Johnny Cupcakes x Coachella 2013 T-Shirt

Is The Blot the only person wanting to go to the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival just for the t-shirts!?! The second design in Coachella’s 2013 artist series of t-shirts has been unveiled and it’s by Boston’s own Johnny Cupcakes! Not much is known about this design, but rumor has it there will be at least two colorways of it (maybe one per weekend of Coachella?).

This awesome Coachella 2013 t-shirt design by Johnny Cupcakes will be available for purchase during both weekends of the music festival at the Coachella Boutique (not with the regular Coachella t-shirt venders). Coachella takes place April 12-14, and repeats itself again on April 19-21, at Indio, California.

Luke Chueh x Coachella 2013 T-Shirt

Once again Luke Chueh was invited to contribute a t-shirt design for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival. While Luke’s design for Coachella 2012 focused on the unbearable heat of the Palm Desert, this year he “decided to create something that felt like "rock 'n roll" and complimented a music festival such as Coachella.” To do this Luke pays tribute to David Bowie's iconic Aladdin Sane cover by slapping a pink lightning bolt across his bear's face that turns into tears dripping from its right eye. What a killer shirt, right!?! Now The Blot just needs to figure out how I’m going to get my hands on one!

This awesome Coachella 2013 t-shirt design by Luke Chueh is actually based on the untitled 6”x6” acrylic on panel painting seen above. This grey t-shirt and a number of other artist designed tees will be available for purchase during both weekends of the music festival at the Coachella Boutique (not with the regular Coachella t-shirt venders). Coachella takes place April 12-14, and repeats itself again on April 19-21, at Indio, California.

Salvatore the Sasquatch & George Action Figure Set by Invisible Creature

Man, the surprise releases just keep on coming! Invisible Creature announced on Wednesday that Salvatore and George, the lovable mascots IC created for the Sasquatch! Music Festival’s 10th anniversary, would be released this summer as vinyl figures!

Salvatore stands 4″ tall while George packs a TON of detail into an impressive 2″. The two characters come as a set and will be available in person (along with a few limited-edition prints) on May 19th at Velocity Art & Design in Seattle, WA. Don’t worry if you can’t make it Invisible Creature’s show on the 19th, this 2 figure set will be available for pre-order soon and at the Sasquatch! Music Festival May 27-30. More details to come!

AFRO-PUNK Festival 2010 Screen Print by Jermaine Rogers

Jermaine Rogers created all of the artwork for the 2010 AFRO-PUNK Festival, including the official print (seen below) and the clothing for the BMX and Skate exhibitions. Jermaine also collaborated with Nike to create some special product that will be available at the show. Anyone who’s ever wanted to rock a Nike shirt sporting Jermaine’s artwork will definitely want to check these out. Jermaine will also be at the festival painting artwork live!


For those of you interested in picking up the 2010 AFRO-PUNK Festival screen print by Jermaine Rogers, copies of the print should be made available on www.jermainerogers.com sometime after the festival.

The AFRO-PUNK Festival takes place June 25, 26 & 27 at the Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, NY. This year’s lineup includes legends like Mos Def, Bad Brains, 24-7 Spys, The Cool Kids, Thomas Pridgen's (formerly of The Mars Volta) new band The Memorials, and many more.

Coachella Music Festival 2010 “Snake” Poster by EMEK

For the 4th year in a row, EMEK has designed the poster for the Coachella Music Festival. The Coachella 2010 “Snake” poster depicts one of the fire breathing sculptures from the festival and is a 22”x30.5” 9 color silkscreen featuring a gorgeous metallic blue ink. The Blot predicts this killer EMEK image sells out in about 10 seconds.


The Coachella 2010 “Snake” Artist Edition screen print by EMEK is limited to just 100 pieces and goes on sale this Wednesday, June 23rd at 12 noon PDT here. Each Coachella 2010 “Snake” Artist Edition print comes signed, numbered, embossed, doodled and comes with a new handbill, all for just $85.

2010 Free Press Summerfest Screen Print by Jermaine Rogers

This weekend, June 5th & 6th, The Blot will be attending Houston’s Free Press Summerfest, a indie rock music festival at Eleanor Tinsley Park. For a local, small music festival, Summerfest has a surprisingly strong lineup, which includes The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Bun B (of UGK), Slim Thug, Ra Ra Riot, Mix Master Mike, Medeski Martin & Wood, Stars, Kid Sister, Dead Prez, Detroit Cobras, Lymby System and Lucero. Best of all, a weekend pass only cost $25!


