Coachella 2008 Roundup

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Watch The Festival At The ATT Blue Room U.S. Eastern Standard Time

Sunday

06:00 PM Brett Dennen

06:50 PM Electric Touch

07:40 PM Shout Out Louds

08:30 PM Duffy

09:20 PM Manchester Orchestra

10:15 PM Stars

11:10 PM Spiritualized

12:15 AM Gogol Bordello

01:10 AM Metric

02:05 AM Love and Rockets

Saturday:

06:05 PM The Bird and the Bee

06:55 PM Man Man

07:45 PM Dredg

08:35 PM VHS or Beta

09:30 PM DeVotchKa

10:25 PM Hot Chip

11:25 PM Animal Collective

12:15 AM Portishead

01:10 AM Flogging Molly

02:10 AM Yelle

Friday

11:00 AM Breakfast with Jack Johnson

06:00 PM Jack Johnson

06:50 PM Redd Kross

07:40 PM Les Savy Fav

08:35 PM Architecture in Helsinki

09:30 PM Slightly Stoopid

10:25 PM Rogue Wave

11:15 PM John Butler Trio

12:10 AM Tegan & Sara

01:05 AM The Raconteurs

02:10 AM Serj Tankian

*****

3-Day passes: $269.00 + $3 charity + applicable service fees

Single Day Tickets: $90.00 + $1 charity + applicable service fees

Tickets go on sale January 25th at 10 am, p.s.t.

The Lineup:

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (will perform Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety)

Portishead

Verve

Jack Johnson

Kraftwerk!

The Breeders

Death Cab for Cutie

Jens Lekman

My Morning Jacket

M.I.A.

The Raconteurs

Rilo Kiley

Spiritualized

Love and Rockets

Battles

Dan Deacon

Justice

Kid Sister

Crystal Castles

UNKLE

Chromeo

Autolux

Louis XIV

Cold War Kids

Junkie XL

VHS or Beta

Cafe Tacuba

Fatboy Slim

Midnight Juggernauts

Akron/Family

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

The Cinematic Orchestra

Field

The National

Mark Ronson

Gogol Bordello

Streets

Metric

Black Mountain

Sia

Holy Fuck!

The Annuals

Shout Out Loud

Simion Mobile Disco

Aesop Rock

Vampire Weekend

Tegan and Sara

Sasha and Digweed

Hot Chip!

Mark Ronson

Les Savy Sav

Stars

Sharon Jones

The Dap Kings

Dan Deacon

Adam Vreeland

Teenagers

Against Me!

Architecture in Helsinki

.... and more (see the poster below)

Read more at The LA Times and the Official Coachella Website.

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You an listen to the performer's music with Coachellas's website's media player or see the performer's videos at Youtube.

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The Hits, Misses, and Head-Scratchers of This Year’s Coachella Line-up

Having impressed hardcore music fans with previous reunion coups such as the Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, and the Stooges, there was a whiff of disappointment about the just-revealed line-up for this year’s Coachella Festival. It’s impressive to see freshly reunited ’90s alternative radio hit-makers like the Verve, Portishead, and the Breeders on the bill, but their presence seems a little underwhelming when measured against last year’s comeback kids—Rage Against the Machine and the Jesus & Mary Chain, who trotted out insufferably hot guest vocalist Scarlett Johansson.

As great as it’s going to be to watch ...............................

Please read the rest of this article here:

http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Fe...d%20Head%2DScr/

Thanks for checking this out ... !

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Here's a cool article on the just-announced 2008 Coachella line-up ... enjoy!

The Hits, Misses, and Head-Scratchers of This Year’s Coachella Line-up

Having impressed hardcore music fans with previous reunion coups such as the Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, and the Stooges, there was a whiff of disappointment about the just-revealed line-up for this year’s Coachella Festival. It’s impressive to see freshly reunited ’90s alternative radio hit-makers like the Verve, Portishead, and the Breeders on the bill, but their presence seems a little underwhelming when measured against last year’s comeback kids—Rage Against the Machine and the Jesus & Mary Chain, who trotted out insufferably hot guest vocalist Scarlett Johansson.

As great as it’s going to be to watch ...............................

Please read the rest of this article here:

http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Fe...d%20Head%2DScr/

Thanks for checking this out ... !

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Anyone going? I hope to go up for at least one day Stererogum notes how to snare free tickets!

