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SXSW Day One Wrap-Up: The Kills, Peter Moren and Kaki King
March 13, 2008 11:05 AM ET| Jenny Eliscu
The opening day of the annual South by Southwest festival is in the books, and while fans, journalists and industry folks were still busy arriving and staking out the best spots for margaritas, there were still plenty of parties and showcases to whet the musical appetite Wednesday. Here are a few highlights from the opening round of the year's biggest rock fest: • Kill the Daylight: The line for the Levi's/Fader house snaked around the block in the moments before the Kills too... | More »
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SXSW 2008: A Dozen of the Most Anticipated Sets
March 12, 2008 11:45 AM ET| Rolling Stone
The annual South by Southwest Music Festival begins tonight, and Rock Daily will be reporting live from the mosh pit (and the barbecue pit) until the last note is played on Sunday. Stay tuned for live reviews, video interviews, photo galleries and footage of some of the hottest gigs (and while you're at it, catch up on what went down at last year's festival while you're there). In the meantime, take a look at the twelve bands Rock Daily is most excited about — six heavy h... | More »
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"Body of War" Hero Talks Eddie Vedder, SXSW Premiere
March 6, 2008 4:17 PM ET| Nicole Frehsee
For Iraq War vet Tomas Young, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello and Bright Eyes aren't just rock stars -- they're his lifelines. "They keep me going every day to continue in this struggle," says Young, who was paralyzed from the chest down when his Humvee was ambushed in Baghdad in 2004. "They remind me that there are things bigger than myself." Young, whose story is chronicled in the documentary Body of War, hasn't met all of his musical heroes -- just Vedder, who ... | More »
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My Bloody Valentine's Coachella Absence Explained
February 15, 2008 10:37 AM ET| Daniel Kreps
When the Coachella line-up was announced last month, many questioned the absence of the much-rumored My Bloody Valentine reunion. Whispers of MBV frontman Kevin Shields negotiating with Coachella date back to August 2007, but instead the festival announced Jack Johnson, Portishead and Roger Waters as the headliners. So why were they left off the bill? Coachella founder Paul Tollett tells NME, "I was hanging out with Kevin (Shields) over at the Led Zeppelin (reunion concert in December), and h... | More »
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Vineland Festival Nixed After Coachella Announces All Points West
January 25, 2008 3:30 PM ET| Daniel Kreps
The Vineland Music Festival, scheduled to take place August 8-10 in Vineland, NJ, has been cancelled. The decision follows this week's announcement that the promoters behind Coachella will hold their own festival, dubbed All Points West, during the same weekend at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, less than two hours from Vineland. All Points West (which is rumored to have Radiohead and Jack Johnson as headliners) and large amphitheatre shows in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ, that week... | More »
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Coachella Lineup Announced, East Coast Fest Confirmed: Jack Johnson, Portishead and Roger Waters to Headline April Desert Festival
January 22, 2008 10:23 AM ET| Daniel Kreps
After months of speculation and a fistful of fake fliers, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival finally revealed its lineup late yesterday at a press conference in Mexico City. Friday, April 25th's headliner is Jack Johnson, with the Verve, the Breeders and the Raconteurs getting second billing. My Bloody Valentine will not be performing (contrary to lots of blog buzz several months ago), but to make amends, on Saturday night, U.K. trip-hoppers Portishead play their first U.S. sho... | More »
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Coachella Coming Eastbound; Radiohead, Jack Johnson Rumored to Headline
January 16, 2008 10:45 AM ET| Daniel Kreps
Confirming a story that was first reported by Perez Hilton, the promoters behind the Coachella music festival revealed yesterday that they will stage an East Coast off-shoot festival, scheduled to take place on New Jersey's Liberty State Park on August 10th to 12th. If those dates sound familiar, it's because another tentative East Coast fest, the Vineland Music Festival in Vineland, NJ, was also scheduled for those dates. While the Vineland Festival is suffering through struggles r... | More »
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