Posts Tagged ‘Coachella’
Thursday Links
Download some Mofro mp3's from their debut album, Blackwater. [link] Jack Johnson covers Jack White: download the result here. Daft Punk has been added to Coachella 2006. Play "Da Funk!" Spin has photos from the Big Day Out Festival in the land down under. brooklynvegan has a preliminary NYC Summerstage schedule posted. Sea Jorge... more
Lollapalooza 2006 Lineup Rumors
Update: the lineup has been announced. It looks like this is going to be the summer of Smashing Pumpkin reuinion rumors, so I can't wait to see which one actually gets confirmed first. First Coachella, and now yet again, the Smashing Pumpkins are rumored as headliners for Lollapalooza 2006. From Billboard.com... The lineup... more
Wednesday Links
WASSSSSUP!!@#@$#@!#@!#@!#@! (remember those commercials?) Thanks to Bonnaroo and Coachella announcements, I believe we're welcoming some new readers to the Live Music Blog. Feel free to browse through some archives to acquaint yourself with the site, and welcome! Jesse Jarnow has written a slew of articles over the past month... more
Coachella 2006 Lineup Announced!
The official lineup for Coachella 2006 has been announced. (my emphasis added) 2006 Coachella Music Festival April 29-30, 2006 Indio, CA Saturday, April 29 Depeche Mode Daft Punk Franz Ferdinand Sigur Ros Damian Jr Gong Marley Common Atmosphere Carl Cox My Morning Jacket TV on the Radio Ladytron Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Tosca Cat Power Animal Collective HARD-Fi Derrick Carter Devendra Banhart She Wants Revenge The Walkmen The Juan Maclean Imogen Heap Audio Bullys Lady Sovereign Deerhoof The... more
Weekend Roundup
In case you missed something this week... "Young Chuck Norris" Drops, Lyrics and Video Posted While not fully music related at all, I find this stuff hilarious and I hope you do, too... New STS9 Tracks The Disco Biscuits Ready The Wind at Four to Fly A best-of live album highlighting the last performances with... more
Coachella Lineup on Monday!
The lineup for Coachella 2006 will be announced on Monday. Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here.
Thursday Links
In huge arena-rock news, Aerosmith is pairing with Cheap Trick to head through North America this spring. Interested choice of venues, to say the least... moe. raised a bunch of money from their recent Austism Benefit. The evenings proceeds have brought moe.'s charitable contributions to over $200,000 in the past twelve months, including... more
Coachella 2006 Ticket Presale Info
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here. Well, I guess you have to be a MySpace lurker to see this, so I'm reposting the info here... Starting today at 10am (I believe that's PST), you can buy tickets for Coachella 2006 through their presale; there will be... more
Sunday Links
Prince will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on February 4; Steve Martin will be the host (his 14th time!). [Spin] In SXSW news, they've updated their lineup as of 1/20/06, and I've updated the original lineup post with the info. Also, the Strokes are going to... more
Smashing Pumpkins to Reunite and Headline Coachella
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced and the Smashing Pumpkins are not on it. Go here. Although some say it's confirmed and some say it's not... Smashing Pumpkins will be reuniting and headlining Coachella 2006. What a friggin' comeback! It's about time Billy remembered that he was supposed... more
Buy Coachella Tickets on Feb. 4
Just announced: tickets for Coachella 2006 will be on sale February 4 at noon PST. Buy them. I imagine we'll have a better picture of the lineup by then as opposed to some sparse confirmations and wild rumors--I'll provide updates as they get thrown down...
Coachella 2006 Lineup Update — Still Just Rumors
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here. 2006 has just begun and we're all starting to get excited to see what the upcoming year has in store for us in terms of music festivals. Last year was a landmark music festival year in my eyes... more
Coachella Documentary is Coming Out This Month
From Billboard.com... The documentary Coachella, which chronicles the first six years of the beloved Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, will descend on 115 theaters in 55 U.S. markets on Jan. 24 via Big Screen Concerts. The film, which was directed by Drew Thomas and produced by event promoter Goldenvoice, will... more
Kraftwerk Intelligently Design Evolution
We're definitely giving credit where credit is due right now, as this dude has one of the most exciting scoops of the year for any fan of electronic music. Kraftwerk will be releasing an album later this year called Evolution, a conceptual album based on Charles Darwin's Origin of Species and... more
Now Playing: Kraftwerk Again?
I guess I'm on a Kraftwerk kick right now ever since I found that great, soundboard download of their Coachella 2004 performance. However, I wasn't listening to Kraftwerk when I felt the urge to post this. I was listening to LCD Soundsystem, one of the bands that you've read about... more
Now Playing: Machinemen
I really don't need to say much about the following if you know anything about me--I'm a huge Kraftwerk fan. And, yet another reason why I'm kicking myself for missing it at the time, Kraftwerk played the 2004 Coachella Music Festival way before I even considered the fact that Kraftwerk would... more
Insanity in the form of Coachella Rumors
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here. Well, as if the initial rumors weren't enough to spark some serious interest (and some serious pessemism), check this dinosaur egg out. The current stock of rumored bands for Coachella 2006 is below (via Thighs Wide Shut). Day 1Depeche Mode, The... more
Heady Links
I'm not working today as I'm battening down the hatches as Chicago prepares for another snowstorm. Dude, it's December and we've already experienced one of the coldest winters to-date. Now we're setting records for snowfall in December, not to mention that it was over 90 degrees like fifty... more
Coachella Lineup Rumors
Coachella 2006 Has Been Announced! April 29-30, 2006, Indio, CA Following the announcement, there are a few grumblings coming out about the rumored lineup. Depeche Mode already slipped up and announced their headlining spot on the radio, and the rest of the lineup is still unconfirmed. (via brooklynvegan) The two day... more
Heady Links
Check out some photos from Broken Social Scene's show in Dallas the other night. I just missed them in Chicago and I'm wondering if I'm going to regret it. These guys look crazy. [via INDIEBLOGHEAVEN] The American Chronicle interviews Ashley Capps, part of the power-duo that put together Vegoose.June:... more
Heady Links
Medeski Martin and Wood announce some tour dates fresh off last night's Halloween performance and they're not coming to Chicago. Yeah, this just caught my attention. I haven't heard much from the MMW camp lately and I wonder how their recent live shows are sounding. Rolling Stone rounds up... more
