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the biz
Newsflash: Making Festivals Affordable Is A Good Idea
The New York Times’ report on the wave of… MORE »
Lineups
The Murder City Devils To Sweat It Out In The Desert
The Coachella tradition of adding acts after the initial lineup announcement continues this year (no accompanying list of cancellations… yet), although I suppose most people were hoping for something a little more thrilling than the Murder City Devils, who will play Sunday. I’m excited to see the band again (even if a sweaty tent mid-day isn’t exactly my preferred venue), since they had a run of albums around the turn of the century that were fun, edgy bursts of organ-fueled garage rock. If the Pacific Northwest is more your style, the band is, according to their Twitter feed, also playing Sasquatch. A selection of clips below the cut. MORE »
it's the economy?
Your Personal Live-Music Itineraries: Are They Feeling The Pinch?
Sure, today saw quite a few highly anticipated concerts in the news. But Forbes.com is seeing through those lineup announcements and sellout crowds and forecasting nothing but gloom and doom, thanks to—what else?—recent global economic woes. Layaway plans for pricey festival tickets are just the beginning! MORE »
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The Coachella Lineup Is Out (For Real This Time)
Paul McCartney, The Killers, and The Cure are atop the seemingly eternally delayed lineup (OK it was only like a week tops, but still) for the California festival Coachella, which takes place April 17-19. Also on the bill: Morrissey, Leonard Cohen, My Bloody Valentine, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, X, TV On The Radio, and Ida Maria. And Amy Winehouse, for real! Full roster, broken down by day, after the jump. MORE »
The Coachella Lineup: The Answer To “Is It Out Yet?” Is Still “No-achella” At This Point
Coachella mastermind Paul Tollett says of the… MORE »
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Just In Case You Were Wondering: No Coachella Lineup So Far
I decided to suffer through KROQ’s playlist of Papa Roach and Three Days Grace just in case its morning show happened to have the delayed Coachella lineup this morning, but one of the inane hosts (Bean, maybe?) just mentioned that he and his corporate overlords haven’t received any new information since yesterday. However, in the midst of this seemingly endless wait, a particularly creative nerd on the Coachella message board took the “Paul T” username (for Goldenvoice head Paul Tollett) and posted a very likely fake lineup. While I doubt the Hold Steady are playing both Friday and Saturday, if you care to dream about what might be, it’s below the cut. MORE »
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What The Heck Is Going On With The Coachella Lineup Announcement?
So after tons of speculation and blog posts and rending of whatever garments one wears on message boards, the Coachella lineup was supposed to be announced today—only the reveal, which was supposed to take place on the Los Angeles station KROQ at 7:20 a.m. local time, was delayed because the organizers are still trying to “nail down a few big acts” at this date. (Thanks to Dan Gibson for keeping his ears open.) As you might expect, this bit of news caused much displeasure for a lot of people who like to argue about these sorts of things, and one person actually took the time to e-mail one of the KROQ morning show’s hosts demanding some sort of explanation. And that host for some reason actually responded to the e-mail (despite its subject line being “Screw You Fags!”), saying: MORE »
reunions
A Very Small Piece Of The Coachella Lineup Revealed
As the music-obsessive enclaves of the Internet wait for the allegedly forthcoming announcement of the lineup for Coachella—and the festival’s employees post coy messages to Twitter that will only fan the message-board flames—one persistent reunion rumor has been debunked: Faith No More, sadly, will not be getting back together under the desert moonlight. But all is not lost for fans of former lead singer/constant vocal experimenter Mike Patton who have the urge to sweat: Patton is scheduled to play a set with the beatboxer Rahzel, according to Billboard. The two apparently have a long-in-the-works album languishing in a vault somewhere, and Rahzel was one of the many artists who helped out with Patton’s Peeping Tom project a couple of years back. After the jump, a clip of the pair performing Kelis’ “Milkshake” in 2004. MORE »
Lineups
The Coachella Rumormongering: Going Nowhere Fast
In past years, there’s been some sort of announcement of the Coachella lineup by now (like last year, when I spent several hours tuning into an internet feed for a Mexican indie rock station), but I haven’t even heard an announcement of an announcement regarding this year’s lineup yet. And there’s been the total silence on Goldenvoice’s blog and nothing on longtime festival sponsor KROQ’s site. Of course, that lack of official word hasn’t stopped one blog or another from “confirming” acts through mysterious anonymous sources. And according to someone on ohnotheydidnt, the Britney Spears appearance that seemed so preposterous a few weeks ago is actually going to happen, with the singer allowing lots of lazy scribes to make “dance tent”/”circus” jokes: MORE »
