Today I found out about the Coachella Festival. It’s this massive art and music festival held in Indio, California, which is near Palm Springs, apparently. The official lineup hasn’t been announced but Pitchfork has an unofficial list of groups slated to play. Three of my favorite bands (Radiohead, Wilco, and The Flaming Lips) are playing, along with …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, !!!, Dizzee Rascal, LCD Soundsystem, the Sleepy Jackson, Prefuse 73, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Air, The Pixies, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Stereolab, PJ Harvey, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Sage Francis, Basement Jaxx, Sparta, Electric 6, Thursday, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
I spent about an hour checking prices on airline tickets and figuring out how long it would take to drive (Yahoo! figures about 20 hours and 40 minutes). It’s mighty tempting, I must say. Road trip, anyone?
PS: The songs we recorded on January 25 have been posted on jaydunphy.com. Go check ’em out.