From April 17 to 19, Indio, California’s Empire Polo Field will host the 2009 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Like always, it promises a slew of amazing talent. This year is no exception. Take a peek at the poster after the jump.
If Mama Mia and Movin’ Out weren’t enough, Michael Jackson has given the Nederland Organization the rights to turn his famous pop hits into a musical theater production. According to Billboard and Pop & Hiss, the Organization plans to reinvent the 14-minute Thriller video for the stage. “Thriller the Musical” will feature music from Jackson’s [...]
Bill McKay, keyboardist of Leftover Salmon, was arrested on Tuesday night in Denver on charges of sexual assault.
Bruce Springsteen’s new album, Working on a Dream, was leaked by NPR in its entirety for fans to get a sneak peak. The album – Springsteen’s 24th – is his first back-to-back album in more than 30 years. Thanks to NPR and Bruce for the listen!
Phish has just added an eleventh date to their summer tour: On June 10, the band will be stopping off in Knoxville, TN to play a show at the University of Tennessee’s 24,535 capacity Thompson-Boling Arena.
No, this is not a new movie role for the star of the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line. After retiring from acting in October (did anyone else know that?) Phoenix is back and ready to embrace his life-long passion – music. According to People, this past Friday he made his debut, performing a couple [...]
Fleet Foxes will be the musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. The host of the occasion will be the beautiful Rosario Dawson. The Foxes are the most recent in a trend of more independent acts performing in 30 Rockefeller and word is they’ll be performing “Blue Ridge Mountains” and “Mykonos” on the show [...]
M. Ward and Zooey are back together for another tune, but don’t call them She & Him this time around. “Never Had Nobody Like You” is the lead single off Ward’s upcoming solo album Hold Time. Zooey was kind enough to lend her vox to the effort. Anyway, download the song and more after the [...]
This one is recent. It comes from Wilco front-man Jeff Tweedy. If you don’t know the song already, it is the beautiful “Fake Plastic Trees” from Radiohead.
Here’s a new one from Colin Meloy and crew off their upcoming Hazards of Love, due out 3/24. Follow the jump for a download and listen. Also, check out the verbose track listing. It also seems we’re not the only one’s to adopt Twitter during the winter doldrums – follow Colin’s here.
