Some of you may have heard of The Ice Cream man, though the chances are that you haven't. Which is fortunate, because this whole series we're running will be the perfect opportunity for you to acquaint yourself with this unconventional figure of a man.
The premise of Ice Cream Man's Road Trip was quite simple: he'd head around the United States of America this Summer just passed, taking in whatever music festivals he could, (Bonnaroo, ATP NY, Pitchfork etc.) giving away free ice cream (charitable!) as well as being a kind and gentlemanly fellow about it all.
That's exactly what he did. He also thought it'd be a good idea to film it, and why not? Over the course of the summer and his road trip he took in 15 music festivals, distributed 200,000 or so free ice creams and messed around with 60 of the hottest AND hippest bands on the way, each condensed into an episode, playing live, talking or jus' hanging out.
The shows have been streaming on Babelgum, but we thought we'd run the best of them here this week. We've already run Part I, and this is, logicially, Part II.
We've fired him over some questions too, so we'll let you know what his favourite ice cream actually is as soon as he tells us. In the meantime click below for the four videos, featuring Vivian Girls, Jay Reatard, Chairlift and more!
Deradoorian and Icy Demons
The Thermals and Vivian Girls
White Rabbits and Chairlift
Stay tuuuuuuuuned for more Ice Cream Man related fun in the next few days.
- Spotifriday #21 - This Week on DiS as a playlist
- Vivian Girls plot tour of these shores in the New Year
- Watch: Road Trippin' with the Ice Cream Man Part II, ft. Vivian Girls, Jay Reatard, Chairlift and mo
- Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
- Watch: Vivian Girls - 'When I'm Gone'
- Listen: Vivian Girls and WHY? offer free mp3 album previews
- Dot To Dot: The DiS review
- Dot To Dot preview: A DiS mixtape
From the archive
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Australia's Bumblebeez: a little 'I Am The Walrus'
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The Weekly DiScussion: festival fever's early stages
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First Listen: Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion

Chairlift
Jay Reatard
The Thermals
In Photos: Arctic Monkeys @ Wembley Arena, London
In Photos: The Flaming Lips @ The Academy, Manchester
In Photos: Moby @ The Palace Theatre, London
In Photos: Tegan & Sara @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London
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