive wails from fans and wine enthusiasts once they got on…
Editor’s note: We asked Chad and Ashley of the band Annandale to share photos and stories from their experience on the ShipRocked 2012 cruise. ShipRocked 2012 was amazing. For us, though, it was on more than just a music fan level. While we got to experience the euphoria of seeing some of our favorite artists…
Josh Tillman is a fantastic performer, which is especially interesting because mocks the art of performing the entire time Father John Misty is on stage. He flips his wrists and shakes his hips like a tired stripper, which lends a disarming sense of nonchalance to the act. The stage banter, as I learned when I…
Last weekend, Music Fest Northwest brought acts from all over the world to the biggest music festival in one of the best music cities in the country, Portland, Oregon. This fall and winter, some of the bands featured at the fest will set sail with their fans on concert cruises. The ECR team fanned out…
In conjunction with their 20th anniversary, the Backstreet Boys just announced their third cruise, set to sail October 25, 2013 on the Carnival Imagination. Some will argue this is the band’s first real reunion since it will include Kevin Richardson (baritone, goatee) after a six year absence. For a band that has been coming “back”…
When Stephen Colbert announced that he was getting into the concert cruise business with StePhest Colbchella ’012 Rocktaugustfest, I thought he might be joking. Everything Colbert does is either hilariously half-assed or completely over-the-top. One look at this intro sequence, and you’ll know this is the latter.
When we learned last week that the Mayhem Cruise was canceled, we like everyone else who had planned to go, were disappointed and wondered what happened exactly. This week, I got the chance to interview Scott Ian for an upcoming feature on Anthrax in The Oregonian. While I had him on the phone, I asked…
Last weekend, things were looking up for the Mayhem Cruise. The lead singer of the event’s headlining band, Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, was finally released from jail in Prague, after being held for a month on (seemingly very bogus) manslaughter charges. But yesterday, the Mayhem Cruise issued this statement via their website: Unfortunately, due…
