Sonos is giving away tickets to shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl all summer long.

From the upcoming Kings of the Mic Tour featuring LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, and De La Soul, to Steve Miller Band, Depeche Mode, and new supergroup Atoms for Peace, the Bowl has an incredible summer lineup.

Enter here for a chance to win 2 tickets to any of our 12 shows this summer, and be sure to share with your friends via your personal link. If you refer the winner, you win as well and you will all be going to the show together.

Winners for the Kings of the Mic Tour will be chosen and announce on Twitter tomorrow, May 23rd.

Don’t forget: while you’re at the show, tag Sonos on Instagram (@Sonos) and use #sonoslive for a chance to win SONOS gear.

The night will begin as KCRW’s Music Director, Jason Bentley, interviews Peterson, Madlib, Om’Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn, Egon Alapatt, Itai Shapira and other special guests  and continue with a live performance from The Decoders.

Go here to grab your spot before we close the RSVPs. If you’re unable to attend Thursday at the Sonos Studio LA, you’ll be able to listen later with KCRW on Sonos, and potentially on Gilles’ BBC show later in the year.

And for those of you in LA but busy Thursday, Gilles is performing a special show on Saturday, May 25th, at 333 Live. This event – co-presented by KCRW – will go down at Prince’s infamous ex-Glam Slam club, and is sure to be a show to remember. More info and tickets here.

Finally, be sure to know about future events by signing-up for the Sonos Studio mailing list if you live in the area or travel frequently to Los Angeles. We’d love to host you.

Named “Heart of Nowhere” after the new Noah and the Whale album, the short film depicts a group of adolescents who have been separated from society until they were mature enough to return. The film captured Charlie’s creativity and natural flair for direction and production, and pushed the creative boundaries between art, music and film.

Dressed in boiler suits, similar to the ones worn on the band’s album cover, the guests were then treated to an acoustic set by the Noah and the Whale. View the images below and stream the album on Spotify.

We’ve paired up with Rdio to give you a convenient way to listen to a playlist inspired by the soundtrack and indulge on Sonos. Check out how to listen on Sonos below or listen online.

How to listen on Sonos:

Login to your Rdio account online > Click subscribe to this playlist > On your Sonos controller choose Rdio > Playlists > Subscribed > Choose the playlist

More films with great music here.

You can register in person at the TuneIn Booth to win one of many SONOS PLAY:3’s.

Anyone, anywhere can listen to Jazz Fest this weekend. Our friends at TuneIn are broadcasting live performances by Billy Joel, John Mayer, Phoenix, Willie Nelson and more all weekend long: Friday, May 3 through Sunday May 5. Just check out Jazz Fest Radio to experience New Orleans from wherever you are: http://s.tunein.com/hkrzl

And don’t forget while you’re at the festival, or better yet, at the TuneIn booth, say hello on Twitter with #JazzFestLive.

Slowhand and Hendrix are household names, but less often lauded are the contributions of Robert Johnson, BB King, and many more. Consider this the month where we recognize 5 infamous guitars themselves, and the guitar’s  incalculable influence across all types of music.

1. Robert Johnson’s Gibson – This legendary blues man is pictured with a Gibson Guitar Corporation model L-1 flat top. (via) Like all great innovators, Johnson did things with his L-1 that no one had prior thought of, and because of the improving technology, his sounds were preserved. Still today, his mix of soulful singing and  fingerpicking are timelessly impressive.

Image via Robert Johnson Blues Foundation

 2. Jimmy Page’s double necked Gibson – Both beautiful and futuristic. Still in production, the Gibson EDS-1275, has seen many famous hands throughout the years – from Rush to Van Halen – though Jimmy remains the man who made it famous.

Image via The Current

3. Jimi Hendrix’s Strat – Sometimes it’s tough to recall the guitarist without also remembering the guitar that made them famous. And perhaps there’s no better example than Hendrix’s signature left-handed Strat…which was just an upside down Strat until years later the style had grown in popularity it prompted Fender to begin production of a special model.

Image via Pri

4. Eric Clapton’s Blackie – While Clapton first considered playing the Stratocaster partly because of Hendrix’s influence, he unquestionably made it his own. Compiled from parts of a few other Strats, Blackie was played by Clapton for well over a decade, during the height of his career.

