- Next year, Coachella will be two separate events held over two consecutive weekend in the desert heat of Indio, CA. The event is aiming to have the “same lineup, same art, same place, different people.” Tickets go on sale Friday.
- Flavorwire lists the The 10 Best Songs about Los Angeles. There are solid choices but without Randy Newman the list is meaningless to me.
- Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe is famous for singing Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy but we should be singing to her, Norma Jeane Mortenson would have been 85 today.
- SF Weekly offers an appreciation of Sir Tom Jones.
- Portland’s MusicfestNW lineup has been announced. Pioneer Square will host the good folks of Iron & Wine, The Kills, Band of Horses, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and dozens more September 7-11th. Tickets go on sale Friday.
- Listen to Wilco’s closing performance at Sasquatch from Memorial Day on NPR. Sasquatch is a four day music festival at The Gorge, outside Seattle. NPR has more archived sets from the festival here.
- In Seattle, there’s an infinite inkwell high above the city and the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. The 2011 lineup was announced today and tickets are on sale. The event takes place September 3-5th at the Seattle Center and confirmed acts include Ray LaMontagne, Broken Social Scene, Lonely Forest, Leon Russel, Vetiver, YACHT and Hall & Oates.
- Speaking of Hall & Oates, have you listened to The Wooden Birds cover of Maneater? You should.
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