Idolator: Lineups

Not Even The Presence Of Soul Asylum Can Prevent Us From Asking "Another Festival? Really?"

Dan Gibson — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Sure, Coachella attendance was soft, the Vegoose festival went under, and San Diego's Street Scene festival is scaling down, but the city of West Hollywood believes that this is the perfect moment to announce a new festival. Not only will does the initial lineup of the Sunset Strip Music Festival include Soul Asylum, Everclear, and something called "L.A. Guns featuring Jani Lane of Warrant," it'll feature a kickoff event hosted by Mark McGrath and a roundtable hosted by Larry King. What more could you ask for? Mark your calendars now!

B Real of Cypress Hill featuring Slash
Camper Van Beethoven
Dilated Peoples
Everclear
Godhead
Hellogoodbye
Hot Hot Heat
Juliette and The Licks
L.A. Guns featuring Jani Lane of Warrant
Louis XIV
Soul Asylum
The 88

First Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival [West Hollywood News]

Bob Dylan Gives His Blessing To Another Store At The Mall

Maura Johnston — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:15:00 EDT

The latest entrant in the filled-to-the-brim summer festival lineup: The New American Music Union, an American Eagle-sponsored, Anthony Kiedis-curated show taking place in Pittsburgh on Aug. 8 and 9. The lineup is split between summer-fest stalwarts like Bob Dylan, Spoon, the Roots, and Black Mountain and a "battle of the bands" between 15 acts representing universities around the country. The winning band gets a whole day in a recording studio on AE's dime, which I guess we're supposed to take as a sign that their "cheaper than Abercrombie" aesthetic isn't really pulling in the shoppers as much as it did during the housing boom. (I'm happy to see that my alma mater is representing with The French Horn Rebellion, who sound kind of like a grimier Pulsars and who have a remix of Shannon's "Let The Music Play" (!!!) on their MySpace page. Go Cats!) Full lineup after the jump.

Bob Dylan and His Band
The Raconteurs
Gnarls Barkley
The Roots
Spoon
The Black Keys
Black Mountain
The Duke Spirit
NASA
Tiny Masters of Today

College Bands
Bears (Kent State University)
Flying Machines (The New School)
Gospel Gossip (Carleton College)
Magic Bullets (University of California Berkley)
Math the Band (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
My Dear Disco (University of Michigan)
Nothing Unexpected (Robert Morris University)
The Black Fortys (University of Southern Illinois)
The Company Kang (Whitman College)
The Delicious (Indiana University)
The Depreciation Guild (New York University)
The Elizabethan Report (Brigham Young University)
The French Horn Rebellion (Northwestern University)
The Royal Bangs (University of Tennessee)
The Steps (University of Texas Austin)

American Eagle Outfitters Announces Summer Music Festival Hosted by Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers [Centre Daily; HT RS]

Ozzfest Clipped To One Day In Dallas, Metallica Stuck Atop Its Lineup

Maura Johnston — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica will headline this year's Ozzfest, which is slated to be a one-day festival that will also feature Jonathan Davis, The Sword, Serj Tankian, and many other, crappier metal bands. The show is set for Aug. 9 at Dallas' Pizza Hut Park, a setup that is causing fans to revolt in the official announcement's comment section. (Sample comments: "FUCK YOU Sharron!!!!!!! If it wasnt for the thousands of people like me that payed to see Ozzfest and promote music YOU wouldnt have anything....You have made your last dime from me"; "This Suck This is bullshit ozzfest is only going to be a one day show in TX. Well I am gland that all of other summer tour is not like this like warped tour now we got a new summer tour call rockstar mayhem tour I hope it better than ozzfest") Full lineup after the jump.

OZZY OSBOURNE
METALLICA
SERJ TANKIAN
HELLYEAH
JONATHAN DAVIS
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY
SHADOWS FALL
APOCALYPTICA
IN THIS MOMENT
All-Star Tribute To "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott

Second Stage:
SEVENDUST
DEVILDRIVER
KINGDOM OF SORROW
SOILENT GREEN
WITCHCRAFT
GOATWHORE

Texas (Third) Stage:
THE SWORD
DROWNING POOL
RIGOR MORTIS

So wait, does the show's setting mean that Pizza Hut is now the most metal of the mass-produced pizza chains? For some reason I thought that prize belonged to Little Caesar's.

OZZFEST RETURNS AS ONE-DAY STADIUM SPECTACULAR ON AUGUST 9 IN DALLAS, TX WITH OZZY OSBOURNE AND METALLICA TOP AND CUTTING-EDGE ACTS TO IGNITE THREE STAGES [Ozzfest.com]

Rocklahoma Adds Fifth Day; Oklahoma Beer Distributors Very Psyched

Maura Johnston — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Because of "overwhelming response from members of the rock community and their fan" (um, sic?), the hard-rock reunionfest Rocklahoma has swelled to a fifth day, news that's probably thrilling all the businesses within a 500-mile radius of the festival's home city, Pryor, Okla. The festival will now run July 9-13; a ton of hard-rock stalwarts, including Extreme, Cinderella, Tesla, and Sebastian Bach, have already been announced, leaving me to puzzle over just who, exactly, will be performing on that extra day. (Also, am I the only one who just realized that Living Colour was on the bill?) Full roster of acts, including the many second-stage bands, after the jump.