Image via ericclapton.com

5. B.B. King’s Lucille – The story of Lucille is the stuff of guitar folklore. First, picture B.B. running back into a burning dance hall he was playing to retrieve his beloved Gibson ES-355. Two men died that night in that fire. They were fighting over – you guessed it – a girl named Lucille.

 Image via bbking.com

Starting this week, Notes for Notes will launch an ongoing series to auction signed PLAY:3 and PLAY:5 speakers as part of the SIGNED ARTIST SERIES to benefit music education and their studios. The roster of signed units span nearly every genre and could be the perfect way to add Sonos to your home or expand your current Sonos system, starting with Bonnie Raitt and Ben Harper.

Whether you are a fan of the artist or are interested in supporting Notes for Notes, visit their website and charity auction to support the cause.

The album explores an assortment of instrumentation including distorted metallic guitars, blaring brass horns, tinkering piano melodies, and heart thumping drums. There are heavy numbers like the title track which samples vocal coughs, classic Portuguese sounding numbers like the Gilberto Gil written “Eu Descobri”, and upbeat psychedelic rock tunes like “Look Out”. Keeping to typical Os Mutantes fashion, Fool Metal Jack is a musical world that only they could create.

In anticipation of their Sonos Studio appearance, Brazilian rock pioneers Os Mutantes want to answer your questions. Post them in the comments below and select questions will be answered by the band on this blog.

Os Mutantes Q&A

Q. Every now and then an American artist will release a tropicalia-influenced album — Jesse Harris’s Sub Rosa & Beck’s Mutations being among the more prominent. How do you think the sound and context translate? Any that you find particularly strong interpretations?

A. First of all, it was amazing to see our music outgrowing the band itself. I believe the moment the internet bypassed all the barriers and frontiers of race color and creed, and that’s how you guys – the kids – make all these things happen. I was very surprised to start seeing the myriad of bands that where influenced by our music and sound, I believe Beck’s Mutation was the most significative and deepest of them all.

Q. Os Mutantes has seen many personnel changes throughout the years; In fact, you (Sergio Dias) are the only remaining member from the 1960s/70s lineup. What unites all these different eras of Os Mutantes?

A. Mutantes are not the band on stage, Mutantes is an energy wave that comes and wipes everything around. The real lineup is the audience, the public and the energy that this can generate. The people on the lineup now are friends and we share a deep respect for you, the audience, and each member. I just happen to be enjoying the ride for longer.

Q. You performed Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol with the ’74 Mutantes in December. Any chance of a tour of that at some point?

A. I would love to do it, I don’t know if it will happen. It would depend on the understanding of the album by the promoters as a single situation, I would love to share it with you all, it was a blast playing with the original cats of that line up and I hope more would come.

Q. In the album version of A Hora E A Vez Do Cabelo Nascer, the lyrics “verde” and “amarelo” are obscured by sneezing, censorship imposed by the military dictatorship in Brazil at that time. What did the government find threatening about those particular lyrics?

A. I believe as bullies, they didn’t need any particular reason, basically we said “My hair is yellow and green” (Brazilian flag colors) and that was enough for the thugs to come after us, we didn’t comply so we mutilated the song with the noise so the audience would know it was censored, but kept on playing live with the original untouched lyrics. After all, we had to be defiant…

-Sergio

Enjoy this Os Mutantes inspired playlist from Spotify.

The evening includes a Q&A with the film’s Producer Tim Lynch and Director Tim Wheeler where moderator Shirley Halprin of The Hollywood Reporter dives deeper into how the film came together and how it sheds new light on the legendary band. To RSVP to attend the ¡CUATRO! screening click here.

This screening also marks the first film of the new PLAY: A SERIES OF RECENT MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES effort: The series takes place at the Sonos Studio over the months of April, May and June with one screening each month.

The music documentary has earned a special place in filmmaking and music culture, with some of the greatest directors staking a claim to the format. The PLAY: series probes new movements in the genre, bringing in the filmmakers and bands to discuss and celebrate the films and their impact.

PLAY: highlights the power and fun of music and video coming together and showcases the SONOS PLAYBAR, the only soundbar that plays all the music on earth. PLAY: also elevates the concept of “dinner and a movie” with food for each event curated by the kitchens of LA’s renowned AOC and Lucques.