What’s even cooler is that Jermaine Rogers, one of The Blot’s favorite artists, was commissioned to create the official poster art for the Free Press Summerfest this year (seen below). Not only that, but Jermaine is being brought to Houston to exhibit his poster-art onsite at the Festival! I’ve gotten to meet Jermaine a few times and he is truly an incredible artist who enjoys interacting with his fans. If you’re in the Houston area, be sure to hit up the Free Press Summerfest this weekend and stop by Jermaine’s booth to see (and purchase) some awesome art.


The limited edition Free Press Summerfest poster by Jermaine Rogers will be available at the festival in very limited numbers, along with various other Jermaine rarities, including some prints not available for a while now. Jermaine’s tent will be prominently located near the main stage. Jermaine will be there and looks forward to seeing everyone who drops by. Tubes will also be available for all poster sales, and there will be arrangements for your purchases to be held for you until the end of the days show.

The Free Press Summerfest print measures approximately 30”x20” and is screen printed in brilliant pastel colors. This print has a signed and numbered edition of only 100 prints, but there will also be a couple of very limited variants that will available in even small quantities. A limited number of these prints will be held back for an upcoming online sale, including the Facebook Foil Edition.

Pearl Jam - Backspacer

As most of you know, The Blot is a diehard Pearl Jam fan, so I’m excited to say my next two weeks are going to be very Pearl Jam centric. This is because yesterday, Sunday, September 20th, Pearl Jam released its ninth studio album, Backspacer. Then in a two weeks Aly and I will be driving to Austin to see Pearl Jam headline the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival. I really can’t wait!


Since Backspacer dropped yesterday, the first thing I did on Sunday was head down to my local Target to purchase the album. I've been listening to the album non-stop since I got it yesterday, and I really like it. Now it’s obviously not my favorite Pearl Jam album, but I do like it more than the band’s last album, the self-titled Pearl Jam. I think the fact that the country is no longer under the command of the Bush regime has freed PJ up to focus their immense talent on other issues and topics, which has allowed their creativity to flourish.


One of my favorite parts of the new album is its cover! It was designed by Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins), who is best well known for his liberal slanted weekly comic strip This Modern World. Tomorrow’s artwork for the album’s cover, packaging and inside booklet is really cool looking and all over the place. Each drawing in Backspacer has a very pop art feel to it, which of course I love, and it's going to look really killer as a screen print for one of Pearl Jam’s upcoming concerts.

For those of you wanting to pick up a copy of Backspacer on cd or vinyl, please remember the album is a Target exclusive, which sort of explains why it was released on a Sunday instead of this Tuesday. The album is also available on iTunes and local indie music stores nationwide.

Lollapalooza 2009 Is Officially Rocking

As we speak, the 2009 Lollapalooza Music Festival has begun. I felt a little amiss since I hadn’t mentioned it once this summer even though it is hands down my favorite music festival of them all. I was a little down on Lolla this year because I absolutely hated it’s line-up, but thought I’d show it a little love since both of my step-brothers will be attending this year. If the headliners were a tad better I might have considered meeting up with them, but Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane’s Addiction and the Beastie Boys just don’t do it for me like they would have in the late 80’s and early 90’s.


With that being said, I do love me some Killers and Kings of Leon, so a weekend spent at Chicago’s Grant Park wouldn’t have been all bad. And as always, Lollapalooza just stacked the middle and bottom of its line-up with incredible talent. Just take a look at the 2009 Lollapalooza Line-Up poster above and you’ll notice a ton of great artists, including Ben Harper, Snoop Dogg, TV on the Radio, Andrew Bird, Vampire Weekend, Cold War Kids and too many other great bands to mention all of them here.

I have no doubt this year’s festival will be a blast, but alas it’ll have to go on without The Blot. Besides, I’ve gotta save up all my energy for this year’s ACL Music Festival in October.

Lollapalooza takes place this weekend, August 7-9th, at Grant Park in Chicago, IL.

2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup Poster

Last night when The Blot finally got a chance to look at this year's ACL line up I got so excited I couldn't go to sleep. What got me this worked up!?! Two words: Pearl Jam. Yup, you read that right, Pearl Jam is finally returning to the Lone Star state to headline the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Did you know its been almost 6 years since PJ last played a show here in Texas? It's a fact that has bothered The Blot greatly these past few years, but thankfully the drought ends this October 2-4, 2009 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX!


