Posts Tagged ‘Coachella’
Coachella 2011 Webcast Schedule
The schedule for the Coachella webcast was just posted and it looks to be a ton of music broken out by three different webcast "channels" on YouTube, a welcome innovation in the space and something I'm glad to see they kept with for this year's broadcast. Read on for... more
Animal Collective @ Great American Music Hall, SF 4/13/11
Animal Collective continued on with their California tour today after rolling through San Francisco last night ot play the Great American Music Hall. Anticipation amongst the crew was especially hyped given that a few of us had time to digest the show we saw on Sunday night in Petaluma,... more
Coachella 2011 Schedule Posted
I'm starting to get hella jealous of all my Facebook and Twitter friends posting about their upcoming journey into the desert this weekend for Coachella 2011. I'll be watching as much as I can from home, but if you're going make sure you start planning your attack. The schedule is... more
Coachella 2011 Webcast Announced
The organizers at Coachella just announced they will be webcasting live via YouTube this weekend. Tune into youtube.com/coachella starting on Friday and you'll see tons of top-tier sets as they happen (or shortly thereafter). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8heZuMZLqRI&feature=channel_video_title Coachella Live Webcast [YouTube]
Tour Dates: Tame Impala Plays Coachella, Beyond…
I'm psyched to see that one of my newer musical discoveries, Tame Impala, is doing a U.S. tour surrounding their Coachella 2011 appearance. They'll also be doing some dates in Europe opening for Foo Fighters, which is a huge opening slot for these up-and-comers. Their tour starts at Coachella and... more
Festival Rumor Mill: Phish, DMB, Atlantic City, Watkins Glen, and More
Over the last week or so, we've been hearing a slew of new rumors about potential new festivals in 2011. Some involve Phish, some Dave Matthews Band, some include both bands, while others sound like they'll be multi-band events in the traditional festival style (e.g. Bonnaroo, Coachella, etc...). The two... more
Coachella 2011: Sold Out Already
This may be the fastest sell-out of Coachella on record. If you missed your chance at Kanye, Kings and Arcade Fire, better start hitting up Craigslist to see who's got your heady extra. My attention has already shifted to the Jazz Fest late-nights and the info that is... more
Animal Collective Announce 2011 Tour Dates
Pete just pinged me with the news that Animal Collective is going to playing Great American Music Hall ahead of their scheduled Coachella performance, along with a Henry Miller Memorial Library show down in Big Sur that has my name written all over it. As Pitchfork mentions, this is... more
Broken Social Scene 2011 Winter Tour Dates + Coachella
Anybody check out that Broken Social Scene webcast last night? What I was able to catch was pretty killer. They featured a nice mix of older, more classic tunes along with a bunch of newer material from Forgiveness Rock Record, which easily made it onto my list of top albums... more
Coachella 2011 Lineup: Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye & More
After an unusually long wait and months of speculation and anticipation, the lineup for Coachella 2011 has finally been announced. Headlining this year's festival will be Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West with the Black Keys, Animal Collective and The Strokes supporting right behind... This year the organizers have... more
Wakarusa 2011 Lineup Announced
The start of the 2011 festival season is already well underway for our friends that are rocking Jam Cruise, but the true festival season really won't start picking up until we see Coachella in April and Jazz Fest soon after. But the promoters for Wakarusa got out ahead of... more
Outside Lands 2010: Pretty Lights & My Morning Jacket Slay, Furthur Plays Floyd, Russ Bennett Does Art
Yesterday was the start of the third annual Outside Lands Music Festival here in Golden Gate Park, basically my backyard these days after moving to the Lower Haight area (maybe not backyard, but close enough). With a quick bike ride over to the park shortly after noon, the festival... more
Coachella 2011: Dates Announced
It's time to get planning for 2011! The first festival to stoke the news flame on that front is Coachella, with a quick update to their website last night to proclaim that the 2011 festival will be the weekend of April 15th-17th. We'll hope to get a proper... more
Tour Dates: Beach House is My New Favorite
Beach House "Silver Soul" from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo. My latest musical obsession has been Beach House, even though I wasn't up on them ahead of their last sold-out show here in San Francisco ahead of Coachella. I just can't get enough of them, though. Check out their... more
Festival Deadpool: All Points West
In case you missed the news last week, there's about zero chance that we'll see another All Points West music festival. Similarly, it doesn't look like AEG will revive its All Points West festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. "We're probably going to kill it," says Phillips of... more
Coachella 2010 Sets Attendance Record at Over 225K
Coachella Festival Sets Attendance Record [Billboard.com] With an aggregate attendance of 225,000 over April 16-18, Coachella enjoyed a record attendance year at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. Insanity.
