Festivals III

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is pretty much a bigger, west coast version of Bonnaroo held in Indio, Ca. This 3 day fest is being held April 17-19th. The lineup includes headliners, The Cure, The Killers, Paul McCartney, Morrissey, and the ever-so-brash Amy Winehouse. You can buy tickets here

A list of announced artists who are performing at both Coachella and Bonnaroo are Alberta Cross, Booker T and the DBTs, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Jenny Lewis, People Under the Stars, The Ting Tings, TV on the Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

A preview of the artists performing:
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
Girl Talk - Play Your Part (Pt. I)
Girl Talk - Still Here
Girl Talk - Hold Up
Girl Talk - Minute by Minute
Girl Talk - Once Again
The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Girls in their Summer Dresses
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
The Hold Steady - First Night
We Are Scientists - After Hours
Dr. Dog - Worst Trip
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Peter Bjorn and John - Objects Of My Affection
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire!
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Never Too Late
Michael Franti & Spearhead - I Know I'm Not Alone
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Ganja Babe
Bob Mould - Days of Rain
James Morrison - Wonderful World


Artists that I have already mentioned you can also check out are M. Ward and Okkervil River.

Festivals II

Oxegen is Ireland's largest festival that has been growing in popularity since it's conception in 2004. It is basically a smaller version of Glastonbury.

This year the festival is being held July 10-12th with headliners: Kings of Leon, The Killers, Snow Patrol, and Blur, and the rest of the lineup can be found here .

Tickets go on sale March 6th.

Some songs to check out from the performing artists:
Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
Kings of Leon - The Bucket
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
The Killers - Human
The Killers - Forget About What I Said
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol - Open your Eyes
Snow Patrol - Signal Fire
Blur - Song 2
Razorlight - America
Razorlight - Wire to Wire
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches
Bloc Party - This Modern Love
Bloc Party - Blue Light
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Keane - Spiralling
Keane - Bend and Break
Lilly Allen - Knock Em' Out
Lilly Allen - The Fear
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess

Artists playing at Bonnaroo and/or Coachella include: Crookers, The Killers, Paolo Nutini, TV on the Radio, The Ting Tings, White Lies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Mars Volta.

Psychedelic Pop

of Montreal

of Montreal - Chrissy Kiss the Corpse (Satanic Panic in the Attic)
of Montreal - Forecast, Facist, Future (Sunlandic Twins)
of Montreal - Requiem for O.M.M 2 (Sunlandic Twins)
of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist (Sunlandic Twins)
of Montreal - Nonpareil of Favor (Skeletal Lamping)
of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance (Skeletal Lamping)



MGMT

MGMT - Electric Feel
MGMT - Kids
MGMT - Weekend Wars
MGMT - Time to Pretend



Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Empire of the Sun - We are the People