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The V Festival takes place in the UK this weekend. The Virgin Group sponsored concert is held at Hylands and Weston Park simultaneously and share the same bill. Artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday.

Passion Pit- Sleepyhead
V-Stage
Hylands Park Saturday, Weston Park Sunday

Kasabian – Fire
V-Stage
Weston Park Saturday, Hylands Park Sunday

Plan B – She Said
4 Music Stage
Weston Park Saturday, Hylands Park Sunday

Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
4 Music Stage
Weston Park Saturday, Hylands Park Sunday

Tricky – Evolution Revolution Love
Virgin Media Union
Hylands Park Saturday, Weston Park Sunday

The organizers of Las Tortugas Festival announced that Yonder Mountain String Band has been added to the bill. They join Tea Leaf Green, Pimps of Joytime, and The Mother Hips at the four day Halloween celebration held at the Evergreen Lodge in Yosemite. YMSB is scheduled to play on Halloween itself.

Early bird ticketing has been extended until to September 10 to give fans of all the recent additions to the lineup – Yonder, Nathan Moore, Blue Turtle Seduction, New Fangled Wasteland – a chance to get discounted tickets. Onsite camping at Evergreen Lodge is still available as well. Early bird tickets are $175.

2010 Las Tortugas Festival: Dance of the Dead V Lineup

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
ALO
7 Walkers feat. Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali and George Porter Jr.
The Mother Hips
Tea Leaf Green
New Monsoon
Hot Buttered Rum
Blue Turtle Seduction
Cornmeal
Melvin Seals and JGB with Stu Allen
Pimps of Joytime
Lebo
Poor Man's Whiskey, including a performance of Old and In the Way
BLVD
Big Light
Nathan Moore
Montana Slim String Band
New Fangled Wasteland
Jay Seals and the Hydrodynamics
Guitarmageddon feat. the music of Prince
Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
Moonalice
Tracorum
Izabella
Trevor Garrod
Nat Keefe and Friends
Dead Winter Carpenters
Sean Leahy and Friends
Jack Grace Band
Antioquia
Kate Gaffney
The Hongs
Honeymoon


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    Track List

  1. The Hot Rats – Big Sky
  2. We Have Band – Honeytrap
  3. Sunshine Underground – In Your Arms
  4. Hadouken – Turn The Lights Out
  5. Hadouken – Mic Check (L’amour La Morgue Edition)
  6. Noah and the Whale – Blues Skies (YACHT remix)
  7. Paul White – Alien Nature
  8. Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader
  9. Nathan Fake – Narrier
  10. Dananananykroyd – Black Wax

Is their music genius or garbage? A new form of rap or a circus act? No matter how you feel about Das Racist, they’ve certainly lit their own fire, garnering polarizing reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Playboy. See what the fuss is all about and download their newest album for free.

[via Das Racist]

Here’s a free 10 song sampler from the folks at Outside Lands. You can download it from iTunes until September 30, 2010. The 2010 Outside Lands Festival takes place August 14-15 in San Francisco. See more including the full lineup in our 2010 Outside Lands Festival Guide. Playlist and the link to the free songs is below.

[via Outside Lands]

  1. The Temper Trap – Fader
  2. Bassnectar – Cozza Frenzy
  3. Little Wings – Scuby
  4. Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues
  5. Rebirth Brass Band – When The Saints Go Marching In
  6. Langhorne Slim – Cinderella
  7. Garage A Trois – Dory’s Day Out
  8. The Whigs – Dying
  9. The Budos Band – Unbroken, Unshaven
  10. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Rise & Shine (Deluxe Version)

Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney are just a few of the big names taking on Hyde Park in London for Hard Rock Calling. Check out the set times below and click over to the Hard Rock Calling Festival Guide for more info on this huge event.

