Posts Tagged ‘Coachella’
WATCH: Selling Coachella Weekend Two Tix Is Almost Impossible
While there are surely a few twists in the programming this weekend (such as Stone Roses not headlining / Blur stepping into the slot), weekend two of Coachella is set up very much like weekend one. What's more is that one can avoid torrential sandstorms and still enjoy the music... more
WATCH: How To Destroy Angels FULL SET @ Coachella 2013
Trent Reznor's newest project How To Destroy Angels has an unsurprisingly stellar visual element and the new group performed at Coachella's opening night on Friday. Check out the full performance at this link or the 8:55:31 mark below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KTWdBoru0&t=8h55m31s
WATCH: Daft Punk steal the show at Coachella without performing
Leave it to Daft Punk to steal day one headlines at Coachella without setting foot on stage. On Friday, festival-goers watching the big screens saw the duo premiere a two-minute trailer of themselves (in new sequined suits and their iconic helmets) performing "Get Lucky" off the new Random Access... more
COUCHELLA: Day Two features Phoenix, The Postal Service, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, Janelle Monae & More
The Coachella Music & Arts Festival's first day is in the books and if our twitter feeds are any indication it was a pretty solid opening with Johnny Marr, Divine Fits, a very impressive performance by Alt-J, Passion Pit, Local Natives, Of Monsters And Men, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blur, Foals,... more
COACHELLA PREVIEW: Can’t Miss Bands for 2013
The set times for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, CA were just released, signaling that the event is right around the corner. Despite not being able to lock down the Rolling Stones (We've heard it was much closer than you think), this year's lineup offers... more
Coachella Announces 2013 Lineup: Phoenix, Blur, RHCP, The Postal Service & More
Coachella just announced their much anticipated lineup for the TWO-weekend festival on April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA. Headlining and performing both weekends of the sold-out festival will be Blur, The Stone Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Cave and the Bad... more
Mick Jagger says The Rolling Stones Won’t Play Coachella
In the most recent issue of NME (on Newstands 1/23), Mick Jagger addresses the rumors that the band would be headlining Coachella (April 12-14 & April 19-21) this year. "We're not gonna do Coachella, 'cos it's too early. There was a rumor we were gonna do that one, but it's... more
Coachella Posts Photo of a Rolling Stone
About an hour ago, Coachella's Facebook Page posted an interesting photo of a stone at the Empire Polo Grounds and with it a Happy New Year greeting. It shouldn't take much guess work to figure out what the photo represents for this year's event. The Rolling Stones... more
Evidence of Daft Punk, Phoenix & Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Coachella 2013
On top of the recent news that The Rolling Stones would likely be appearing, it now looks like you can add Daft Punk, Phoenix and Yeah Yeah Yeahs (along with Sigur Ros and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) to the list of bigger artists listed as 'probable' (to use... more
Rolling Stones Mobile App Leaks Coachella 2013 Date!
Early this morning fans on the internet uncovered one of the headliners for next year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival through an accidental update to the Rolling Stones' official iPhone app. Rolling Stone reports that the band's mobile app listed an April 12th date in Indio, California as... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)
Last week, we rolled out Part One of LMB's Best of 2012 feature, highlighting this year's noteworthy albums (Tame Impala's Lonerism, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Alt-J's An Awesome Wave), artists (Alabama Shakes & Father John Misty) live moments (Phish Dick's 8/31/12, MMJ's 3-night LA "no repeats run" & Sigur Ros... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (PART ONE)
While there's still plenty of live music magic yet to be made, the end is near and 2012 will be in the rear view in five short weeks. Furthermore, December is generally a skinny month for studio releases (although Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors drops on 12/11) so... more
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Reveal Live Date, Coachella Rumors Heat Up
News that Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have revealed plans for a live date in Southern California to follow the release of their forthcoming new album has added fuel to rumors that the band will appear at Coachella 2013. According to The Scenestar (via NME), the Australian band will... more
S.S. Coachella announced! Pulp, Hot Chip, Girl Talk, Yeasayer and more
The rumors were indeed true; Goldenvoice announced that Coachella was getting in on the Jam Cruise / Holy Ship sorta idea and launching their own cruising festival. S.S. Coachella was made official earlier today in most major news sources, and the artwork and lineup details are now live over... more
Coachella: The Cruise to be announced today at 6pm PDT
Update: this was confirmed with the announcement today of S.S. Coachella! Yesterday the team at Goldenvoice updated the Coachella website and Facebook page with the graphic above... Carles had some ideas about what it could mean... Others claim that Coachella will add 15 weekends, and even a weekday weekend on Tues-Thurs sometime in... more
Coachella to move locations for 2014 due to taxes?