"It's all about the green this year, as always. Here's your incentive to share rides: If you carpool with four or more, you can win tickets to Coachella for life. That might get depressing when you're 82, but whatevs. Other good things to know include Amrtrak service to and from the grounds on the Coachella Express, and on-site tent hotels. Nearby hotels are way sold out (we tried, to no avail), so if none of those options are happening for you, look into getting a house. That's what we're doing this year. We'll have to bring our own bathing towels, but if that's the trade off for a pool and afterparty potential ... we'll take it."

3 day ticket contest

Win Tickets For Life By CarPooling

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Randall Roberts and the LA Weekly Staff take a look at Coachella by the numbers - who's attending, whose playing, indies versus majors, etc:

Read their #s analysis HERE

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Coachella Starts Today!

More than 150,000 fans are expected to converge on Friday for the ninth annual Coachella festival where more than 125 bands will gather for three days of desert performances.

"There is a magical feel that you get out there," said festival founder Paul Tollett. "It's different than most festivals -- I'm not saying better, but different. There seems to be a lot of life to the show, a lot of personality."

Read More at CNN

Photo Source: AP

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Wired was on hand opening night of the Coachella Festival:

"Throngs of music lovers gathered Friday at the Coachella music festival, braving temperatures in the mid-90s to see their favorite musicians. With five stages and more than 30 bands playing each day, it's nearly impossible to see every act. Even seeing your favorite artists is difficult considering the main stage is roughly a half-mile from the largest performance tent."

Here are photos they captured from Aphex Twin, Aesop Rock, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Vampire Weekend and Jack White - (See More At Wired)

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For those of you who wanted to go to Coachella, but couldn't make it, check out GearSlutz, who has put together a ton of videos of their performers. Here is one from

Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

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The LA Weekend is on hand for full coverage of the festival:

"The National were off to a strong start, but something wasn't right. The weather was just shy of idyllic; the band - expanded to seven with the addition of horns - was almost synced; the crowd was flirting with movement."

"But singer Matt Berninger - dressed in black, looking in profile like a handsomer, whisky-soaked and wiry Philip Seymour Hoffman - seemed stricken by the audience's size. He'd grab his head like Thom Yorke, pained, reaching deep for those guttural man-pipes but coming back with a handful of nearly there. Then it happened. The sun hit the horizon and cast the crowd in orange, the white stage lights flared gilding the band in platinum, and Berninger swallowed whatever was in the cooling air, screaming to the scaffolding: "We're half-awake in fake empire!" He shredded his throat with abandon and, just like that, the baritone was there. Drums, guitar, bass, and voice hit an epic stride. The horns blazed. On the grass, ponytails flailed and feet moved. A guy in a sailor hat mouthed the wrong words. He'd probably never heard the song before."

Read more about the festival at the LA Weekly

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Saturday's Schedule

Headliner Prince is scheduled to take the main stage shortly before 11 p.m. PDT, after performances by Death Cab for Cutie, Kraftwerk and the newly reunited Portishead.

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Prince Rocks Coachella

..."Prince, who had been sought out to perform at Coachella since the festival was founded nine years ago, told the crowd that when he agreed to perform, he informed the organizers that he would not only play, but party too.

Prince arrived with his band, a horn section and background singers, covering Jungle Love, Little Corvette, 1999, Let's Go Crazy, Radiohead's Creep and The Beatles Come Together.

Read More @ Yahoo News

Is Prince Worth $4.8m?

That is the topic of discussion over at Mog

Photo: Yahoo

Here is the full set list:

The Bird (performed by Morris Day)

Jungle Love (performed by Morris Day)

Glamorous Life (performed by Sheila E.)

Instrumental Jam

1999

I Feel For U

Controversy (with snippet of “Housequake”)

Little Red Corvette

Musicology

Cream

U Got the Look

Shh

Anotherloverholeinyourhead

Creep (Radiohead cover)

The Arms of an Angel (Sarah McLachlan cover performed by backup singers)

7 --> Come Together (Beatles Cover)

Purple Rain

Let's Go Crazy

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Matthew Moore has put together a really cool photo roundup at Coachella. Here are some samples...

