Morning Music Notes – Couch-ella Webtimes
Jay-Z’s Made in America Festival Returns with Some Good Acts
It looks like Jay-Z’s Made in America festival wasn’t a one-shot cash grab – it’s now a two-shot cash grab. The rapper has curated the Philadelphia festival once again, slated for August 31 and September 1 this year. Bands playing include Nine Inch Nails, some Beyoncé singer, Deadmau5, and Phoenix as headliners. But it doesn’t stop there, we also get Queens of the Stone Age, Kendrick Lamar, Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis, A$AP Rocky, Calvin Harris, the Gaslight Anthem, Public Enemy, and Solange (via Rolling Stone). The lineup has tons of collaborating potential, too – make it happen, kids! Made In America, featuring a headliner from France and from Canada – I guess ‘Half Made in America’ was taken.
Beady Eye’s Flick of the Finger was an Oasis Track
The slightly new direction Beady Eye have taken with new track, Flick of the Finger, was originally supposed to be for another band – Oasis. The song was originally called Velvet Building and was going to be on a 2004 EP produced by Death to Vegas (via Gigwise). That never happened, so here we are.
The sophomore album for the band, Be, will be out June 10/11. And amazingly, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds shared a track by track review by Beady Eye on their new album. Not sure if he was taking the piss or being nice, but we shall see.
Coachella Reveals Webcast Times for Those Who Don’t Like Sweating and Camping
If you opted not to go to Coachella this weekend (or the weekend after), or didn’t like the prospect of no showers and 40 degree Celsius heat at 7am, then fret not – you can catch the band’s on the Internet. Coachella is streaming certain sets on their YouTube channel. Check out the times below (in Coachella Standard Time aka PST).
Friday, April 12th
03:30pm – Jake Bugg
03:30pm – Stars
03:30pm – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
04:15pm – Johnny Marr
04:30pm – Beardyman
04:35pm – Divine Fits
05:10pm – Alt-J
05:20pm – Metric
05:20pm – Polica
06:00pm – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
06:10pm – Passion Pit
06:25pm – Palma Violets
06:50pm – Japandroids
07:00pm – Local Natives
07:25pm – Jello Biafra
08:15pm – Sparks
08:40pm – Beach House
09:40pm – Purity Ring
10:10pm – Grinderman
10:25pm – Infected Mushroom
11:15pm – Jurassic 5
12:00am – Tegan & Sara
12:10am – How to Destroy Angels
Saturday, April 13th
03:30pm – Mona
03:30pm – Baauer
03:35pm – Dropkick Murphys04:25 – Ben Howard
04:45pm – The Selecter
05:10pm – Bat For Lashes
06:05pm – Puscifer
06:10pm – Allen Stone
06:55pm – Portugal. the Man
07:00pm – Major Lazer
07:45pm – Hot Chip
08:00pm – Yeasayer
08:20pm – Benny Benassi
08:35pm – Violent Femmes
09:00pm – Descendents
09:30pm – The Postal Service
09:40pm – Simian Mobile Disco
10:30pm – The xx
10:45pm – Janelle Monae
10:55pm – Two Door Cinema Club
11:35pm – Phoenix
11:35pm – Moby
11:45pm – New Order
Sunday, April 14th
03:30pm – Smith Westerns
03:30pm – DIIV
03:35pm – The Gaslight Anthem
04:20pm – Jessie Ware
04:30pm – The Airborne Toxic Event
05:15pm – The Lumineers
06:05pm – Social Distortion
06:10pm – James Blake
07:00pm – Tame Impala
07:15pm – Father John Misty
08:00pm – Vampire Weekend
08:30pm – OMD
08:45pm – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
08:50pm – Pretty Lights
09:30pm – Th Faint
09:45pm – Dinosaur Jr.
10:20pm – Red Hot Chili Peppers
10:45pm – Eric Prydz
11:00pm – Dead Can Dance
Listen! Eluvium – Entendre
More ambient piano greatness from Eluvium. We’ve heard the excellent Envenom Mettle and Don’t Get Closer, so expectations are high for upcoming double album, Nightmare Ending (which is how you guys probably feel about this blog post). Check out Entendre below.
