The line-up for Coachella 2008 (April 25-27) has been officially confirmed. Contrary to Pitchfork’s lukewarm reaction, Hypeful thinks there’s plenty of good artists on this year’s bill. Tickets for Coachella go on sale Friday (January 25) at 10:00 AM (PT) via TicketMaster and you can check out the full line-up after the jump!
With both of them getting ready to drop new discs, Jack Johnson (Sleep Through The Static, out 2.5.08) and Matt Costa (Unfamiliar Faces, out 1.22.08) visited the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London for a bit of concert and conversation. The show featured an interview with the laidback duo and live, acoustic versions of songs from both of their upcoming albums. You can stream the entire show from the BBC Radio 2 site and check out the duet below, in which the breezy pair mash-up Jack’s “Fall Line” and Matt’s “Sunshine.”
MP3:
Jack Johnson & Matt Costa - “Fall Line / Sunshine” (Live on BBC Radio 2)
Another puzzle piece has fallen into place for North American Radiohead fans about their upcoming tour. No dates or venues have been set, but the band has confirmed the cities they’ll be playing in 2008.
The list of cities is after the jump!
Apple has posted the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light, the director’s delayed Rolling Stones concert doc that is now set for release on April 8, 2008. Following No Direction Home, this new musical doc looks like another must-see film this Spring. Also makes one really anxious to see Scorsese’s upcoming take on the life of George Harrison. I’ll post the trailer for Shine a Light below, but recommend heading over to Apple to view it in beautiful QuickTime.
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I’m very excited to introduce my good friend and first-time Hypeful contributor Brian Rhea to the site. Brian is an art teacher in Carrollton, TX and blogs with his friends over at Those Awake. After checking out Iron & Wine’s show in Dallas earlier this week, Brian was awesome enough to pass along his review on the show:
If you’re going to an Iron & Wine concert (or just about any hipster concert for that matter), you can bank on a couple of things:
1: Someone in the opening band will be sporting one of these.
2: There will be a pleasant abundance of wool in the audience in the form of scarfs, bags, and straight-out-of-gramma’s-closet beanies.
3: Vegas puts the odds that you’ll be standing in front of two gearheads analyzing the bands’ equipment between sets at 2:1. This is a safe bet (and remember, always double down on 11). For extra fun, take one drink every time you hear, “Dude, I don’t know what that is, but I want one!” Two more drinks when the counterpart gives an answer.
These pseudo-requirements were all present and accounted for when the folk rockers recently rolled in to Dallas, and after the show it would be safe to add:
4: Concert-goers will have a deeper appreciation for The Shepherd’s Dog and will likely listen to little else in the days and weeks to come.