Review: Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells @ The Fillmore, SF 4/17/10
On Saturday night, me and my crew found ourselves at a sold-out Yeasayer show at the Fillmore with Sleigh Bells opening, both bands fresh off their sets at Coachella. At one point during the show, Chris Keating from the headliners remarked that while he found Coachella "cool and all,"... more
Video: The Naked Guy Makes An Appearance @ Coachella 2010 (NSFW)
I'm pretty sure this video speaks for itself... Naked Guy @ Coachella 2010 [YouTube] [via brooklynvegan]
Coachella 2010: Day One Links, Photos and Videos
This weekend was a great one for live music with Coachella and Wanee music festivals both playing to the masses to kick off the festival season. I watched a ton of the Coachella webcast and really enjoyed the experience of being able to switch between sets, so let's hope... more
Coachella Signs Long-Term Lease in Indio, Improvements Planned!
The LA Times is reporting that the team behind Coachella has just signed a long-term lease giving the festival for a home for the next ten years. The downturn in the economy helped preserve California's most celebrated music festival. Tollett, along with Coachella promoter Goldenvoice, just inked a pact with Haagen... more
Reminder: Coachella Webcast Today (w/ Yo La Tengo, Les Claypool, Devo and more)
Don't forget to tune-in to the Coachella webcast today. There's some good stuff on the schedule that you won't want to miss. SUNDAY B.O.B. 7:00pm (EST) Delphic 7:05pm (EST) Yo La Tango 8:00pm (EST) Owen Pallett 8:05pm (EST) Matt & Kim 9:00pm (EST) Deerhunter 9:05pm (EST) De La Soul 10:00pm (EST) King Khan & the Shrines 10:05pm (EST) Les... more
Review: Pavement @ Fox Theater, Pomona 4/15/10
Our good friend Aaron Fortin filed this report for us from the Pavement show in Pomona, CA from the other night. Given that the band is about to rage everyone's pants off today at Coachella, I figured I'd drop the post today to give the rest of us an... more
Reminder: Coachella Webcast Schedule for Today
For anyone that missed the first day of the Coachella webcast, I strongly advise you not to miss the rest of the weekend's performance. Invite your friends over for a webcast party or something. The ability to switch between sets was a life saver at times, and it... more
Coachella 2010 Webcast Schedule
For anyone that is watching the Coachella webcast like I am, I thought I'd drop the schedule down so you can plan ahead with me. There's actually some good stuff airing and well worth catching for free. Tune-in, check-in and party down! FRIDAY Street Sweeper Social Club 8:05pm (EST) Deer Tick... more
Coachella Webcast Offers Customized Playlists
For the fans like me that aren't going to be at Coachella this weekend, we've got a first glimpse of what will be made available on the webcast through two sponsored social media app integrations, one on Facebook and one on MySpace. For each three days of the festival,... more
Coachella 2010 Announces Schedule, Adds Die Antwoord, Officially Sells Out
Coachella 2010 kicks off this Friday in Indio, CA, so the festival organizers are squeezing in a few final announcements, including: the release of the official schedule, the addition of South African hip-hop oddball Die Antwoord to the lineup, and the fact that the festival is officially sold out.
Download: Pavement @ Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/20/93
Pavement :: Copenhagen, Denmark – June 20, 1993, Loppen [Aquarium Drunkard] I can count on one hand the number of contemporary ‘indie rock’ bands that 90 percent of my friends all agree upon. As Pavement most definitely fall in that circle, it’s no surprise that it seems like every other person... more
Link: Bonnaroo Promoters Talk Eclectic
Bonnaroo: Kick out the jams [Variety.com] Lollapalooza may be the oldest rock fest still in business, and Coachella may be the most publicized, but Tennessee's Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival has proven to be a case study in how a major music gathering can evolve beyond its roots.
Link: How Phish Helped Change Coachella For The Better
Coachella Arts & Music Festival is fast-approaching and it's going to be a really solid year for the festival, with Phish to thank for their Festival 8 management and approach. It turns out the promoters were learning quite a bit last Halloween and they're bringing some of that to... more
Tour Dates: MGMT Brings ‘Congratulations’ On the Road
MGMT just announced a full leg of North American tour dates to busy summer tour schedule. The tickets go on presale tomorrow at 12pm local time(s). The band is playing a few warmup shows here in San Francisco ahead of Coachella and then winding their way across the... more
