C-O-A-C-H-E-L-L-A

It's that time of year. Well 76 days off actually. But it's time to start obsessing about the newly-released lineup of 10-yr music festival alum: Coachella. I don't think this year's slew of talent could disappoint if they tried. I have never wanted to go so badly - and on every single day. I won't even get into my favorites because the list would look something like the entire line-up. LOVES it. Now.... who is going to be my date?

3 Day Passes = $269
Single Day Passes = $99

Remember, these suckers sell out. Fast.

FRIDAY APRIL 17: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18: The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT’s, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19: The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastien Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K’naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes.

P, L, and Leonard/Morrissey/McCartney same-day magic,

LTK

P.S. Stay tuned for a Coachella 09 Mixtape. Maybe I'll even break it down to a day-by-day three parter.

Picture

The Blakes - Picture [mp3]

A picture is worth six words: Flight of the Conchords' tour dates.
P.S. Dear Bret and Jemaine, you're more smokin' than a chimney.

Apr 12 2009 8:00P
Paramount Theatre Seattle, Washington

May 11 2009 8:00P
Paramount Theatre Seattle, Washington
May 12 2009 8:00P
Paramount Theatre Seattle, Washington

Flight of the Conchords - Inner City Pressure [mp3]

Flight of the Conchords - A Kiss is Not a Contract [mp3]

Come out and support the Sub Pop success. Whether you're riding the love train, or simply don't get their humor, the boys still know how to put on a live show. You have my completely meaningless, non-binding guarantee.

P, L, and New Zealand Kiwis,
LTK

Major Label Debut

Broken Social Scene - Major Label Debut [mp3]

N.A.S.A.'s Spirit of Apollo officially leaked yesterday and holy S this one is as mind-blowing as I thought it would be. I'm psyched to have tickets for their March 3rd show at the Nectar Lounge. I would have a heart attack at 21 if Tom Waits decided to fly up from Sonoma County, CA and special guest star. Probably not gonna happen. But these tracks are. RIGHT NOW.

Spirit of Apollo Track Listing
1. Intro
2. The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip)
3. Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)
4. N.A.S.A. Music (feat. Method Man, E-40, & DJ Swamp)
5. Way Down (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)
6. Hip Hop (feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre)
7. Four Rooms, Earth View
8. Strange Enough (feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip) [mp3]
9. Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10. Gifted (feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li) [mp3]
11. A Volta (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx)
12. There’s A Party (feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13. Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, & Nick Zinner)
14. O Pato (feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Babão)
15. Samba Soul (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert) [mp3]

16. The Mayor (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, Scarface & DJ AM) [mp3]
17. N.A.S.A. Anthem

"Strange Enough" is blowing my mind. But it February 17th. DO IT.

Peace, Love, and F'in Amazingness,
LTK

Sweetheart

Howard Schultz is taking a salary cut everyone. Stop the presses, close schools, alert the freaking media. Oh, wait, we've already done all that. Our fearless Starbucks leader will be working for a measly $10,000 in 2009. What's a CEO/International mogul to do?! Wait, I know. Sleep with the ten million dollars you made last year under your pillow Ho-Scho, and all those pesky nightmares of lower/working class life will instantly disappear. Booking a flight to the Bahamas on your private jet = Plan B.

Even when we're closing 200 U.S. stores, and firing tons of the corporate crew, S-Bux still manages to put together a decent compilation. They say the coffeehouse must go on. Just in time for V-Day, Starbucks has released it's annual sugar-free audio treat Sweetheart, which is this year, surprisingly tasty. (Editor's note: sugar-free sucks. I will make a face at you if you order that chemical-filled, aspartame-enhanced drugfest from me.) She & Him, DeVotchka, Death Cab, A.C. Newman, Ben Bridwell and others cover their favorite love songs and all I can do is just smile. Even Katy Perry couldn't suck this CD up.

Tiger Baby - Sweetheart [mp3]

Track Listing

01. Death Cab for Cutie - Love Song (The Cure Cover)

02. Katy Perry - Black and Gold (Sam Sparro Cover)

03. DeVotchka - Hot Burrito # 1 [I'm Your Toy] (Flying Burrito Brothers Cover)

04. Department of Eagles - Love Me (Elvis Cover) [mp3]

05. Jessica Lee Mayfield - Words of Love (Buddy Holly Cover)

06. Ben Bridwell - Your Love is Forever (George Harrison Cover)

07. Kate Tucker - I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)

08. Rogue Wave - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)

09. A.C. Newman - Take On Me (A'ha Cover) [mp3]

10. Jem - Yellow (Coldplay Cover)

11. Richard Hawley - Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot Cover)

12. Daniel Martin Moore - I Hear Music (Billie Holiday Cover)

13. She & Him  - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins Cover) [mp3]

14. Lila Downs - My One and Only Love (Frank Sinatra Cover)

Death Cab fans, you might already have a copy of "Love Song," but not this quality. Ben seemed pretty excited about it's formal release. Rogue Wave's choice was definitely ambitious. Although they can't touch the haunting vocal magic of Karen O., their effort is certainly admirable. 

As for my favorites, I have to give it up for my man A.C., who continues his lighthearted/I-don't-take-everything-indie-so-seriously approach by picking an awesomely bad eighties song to re-record. We all know I'm IN LOVE with Ben Bridwell, so of course "Your Love is Forever" resonates. And Department of Eagles/Grizzly Bear genius Daniel Rossen certainly has me calling on cupid (I'm totally bias after seeing him in concert this week). Finally, Zooey D kills it with "I Put a Spell on You". Much like Jay's original, it's all about the unnerving vocal power. You might think you're listening to a'capella. Anyone else hoping that when she and Ben Gibbard get married they will form the ultimate indie-rock alliance and just record kickass demos out of their basement? A girl can dream...

Peace, Love, and Full of REAL Sugar Valentines,

LTK