Massive festival news

In response to the just-released-and-disappointing-to-some Coachella lineup, this blogger did some digging about rumours surrounding this year's other festivals. The rumour mill is very much up and a-churning. Here's what I've found:

Sasquatch! Festival
Many names have been tossed out pell-mell, among them:

The Gutter Twins, Common Market, The New Pornographers, Band of Horses, Chris Walla, Radiohead, Feist, Klaxons, Black Kids, The Black Lips, Portishead, LCD Soundsystem, Jens Lekman, Beirut, Gang of Four, Nada Surf, and Modest Mouse

Also, the following bands have confirmed: 65 Days Of Static, The Heavenly States, Fleet Foxes, and The Cure (they will headline the last day)

All Points West Music and Arts Festival
Word has come down the wire that Radiohead has been confirmed as a performer at this brand spanking new festival in Jersey City this August 8-10. Quite a maiden voyage.

Bonnaroo
Lots of confirmed acts for this one, including:
BB King, Pat Green, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Willie Nelson

It has also been confirmed that Radiohead, Neil Diamond, Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips and Lily Allen all will not be performing.

Rumoured acts for this one include:
ALO, Ani DiFranco, The Black Keys, Brett Dennen, Cracker, Led Zeppelin, Les Claypool, Mike Doughty, moe., My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots

Lollapalooza
Radiohead and the Foo Fighers have an open tour date during the festival, but few other rumours have surfaced surrounding this typically quite balmy late summer Chicago affair.

SXSW
A massive number of confirmations here, including:
A Place to Bury Strangers, The Aggrolites, Alina Simone, All Time Low, Bella, Birdmonster, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, Black Joe Lewis, Black Mountain, Born Ruffians, Bowerbirds, The Breeders, British Sea Power, Broken Teeth, The Brother Kite, Brutal Knights, Bun B, Carbon/Silicon, Chester French, Colour Revolt, The Cool Kids, Constantines, The Cribs, Dandi Wind, Daniel Lanois, David Banner, Dead Confederate, The Devil Makes Three, DeVotchKa, Dizzee Rascal, The Dodos, Dokkebi Q, Dolly Parton, The Donnas, El Jesus De Magico, elephone, The Epochs, Eugene Mirman, Evangelicals, Fanfarlo, Film School, Fleet Foxes, Future Clouds and Radar, Gallows, Hanne Hukkelberg, The Hard Lessons, Headlights, HEALTH, The Heavenly States, Holy Fuck, HorrorPops, Hot Water Music, Hotel Cafe Tour, Howlin Rain, Ingrid Michaelson, Jay Reatard, Jens Lekman, Joe Lean + The Jing Jang Jong, Joesph Author, Kate Walsh, The Kills, Kimya Dawson, Le Loup, Liam Finn, Lies in Disguise, Lightspeed Champion, Lions, The Lisps, The LK, Lykke Li, Magic Bullets, Mala Rodriguez, Man Man, Maps and Atlases, The Matches, Mezzanine Owls, MGMT, Moby, MSTRKRFT, My Brightest Diamond, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, N.E.R.D., Nicole Atkins & the Sea, Nortec Collective, Nyles Lannon, Office, Oh No! Oh My!, Old Man River, Panda, Parts & Labor, Pato Banton, Pinstripe, Phosphorescent, Please Quiet Ourselves, Popup, Port O’Brien, Q-Tip, Ra Ra Riot, Radar Bros., The Raveonettes, R.E.M., Robyn, RX Bandits, Sally Shapiro, Sam Champion, Saul Williams, Sean Hayes, Shout out out out out, Sia, Simian Mobile Disco, Sissy Wish, Smalltown DJs, Smalltown Supersound, Solid Gold, Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin, Sons & Daughters, The Stills, South, Steel Train, Sunny Day Sets Fire, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Team Robespierre, TECH N9NE, The Terrordactyls, These New Puritans, Tilly and the Wall, Two Gallants, Uncrowned, Uffie, Vampire Weekend, The Vines, The Voom Blooms, X, Was (not Was), Watershed, The Weakerthans, The Whigs, White Williams, Why?, Wooden Shjips, Yeasayer, Yo Lo Tengo, Your Favorite Enemies

By all accounts, this is the lineup to beat. NLtS favourites include: A Place To Bury Strangers, British Sea Power, DeVotchKa, HEALTH, The Hotel Cafe Tour, Jens Lekman, Black Mountain, Eugene Mirman, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Phosphorescent, Oh No! Oh My!, Sia, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Tapes 'n Tapes, These New Puritans, Tilly and the Wall, Two Gallants, The Weakerthans, and Yo La Tengo.

More festival news as it comes. Stay tuned.


-PTC


Addendum: This information was offered as a tip from a reader. We cannot be sure where it came from, but it has come to our attention that the information given herein can also be found at http://www.consequenceofsound.com.