Thursday, July 10
BRET MICHAELS, SEBASTIAN BACH, DOKKEN, L.A. GUNS featuring Tracii Guns, ENUFF Z' NUFF, VAIN, HOUSE OF LORDS, JET BOY

Friday, July 11
TRIUMPH, EXTREME, LITA FORD, NIGHT RANGER, LIVING COLOUR, KINGDOM COME, ARMORED SAINT, XYZ

Saturday, July 12
CINDERELLA, WARRANT, KIX, LYNCH MOB, TRIXTER, BLACK N BLUE, TORA TORA, EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE, PRETTY BOY FLOYD

Sunday, July 13
QUEENSRŸCHE, TESLA, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, ZEBRA, AXE, STEELHEART and two more acts tba.

The Retrospect Records stage includes the following bands: JESTER, SIDEKIXX, PAIR-A-DICE, FRONT RUNNER, TOMMY HAD A VISION, VALOR, GYPSY BLUE, WHITEFOXX, BLUE TIGER, WILD AUGUST, MESSANG, PAUL SHORTINO, MARIAH, WARRYOR, BAD CANDY, LORRAINE, NASTY NASTY, REAL STEEL, CUTTLASS, VYPER, MASS, BAD CANDY, ONEY, STRIKEFORCE, HERAZZ, RECKLESS, HEARTLESS, RON KEEL, WARRYOR and ALIBI.

On the Tri-Label Group stage has: ASPHALT VALENTINE, AZRAEL'S BANE, BONESHAKER, COCKPIT, DANGEROUS INC., DEATHRIDERS (NEIL TURBIN), DIRTY PENNY, DRIVE A, EXIT 27, GODS OF KANSAS, GYPSY PISTOLEROS, KARNEVIL (DARIO LORINA), KRUCIBLE (featuring Lance King), LIPSTICK MAGAZINE, MINDFLOW, ODIN, ORDER OF NINE, POWND, SACRED DAWN, SEX DPT., SHADOWSIDE, SWEET F.A., THE JAKALS, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, WARMACHINE.

Rocklahoma 2008 - Fifth Day Added To Festival [Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles]

As rumored last night, The Vaselines and ...

Maura Johnston — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT

As rumored last night, The Vaselines and Eric's Trip (and Les Thugs, too) have been added to the Sub Pop 20th anniversary party in Seattle July 12 and 13, and there's still "more to be added soon." Also, for those of you wondering where Tad is, there's also a news-to-me show featuring the Gutter Twins (Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli!) and the Brothers of the Sonic Cloth (Tad!!!) the night of July 12 at the Showbox. The show will be the Vaselines' first Stateside show ever, and some rabble-rouser in our comments is saying that they're going to play New York, too?! Oooh. Full lineup (including the roster for the Friday night comedy show) after the jump. [SubPop.com]

Saturday: Flight of the Conchords / The Vaselines / Iron & Wine / Low / Fleet Foxes / Mudhoney / The Fluid / The Helio Sequence / Eric's Trip / Seaweed / Pissed Jeans

Sunday: Green River / Wolf Parade / Beachwood Sparks / Les Thugs / Foals / No Age / Red Red Meat / Comets on Fire / Kinski / Grand Archives / The Ruby Suns

SP20 Comedy Show: Friday, July 11 @ the Moore Theatre
Patton Oswalt, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, and surprise guests

SP20 at The Showbox: Saturday, July 12
The Gutter Twins and Brothers of the Sonic Cloth (feat. Tad Doyle)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and Broken ...

Maura Johnston — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:15:00 EDT

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and Broken Social Scene will headline this year's Siren Festival, the Village Voice-sponsored free sweatfest on Coney Island scheduled for July 19. Other bands on the bill: Beach House, Film School, and Annuals (remember them?). Bonus frequent-flyer points go to Times New Viking, who will play Siren on Saturday then fly out to Chicago for a performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival the next day. Full lineup after the jump.

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Broken Social Scene
The Helio Sequence
Beach House
Times New Viking
Jaguar Love
The Dodos
Annuals
Film School
Parts & Labor
Dragons of Zynth
These Are Powers

Monolith Festival Seemingly Comfortable With Indie-Intensive Lineup

Anthony Miccio — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:30:00 EDT

A festival with Justice and Devotchka as the headliners? Where's the Jay-Z or Joe Jackson? Where's the Weiland? The ironically named Monolith Festival, which will hit Red Rocks Ampitheater on Sept. 13 and 14, is keeping the scale kind of small, but kind of awesome as well. TV On The Radio, CSS, Del The Funkee Homosapien, and bands with even less name recognition may not pull in the suburbanites, but it should make for an enjoyable show. Lineup after the jump.

(in alphabetical order)
Airbourne Toxic Event
Akron/Family
Mickey Avalon
The Avett Brothers
Band Of Horses
Blitzen Trapper
Bright Channel
The Bronx
Neko Case
CSS
The Cribs
Cut Copy
Darker Love
Del The Funkee Homosapien
Devotchka
The Elms
Fratellis
Chester French
The Giraffes
Grampall Jookbox
Hearts Of Palm
The Heavy
Holy Fuck
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Justice
The Kills
Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
Cameron McGill & What Army
The Morning Benders
The Night Marchers
The Photo Atlas
A Place To Bury Strangers
Pop Levi
The Presets
Rosewood Thieves
Silversun Pickups
Superdrag
Tilly And The Wall
The Ting Tings
Tokyo Police Club
TV On The Radio
Upper Terrace Stage
Vampire Weekend
John Vanderslice
White Denim

There are still some TBAs peppered throughout the schedule, but if I was the kind of person who would fly to Colorado to see a concert, I'd already be hitting this. At the very least I'd want to catch The Night Marchers, which is the new band of John Reis of Rocket The Crypt and Hot Snakes. Get psyched!

Monolith Festival
The Night Marchers - I Wanna Deatbeat You [Youtube]

The rest of the Pitchfork Music Festival's ...

Maura Johnston — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT

The rest of the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup has been announced, and rounding out the night where bands perform classic albums is... Sebadoh, performing Bubble & Scrape. Kind of a letdown given a) the speculation about what other bands might be playing and b) my personal preference for Bakesale, but what are you gonna do. Also added to the bill: the Hold Steady, High Places, and Elf Power, among others. Click the album cover for the entire lineup.

FRIDAY, JULY 18
The Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back" featuring
PUBLIC ENEMY performing It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
**SEBADOH performing Bubble and Scrape
MISSION OF BURMA performing Vs.

SATURDAY, JULY 19
Animal Collective
Jarvis Cocker
**The Hold Steady
!!!
Vampire Weekend
No Age
Atlas Sound
Dizzee Rascal
Extra Golden
Fleet Foxes
**Elf Power
**Caribou
Ruby Suns
Fuck Buttons
Jay Reatard
**Icy Demons
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
**Boban Markovic Orkestar
**Titus Andronicus

SUNDAY, JULY 20
Spoon
Dinosaur Jr
Spiritualized
M. Ward
Ghostface & Raekwon
Les Savy Fav
The Apples In Stereo
Boris
Cut Copy
Dirty Projectors
**Bon Iver
Dodos
**Times New Viking
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
El Guincho
King Khan
**HEALTH
**High Places
**Mahjongg

My Bloody Valentine To Play Stateside, Curate Best North American Festival Of 2008

Maura Johnston — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:20:00 EDT

Not only is My Bloody Valentine playing the just-announced All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Monticello, N.Y., this fall, they're curating the damn thing, and among the bands they've hand-picked to play include Built To Spill (performing Perfect From Now On), Polvo, the Meat Puppets (playing Meat Puppets II), and Low. And there's more to come! Tickets are limited to 3,000 and go on sale Friday, a.k.a. the first day of Coachella, which should make the festival-junkie action on Craigslist very interesting over the coming months. The announced lineup after the jump.

My Bloody Valentine
Built to Spill performing Perfect From Now On
Meat Puppets performing Meat Puppets II
Thurston Moore performing Psychic Hearts
Tortoise performing Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Shellac
Mogwai
Polvo
Fuck Buttons
Autolux
The Drones
Low
Wooden Shjips
Edan with Dagha
Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra

Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde To Rock The Bells This Summer

Maura Johnston — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:45:00 EDT

This summer's edition of the Rock The Bells tour—which will make stops in 10 cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, and Vancouver—will be headlined by A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Rakim, and the reunited Pharcyde; each of the shows will be hosted by Supernatural and B-Real. The lineup will change from city to city, with artists on the ever-rotating undercard including Santogold, Method Man & Redman, Wale, Dead Prez, and Kid Sister. Confirmed lineup after the jump.

A Tribe Called Quest
Nas
Mos Def
De La Soul
Rakim
Pharcyde
Santogold
Spank Rock
Kid Sister
Jay Electronica
Wale
Flosstradamus
The Cool Kids
Method Man & Redman
Raekwon & Ghostface (Cuban Linx)
Immortal Technique
Dead Prez
Murs
Kidz In the Hall

[Billboard]

Massive Attack Plans A Meltdown

Anthony Miccio — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Massive Attack, which now consists of original members Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, will curate their very own Meltdown Festival in London this June. It's a pretty rich line-up with lots of obvious touchstones like Grace Jones, George Clinton, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Adrian Sherwood, as well as modern acts like Leila and Elbow. Full line-up after the jump.