There's a small chance Coachella will be in a different spot come 2014... Goldenvoice threatens to move Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals from Indio [The Desert Sun] [via Rolling Stone] Promoters of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, two of America's premier music events, are threatening to move the shows —... more
Coachella 2013: Dates Announced, Advance Sale Details
The dates for next year's Coachella Music Festival have been announced. It will be held over two consecutive weekends just like this year and is scheduled for April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013 back at the same Polo Fields in Indio, CA where it's always been held. Advance... more
Coachella 2012 Webcast Schedule
Everyone is arriving down in Indio, CA today for the first weekend of Coachella 2012, the annual indie rock mecca spread evenly over two weekends this year. But for those not attending Coachella, we're fortunate enough to get some couch tour action via YouTube for a ton of the... more
Coachella 2012 is now sold out!
Wow, that was fast. Coachella 2012 has officially sold-out for both weekends that the festival was planned for. What was that, three hours of official on-sale and then they were gone? Incredible.
Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced
The lineup for Coachella 2012 has been posted! This year's festival will be bringing headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to the two-weekend affair down in Indio, CA. Other LMB favorites on the lineup are Refused, M83, Flying Lotus, SBTRKT, Bon Iver, Girl... more
TOUR DATES: Radiohead Adds Summer 2012 European Dates
It's always exciting news here when we see that Radiohead has expanded their 2012 tour dates to now include some summer dates in Europe. There's still room for the band on that Coachella lineup(s) as well as the clear gap in the beginning of June when the band will... more
TOUR DATES: 12th Planet Joins Skrillex on the Mothership Tour
360 - Killer (12th Planet Remix) by theinsound This fall, Los Angeles dubstep producer 12th Planet kicks off 53 dates across North America, joining Skrillex’s The Mothership Tour, plus headlining San Bernardino’s Nocturnal Wonderland, Los Angeles’s Hard Haunted Mansion and Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom.... more
Radiohead to Tour Next Year, New Atoms for Peace Album, Coachella 2012 Rumor
There's huge news coming out of the Radiohead camp this morning following a radio show sit-in that Thom Yorke did with Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio. You can hear the whole show here: Thom Yorke returns as Gilles's special studio guest this week, and he brings with him an exclusive... more
@LMBNOLA: ACL Fest 2011 (DAY THREE) Photos
The Sunday finale proved to be the finest of the fest with a chock-full schedule brimming with eclecticism. Always great to have this much on the slate to get you back and moving once again after a long weekend. With The Head and the Heart, Walkmen, The Lee Boys, the... more
@LMBNOLA: 510 Miles & 2 Days 2 ACL: 3 Must-See Artists @ ACL 2011 on Day 3
It’s almost time to pack it up — ACL is now a mere two days away. With Gary Clark Jr.’s amazing show last night at House of Blues and tomorrow night’s FUTUREBIRDS/J. Roddy Walston and the Business bill at One Eyed Jack’s, the mini-ACL that goes on here in New... more
Video: Wakarusa 2011 by Brandon Sloan
http://vimeo.com/25208339 Really loved this video that Brandon Sloan put together on this year's Wakarusa Music Festival, an often overshadowed festival event in the currently crowded space occupied by the Bonnaroos and Coachellas of the world. Given that I'm in a car on my way up to High Sierra and I brought... more
Fail Blog: Coachella Announces Multi-Weekend 2012 Festival
The organizers for Coachella just announced that next year's festival will be held over two weekends in April instead of the usual one weekend approach... We're excited to announce Coachella 2012 will be held over TWO WEEKENDS. In an effort to try and accommodate everyone who wants to experience the festival,... more
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Download: Animal Collective @ Great American Music Hall, SF 4/13/11 [MP3/FLAC]
Some kind fellow has already uploaded the Animal Collective show from the Great American to the Internet Archive, and the sound is pretty good for an audience source so it's a good new download for your iPod if you want to hear the latest and greatest from the band. ... more
Coachella 2011: Webcast Live Now!
Don't forget to tune into YouTube this weekend for tons of live action from Coachella 2011; the webcast just began a half hour ago and I've been enjoying a seriously grooving set from the Brooklyn indie dance-sters, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), and the schedule only gets better from here. ... more
A Sold-Out Coachella Begins Today
Two ways to look at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in Indio, Calif., which begins its 12th edition on Friday: It sold out in less than a week — faster than ever before, according to Rolling Stone — when tickets went on sale in January. (Attendance is expected to... more