LINE UP 2010 – MAIN STAGE

Friday 25 June

  • PEARL JAM 20:00 – 22:15
  • BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 18:30 – 19:30
  • THE HIVES 17:30 – 18:10
  • THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM 16:40 – 17:10
  • ROBERT FRANCIS 16:00 – 16:25

Saturday 26 June

  • STEVIE WONDER 20:15 – 22:15
  • JAMIROQUAI 18:30 – 19:30
  • JAMES MORRISON 17:00 – 18:00
  • CORINNE BAILEY RAE 15:55 – 16:40
  • MARY MARY 14:50 – 15:35
  • MICKI FREE AMERICAN HORSE 13:45 – 14:30

Sunday 27 June

  • PAUL MCCARTNEY 19:30 – 22:15
  • CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH 17:50 – 18:50
  • CROWDED HOUSE 16:25 – 17:25
  • ELVIS COSTELLO 15:10 – 16:00
  • JOSHUA RADIN 14:20 – 14:50
  • MORE THAN ME 13:45 – 14:05

LINE UP 2010 – PEPSI MAX STAGE

Friday 25 June

  • GOMEZ 19:15 – 20:00
  • FUNERAL PARTY 18:20 – 18:55
  • CHIEF 17:30 – 18:00
  • EXPATRIATE 16:40 – 17:10
  • PAUL THOMAS SAUNDERS 16:00 – 16:25

Saturday 26 June

  • MELISSA ETHERIDGE 19:10 – 20:00
  • ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO 18:00 – 18:45
  • FLORENCE RAWLINGS 17:00 – 17:40
  • ROX 16:15 – 16:45
  • RUMER 15:30 – 16:00
  • DIANE BIRCH 14:45 – 15:15
  • MARIA MENA 14:00 – 14:30

Sunday 27 June

  • THE BREAKERS 19:00 – 19:45
  • COCKTAIL SLIPPERS 19:00 – 19:45
  • THE LEN PRICE 3 19:00 – 19:45
  • THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE 18:00 – 18:30
  • TIFFANY PAGE 17:00 – 17:40
  • LISSIE 16:15 – 16:45
  • THE CORONAS 15:30 – 16:00
  • DELTA MAID 14:45 – 15:15
  • JOE ECHO 14:00 – 14:30

LINE UP 2010 – BANDSTAND

Friday 25 June

  • LEAH MASON 19:00 – 19:30
  • MICHAEL KIWANUKA 18:00 – 18:30
  • JAPANESE VOYEURS 17:00 – 17:30
  • CHAKRAS 16:00 – 16:30

Saturday 26 June

  • MY SAD CAPTAINS 19:00 – 19:30
  • LONE WOLF 18:00 – 18:30
  • MOUNTAIN MAN 17:00 – 17:30
  • SUMMER CAMP 16:00 – 16:30
  • ZUN ZUN EGUI 15:00 – 15:30

Sunday 27 June

  • THE MORNING BENDERS 19:00 – 19:30
  • PEARLY GATE MUSIC 18:00 – 18:30
  • HERE WE GO MAGIC 17:00 – 17:30
  • JOHN GRANT 16:00 – 16:30
  • BEACH HOUSE 15:00 – 15:30

The lineup for the 2010 Voodoo Fest was released today. Muse and Ozzy are the biggie headliners along with Weezer, MGMT, and Interpol. Check out the full lineup below.

The Voodoo Experience takes place over Halloween weekend in New Orleans. Should be a blast. We’ll keep you up to date with our 2010 Voodoo Experience Festival Guide.