MASSIVE ATTACK
14 & 22 June

GONG
14 June

YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
15 June

Reggae Acoustic Songbook
HORACE ANDY + JOHNNY CLARKE + EARL 16 + PRINCE MALACHAI
15 June

REPRIEVE SCREENINGS
Taxi to the Dark Side and post-show talk with Moazzam Begg & Clive Stafford Smith
15 June

ELBOW + FLEET FOXES
16 June

THE NIGHT JAMES BROWN SAVED BOSTON
Screening
16 June

VANGELIS' BLADE RUNNER SOUNDTRACK
performed live by the Heritage Orchestra, mixed by Massive Attack
17 June

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS performing Inflammable Material
+ MARK STEWART & THE MAFFIA Showcase Edit
+ ADRIAN SHERWOOD
18 June

THE SHORTWAVE SET + MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD
18 June

GRACE JONES
19 June

Massive Attack Presents Future Sounds of Hip-hop
DALEK + COOL KIDS + SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS + FLYING LOTUS
19 June

GANG OF FOUR + TOM TOM CLUB
20 June

TERRY CALLIER + ALOE BLACC
20 June

GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC
21 June

TUNNG + LEILA
21 June

SAXON SOUND SYSTEM
+ MUSCLEHEAD + TIPPA IRIE + TREVOR SAX + PAPA LEVI
22 June

UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS
Installation Volume
13 - 22 June

SILENT DISCO
including DJs PEACHES + KIERAN HEBDEN (aka Four Tet)
13, 14 & 19 - 21 June

PLUS SCREENINGS OF:
Shane Meadow's Somers Town, In Prison My Whole Life, BUG: Massive Attack's Videos
BFI Southbank 020 7928 3232
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
BFI IMAX 0870 787 2525

Why did I put the video for "Karmacoma" at the top of the post? Uh, because it's one of the best videos ever made?

Massive Attack's Meltdown [Southbank Centre]
Karmacoma - Massive Attack feat. Tricky [Youtube]

Roskilde Festival Lineup Proves That Denmark Gets To Have All The Fun

Maura Johnston — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT

The lineup for Denmark's Roskilde Festival—scheduled for July 3-6—is so whoa-inducing that I'm just going to list a few of the many pairs that you can come up with from combining names on the bill: Grinderman and Jay-Z; 18th Dye (!!!) and At The Gates; Slayer and Neil Young; Lykke Li and Judas Priest. And that's really just the tip of the iceberg. Feast your eyes on the poster (because there are way too many artists on the bill for me to sit here typing them all out) after the jump.

Roskilde Festival [Official site; HT The Daily Swarm]

Austin City Limits Festival Gives Those Who Miss SXSW's Barbecue A Reason To Go Back To Texas

Maura Johnston — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The Foo Fighters, Beck, and Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are headlining this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, which takes place Sept. 26-28 in Austin's Zilker Park. The festival is promoted by Lollapalooza promoters C3, and it shares a few artists with its Chicago cousin, including Gnarls Barkley, the Raconteurs, and Okkervil River; other lineup highlights for the three-day sweatfest include Tegan & Sara, Against Me!, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Erykah Badu, and the Heartless Bastards. Also: Flyleaf? Full lineup after the jump.

Foo Fighters
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Beck
Manu Chao
John Fogerty
David Byrne
The Raconteurs
The Mars Volta
Gnarls Barkley
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
N.E.R.D.
Erykah Badu
Robert Earl Keen
Patty Griffin
Tegan & Sara
Iron & Wine
G. Love & Special Sauce
Neko Case
Band Of Horses
The Swell Season
Silversun Pickups
Gogol Bordello
Gillian Welch
Eli Young Band
The Black Keys
Against Me!
Jakob Dylan And The Gold Mountain Rebels
Okkervil River
Galactic
Kevin Fowler
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Hot Chip
Vampire Weekend
Slightly Stoopid
Duffy Alejandro Escovedo
Roky Erikson
Yonder Mountain String Band
Spiritualized
Flyleaf
Drive-By Truckers
Ingrid Michaelson
Stars
Jose Gonzalez
CSS
Del The Funky Homosapien
Man Man
Jamie Lidell
MGMT
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Jenny Lewis
M. Ward
Asleep At The Wheel
Mason Jennings
Heartless Bastards
Antibalas
The Nachito Herrera All-Stars
Shooter Jennings
Xavier Rudd
Yeasayer
Octopus Project
Joe Bonamassa
The Kills
White Denim
Louis XIV
Delta Spirit
Mates Of State
Nicole Atkins & The Sea
Electric Touch
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears
Black Door Slam
Tristan Prettyman
The Strange Boys
Ryan Bingham
Scott Biram
Freddy Jones
Colour Revolt
Five Times August
Langhorne Slim
Sybris
Eli "Paper Boy" Reed And The True Loves
Bavu Blakes And The Extra Plairs
AA Bondy
Christopher Denny
Mike Farris
The Lee Boys
South Austin Jug Band
American Bang
Bobby Bare, Jr.
Massacoustics
Belleville Outfit
We Go To 11
Band Of Heathens
City And Colour
Sunny Sweeney
Elizabeth Wills
Autamata
Bonnie Bishop
Ben Solee
Ben Cylus
The Concert Supremes
River City Christionettes
Shields Of Faith
The Jones Family Singers
Nakia And His Southern Cousins
Brotherly Luv
The Hensley Ensemble
School Of Rock
Jambo
Q Brothers
Buck Howdy With BB
Uncle Rock
Big Don
Mr. Ray
The Jimmies

