June Music Madness —- EDC in Vegas & Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN

6/7 - 6/10

Simon Garfunkel and John Oates may not truly be appreciated by 75% of the attendees, but it’s a legendary mix to see.  Alabama Shakes are a blossoming young talent that will undoubtedly Wow many generations of music fans. Watch out! 

Bonnaroo highlights: Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alabama Shakes, Foster the People, Radiohead, Bon Iver, The Beach Boys, Garfunkel & Oates, Skrillex, The Shins, Alice Cooper, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap, Das Racist, Delta Spirit, Gary Clark Jr and many more. 

Electric Daisy Carnival Highlights: Avicii, Benny Benassi, Bassnectar, ATB, Armin Van Buren, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Digitalism, Calvin Harris, Borgore, Feed Me, Kaskade, Laidback Luke, MSTRKRFT, Pretty Lights, Rusko, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Aoki & Afrojack, & more. 

For music biz folks: The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Insomniac Events are hosting EDMbiz June 6-June 7 with panelists including Perry Farrell and Daniel Glass as well as reps of Interscope Records, MSOPR, The Windish Agency, Goldenvoice, KCRW, WME, Youtube, Spotify, Live Nation, Ultra Music, Burning Man, Deckstar and more. 

Festival season is upon us. Check out what Bonnaroo has in store for us. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Bon Iver, The Beach Boys, Skrillex, Foster the People, The Shins, The Roots, St. Vincent, The Civil Wars, Two Door Cinema Club (I can’t wait for their new album YAY), Young the Giant, Dawes, Alabama Shakes, Kurt Vile, The Kooks, Das Racist, Grouplove, Gary Clark Jr., The Joy Formidable and many more. It’s a solid indie line-up. 

Coachella 2012 Line-Up is Officially Released (YAY!!!)

I’m super stoked for Miike Snow, Bon Iver, M83, St. Vincent, Girls, The Rapture, The Black Keys, AWOLNATION, Florence and the Machine, Beirut, The Shins, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Explosions in the Sky, and many more.

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are also headlining. Two weekends of madness are coming to the Coachella Valley in April. Yee-haw! I can’t wait :)

Legends of our time…Rock Singers for the Ages

- Brandon Boyd (Incubus) - Thom Yorke (Radiohead) -  Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Matthew Bellamy (Muse)

Would you agree or disagree that these are four of the best rock singers to pioneer their sound of the last ten-fifteen years? Who else would you put on this list? Of course there are many great singers in their own domain, but for this kind of rock and time period, I love these guys!

Coachella has become such a hot music festival, they are showcasing the same exact festival two weekends in a row April 13-15 and April 20-22. Coachella boasts a hip, indie crowd with an exhilarating mix of bands, deejays, campground events, california sun, soaking wet water gun fights, art showcases, and a non-stop hip, indie party.

Past headliners have included Muse, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Rage Against the Machine, The Killers, Prince, The Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and hundreds more brillaint music legends. According to Hits Daily Double Radiohead and No Doubt will be two of the many top performers!

The next several months we will all wrestle in our sleep until this years line-up is released…I already have my ticket!