    2010 Voodoo Lineup
Muse
Ozzy Osbourne
Weezer
MGMT
Drake
Metric
Hot Chip
Interpol
Paul van Dyk
Deadmau5
Street Sweeper Social Club
Paul Oakenfold
Jakob Dylan and Three Legs
Ferry Corsten
Buckwheat Zydeco
Florence And The Machine
Raphael Saadiq
Eagles of Death Metal
Cage the Elephant
Minus the Bear
Janelle Monae
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Galactic with Guests
The Airborne Toxic Event
Jonsi
Innerpartysystem
Afrojack
Die Antwoord
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Rebirth Brass Band
Crookers
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Stanton Moore Trio with Anders Osborne and Robert Walter
Voice of the Wetland All Stars
Tab Benoit
Cyril Neville
Waylon Thibodeaux
Big Chief Bourdeaux
Johnny Vidacovich
Johnny Sansone
Boys Noize
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Theresa Andersson
Basin Street Records Revue
Kermit Ruffins
Dr. Michael White
Jeremy Davenport
George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners
Toubab Krewe
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Treme Brass Band with Uncle Lionel Batiste
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin Malcom
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
The New Orleans Bingo! Show
The Happy Talk Band
Fleur De Tease Burlesque Revue
Rotary Downs
Paul Sanchez
DJ Soul Sister
Quintron & Miss Pussycat
Honey Island Swamp Band
Gal Holiday * Rosie Ledet
Fatter Than Albert
Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds
AM
Fitz & The Tantrums
Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights
Shannon McNally
Creole String Beans
Feufollet
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Locos Por Juana
Flow Tribe
Consortium of Genius
Luke Winslow-King
Noisician Coalition
DJ Quickie Mart
The Vettes
Debauche
Helen Gillet
The Local Skank
COOT
MC Sweet Tea
Rival Sons
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Gal Holiday
Ferry Corston

Five new acts were added to the 2010 Siren Music Festival.  The Night Marchers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Earl Greyhound, Screaming Females, and Wye Oak join the totally free festival that is happening in NYC on July 17.

Here is the confirmed partial lineup so far:

THE NIGHT MARCHERS
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS
EARL GREYHOUND
SCREAMING FEMALES
WYE OAK
MATT & KIM
TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
SURFER BLOOD
HARLEM

CMT News

It was a great day to be in Alabama, too, as Hank Williams Jr. kicked off his Friday night show to a sea of sunburned faces. Wearing an Alabama ball cap, he took the crowd on a journey through his life and music. He treated his audience to an extended set that included “If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie” and “Kaw-Liga” before recruiting Johnson and Tritt to join him for rowdy rendition of “Family Tradition” to wrap up his show. [Read the rest of the review...]

The Enterprise Ledger

The final figures from all law enforcement agencies are still being compiled, but preliminary indications are that 119 people were released on bond after being arrested for various offenses during Bama Jam. [Read the rest of the review...]

The Mobile Press Register [PHOTO GALLERY]

(Doug Bruce/Independent BW Photographer)

The Birmingham News [VIDEO]

Bama Jam Thursday night

Spin Magazine

If that island in Lost ever played host to a music festival, it might turn out something like Sasquatch. As one sits and watches bands from a perch on an unnaturally stunning rock face, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, it’s as if nothing exists between yourself and the edge of the universe but whatever music’s emanating from that glowing chasm of a main stage. [Read the rest of the review...]

Oregon Live

If there’s a greater beauty than Zooey Deschanel and Portland’s M. Ward singing lullabies to love in the desert rain, I’m not sure my heart can handle it. A perfect mix of the duo’s two albums, the set was a kind sabbatical between the hard jams of Drive-By Truckers and Band of Horses on Memorial.[Read the rest of the review]

OPB News

Each day this Memorial Day weekend, 25,000 music fans filled the Gorge Amphitheater in central Washington. The festival is quickly becoming famous around the country for its ability to attract eclectic, below-the-radar acts. Correspondent Chantal Anderson went to see what Sasquatch is all about.[Read the rest of the review...]

Weekly Volcano

Stephen Malkmus – who was either a little drunk or more aloof AND COOLER THAN FUCKING EVER – stopped songs on at least two occasions, cussing and apologizing to the crowd in the process. A rare old man standing next to me – in the sea of youth that is Sasquatch! – got visibly frustrated, yelling “Come on!” the second time Malkmus halted. Most in the crowd, however, just felt sorry for Pavement. Something tells me that’s not how they planned it.[Read the rest of the review...]

BeatCrave

To end our retro night (flashing back with Pavement and Public Enemy), we went to see one more spectacular set by Massive Attack. As one of the pioneers of trip-hop, the main stage’s atmosphere was nothing less than simultaneously epic and somber. This is what soothing rock music that touches on R&B should sound like.[Read the rest of the review...]