DIGITAL JOURNALIST
With days to go it seems like we have yet another add to the festival–Joss Stone is performing on Saturday, according to the Coachella Web site.
I really have nothing to say about this other than–huh? I cooked up all kinds of scenarios in my head. This was not one of them.
Watch Joss Stone do a cover of “Son of a Preacher Man.”
One of the bands I am definitely psyched to see at Coachella is Band of Horses.
Check them out on Letterman. Also, get Coachella news and updates at our special Coachella microsite.
Every year at Coachella, people who want to get their groove on and need a break from the sweaty sardine-like conditions of the Sahara Tent head to the dome, a recognizable structure we see every year in the middle of the field.
Judging by the lineup, I think Friday night is the strongest with the Ed Banger Records crew (yes, the people who brought us Justice).
Here’s the lineup of who is spinning this weekend:
Thursday, April 16th
Sam XL Vs XXXL
Pablo Hassan
Gabe Real
Campers only!
7 p.m.-midnight
Friday, April 17th
ED BANGER RECORDS presents
“free DOME of speech!”
featuring Ed Rec DJs & friends
Busy P
DJ Mehdi
Kim of The Presets
Peanut Butter Wolf
Steve Aoki
Friendly Fires DJ set
7:30 p.m.-midnight
*Please note this is in addition to their other performances at Coachella.
Saturday, April 18th
Pure Filth Presents:
Ras G & Samiyam
Gaslamp Killer & DLX
Daddy Kev & Nobody, Nocando
The Professionals & 6 Blocc
Bomb Squad
Daedelus
Kode 9
Flying Lotus
4 p.m.-midnight
Sunday, April 19th
1107 Presents
Franki Chan
Kill The Noise
Paparazzi
Jokers of The Scene
AC Slater
Treasure Fingers
Felix Cartal
LA Riots
7 p.m.- midnight
On Friday and Saturday, the dome will also be open to campers after hours.
Well, Coachella is a week away and in an interview with KCRW, Coachella mastermind Paul Tollett said that Leonard Cohen will be playing the sunset set at the second stage.
So at sunset next Friday, this what I will be listening to:
Be sure to check out our Coachella site with the latest news and bios of performers.
The Airborne Toxic Event is from L.A. and really, really good. Here they are doing “Sometime Around Midnight” on Letterman.
Singer Mikel Jollett lived and worked on a horse farm in the high desert for a while when he was working on his first novel and before the events that started the band.
Jollett said he’s psyched to play Coachella and is really looking forward to seeing Leonard Cohen.
Aren’t we all?
Get information on Coachella and Stagecoach at PE.com. We have microsites devoted to each of the festivals.
Scroll through the carousel and see the different artists playing the event. Double click on an album cover to have the bio and recommended tracks for the artists show up.
It has been a long road of research and work from our awesome design and Web team, but I am happy to show off the brand new Coachella and Stagecoach micro sites for 2009!
Scroll through the carousel and see the different artists playing the event. Double click on an album cover to have the bio and recommended tracks for the artists show up.
Both of the sites will have the newest headlines about each festival and will be the home for stories, photos and more once we’re at the event.
Last week I had a chance to talk with Dhani Harrison and Oli Hecks, of thenewno2.
They were both great and it turns out Dhani got his puppy from a breeder in Riverside.
Growing up as friends in England, the pair discovered they both learned how to play guitar and drums by listening to Led Zeppelin and after years of jamming out, decided to make their own music.
The result is the full LP “You Are Here,” which is one of the most interesting albums I’ve heard in a while. If you pick it up, it’s definitely a headphones kind of record–but not earbuds, you need real big headphones for it.
Harrison and Hecks both hope the record gets people thinking for themselves. I have a full interview/story coming soon with tales of unofficial bandmate Wilson the broom, how you turn an album made on laptops into a live show and what’s up with The Beatles’ “Rock Band.” Yes, Harrison is related to THAT Harrison.
You know, I wasn’t overheated and losing my mind when I thought I saw Huell Howser of “California’s Gold” at Coachella last year. That WAS him, shooting an episode that airs tonight on KVCR at 8 p.m.
In the L.A. area/greater SoCal, it will air on KCET on April 5 at 7 p.m. and April 11 at 7 p.m.
For more information and times, check out the official Coachella update.
Also, my BlackBerry has iPhone envy. There’s now a Coachella app for the iPhone.
Includes the Coachella 2009 set times schedule, your custom Coachooser, interactive venue map, friend finder, and Coachella photo uploader.
It’s all free and the set times will be activated when they’re released.
I love when I’m doing an interview with an artist who’s not a local and I end up finding out a connection to the I.E.
It’s even cooler when said artist is M. Ward, who I think is just a really brilliant songwriter and makes music that will last for generations. His new CD, “Hold Time,” is one of my favorites of the year.
Anyway, the Inland connection–it turns out M. Ward, who is known offstage as Matt, had a grandfather who lived in Perris and has fond memories of the area.
“I spent a lot of time in Perris growing up, eating delicious Mexican food,” he said.
He also spent a lot of time in Temecula and he’s a big fan of Joshua Tree and is looking forward to his upcoming performance at Coachella so he can get back to the area. (He lives in Portland, Ore.).
Speaking of Coachella, Matt said he’s going to be playing on the second stage, where Leonard Cohen is playing the magical dusk set on Friday, April 17, and he’s going to hang around there all day to see if he can meet him.
Also, being a big Beatles fan and influenced by the Fab Four, he’s extremely excited about seeing Paul McCartney.
That’s actually how I’d like to spend my Friday at Coachella, trying to meet Leonard Cohen and waiting to see Paul McCartney, hanging out with M. Ward.
In actuality it will probably be more like trying to meet David Hasselhoff and waiting to see Paul McCartney from the back of the crowd, Tweeting away.
Speaking of Twitter, you can now follow me on Twitter and get music updates even faster! Just go to twitter.com/pecom_audiofile and click follow. It’s that easy.
Anyway, here’s M. Ward doing my favorite track off his new album. It’s called “Never Had Nobody Like You.” Sorry for the visuals, but the sound quality was better than others out there.