The new posters are here! The new posters are here!

Here’s my list, thus far:

Friday:
Black Keys
Interpol
Chemical Brothers
Sasha
Lauryn Hill
Crystal Castles
Boyz Noize
Afrojack
Flogging Molly
Pains of being pure at heart
marina and the fucking diamonds
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Klaxons
Skrillex
Beardyman

Saturday:
Arcade Fire
Mumford
Bright Eyes
Empire
The Kills
Broken Social
One Day as a Lion
Erykah Badu
Paul van Dyk
Scissor Sisters
Gogol Bordello
Cage the Elephant
Shpoungle
Elbow
Daedelus

Sunday:
Strokes
Duran Duran
DFA1979
Wiz Khalifa
Ratatat
JEW
Bloody Beetroots
Chromeo
Presets
CSS
Phantogram

42 bands

Cavernous Cuts: Droppin this heat like an asteroid

I don’t often profile rap or hip hop on this blog. This is a serious error of mine, as I have been a fan of both for years and somehow my attempt to show off the rarest/best/weirdest stuff I own never leads me down the gangster path.

Today I try and rectify this with my early vote for album of the year by the unlikeliness of candidates: a  half white/half Native American former homeless skateboarder from Alabama.

Seriously.

Cavernous Cuts: And My Tapatio

I showed off some Janis Joplin a few posts ago, demonstrating her amazing control and power. Nobody is like Janis but some females do combine rock and vocals better than the rest of the pack, and newcomer Ida Maria is one of them. Her songs are ballsy and get in your face, or maybe your ear’s face instead.

I think the AC/DC crowd will find Maria’s backup band appealing, while casual fans of female badassery will also be pleased. But the men in the crowd might not enjoy this sultry Swede after hearing the following song…