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

The Hot Rats – Big Sky

We Have Band – Honeytrap

Sunshine Underground – In Your Arms

Hadouken – Turn The Lights Out

Hadouken – Mic Check (L’amour La Morgue Edition)

Noah and the Whale – Blues Skies (YACHT remix)

Paul White – Alien Nature

Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader

Nathan Fake – Narrier

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]

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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...]