Austin City Limits Music Festival [Official site]

The line-up for the Calgary edition of the ...

Jess Harvell — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:15:00 EDT

The line-up for the Calgary edition of the Virgin Festival has been announced, and I recognize the names of a whopping eight out of the 19 bands listed on the official website, including Americans Stone Temple Pilots, the Flaming Lips, and Face To Face. (Didn't even know they were still together when I played "Disconnected" on the jukebox this weekend.) Canadians (or border-dwelling Americans) can get the rest of line-up by clicking on the logo to the left. [Virgin Festival Calgary/HT: Matt Learoyd]

Stone Temple Pilots
The Tragically Hip
The Flaming Lips
Three Days Grace
Corb Lund
Face To Face
City And Colour
Matthew Good
Stars
The New Pornographers
Constantines
Attack In Black
Pride Tiger
Crash Parallel
The Dudes
The Whitsundays
Ten Second Epic
Said The Whale
The Spades

Gym Class Heroes Keep Guest Stars' Names Off New Album, Share Guest Stars' Names

Anthony Miccio — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Gym Class Heroes, the emo rap no one asked for, is psyched to talk about their upcoming album The Quilt: Starring Gym Class Heroes, set for August. Wouldn't you be, if your new album featured Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, and John Oates? Only leader Travis McCoy doesn't want you to think that this is some stuntcasting nonsense, so he's planning to leave the names of the celebrity guests off the tracklisting. "I can't speak for everyone but I hate seeing lots of features on an album. So, instead we're having a movie aesthetic, where everyone is going to be part of the cast as opposed to being featured." Does this mean Travis will yell "and Ne-Yo as...himself!" over an instrumental at the end of the CD?

"You won't know who is on the album just by looking at the liner notes. You'll know only if you listen and recognize the person's voice. This way, people know we didn't do stuff for name sake, but really because that person belonged on that song."

Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, John Oates, K-OS and Busta Rhymes are among the guest features, while Cool & Dre and Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump have assisted with production.

The set includes the Oates-featuring "Fly With Me," a dedication to McCoy's cousin who committed suicide last year. "It's sort of a Romeo and Juliet-type of story," he says.

Featuring Oates but not featuring Hall? I thought Darryl and Travis were tight!

I suspect there's drama in the world of rock'n'soul'n'emo-rap.

Guests Blend Seamlessly On New Gym Class Heroes Disc
Queen And I [YouTube]

Full Lollapalooza Line-Up Announced, Perry Peeved At "Pepe Le Pew"

Anthony Miccio — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Perry Farrell thinks little of Jim DeRogatis, the Chicago Sun-Times writer who leaked this year's headliners for Lollapalooza. "This guy, he's a stinker, so it was kind of like having a skunk at the party. So what do we do? Well, I think we should make him the stinky mascot. ... That's what I'm going to do. ... Pepe LePew," sneered the festival figurehead and lost cause. Responded Jim, "Wasn't Pepe the one who always got the girls? What the heck is wrong with that?" Actually, Pepe didn't get the girls, DeRo. Pepe was an overly amorous skunk that pathologically assaulted cats that had accidentally walked against wet paint. And the cats didn't like it. Anyhooo, the full line-up for Lollapalooza, which takes place Aug. 1-3 in Chicago, is out now. Behold!

Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Wilco
The Raconteurs
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets
Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Cat Power
The National
G. Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Explosions in the Sky
Brand New
Gogol Bordello
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Dierks Bentley
Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Girl Talk
Your Vegas
CSS
Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves
Battles
Steel Train
Jamie Lidell
Bang Camaro
Butch Walker
The Blakes
Mates of State
Tally Hall
Spank Rock
White Lies
Brazilian Girls
Magic Wands
Chromeo
Electric Touch
Duffy
Innerpartysystem
The Kills
The Postelles
Rogue Wave
The Parlor Mob
The Go! Team
Bald Eagle
Mason Jennings
Krista
The Gutter Twins
Ha Ha Tonka
Yeasayer
Witchcraft
Grizzly Bear
We Go To 11
MGMT
Sofia Talvik
The Weakerthans
Booka Shade
Santogold
Black Kids
Black Lips
Dr. Dog
Nicole Atkins & the Sea
The Ting Tings
Kid Sister
Office
The Cool Kids
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra
Foals
Uffie
The Octopus Project
Cadence Weapon
Ferras
De Novo Dahl
Noah and the Whale
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
K'NAAN
Serena Ryder
Newton Faulkner

Perry Farrell is also excited to make some "unique content" for iTunes.

