A Saturday Superpost

Before I get started, I just want to shout out to Lern for fixing my Internet. It feels good to be blogging from my own house again. Anyways, let’s get started with festivals as there were some big announcements this week. The biggest would be All Points West (Coachella East). The festival will include two nights of Radiohead, which is ridiculous. Here’s the line-up so far:

Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N’Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou & Mariam, The Black Angels, Sia, The Felice Brothers, K’Naan, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Alberta Cross, The Virgins, Black Kids, Mates of State, Duffy, Forro in the Dark, Nicole Atkins, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead and Your Vegas.

Outside of Radiohead the line-up seems a bit weak to be charging $258 for a weekend pass, but I guess with Coachella selling out last year so fast, they have decided to really push the price limits this year. Regardless, though, I may still go to this on the strength of seeing Radiohead in such a cool location and hanging out in New York City. Tickets go on sale this Friday. The fest goes down August 8th-10th. Get all the info at the website.

Other Festivals that made some noise this week:

All Good Fest (July 11th-13th in West Virginia) announces line-up:

Michael Franti & Spearhead
Keller Williams and the WMD’S
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Railroad Earth
Tea Leaf Green
The Bridge
Hot Buttered Rum
RAQ
Bonerama
Pnuma Trio
The Wood Brothers
Bassnectar
Outformation
Telepath
deSol
Basshound
 Plus many more artists still to be announced

Tickets go on sale Tuesday. All Good website.

10,000 Lakes Fest (July 23th-26th in Minnesota) announces line-up:

Phil Lesh & Friends
The Flaming Lips
Michael Franti & Spearhead
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Mickey Hart Band (featuring Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr.)
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
Slightly Stoopid
Dark Star Orchestra
Panjea with Michael Kang
JJ Grey & MOFRO
New Mastersounds
Everyone Orchestra
The Wood Brothers
Cornmeal
WBPN
The Hue
 With over forty additional acts still to be announced

Get all the info at the 10K Lakes website.

Virgin Fest in Baltimore, MD has set dates August 9th & 10th for this year’s event, going head to head against All Points West.

Atmosphere have a new album out in April.

The RIAA thinks music pirates are mostly crack-dealing terrorist murders.

Coldplay is finishing their newest album.

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