The lineup for California’s most hallowed music festival is up at long last and here are the NLtS-endorsed highlights:
Friday, 17 April
Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers
Saturday, 18 April
TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Mastodon, Hercules and Love Affair, Calexico, Liars
Sunday, 19 April
My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Okkervil River, Clipse
The big letdowns, aside from Blur or something equally insane (The Smiths, Pavement, Radiohead), are probably Animal Collective and …Trail of Dead. I don’t myself at this festival, though the lineup is much improved from last year’s shitshow. Most of the big-draw acts like TV on the Radio and Fleet Foxes aren’t really the greatest festival bands, though it might be novel to catch Mastodon in a more laid-back venue. It seems unlikely that you’d get your head kicked in at Coachella, unlike on Mastodon’s current tour with Metallica or whatever.
Still, if someone had a massive hard on for My Bloody Valentine or really wanted to see Macca and Moz on the same night, the appeal is obvious.
February 1, 2009 at 4:30 am
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February 3, 2009 at 5:21 am
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