I've never attended ACL before, but you can rest assured I will this year. Although, now that weekend passes are $185 each I might have to settle with just going on Sunday to see Eddie Vedder and Co. It's a shame that weekend passes are so expensive because the 2009 initial lineup looks really awesome. It's definitely a huge improvement on last year's lineup.

2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews Band
Beastie Boys
Kings of Leon
Ben Harper and Relentless7
Thievery Corporation - John Legend
Ghostland Observatory - Sonic Youth
Mos Def - Toadies - Flogging Molly
The B-52s - Lily Allen - Arctic Monkeys
The Decemberists - Coheed and Cambria
Andrew Bird - Girl Talk - Phoenix
!!! - Medeski, Martin & Wood
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Grizzly Bear - Reckless Kelly - Devotchka
Blitzen Trapper - K' Naan - Daniel Johnston
Asleep at the Wheel - Dr. Dog - The Knux
Click here to see the entire 2009 ACL Lineup!

2009 Bonnaroo Poster and Line-Up

You know, The Blot actually thought this year’s Coachella line-up was pretty sick until Bonnaroo unveiled its 2009 line-up last week. This summer’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is already shaping up, at least on paper, to be one of the best music festivals in recent memory. In fact, it completely blows away pretty much every other music festival’s line-up from the past two years. If The Blot didn’t already have a killer summer trip planned (more details on that to come later), I might have to consider busting out my old sleeping bag and heading to Manchester, Tennessee.


Bonnaroo ’09 will include performances by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish (who will be performing twice), Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu, Paul Oakenfold, Ben Harper and Relentless 7, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, David Byrne, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and way too many other amazing artists to name. You can find out the music festival’s complete initial line-up by clicking on the official 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Line-Up poster below:


Bonnaroo takes place June 11-14, 2009 in Manchester, TN. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here through Bonnaroo.com. General Admission Weekend Passes are currently priced at $249.50, while VIP two ticket packages are being sold for $1,349.50. Payment plans are available for both options.

2009 Coachella Poster and Line-Up

After seeing the official line up for the 2009 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, The Blot realizes the rumor of the decline of the three day music festival has been greatly exaggerated. The Blot was as turned off as anyone by the recycled lineups of last year’s music festivals, but Coachell seems to be making a concerted effort to turn things around. While headliner Paul McCartney continues the trend of festivals bringing in an established act from decades ago, it’s still freaking Paul McCartney! He’s a Beatle for god sake and I think it would be pretty cool to see him perform even if he is 20-30 years past his prime.


The other two headliners, The Killers and The Cure, leave a little to be desired for a big music festival’s closing acts, but I do love me some Killers so I can’t complain too much. Plus, the rest of this year’s Coachella schedule is pretty sick. It includes acts such as Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst, Beirut, the Black Keys, Girl Talk, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Bjorn and John, the Hold Steady, M. Ward and (surprisingly) Shepard Fairey!

What Fairey will be doing at Coachella is anyone’s guess. Maybe some live painting on stage while another act performs? You can check out the entire 2009 Coachella line-up by clicking on the Coachella 2009 line-up poster above.

The Coachella Music and Arts Festival takes place April 17th, 18th and 19th in Indio, California. It is recommended to purchase your tickets in advance, which you can do so directly from Coachella on their website here. 3 day weekend passes are $269 and single day passes are $99.

Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

It’s April 15th and the day we’ve all be waiting for. No, not because it’s Tax Day but because it’s the day the Austin City Limits Music Festival unveiled its 2008 lineup. All along I have been planning to attend my first ACL September 26-28 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX, but now I’m seriously reconsidering after seeing this year’s lineup. I’m guessing it’s either because of the dearth of music festivals this year or maybe because after seeing how similar the lineups were of most of the other music festivals this year ACL wanted to be different, but this year’s ACL lineup is extremely disappointing.


I look at a music festival as a chance to see some great headlining acts I really want to see along with the opportunity to catch some other artists I might not see individually but have heard great things about and would like to check out. I kind of assumed Jack Johnson would be headlining since he’s heading up most of the big music festivals this year and yet his name is no where to be found. Instead, ACL is throwing out the Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Beck as its headliners, all acts I’ve either seen before and don’t care about seeing again or have no interest in seeing in the first place.