This year, we have an amazing concept going. For the first time ever, we're going to be working with iTunes, and we're going to be creating unique content, so we're going to have collaborations — people collaborating on songs — and then put them on iTunes, and then they'll perform them at Lollapalooza for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. These will be recorded in a studio, but of course because we can share files online, we don't have to be in the same place at the same time — we have finishing studios all over the world for the artists to finish the piece off. We'll start to talk with Radiohead about putting them with someone they'd like to collaborate with, tell them how it's going to go down.

You're going to tell Radiohead how it's going to go down, Perry? Radiohead answers to no one, dude.

Lollapalooza Mastermind Perry Farrell Reveals That Lupe Fiasco Will Perform, Calls Lineup Leaker 'The Evil Mascot' [VH1]
Perry, Pepe and the full Lollapalooza lineup for 2008 [Chicago Sun Times]

Kanye West And Your Standard Alt-Rock Linchpins To Headline Lollapooza '08

Anthony Miccio — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:40:38 EDT

Days before the official announcement, Chicago journalist/R. Kelly snitch Jim "Idol Killer" DeRogatis already has the scoop on what bands will playing Lollapalooza 08. Main stages acts include Lush, Fishbone, Psychotronica, Rollins Band, Mighty Mighty Bossto..oh, how I kid! Headliners will include Kanye West, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and the Raconteurs. No word on a Hole or Siouxsie & The Banshees reunion yet.

The Raconteurs, Wilco and West will each be making their second appearance at the reinvented destination festival. Other repeaters among the more than 100 acts on this year's bill are Gnarls Barkley, the Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, G. Love & Special Sauce, Blues Traveler and Mates of State.

Quite a few of the other acts—including many of the most promising—have earlier performed at Chicago's two independently produced music festivals, Pitchfork and Intonation. These include Bloc Party, Cat Power, Stephen Malkmus, Girl Talk, Kid Sister, Office, the Cool Kids, Battles, the Go! Team, Jamie Lidell and Grizzly Bear.

So its obvious alt meets obvious hipster with a dash of obvious Kanye, right? I'm only jealous if John Popper jams with with the Jicks.

Lollapalooza 2008 headliners confirmed [Chicago Sun-Times]

The Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, ...

Maura Johnston — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:50:00 EDT

The Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, and Stone Temple Pilots will headline ~~1999's~~ this year's Virgin Mobile Festival, which takes place at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Aug. 9-10. [Baltimore Sun]

Just added to the Pitchfork Music Festival: ...

Maura Johnston — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:15:36 EDT

Just added to the Pitchfork Music Festival: Jarvis Cocker, Dinosaur Jr., Ghostface and Raekwon, the Dirty Projectors, Fuck Buttons, and Mission of Burma performing Vs. in full. Click on Jarvis' head for the full announced lineup so far. [Pitchfork]

Friday, July 18: Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back"
Public Enemy performing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
* Mission of Burma performing Vs. *
+ one more to be announced

Saturday, July 19:
Animal Collective
* Jarvis Cocker *
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Dizzee Rascal
Fleet Foxes
No Age
* Jay Reatard *
* King Khan & His Shrines *
Atlas Sound
* The Ruby Suns *
* A Hawk and a Hacksaw *
* Occidental Brothers Dance Band International *
+ many more!

Sunday, July 20:
* Dinosaur Jr. *
Spiritualized
M. Ward
* Ghostface and Raekwon *
* The Apples in Stereo *
Boris
* Dirty Projectors *
* Cut Copy *
Extra Golden
El Guincho
* Fuck Buttons *
+ many more!

Sled Island Festival Continues Canada's "A Festival For Every Province" Mandate

Maura Johnston — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:30:06 EDT

There are many reasons why the just-announced Sled Island festival, which is set for June 25-28, became the front-runner on my personal "festivals I'd like to attend this summer" list. First, it's happening in Calgary, a city that I have wanted to visit since my young days poring over the hockey standings in the sports pages. Second, it's not happening in a big open space but in "a variety of locations" around the city, thus ensuring that I can maybe avoid sunburn for at least a few daylight hours. And as Matos pointed out, Sled Island differentiates itself from other summer shows by having a lineup made up of a bunch of solid indie bands instead of the Radiohead/Jack Johnson hydra that's constricting the rest of the continent—and said lineup includes Wire and Miss Murgatroid with Petra Haden and Jonathan Richman. The full lineup will be announced May 1, but there are many artists who have already committed, and they're after the jump.

