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Coachella 2012 Line-Up & My Initial Thoughts
10 JanAnother year of anticipation has come and gone as the 2012 Coachella line-up was released and while it’s pretty awesome they secured all the acts for back-to-back weekends on April 13-15 and April 20-22 I have to say my initial reaction was meh. Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of phenomenal musicians slated to play the festival but I personally feel they lacked in the bigger acts category but did a stellar job with the smaller ones.
Headliners: Radiohead, great score and definitely one of the most sought after acts this year, The Black Keys love ‘em but bumping them up one slot from last year into the headline act…., Dre and Snoop, ok I get it and Cali kids will probably love this but is this how you really want to close out three days of music (I’ll probably be eating my words as this may end up being the most talked about performance)?
Also this year has so much more EDM and on the main stages, I know its music of the present but I wonder if/how it will influence and change the dynamic of the festival since it’s thrust to the top. I’m a big fan of EDM and these artists but Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta, Avicii, Kaskade, Afrojack, Justice, Sebastian Ingrosso and Madeon all as “main acts” it could get interesting just look at how many other EDM acts are booked.
Now what really excites me about Coachella:
Friday: M83, Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong (oh wow this is going to be awesome), GIRLS, The Rapture, Madeon, Yuck, Dawes, WU LYF, GIVERS, Wolf Gang, Ximena Sarinana, Band of Skulls, honeyhoney
Saturday: Miike Snow, St. Vincent, Manchester Orchestra, AWOLNATION, Azealia Banks, Kaiser Chiefs, The Head and The Heart, Laura Marling, tUnE yArDs, The Black Lips, Childish Gambino, The Vaccines, Grouplove, Gary Clark Jr., We Are Augustines
Sunday: Beirut, The Weeknd, The Hives, Real Estate, Wild Flag, Fitz & The Tantrums, araabMUZIK, Lissie, Gardens & Villa
Something else that I love and hope is a trend for all the festivals this year is the addition of acts from outside the United States. Bands like WU LYF, Wolf Gang, M83, The Vaccines, The Hives and others that are extremely talented will get introduced to so many new fans.
All in will it be fun, heck yeah but what else will be fun is Coachella East aka Las Vegas. With a week in between you better believe Las Vegas is going to be a mid-week retreat with acts popping up for DJ sets in clubs and concerts peppered all over the Las Vegas Strip.
Paste Magazine – 50 Best Albums & 50 Best Songs of 2011
30 Nov
First and foremost, this stuff is hard. The amount of music that is released each year and narrowing it down to 50 is damn tough but I have to give Josh Johnson at PASTE Magazine much credit for his solid lists of 50 Best Albums and 50 Best Songs of 2011. There are definitely more than less bands/artists on his lists I have been jamming out to heavily over the past year. Again, I love this list, tons of great music but a couple names I didn’t see that personally I think should have been included, GROUPLOVE, Girls, Justice, Allen Stone, SuperHeavy, NewVillager and Boy & Bear to name a few. What’s missing that you fell in love with over the last year?
| 50 Best Albums |
| 50 Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones |
| 49 Mates Of State – Mountaintops |
| 48 Drake – Take Care |
| 47 Real Estate – Days |
| 46 Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost! |
| 45 Those Darlins – Screws Get Loose |
| 44 Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo |
| 43 The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar |
| 42 Wild Flag – Wild Flag |
| 41 James Blake – James Blake |
| 40 Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain, In The Cloud |
| 39 Gillian Welch – The Harrow And The Harvest |
| 38 Over The Rhine – The Long Surrender |
| 37 The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient |
| 36 Mister Heavenly – Out Of Love |
| 35 Childish Gambino – Camp |
| 34 Seryn – This Is Where We Are |
| 33 The Head And The Heart – The Head And The Heart |
| 32 Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire |
| 31 Telekinesis – 12 Desperate Straight Lines |
| 30 Tom Waits – Bad As Me |
| 29 Feist – Metals |
| 28 Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes |
| 27 Black Lips – Arabia Mountain |
| 26 The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh |
| 25 The Antlers – Burst Apart |
| 24 TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light |
| 23 The Belle Brigade – The Belle Brigade |
| 22 The Black Keys – El Camino |
| 21 Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming |
| 20 Beirut – The Rip Tide |
| 19 Cults – Cults |
| 18 Wye Oak – Civilian |
| 17 The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow |
| 16 Yuck – Yuck |
| 15 Deer Tick – Divine Providence |
| 14 Adele – 21 |
| 13 Radiohead – The King Of Limbs |
| 12 Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean |
| 11 St. Vincent – Strange Mercy |
| 10 The Decemberists – The King Is Dead |
| 09 M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming |
| 08 Dawes – Nothing Is Wrong |
| 07 Wilco – The Whole Love |
| 06 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s A Corporate World |
| 05 Middle Brother – Middle Brother |
| 04 tUnE-yArDs – w h o k i l l |
| 03 My Morning Jacket – Circuital |
| 02 Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues |
| 01 Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
DoYouHearTheMusic.com Fall Playlist
23 Sep
First day of Fall which means it’s time for another DoYouHearTheMusic.com Playlist. Hope you enjoy the selections below and they help keep your spirits up beat as the temperature drops.
Young The Giant – “Cough Syrup”
The Cinema – “Kill It”
SuperHeavy – “Beautiful People”
Ximena Sarinana – “Different”
GROUPLOVE – “Lovely Cup”
Kassidy – “I Don’t Know”
Deer Tick – “Miss K”
Walk The Moon – “Tightrope”
O.A.R. – “Taking On The World Today”
Childish Gambino – “Bonfire”
J Cole – “Nobody’s Perfect” ft. Missy Elliot
Chancellor Warhol – “Wings”
NewVillager – “Rich Doors”
M83 – “Ok Pal”
The Rapture – “Miss You”
Girls – “Honey Bunny”
Maps & Atlases – “Israeli Caves”
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
20 JanEarlier this week Chicago indie rockers Smith Westerns released their second LP Dye It Blonde. With an upbeat retro rock and pop sound (think 60s and glam rock eras), they kill it with whinny guitar riffs and not complex lyrics to put together a disc full of catchy tunes. Having been on tour in the past with Girls and MGMT, check this trio out as headliners rather than being known as the supporting act. Listen to the title track “Weekend” as well as “End of the Night” and “Dance Away.”
New Music: Girls – “Heartbreaker”
25 OctGirls who burst onto the indie scene last year are back with “Heartbreaker” off the upcoming EP Broken Dreams Club due November 22. Click here to get a free download of “Heartbreaker.”
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