I’d love to see The Raconteurs and Gnarls Barkley again, but I’m not sure they’re worth the expense of ACL when more than likely they’ll be heading to Houston before or after their stops in Austin. Surprisingly the mid-card acts are actually more appealing this year than the headliners with appearances by Conor Oberst (a.k.a. Bright Eyes), M. Ward, Gogol Bordello, Hot Chip and Vampire Weekend. Hot Chip alone is almost enough to get me to commit to Austin. I saw those guys at Lollapalooza 2006 and have been a huge fan ever since. Then you get to the bottom of the lineup and it’s a ton of bands I’ve never even heard. Unfortunately, unless there are some additional names added to the top of the lineup I just can’t see myself heading to ACL anymore. Thank goodness I haven’t already purchased my three-day pass. I might skip ACL and just drive to Austin for the weekend anyway to catch all of the soon to be announced after-party shows.

2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup
Foo Fighters
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Beck
Manu Chao - John Fogerty
David Byrne - The Raconteurs
The Mars Volta - Gnarls Barkley
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
N.E.R.D. - Erykah Badu - Robert Earl Keen
Patty Griffin - Tegan & Sara - Iron & Wine
G. Love & Special Sauce - Neko Case
Band Of Horses - The Swell Season
Silversun Pickups - Gogol Bordello
Gillian Welch - Eli Young Band - The Black Keys
Against Me! - Jakob Dylan And The Gold Mountain Rebels
Okkervil River – Galactic - Kevin Fowler
Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - Hot Chip
Vampire Weekend - Slightly Stoopid - Flyleaf
Duffy Alejandro Escovedo - Roky Erikson
Yonder Mountain String Band - Spiritualized - Flyleaf
Drive-By Truckers - Ingrid Michaelson - Stars
Jose Gonzalez – CSS - Del The Funky Homosapien
Man Man - Jamie Lidell - MGMT
What Made Milwaukee Famous - Jenny Lewis - M. Ward
Asleep At The Wheel - Mason Jennings - Heartless Bastards
Antibalas - The Nachito Herrera All-Stars - Shooter Jennings
Xavier Rudd – Yeasayer - Octopus Project - Joe Bonamassa
The Kills - White Denim - Louis XIV - Delta Spirit - Mates Of State
Nicole Atkins & The Sea - Electric Touch
Black Door Slam - Tristan Prettyman - The Strange Boys
Ryan Bingham - Scott Biram - Freddy Jones - Colour Revolt
Five Times August - Langhorne Slim
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears - Sybris
Eli "Paper Boy" Reed And The True Loves – AA Bondy
Bavu Blakes And The Extra Plairs - Christopher Denny
Mike Farris - The Lee Boys - South Austin Jug Band
American Bang - Bobby Bare, Jr. - Massacoustics
Belleville Outfit - We Go To 11 - Band Of Heathens
City And Colour - Sunny Sweeney - Elizabeth Wills
Autamata - Bonnie Bishop - Ben Solee - Ben Cylus
The Concert Supremes - River City Christionettes - Shields Of Faith
The Jones Family Singers - Nakia And His Southern Cousins
Brotherly Luv - The Hensley Ensemble - School Of Rock
Jambo - Q Brothers - Buck Howdy With BB - Uncle Rock
Big Don - Mr. Ray - The Jimmies

Prince Joins Coachella Lineup

According to Billboard.com, “Prince will make what is believed to be his first U.S. festival appearance ever at Coachella later this month.” (link) Coachella announced yesterday that Prince will be headlining the festival’s Saturday lineup as the final performer on April 26th. I guess previous “headliner” Portishead just wasn’t driving ticket sales the way Coachella had hoped they would.


I think this is a pretty huge get for the 2008 Coachella music festival, who’s lineup The Blot thought was pretty disappointing when originally announced. Jack Johnson and Roger Waters as the weekend’s headliners just don’t really do anything for me, and I can’t imagine it really excited the music festival's core audience of 18-35 year olds the way they had hoped it would. Prince on the other hand is a huge name who doesn’t tour that often but is still held in high regard by the masses. Here’s hoping he busts out a few classics as he fills the California air with his mix of rock, funk, R&B and jazz.


I had the pleasure of seeing Prince perform for the first time in 2004 and to this day I still say it was the best concert I’ve ever been to. But, he only played his hits, which he is typically averse to doing, so that might have had something to do with the show’s greatness. Regardless, if you’ve never seen the Prince of Paisley Park in concert I highly recommend doing so, the guy can jam for hours.

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup

The official 2008 Lollapalooza lineup was released today and it seems that the rumor of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails headlining the music festival proved true. Not only that, but the newly reformed Rage Against the Machine are also making a headlining appearance after much speculation that they would be headlining Lollapalooza last year. It seems like the 90’s love fest will be in full swing on August 1-3 at Grant Park in Chicago, IL for Lollapalooza 2008. I have to say the lineup is exceptionally strong considering one of the non-headliners, Kanye West, headlined the festival just two years ago.


Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West - Wilco
The Raconteurs - Love and Rockets
Gnarls Barkley - Bloc Party
The Black Keys - Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco - Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson - Cat Power
The National - G. Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Louis XIV
Explosions in the Sky - Brand New
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Gogol Bordello
Dierks Bentley - Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam - Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio - Girl Talk - Your Vegas
Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves - CSS
Battles - Steel Train - Jamie Lidell
Bang Camaro - Butch Walker - The Blakes
Mates of State - Tally Hall - Spank Rock
White Lies - Brazilian Girls - Magic Wands
Chromeo - Electric Touch - Duffy
Innerpartysystem - The Kills - The Postelles
Rogue Wave - The Parlor Mob - The Go! Team
Bald Eagle - Mason Jennings - Krista
The Gutter Twins - Ha Ha Tonka - Yeasayer
Witchcraft - Grizzly Bear - We Go To 11
MGMT - Sofia Talvik - The Weakerthans
Booka Shade – Santogold - Black Kids
Black Lips - Dr. Dog - Nicole Atkins & the Sea
The Ting Tings - Kid Sister - Office
The Cool Kids - What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra - Foals - Uffie
The Octopus Project - Cadence Weapon - Ferras
De Novo Dahl - Noah and the Whale
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - K'NAAN
Serena Ryder - Newton Faulkner

Lollapalooza Headliners Leaked

On Friday the Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot leaked who the headliners of this year’s Lollapalooza music festival will be. (link) According to Kot’s blog the weekend of August 1-3 will be headlined by Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, with Radiohead closing the weekend. Both bands have released new albums recently with Radiohead’s In Rainbows released online October, 2007 and NIN’s Ghosts I-IV released just last week. This continues the trend of Lollapalooza choosing 90’s legends to headline their music festival including Weezer in 2005, the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2006 and Pearl Jam in 2007.

While I think it would be very cool to see Radiohead at Grant Park, The Blot’s really not feeling NIN anymore. I can’t think of the last time I heard new music from Trent Reznor, but I know he still has a huge following so I’m sure both of these band will be great headliners. Regardless, The Blot will not be attending Lollapalooza for the third straight year. The first round of discounted $60 tickets went on sale Friday for the Chicago music festival and The Blot was not one of the lucky few to snag tickets. Therefore I’m skipping out on Lolla this summer and instead will be probably heading to Austin for ACL this September.

The 2008 Bonnaroo Lineup Is Finally Released

Yesterday the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival unveiled its initial lineup for 2008. Bonnaroo takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee and is considered the benchmark of the modern music weekend festival. This year the festival is taking place June 12th – 15th.


Once again the ‘roo has put together a stellar lineup even if the rumors of an appearance by newly reformed Led Zeppelin failed to ring true. The Blot’s never had an interest before to head out to the farm land of Manchester, TN and camp out for four days in the grueling heat to listen to music, but that might be about to change after seeing this year’s lineup. Needless to Bonnaroo 2008 is being headlined by Pearl Jam and that is enough for me to at least look into a plane ticket and start calling around to see whose RV I can snag some floor space in. Combine that announcement with appearances by Kanye West, Metallica, Jack Johnson, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Raconteurs, Death Cab For Cutie and My Morning Jacket and The Blot is already starting to compile a list of supplies needed for a weekend trip to Tennessee. Who knows if I’ll attend, but it sure is nice to day dream. In the meantime check out the official music festival poster and initial lineup below!


2008 Bonnaroo Lineup
Pearl Jam - Metallica
Jack Johnson - Kanye West
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Phil Lesh & Friends
My Morning Jacket - The Allman Brothers Band
The Raconteurs - Willie Nelson
Death Cab for Cutie - B.B. King
Sigur Ros - Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road
Ben Folds - O.A.R.
The Bluegrass All Stars Feat. Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Bryan Sutton
M.I.A. - Umphrey's McGee
Iron & Wine - Yonder Mountain String Band
Swell Season - Talib Kweli
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi's Soul Stew Revival
Gogol Bordello - Broken Social Scene
Robert Randolph's Revival - Rilo Kiley
Mastodon - Lupe Fiasco
Against Me! - Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
Pat Green - Ozomatli - Tegan & Sara
Solomon Burke - Drive-By Truckers - !!!
The Avett Brothers - Israel Vibration
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck
Phil Lesh / Larry Campbell / Jackie Greene
Aimee Mann - Ladytron - The Fiery Furnaces
Orchestra Baobab - Ghostland Observatory
Jose Gonzalez - Dark Star Orchestra
Minus the Bear - Donavon Frankenreiter
Lez Zeppelin - State Radio - Battles
Jakob Dylan - Two Gallants - The Sword
Vampire Weekend - Little Feat - Nicole Atkins
The Felice Brothers - Mason Jennings - MGMT
The Lee Boys - Black Kids - Serena Ryder
Steel Train - Grupo Fantasma - Back Door Slam

