Radiohead @ Henry Fonda

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Great review on the intimate Radiohead benefit for Haiti that most of us couldn't afford. Wish I could have been there! [via LA Weekly]

Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced

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Coachella's band lineup has FINALLY been posted and it looks pretty good. Not as good as the fake lineup, but, come on, having Lady Ga Ga in The Tent and not as a headliner was kind of a dead giveaway that it was fake. Although, Lady Ga Ga would have been a cool headliner. I think that would have sold a LOT of tickets.

Here are a list of bands playing at Coachella that pique my interest (anyone giving away tickets or need a music blogger to cover it? Anyone? Anyone??):

Friday, April 16th

Echo & the Bunnymen Grizzly Bear Jay-Z La Roux LCD Soundsystem Ra Ra Riot She & Him The Cribs The Specials The Whitest Boy Alive Vampire Weekend

Saturday, April 17th

Band of Skulls Beach House Corinne Bailey Rae DEVO Hot Chip MGMT Muse RX Bandits The Dead Weather Tokyo Police Club White Rabbits

Sunday, April 18th

Gorillaz Phoenix Spoon Sunny Day Real Estate Thom Yorke Yann Tiersen Yo La Tengo

The Friday and Saturday lineup look pretty awesome, but Sunday, as usual, is kind of lacking. Sunday always seems to have just one or two big names, although, I am really curious about Yann Tiersen. I love his work on Amelie.

Interview with Glee's Matthew Morrison

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Joe Zee from Elle interviews Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Schuester on Glee.

Video Interview

Glee Returns for 2nd Season

and will be taking online auditions to fill three new roles! I think it's cool that they're opening up casting calls to the public in an American Idol kind of way. I wonder if they're going to have a show about the selection process.

More details on Mashable.

The Crushing Low

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I was contacted by The Crushing Low to review their recently released debut EP, All Orbits are Free. This is a description of their style of music taken from the band's bio:

"Combining decades of influences from both sides of the Atlantic, The Crushing Low has created their own unique brand of sonic bombast. Holding the band's DNA under the microscope reveals strands of Interpol, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, Catherine Wheel, Swervedriver, U2, Drive, Doves, Sonic Youth, and Radiohead chaining together with a variety of more far flung influences to form a sound that is at once familiar and distinctly their own."

There are many great influences listed in the above blurb and I can hear some of them in their songs. The vocals do remind me of a bit of My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth, which honestly, I'm not a huge fan of; however, I think fans of those bands will appreciate this band because they stay true to that singing style. In that case, the music stands out more than the vocals, which can be pretty catchy. I do like that not all the songs sound exactly the same. Some of the standout tracks are Skies Divided and Dead Man's Hands.

More about the band:
http://www.myspace.com/thecrushinglow
http://www.reverbnation.com/thecrushinglow
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Crushing-Low/25442325288
http://www.thecrushinglow.com
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheCrushingLowBand&view=videos