
The official lineup for the 2011 Coachella Music Festival has finally been released. There was much speculation leading up to today as to who would be playing at the Indio, California-based festival, but that’s all been put to rest now. Most of the artists that had big years in 2010 are featured on the lineup, including Kanye, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Crystal Castles, Sleigh Bells, Broken Social Scene, Wiz Khalifa & The National. Noticeably absent however: Daft Punk. You’d think that all the speculation about an upcoming Daft Punk tour, Coachella would be the perfect place to start it off.
Also, a Death from Above 1979 reunion?! Awesome.

Here’s the official video for “Not in Love” by Crystal Castles and The Cure’s Robert Smith. Awesome to hear Smith and Alice Glass together in one song. This version of “Not in Love” is 10x better than the official album version.
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California-based Best Coast and Wavves have teamed up and put out a split 7″ EP called Summer is Forever in order to promote their upcoming tour. Here’s Wavves’ contribution to the EP, titled “Stained Glass (Won’t You Let Me into Your Heart).” [read more…]

Raekwon, of Wu-Tang Clan fame, has come out with a new song titled “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang.” It’s been almost a year and a half since he released his critically acclaimed second solo album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt. II, so it’s good to see him working on some new music. Skip to 0:35 to get past the intro. [read more…]