Bowerbirds

#90.1 - BOWERBIRDS - Bur Oak
by lablogotheque


My love for these guys is due in large part to fellow DJ, Ed Gonzalez. What a great NC band... Dead Oceans is really impressing me.

Lupe

Paris, Tokyo.

He had a pretty good concert on USC campus this past Saturday. More on that, hopefully.

Coachella??

This post is a couple days late for a couple good reasons. No, well, one good reason: I had to decide what I thought about it. As you may have guessed, I'm not as excited as I might have been.

1. Compared to 2007, this year's line-up looks a lot weaker, probably because of the less-than-cool and less-than-huge headliners. (Jack Johnson? Portishead? and part of a decidely extinct band?)

2. The fake poster (s) looked 100x better.

3. I had to consider if I was still going, given my underwhelmed reaction to the official news and usual high expenses.

Then I looked at the smaller bands... there are some pretty solid names up there, some of which I've seen and would see again. Still, the line-up seems to pale in comparison to preceeding years.

"No, wait... Yeah... These artists are pretty legit... Actually very legit."

Well, that's my mindset at the moment. Call me crazy, but I think I'll go, even if it's just to get crazy. Ponder the artists for yourself.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, 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 Scroobius 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, APRIL 26: 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 Noize, 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 Zabiela, Sebastian, Kavinsky, Dredg, The Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Uffie.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27: Roger Waters ("Dark Side of the Moon"), Love & 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 Fuck, Black Kids, Black Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister w/A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I'm from Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Plastiscines, Brett Dennen.

Aaaah! YES. (Coachella... more to come)

So, after all the fake posters and crazy rumours, here's the first solid chunk of information we've had on the concert in the Indio desert. Thanks to the LA Times we now know that there are two "veteran" acts, which, if you'll allow a child to wish, will hopefully include Radiohead. No Bowie and no My Bloody Valentine. But to be honest, the news on the Bowie-no-show hurts a little more. Would have loved me some live "Faaaaame."
Wait, what the hell am I running on tangents for?! We have band announcements, people! Here are some initial confirmations. Get excited! COACHELLA.

Death Cab for Cutie
The Breeders
Justice
Jens Lekman
Junkie XL
The Verve
UNKLE
Cold War Kids
Chromeo
Autolux
Spiritualized
Portishead
VHS or Beta
Dan Deacon
Brett Dennen
The Cinematic Orchestra
Battles
Kid Sister
Crystal Castles
Louis XIV

... Hell yeah.
More news to come within the coming week(s).

Here's some Bowie just cause...

Upcoming L.A. Concerts

Back to Southern Cal on the 13th.

1/18 Chromeo @ El Rey
1/26 MGMT & Yeasayer @ The Echo
2/1 Autolux & HEALTH @ El Rey
2/1 Bodies of Water @ The Echo
2/4 Hot Chip record release party @ El Rey
2/7 The Kooks @ The Troubadour (on sale now. Ticketmaster password: KOOKSLA)
2/8 Super Furry Animals & Holy Fuck @ Echoplex
2/9 Editors @ The Wiltern
2/9 Black Lips @ The Glass House
2/10 Black Lips @ El Rey
2/15 St. Vincent @ The Echo
2/15 Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow @ The Wiltern
2/22 Liars & No Age @ El Rey
2/28 British Sea Power @ Spaceland
2/29 Blitzen Trapper @ The Troubadour
3/1 Grizzly Bear @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
3/2 - 3/3 Magnetic Fields @ Henry Fonda Theatre
3/5 Foo Fighters @ The Forum
3/13 Beach House @ The Echo
3/17 Explosions in the Sky @ The Wiltern
3/18 Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Knitting Factory
3/19 Nada Surf @ Henry Fonda Theatre
3/20 Vampire Weekend @ El Rey
3/20 Phosphorescent @ The Echo
3/21 Jens Lekman @ Henry Fonda Theatre
3/25 Jose Gonzalez @ The Wiltern
3/26 Tokyo Police Club @ The Troubadour
3/31 Justice & Diplo @ Mayan Theatre
4/1 Black Keys @ The Wiltern
4/11 Xiu Xiu @ The Echo
4/24 Caribou @ El Rey
4/25 - 4/27 Coachella Music Festival (Radiohead? MBV? David Bowie? possible)
4/29 Islands @ Henry Fonda Theatre
RADIOHEAD - somewhere, sometime.

I've already seen Dan Deacon, St. Vincent, Cut Chemist, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, and Justice. They were all superb performances, and I highly recommend each.

Judging by this list, it would seem that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year. Hopefully, I'll catch a bunch of these, but I'm definitely attending the Bodies of Water and Jens Lekman shows. This will also be the first year I've saved up for Coachella, pending a legitimate line-up.

What shows are on your horizon? Any must sees?

(dates courtesy of pitchfork, losanjealous, kscr, and musicslut)