Wire
Of Montreal
Jonathan Richman
The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan)
Jose Gonzales
RZA (Bobby Digital)
Mogwai
Scott Kannberg aka Spiral Stairs
No Age
Deerhunter
Dodos
Drive By Truckers
Extra Golden
Miss Murgatroid and Petra Hayden
Woodpigeon
Beans
Hot Little Rocket
The Broken West
Cave Singers
Wet Secrets
Pride Tiger
Portastatic
Headlights
Ramblin' Ambassadors
Bison
Mother Mother
Elizabeth
Modern Man
Luther Wright
Whitsundays
Elliot Brood
Carolyn Mark

Sled Island [Official site]

Bamboozle Organizers Just Messing With Everyone At This Point

Maura Johnston — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:45:34 EDT

The Bamboozle, the annual throwdown in the Meadowlands parking lot that will bring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones back to New Jersey this May, has added a few more artists to its already-heaving lineup, which, in addition to the Bosstones, is headlined by Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Panic at the Disco, Gym Class Heroes, and... Bret Michaels. (Do all these tour bookings he's getting ensure that he's going to lobby real hard for Rock Of Love 3 or what?) Full list of additions after the jump.

Saturday May 3rd:
Snoop Dogg
Tokio Hotel
Armor For Sleep
PlayRadioPlay
The Morning Of
The Rocket Summer
Zox

Sunday May 4th:
Coheed and Cambria
Every Time I Die
Greeley Estates
One Republic
Street Dogs
The Morning Light

So we have America's most lovable hip-hop lech, a bunch of Internet-famous-to-the-point-of-weirdness dudes, the group that did that five-years-too-late song about how Williamsburg sucks, and the deathless OneRepublic. This slate of additions was clearly designed for maximum Internet giggling, wasn't it?

New Bamboozle Bands [absolutepunk.net]
The Bamboozle [Official site; warning, annoying embedded audio within]

Mile High Festival Hopes To Differentiate Itself From The Pack By Having Dave Matthews, John Mayer On Its Bill

Maura Johnston — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:09 EDT

If it's Tuesday, it's time to find out about the latest entrant into the more-crowded-than-ever 2008 festival lineup! Say hello to the brand-new Mile High Music Festival, which is headlined by Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty, and John Mayer; it's scheduled to take place July 19 and 20 in a park that's nine miles outside of downtown Denver. (For those of you marking calendars, yes, that's the same weekend as the Pitchfork Music Festival. So much for Petty playing Full Moon Fever on Friday night in Chicago!) The current announced lineup—which, be warned, bills OneRepublic above the Roots—after the jump.

Dave Matthews Band
Tom Petty
John Mayer
The Black Crowes
O.A.R.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Steve Winwood
Spoon
Flogging Molly
Colbie Caillat
OneRepublic
The Roots
moe.
Leftover Salmon
Citizen Cope
Martin Sexton
Andrew Bird
Josh Ritter
Flobots
State Radio
JJ Grey & Mofro
Ingrid Michaelson
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Bob Schneider
Brett Dennen
Tea Leaf Green
Newton Faulkner
Meese
The New Mastersounds
Born In The Flood
Railbenders
Serena Ryder
The Photo Atlas
Rose Hill Drive

Mile High Music Festival [Official site]
[Photo: AP]

Public Enemy To Play In Pitchfork's Sandbox

Maura Johnston — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:15:00 EDT

I had a pretty good time at last year's Pitchfork Music Festival—it had a solid lineup, cheap water, and gorgeous weather—and the initial announcement for this year's festival, which is taking place July 18-20, is making me excited to head back to Chicago this summer. Vampire Weekend's presence ensures that there will be a ton of heated arguments by the beer stalls; Animal Collective's participation will probably not satiate Jim DeRogatis' wariness over Pitchfork's similarities to Rolling Stone, so we'll be treated to another year of seeing him sitting around the press area with a surly look; and most importantly, Public Enemy is performing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back in its entirety as part of the festival's annual "Don't Look Back" series. Full list of announced artists after the jump.

• The Pitchfork Music Festival and All Tomorrow's Parties present "Don't Look Back" featuring PUBLIC ENEMY performing "It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
• ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
• SPIRITUALIZED
• !!!
• M. WARD
• BORIS
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND
• DIZZEE RASCAL
• NO AGE
• ATLAS SOUND
• FLEET FOXES
• EXTRA GOLDEN
• EL GUINCHO

France To Send Known Breast Man To Eurovision Stage

Maura Johnston — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:15:43 EDT

So far, 30 of the 43 countries participating in ~~next week's~~ this spring's Eurovision Song Contest have made their song selections, and while we were going through the list one pick stood out: France is sending Sebastien Tellier, who will perform his song "Divine" (above). The track, which was produced by Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, was reportedly selected in part because of Tellier's mastery of the "French touch"; no doubt that part of that "touch" comes from his fine grasp of artistic nudity, as seen in his Marlboro-Man-gone-wild album cover:

Will Tellier give the public one of the breast Eurovision performances ever? Stay tuned! (And sorry.)

