Actual Coachella 2009 line-up announced: Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure headline
Well, that's what we get for crying wolf... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 2009 Coachella line-up story you've been waiting for...
...won't be posted today. Psych! However, it sure has been fun watching the Internet lose its collective shit over the last few days. To that end, a handy round-up of what several folks have had to say about Coachella 2009's still-unannounced line-up is as follows: ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella, Bonnaroo, more festivals offer layaway option
The music industry is taking a cue from the retail world this summer. Due to the ailing economy, the public's empty wallets, and a hefty $269 price tag, Coachella promotor, Goldenvoice, will offer fans something that at one point was only available in stores: layaway.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Smiths deny Coachella 2009 reunion rumors
The tradition of the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. reuniting bands is now legendary. As the story goes, the festival organizers were having a hard time getting a headlining band in 2001, so they found a friend to convince Jane's Addiction to get back together and play. Since then, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Pixies, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Rage Against the Machine, The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine have all rejoined for the festival.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella moves 2009 festival up by two weeks
Billboard has announced that Coachella plans to move their regularly scheduled music festival up by two weeks, to April 17-19. The location of Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. is not set to change.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsPrince blocks YouTube cover of Radiohead's "Creep"
What happens when a now-copyright-conservative artist covers a blockbuster from a copyright-radical artist at one of the biggest music festivals of the summer? In this case, the video goes up on YouTube, and is then promptly removed. To add insult to injury, the clip of Prince’s seven-minute rendition of “Creep” was replaced with a snore-worthy clip of two birds preening. We tell no lies.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella 2008 set times announced
The set times for the magical, mystical festival known as Coachella have just been announced. Reminiscent of Lollapalooza 2006, which featured My Morning Jacket paired against Iron & Wine and The New Pornographers overlapping both Broken Social Scene and the Violent Femmes, Coachella-ers will have to contend with scheduling dilemmas out the wazoo. Aesop Rock and Santogold, Cut Copy and Jens Lekman, the list goes on and on. And that's just Friday. Saturday will require black market cloning of people who really can't live with out seeing Prince, Calvin Harris, Akron/Family and Portishead (which should include pretty much everyone... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella '08 line-up announced, All Points West confirmed
After an agonizing weekend waiting for updates on the official Coachella '08 roster, Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett finally threw us a gigantic friggin' bone on Monday afternoon at a press conference in Mexico City, announcing the honest-to-goodness, no-for-serious-this-time list of bands that will travel to Indio, Calif. on April 25, 26 and 27 for three days of fun, funk, Frisbee and lots and lots of dancing. Friday night's headliners are Jack Johnson, The Verve and Raconteurs; Saturday's are Portishead, Kraftwerk (Tollett: "If you haven't noticed, we're a fan of the robots."), Death Cab for Cutie and Café Tacuba; Sunday's are... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella to announce 2008 line-up as rumors circulate
In the typically-slow news month of January, guessing summer festival line-ups is a popular pastime for journalists and music fans alike. Both Bonnaroo's and Coachella's official rosters will be announced in the coming weeks; intense speculation about the West Coast fest is already under way after the online appearance of the latest in the '08 crop of easily-Photoshoppable Coachella posters. Kevin Bronson of the L.A. Times stated in a Jan. 14 blog post that the official roster will be announced next week, adding that he "was told cryptically [that the roster] might include a surprising veteran act or two (not... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCoachella dates are set - start planning!
[Above: one of the ravenous Teddybears prowling the grounds of Coachella '07] 2004: The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival resurrects the Pixies. 2005: Bauhaus reemerges. 2006: Depeche Mode. 2007: Rage Against the Machine. What does 2008 have in store for us? Could it be the reverb-drenched return of My Bloody Valentine? Get your head out of the clouds, you fool! The festival hasn't announced a single act just yet, but the Coachella website has released dates for the 2008 festival: "Coachella 2008, April 25-27, info coming" Ah, what a tease! Based on the dates of those previous news items,... read more
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