2008 Bonnaroo Comedy Lineup
Bonnaroo Late Night Chat About with David Cross
Janeane Garofalo - Zach Galifianakis
Jim Norton - Brian Posehn
Mike Birbiglia - John Mulaney
Michelle Buteau

The 2008 Coachella Festival Lineup Is Unveiled

Coachella, the three-day annual music and arts festival held in Indio, California typically held the last weekend in April or the first weekend in May, has announced the lineup for 2008. This year the music and arts festival takes place April 25-27 and Soundboard, the Los Angeles Times music blog, has the official scoop. Unfortunately, Coachella has decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow music festivals Bonnaroo and the Baltimore Virgin Festival, which both had 70’s/80’s rock band The Police headline last year, by announcing that former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters would be the closing act. Don’t get me wrong, I love Pink Floyd as much as the next guy, but I just don’t think getting Roger Waters to perform Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety is getting the blood pumping of 18-25 year olds around the country like it once did.

As an aging music fan who has gone to his fair share of music festivals the past two years, I can attest that Waters performing a show that he’s already taken across America over the last year is not getting me out of my house and is definitely not getting my money. I already passed on seeing him the first time around when his latest tour brought him to Houston, so its definitely not getting me to buy a flight out to California. While the rest of the 2008 Coachella lineup is ok, it really just resembles most of the music lineups I’ve seen from other music festivals across the continent.


Here’s the official Coachella poster for this year’s festival courtesy of Soundboard, and for those of you who don't want to click here, I’ve gone ahead and included the list of artists performing below:

Friday’s Lineup
Jack Johnson
The Verve
The Raconteurs
The Breeders
Fatboy Slim
Tegan and Sara
Madness
The Swell Season
The National
Animal Collective
Slightly Stoopid
Mum
Pendulum
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Stars
Battles
Aesop Rock
Midnight Juggernauts
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Minus the Bear
Spank Rock
Dan Le Sac Vs. Scoobius Pip
Diplo
Adam Freeland
Santo Gold
Jens Lekman
John butler Trio
Vampire Weekend
Dan Deacon
Architecture in Helsinki
Sandra Collins
Busy P
Cut Copy
Black Lips
Datarock
Professor Murder
Reverend and the Makers
The Bees
Porter
Rogue Wave
Modeselektor
American Bang
Lucky I Am

Saturday’s Lineup
Portishead
Kraftwerk
Death Cab for Cutie
Cafe Tacuba
Sasha & Digweed
Rilo Kiley
Dwight Yoakam
M.I.A.
Hot Chip
Cold War Kids
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
DeVotchka
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Turbonegro
Scars on Broadway
Islands
Enter Shikari
Calvin Harris
Boyz Noise
Junkie XL
Cinematic Orchestra
Jamie T
The Teenagers
VHS or Beta
Carbon/Silicon
Erol Alkan
Yo Majesty!
Little Brother
Bonde Do Role
St. Vincent
Akron Family
MGMT
Institubes DJs
Surkin, Para One and Orgasmic
James Wabiela
Sebastian
Kavinsky
Dredg
The Bird and the Bee
Grand Ole Party
New Young Pony Club
120 Days
Yoav
Electric Touch
Uffie

Sunday’s Lineup
Roger Waters (”Dark Side of the Moon”)
Love and Rockets
My Morning Jacket
Spiritualized
Justice
Gogol Bordello
Chromeo
The Streets
Metric
Danny Tenaglia
Simian Mobile Disco
Booka Shade
Murs
Dmitri From Paris
Autolux
The Field
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Les Savy Fav
The Cool Kids
Sons & Daughters
Sia
Holy F—
Black Kids
Black Mountain
The Annuals
Kid Sister with A-Trak
Man Man
Duffy
I’m From Barcelona
Manchester Orchestra
Deadmau5
The Horrors
Austin TV
Shout Out Louds
Platiscenes
Brett Dennen