Sebastien Tellier to represent France [Eurovision.tv; HT The Determined Dilettante]
Earlier: Sebastian Tellier Presents The First (Slightly) NSFW Entry In The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Race

Bret Michaels And His Sweaty Bandanas To Headline Rocklahoma

Maura Johnston — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:49 EST

The initial lineup for Rocklahoma, the festival of Headbanger's Ball darlings of yore taking place in Pryor, Okla., this July 10-13, was just announced at a press conference helmed by radio host and personal Mike Piazza fan Eddie Trunk, who called the bands playing the festival "a new generation's classic rock" who are currently handing the baton to bands currently making their way up the ranks (cough, cough). I listened to the whole press conference—from fakeout involving a pre-conference spin of Faith No More's "Epic" to the revelation that Black N' Blue is reuniting because the lead singer needs a gig to the "WE NEED BIG BANDS" proclamations from those gathered in the press conference's attached chat room—so I could bring you the lineup as it stands now. It's after the jump. (Don't say I don't care.)

Bret Michaels
Warrant
Cinderella
Tesla
Extreme
Armored Saint
Night Ranger
Triumph
Trixter
Zebra
Vain
Kix
Tora Tora
Beautiful Creatures
L.A. Guns featuring Tracii Guns
Enuff Z'Nuff
Jetboy
House Of Lords
Pretty Boy Floyd
Every Mother's Nightmare
Black N' Blue
Triumph
XYZ
Lynch Mob
Harlow

The Sasquatch! Festival Brings "120 Minutes" Back

Maura Johnston — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:30:46 EST

>The latest festival-lineup announcement comes from the Sasquatch! Festival—held at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Wash., and yes, the exclamation point's theirs—which will have R.E.M. and The Cure as its headliners, a one-two punch that will surely get the wallets of nostalgia-crazed twenty-, thirty-, and fortysomethings aflutter. The roster for the three-day fest, which takes place over Memorial Day weekend, also includes R.E.M. tourmates Modest Mouse and the National, the Flaming Lips doing a "UFO Show" that features a replica of a flying saucer and premiering their long-in-the-works film Christmas on Mars, the Breeders, and a new collaboration between Mike Patton and Dan the Automator called Crudo. I don't know why, but for some reason this fest's lineup seems like the most interesting one to me yet. (Perhaps it's the lack of Slightly Stoopid and Jack Johnson?) Full lineup (via Billboard) after the jump.

R.E.M.
The Cure
The Flaming Lips ("U.F.O. show")
Death Cab For Cutie
Modest Mouse
M.I.A.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Flight of the Conchords
The New Pornographers
The Presidents
The National
Tegan & Sara
Built To Spill
The Hives
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Ozomatli
Cold War Kids
The Breeders
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Okkervil River
Dengue Fever
Jamie Lidell
Crudo
Mates Of State
Destroyer
Rogue Wave
Battles
Fleet Foxes
White Rabbits
The Cave Singers
Pela
Grand Archives
The Little Ones
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down
Dead Confederate
65Daysofstatic
The Heavenly States
Kinski
David Bazan
Dyme Def
Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio
Sera Cahoone
Joshua Morrison
The Blakes
Siberian
Throw Me The Statue
The Cops
Say Hi
The Shaky Hands
J. Tillman

Sasquatch! Festival [Official site]

All Points West Festival Banking On Hopes That There Are Lots Of Radiohead And Jack Johnson Fans Out There

Maura Johnston — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:17:26 EST

The All Points West Festival—from the people who brought you Coachella, and set in bucolic Jersey City—has announced the lineup for its inaugural year, and people who wanted to see Radiohead play a show somewhere around New York City are going to be really, really excited, as the band is headlining two of the fest's three nights. They'll top the bill for Aug. 8 and Aug. 9; headlining the Aug. 10 show is 2008 festival staple Jack Johnson, whose Pollstar page is going to look like a list of every major three-day show happening in the US this summer pretty soon. The rest of the roster, which includes Underworld, the Roots, Cat Power, Youssou N'Dour, CSS, Amadou & Mariam, and the Go! Team, follows after the jump.

Radiohead
Jack Johnson
Underworld
Kings of Leon
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Cat Power
The Roots
The New Pornographers
Youssou N'Dour
Animal Collective
Andrew Bird
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Metric
CSS
Girl Talk
Chromeo
The Go! Team
Amadou & Mariam
The Black Angels
Sia
The Felice Brothers
K'Naan
Jason Isbell
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Alberta Cross
The Virgins
Black Kids
Mates of State
Duffy
Forro in the Dark
Nicole Atkins
Juana Molina
Little Brother
Rogue Wave
Neil Halstead
Your Vegas

All Points West Festival [Official site]