Back from Bonnaroo for a couple of weeks and on a bluegrass kick including Mumford and Sons and The Giving Tree Band I decided to revisit some interview tapes. The shift from bluegrass to emotive electro pop may have seemed a bit odd save for the fact that on Thursday June 10 Oliver Sim of the British sensation The XX took a minute to chat with me about Bonnaroo, making music, and turning the big two-one in the city of lights. (more…)
It’s no secret that Austin, TX knows how to party. Take one part Austin weirdness and mix in the masterful mash ups and wicked wobble of the illustrious Bassnectar and you have a recipe for an experience you won’t soon forget. I had the privilege of sitting down with the man behind the madness, Lorin Ashton at Austin City Limits last year—his last time to blow through Austin, and he told me that he tailors his shows specifically to the audience he anticipates. Take a minute to scope him out and Stubb’s and you’ll see Asthon’s synthed out wobble and womp is hardly genre specific–he runs the gamut from familiar, bubble-gum pop, to hip-hop, to The Pixies and everything in between. (more…)
Phish is officially bringing hippie back to the live music capital of the world in 2010. Austin City Limits has officially announced their next lineup. Tickets will go on sale today for single day passes and travel packages are still available as well. C3 Presents has published the official lineup after much speculation following Coachella and the release of the Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo lineups. (more…)
- Posted on May 18, 2010 By Tara Lacey
- Tags: ACL 2010, ACL Lineup 2010, Austin City Limits, Band of Horses, Beats Antique, Bonnaroo, Broken Bells, coachella, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Gogol Bordello, La Zona Rosa, Lollapalooza, M.I.A., Phish, South by Southwest, Spoon, The Eagles, The Flaming Lips, The XX, The XX Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer
Kate Miller-Heidke is the most talked about singer-songwriter to come from down under in 2010. This alternative pop princess is a fast rising star on the scene stateside. She’s been generating buzz on tour with Ben Folds this summer and even had the privilege of opening Coachella in April. She’ll be brining her quirky, story-telling, girl with piano, charmingly operatic falsetto to Stubb’s on Friday, May 7th. Kate Miller-Heidke is a proverbial pop diamond in the rough and she’s truly a delight on vinyl and in conversation. See for yourself. (more…)
- Posted on May 4, 2010 By Tara Lacey
- Tags: ben folds, coachella, Joni Mitchell, Kate Miller-Heidke, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Regina Spektor, SXSW, Sydney Opera House, Woodford Folk Festival

This year’s Coachella Music Festival will April 16-18th. The three day line up was announced and there are heavy hitters all over the list. The line up includes names like Spoon, Jay-Z, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Thom Yorke and more. For complete details and the full line up, visit www.coachella.com.
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Blogs.LAweekly.com - Ahh, the folks over at LA weekly did a fine job putting together their "Coachella Awards 2009: The Best and Worst of the Festival". The article includes Worst Parenting Award, Best Orchestrated Crowd Surf, Best Use of the F-Word, Worst Outfit, Best Set of the Festival and more.
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NME - You can plan your desert festival weekend now.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has revealed the set times for this weekend’s festival.
The annual festival is set to take place April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California.
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