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The 11 Best Bands at Coachella…each day

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Incredible line-up this year.  Impossible to do one list for the whole festival…so here’s three lists! One for each day.  These are by no means the only good bands playing, just the ones that I’m most excited about.  And Saturday is easily the most packed day.

The 11 Best Bands at Coachella on Friday:

  1. Outkast
  2. Girl Talk
  3. Broken Bells
  4. The Replacements
  5. HAIM
  6. A$AP Ferg
  7. Ellie Goulding
  8. Waxahatchee
  9. Bryan Ferry
  10. Grouplove
  11. Zedd

The 11 Best Bands at Coachella on Saturday:

  1. Foster The People
  2. Empire Of The Sun
  3. Cage The Elephant
  4. Nas
  5. Muse
  6. Pet Shop Boys
  7. Skrillex
  8. MGMT
  9. CHVRCHES
  10. Blood Orange
  11. The Head and The Heart

The 11 Best Bands at Coachella on Sunday:

  1. Arcade Fire
  2. Neutral Milk Hotel
  3. Beck
  4. Superchunk
  5. Lana Del Rey
  6. STRFKR
  7. Calvin Harris
  8. Disclosure
  9. Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  10. Chance The Rapper
  11. Bad Manners

 

 

 

The 11 Best Songs By Cage The Elephant

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With a rip and tear, CTE has brought some wild native enthusiasm back to rock music.  From the Cobain scratchy howl that bellows from larynx of lead singer Matthew Schultz to the thrust in gut from the raunchy romp of the guitars wielded by the one-two punch of Parish-Schultz (Brad), Cage embodies all the ferocity that ever rippled out of Seattle while serving it up in a rocket launched out of the heart of LA’s sunset strip.  There’s monstrous thumps and murky grumbles.  It’s scarring and refreshing.  And their live show is packed with so much energy, they could power a small town in the midwest.  Let’s be realistic, a very small town.  While the promise of the Arctic Monkeys faded while they matured, Cage The Elephant is accelerating at enjoying their immaturity.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Cage The Elephant:

  1. James Brown (Cage The Elephant)
  2. In One Ear (Cage The Elephant)
  3. Aberdeen (Thank You Happy Birthday)
  4. Tiny Little Robots (Cage The Elephant)
  5. Shake Me Down (Thank You Happy Birthday)
  6. Soil To The Sun (Cage The Elephant)
  7. Right Before My Eyes (Thank You Happy Birthday)
  8. Ain’t No Rest for The Wicked (Cage The Elephant)
  9. Always Something (Thank You Happy Birthday)
  10. Sabertooth Tiger (Thank You Happy Birthday)
  11. Back Against The Wall (Cage The Elephant)

Buy Cage The Elephant’s new album, Melophobia…now!!!

The 11 Best Albums of 2009: 23-33 (Part 3)

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As each step of this list is being unveiled, I have to say…there was a lot of music this year I really enjoyed.  Whether it was scrounging to find the unreleased Beck cover album…or the return of Franz Ferdninand…or the underrated ben gibbard/farrar duet, there was a bunch of music out there to get excited about.  Two newcomers to watch…Cut Off Your Hands and Cage The Elephant…I have a feeling they will be on these lists for years to come.

 
Here are the 11 Best Albums of 2009: 23-33 (Part 3):
23.  Cut Off Your Hands – You And I  (Turn Cold)
24.  JJ – JJ No 2
25.  Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
26.  Franz Ferdinand – Tonight 
27.  Cage The Elephant – Cage the Elephant (Ain’t No Rest)
28.  M. Ward – Hold Time
29.  Beck – Velvet Underground & Nico  (I’ll Be Your Mirror)
30.  Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3.0
31.  Steel Panther – Feel The Steel
32.  Bruce Springsteen – Working On A Dream
33.  Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone