Coachella 2015 Lineup:

AC/DC
Jack White
Drake
Steely Dan
Tame Impala
Interpol
Alesso
Alabama Shakes
Ride
Nero
Azealia Banks
Flying Lotys
Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
Lykke Li
Dj Snake
Porter Robinson
Caribou
Todd Terje and the Olsens
Angus
Julia Stone
Hot Natured
George Ezra
Squarepusher
Kiesza
Action Bronson
Gorgon City
Reverend Horton Heat
Sylvan Esso
Kimbra
Vic Mensa
Erol Aiken
Kele
Cloud Nothings
Keys N Krates
MK
Pete Tong
Ab-soul
Haerts
Eagulls
Allah-Las
Alvin Risk
Chris Malinchak
Jon Hopkins
Oliver Heldens
Ryan Hemsworth
Jason Bentley
Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Band
Marques Wyatt
the Ghost & Saber Tooth Tiger
Los Rakas
The Weeknd
Axwell ^ Ingrosso
alt-J
Belle and Sebastian
Ratatat
Hozier
Flosstradamus
Bad Religion
SBTRKT
FKA Twigs
Tyler the Creator
Father John Misty
The War on Drugs
Deorro
Run the Jewles
Tycho
Chet Faker
Kasabian
Drive like Jehu
Swans
Milky Chance
Toro y Moi
Jungle
New World Punx
Clean Bandit
Glass Animals
Royal Blood
Alison Wonderland
Gaslamp Killer Experience
Loco Dice
Danny Tenaglia
Antemasque
Parquet Courts
Gramatik
Lights
What So Not
Yellow Claw
DJ Harvey
Tale of Ys
Yelle
Andrew McMahon
Carl Craig
Phox
St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Cashmere Cat
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible
Tourist
Benjamin Booker
Mathew Koma
Perfume Genius
Jamestown Revival
Bad Suns
Ruen Brothers
Bixel Boys
Andrea Olivia
Ryn Weaver
Radkey
Coasts
Until the Ribbon Breaks
Florence & the Machine
Kaskade
Ryan Adams
David Guetta
St. Vincent
Marina and the Diamonds
Fitz & the Tantrums
Brand New
Madeon
Stromae
Kygo
Odesza
Gesaffelstein
RAC
Circa Survive
Jenny Lewis
Desparcidos
Jamie XX
Martin Solveig
Duke Dumont
Lil B
Mac DeMarco
Vance Joy
Built to Spill
J.E.S.&.S (Jack Master, Eat Everything, Skream, & Seth Troxler)
Panda Bear
Katyranada
R3hab
St. Lucia
Dirty South
Tiger and Woods
Dubfire
Sturgill
Chicano Batman
MØ
Sloan
Doc Martin
Saint Motel
the Orwells
the Cribs
TINI
Ben Klock
Night Terrors of 1927

Wait, what?

One of these things is not like the others.

Four of these artists are among the most seminal, significant artists of the 20th century and the other one is Green Day.

I’m not saying Green Day doesn’t deserve a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but it took 24 years for arguably the greatest blues rock guitar player in history to get a place — the year of his death just so happens to be the same year that Billie Joe et. al released their first full length.

Lou Reed just died last year, but he was the front man for one of the most influential New York rock bands of all time.

Ringo may be the least important Beatle, but that’s still like being the least important Vermeer — they’re all important.

Any argument about the most influential female rock singers of all time would be remiss without Joan Jett on the list — Joplin, The Wilson Sisters, Stevie Knicks and Christine McVie, Patti Smith, Chrissy Hynde, and somewhere in there, Joan Jett.

Then there’s Green Day. Exceptionally successful commercially. Hugely popular for two decades. I would never debate their potential for that esteemed position, but I do think it’s a bit preemptive.

And then there’s Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Whenever there’s a discussion about the greatest guitar player of all time, his name always seems to slip beneath Eric Clapton, which is a goddamn travesty.  SRV took the unabashed passion and sheer technical fortitude of Jimmy Hendrix and continued to the natural conclusion that the 60′s great left unfinished.

I’ve never been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I have to think that if I had gone before he was added, it would have been a fairly glaring oversight. I’m glad to hear he’ll finally have his place next to the other greats.

Like Green Day.

This is why you don’t burn your recording engineer.

After being hired to record a live Hole performance and getting stiffed for the bill, J. M. Ladd had nothing left but the recording. So what did he do with it?

He released this video of Courtney Love butchering Hole’s 1998 classic, “Celebrity Skin.”

Why is she still allowed to touch a guitar? People are calling her on her singing, which to my ear, sounds fine. She’s a rock singer. It’s not supposed to sound beautiful. And she’s basically in key. Most of the time. Ok, some of the time. But that’s kind of the point.

Isolate any rock singer and I think you’ll be surprised at what you hear.  Unless it’s Jack White, in which case you’ll only hear him bitching about how everyone else isn’t as good as he is.

Penguin Prison — the pseudonym for writer/producer Chris Glover — is on the cusp of releasing his second full-length record, the follow-up to 2011′s fantastic self-titled release.

This single, a collaboration between Los Angeles production duo Oliver, is the first track to appear from the new record.

I’ve been a huge fan of the Penguin Prison stuff for a while, so this upcoming release is sure to shake things up at the top of my Best-of lists.

Is there anyone in music that Jack White respects? It sure doesn’t seem like it.

In between songs during his set in Boston last night, White starts out by bitching about how no one uses microphones with chords anymore, to which I respond, “Who gives a fuck?”

He then takes on the Foo Fighters, saying they cover up their mistakes by using more than one guitar. You know, like basically every band ever.

I wish someone could cover up for Jack White’s mistakes by giving him more than one mouth: one that says wise, measured, things with the perspective worthy of the genius he unquestionably possesses and the one that he has now.

I’m calling it now: rehab and citing “stress” as the reason for all this crazy in about t-minus 60 days.

I’ve been on to these guys for a minute, since a mutual friend went to the University of Washington with them, and with every release, their sound becomes more developed, more their own.

This new summer jam keeps that tradition alive. Last I heard they were still laying low until after graduation, but I think that time has passed. Hopefully this is the beginning of a new era of Beat Connection, and the release of their second full length record.

In the meantime, give The Palace Garden a listen and get excited.

It’s been a while since Disclosure has released new music, but they’re back on the map with another Mary J. Blige fronted track.

The duo should be back in the studio this fall, with a full-length expected next year.

Sam Smith continues his unblemished lifetime streak of making awesome songs.

The 22-year old took to the BBC 1 to cover the 1988 Tracy Chapman classic, “Fast Car.”

It’s deeper, bass driven, more rhythmic, modernized, and soulful — everything we’ve come to expect from a good Sam Smith track.

There may come a day when I get sick of this guy. That day is not today.

Flight of the Conchords released a new movie in New Zealand and Australia this summer, but they’ve got more in store according to actor Jemaine Clement.

In a recent interview with the Guardian, he said that the new vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows, only marks the start of what the musical-comedy duo has planned.

He alluded to a 4-episode series with HBO, which was postponed to make room for Shadows, but also said that the creative team behind Conchords has ambitions for a musical.

Read the full article here

Etienne de Crécy released a new track today called, “Hashtag My Ass.”

The video features pictures from an Instagram contest de Crécy ran where fans submitted pictures through the social networking site.

He also launched a website to support the new release, located not surprisingly at hashtagmyass.com.

This guy is the OG of french touch, and the new track definitely harkens back to a genre that’s seen little traction in the last few years. I, for one, welcome it’s return.