Hooray Friday!

- Coachella reviews are in at... I am fuel (Part 1, 2), Stereogum (Fri, Sat, Sun), and Reuters. In other Coachella news, Roger Waters' pig has been found. Thanks to Jude and LBJ for their crack-reporting.

- Death Cab for Cutie recorded six songs for Daytrotter which includes a few from their upcoming release Narrow Stairs, out May 13th.

- Have you downloaded your free copy of Coldplay's new song, Violet Hill? Apparently 600,000 did in the first 24 hours. While I have listened to it, I was not one of them. Sounds a little edgier than their recent stuff which, in my opinion, is a good thing.

- The Foals stopped by MPR to shoot the shit and hit us with a few songs.

Coachella live in the Blue Room

If you're not out west right now soaking up the sun and music with 80,000 of your closest friends, don't fret. Check out the AT&T Blue Room this weekend for their live webcast from Coachella. I'll be honest - there's not too much that interests me on their lineup, but I'll let you make that call for yourself.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26

06:05 PM The Bird and the Bee

06:55 PM Man Man

07:45 PM Dredg

08:35 PM VHS or Beta

09:30 PM DeVotchKa

10:25 PM Hot Chip

11:25 PM Animal Collective

12:15 AM Portishead

01:10 AM Flogging Molly

02:10 AM Yelle

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27

06:00 PM Brett Dennen

06:50 PM Electric Touch

07:40 PM Shout Out Louds

08:30 PM Duffy

09:20 PM Manchester Orchestra

10:15 PM Stars

11:10 PM Spiritualized

12:15 AM Gogol Bordello

01:10 AM Metric

02:05 AM Love and Rockets

Hooray Saturday morning!

Had to cut it off last night because I could barely keep my eyes open. More to report though, so enjoy the double-shot this week...

- Okkervil River released Golden Opportunities, an album of live covers that is only available for download on their website. Thanks to Metro D for dropping the K.

- Artic Monkeys covered Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" and it's over on Let's Sexy Fighting. Not bad.

- Word is that Coachella (the west coast version) will announce this year's lineup on Monday. I'd assume it would be done through it's website.

Hooray Friday!

- Scarlett Johansson is incredibly hot. That's a fact. Tom Waits songs are quality stuff. Another fact. I'm not sure that the two smashed together will be so good though. I guess we'll find out on May 6th, when her album of Tom Waits covers is released.

- Check out the interesting piece on mtv.com about the Brooklyn music scene with comments from Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear and more.

- Did you miss Radiohead's gig on radiohead.tv Wednesday night? If so, NME has the videos posted.

- Butter Team discusses the Walkmen's new album with frontman, Hamilton Leithauser and posted some tracks from it as well.

- Coachella may be putting together a festival for the east coast to enjoy this year. Possibly NY or NJ in August as reported by Perezhilton.com... my fingers won't let me link that trashy site, so I'll link the release on NME.

Hooray Friday!

- Interesting Beck interview from the late-90s on An Aquarium Drunkard. I go back and forth on Beck's music, but I've come to the conclusion that I really need to be in the mood to listen to his stuff. If I'm not, he annoys the shit out of me.

- Trent Reznor... some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth is clearly douche-esque. But he actually put out a sensible, well thought-out and most importantly, understandable post on his website about the music industry today. Thanks to Metro D for the K.

- Belle and Sebastian covered Dinosaur Jr.'s "Freak Scene" and You Ain't No Picaso provides the link as well as a video of their Van Halen "Jump" cover.

- I am fuel continues her Pearl Jam obsession with demos from Eddie Vedder's Into the Wild soundtrack.

- A double-shot from I am fuel. The Black Crowes new album Warpaint is out March 4th - their first single, "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution" is out now.

- The first round of confirmations for this year's Coachella are out now and Ultra 8201 is on the case.

- Daytrotter has a 4-song live set from Rogue Wave with an unreleased track. Good stuff!