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Prince - Seven/Come Together

Roger Waters - Comfortably Numb

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Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy of Sterogum were on hand to catch Roger Waters, Holy Fuck,I;m From Barcelona, My Morning Jacket and Gogol Bordello and more

Read their review @ Stereogum

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Jeff Weiss at The Passion of Weiss, summarizes the festival in this humorous three part article. So if you didn't go, at least you can partake in the wit of POW:

Coachella - Day 1: Walk the Line

Coachella Day 2 - The Accidental Tourist or Can we Please All Agree To Stop Using the Phrase "Coachella-Ella-Ella-Ella"

Coachella Day 3 - Never Underestimate How Long It Takes To Blow Up an Inflatable Pig

Don’t get me wrong. I’m about as big of a Pink Floyd fan as there is, but like anyone who has ever been to college and had a marijuana habit, I have heard Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall enough for eight lifetimes, the two albums that 30-plus years after their creation, Waters is still milking for all they’re worth, with or without David Gilmour. Which makes sense from a purely economic standpoint. No one in their right mind would go see Waters doing the entirely of The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. But you’d think that the guy could dig a little deeper into his back catalog. Atomheartmother, Meddle, and Obscured by Clouds, all are unsung gems in the Floyd canon, but Waters sticks to the bread and butter: Dark Side, The Wall, Wish You Were Here. Which could be fine were he to do more than merely re-create the albums note for note. You might as well be at the laserium.

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Check out LargeHeartedBoy for various downloads:

Animal Collective: 2008-04-26, Coachella [mp3]

Aphex Twin: 2008-04-25, Coachella [mp3]

Cold War Kids: 2008-04-26, Coachella [flac]*^

Holy F*ck: 2008-04-27, Coachella [mp3]

Metric: 2008-04-27, Coachella [mp3]

MGMT: 2008-04-26, Coachella [mp3]

Portishead: 2008-04-26, Coachella [mp3]

Portishead: 2008-04-26, Coachella [mp3]

Portishead: 2008-04-26, Coachella [mov] (video)

Raconteurs: 2008-04-25, Coachella [flac]*^

Raconteurs: 2008-04-25, Coachella [mp3]

Roger Waters: 2008-04-25, Coachella (only Dark Side of the Moon tracks) [mp3]

Spiritualized: 2008-04-25, Coachella [mp3]

Tegan and Sara: 2008-04-25, Coachella [mp3]

The Verve: 2008-04-25, Coachella [flac]

Gogol Bordello

Dredg

Metric

Perry Farrell

Stars

Mark Ronson

The Breeders

Love & Rockets.

... and videos of the Aphex Twin, Fatboy Slim, Gogol Bordello, Minus the Bear, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings sets.

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"]RCRD LBL[/b] is offering up a number of free songs from bands who played Coachella. Check the link above.

Download: Battles - Leyendecker (DJ EMZ Remix feat. Joel Ortiz)

Download: Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee

Stream: Spank Rock - Shake That

Stream: Spank Rock - B.O.O.T.A.Y.

Stream: Spank Rock - Loose

Stream: Spank Rock - Pu$$y

Stream: Spank Rock - Bitch

Stream: Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

Stream: Santolgold - Creator

Stream: Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (XXXchange Remix)

Download: Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not (El Guincho Remix)

Download: Architecture in Helsinki - One Heavy February 2008

Download: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix)

Download: Cut Copy - So Cosmic

Stream: Cut Copy - So Haunted

Stream: Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire

Stream: Cut Copy - Lights & Music

Stream: Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)

Download: Professor Murder - Flex-It Formula

Download: Professor Murder - Flex-It Fomula (Instrumental)

Download: Professor Murder - Civilization Three

Stream: Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

Stream: Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry

Stream: Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds

Download: Cold War Kids - The Soloist in the Living Room

Download: Cold War Kids - Heavy Boots

Download: Cold War Kids - Quiet, Please!

Download: Cold War Kids - The Wedding

Download: Cold War Kids - In Harmony In Silver

Download: Cold War Kids - Don't Let Your Love Grow Away (From Me)

Stream: Mark Ronson - Just (The Loving Hand Remix)

Stream: Surkin - White Knight Two

Download: Curses! - This Is The Way (Drop the Lime Remix)

Stream: Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

Stream: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. featuring Mos Def and Spank Rock

Download: Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Download: Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (Skatebard Remix)

Stream: Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (Emperor Machine Edit)

Download: The Field - Over The Ice

Download: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are Rockstars

Download: Annuals - Sore

Download: Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix)

Stream: Kid Sister - Pro Nails featuring Kanye West

Stream: A-Trak - Wampercycle

Download: Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

Download: Brett Dennen - Ain't No Reason

Stream: Brett Dennen - She's Mine

Stream: Brett Dennen - Darlin' Do Not Fear

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Vampire Weekend - A Punk

Hot Chip