The 11 Best Bands at Coachella…each day

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 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44)

Part 2 of our countdown of the best albums of this year.  Don’t like our choices?  Then it’s your turn to vote.  Send me your 20 best albums of the year.  We’re compiling a best of list from our fans.  Can’t wait to see what you loved this year…there were a lot of great releases for sure.

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Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44):

34.  Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
35.  Grouplove – Spreading Rumors
36.  David Bowie – The Next Day
37.  Jason Isbell – Southeastern
38.  My Bloody Valentine – m b v
39.  Atoms For Peace – Amok
40.  The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
41.  Kaskade – Atmosphere
42.  The Head and The Heart – Let’s Be Still
43.  Dawes – Stories Don’t End
44.  Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off

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The Unknown: The Head And The Heart

The sophomore slump is a brutal undiscriminating fate that can befall any band.  My most anticipated sophomore album of the year was Yuck’s “Glow & Behold.”  It failed to fulfill any of my expectations. This album is so band I had to double check to make sure I was listening to the right band.  In 2011, Yuck had my favorite album of the year.  This year, Yuck’s album ranks dead last on my list of 150 albums from 2013 behind such stellar musical bowel movements including Jack Johnson’s snoozefest, MGMT’s bad drug trip and Snoop Lion’s tribute to weed.  The Naked and Famous’ new album (another highly anticipated sophomore offering) skimmed by but just barely.  Now it’s the The Head and The Heart’s turn to prove that their rookie year was no fluke.  It’s early but I’m hopeful. They put out some big shoes to fill on their debut album, I just hope they can fill one of them this time out.

Rivers and Roads

Buy The Head and The Heart’s new album, Let’s Be Still…now!