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Flying Lotus to showcase new work at Coachella

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By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) January 16, 2012 12:27 pm
Producer/DJ Flying Lotus announced via his Twitter this past week that he will be presenting new material at this years’ Coachella set to take place April 13-15 and April 20-22, 2012 in Indio, California. This is great news for the thousands of music nuts from all over the world that will attend the festival this spring, and a bit of a blue-baller...
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CHARTattack PRESENTS | Fifteen Songs To Get You Pumped For Coachella

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By Natalia Buia (CHARTattack) January 10, 2012 5:58 pm
Social media websites exploded last night when the 2012 Coachella lineup was revealed. It appears everyone and their dogs are already booking flights to Indio, California. Based on the eclectic musical offering, this year looks extremely promising. There's a roster of bands reuniting for the sunny festival, including Pulp, Mazzy Star, Refused and...
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I Read The News Today... For June 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 6, 2011 4:22 pm
Here's the bad news: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are releasing another album. The good news is it's not titled Dr. Johnny Skinz's Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head. Here's some more bad news: That long-threatened Limp Bizkit album is actually coming out. Gold Cobra's in stores June 28. Unfortunately, there's no "silver...
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I Read The News Today... For May 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 31, 2011 2:33 pm
Gagetown, N.B. will host a three-day music festival dubbed Folly Fest from June 30 to July 2. Hey Ocean!, Old Man Luedecke, Paper Lions, The Olympic Symphonium, The Mark Inside and That 1 Guy are among those who'll play. English singer/songwriter Frank Turner's just announced a gigantic North American tour in support of his upcoming England Keep...
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I Read The News Today... For May 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 11, 2011 4:09 pm
Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club are coming to Canada to play a few dates as part of a North American tour that'll take place this fall. They're supporting last year's Tourist History debut album. Kenton Loewen, better known as The Crackling, is a session and live drummer who's played with the likes of Dan Mangan and Mother Mother. His Keep...
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Two Door Cinema Club (Photo by Jamie Adamson)

Ten Most Ridiculous Things About Coachella 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 18, 2011 12:54 pm
Coachella took over southern California this past weekend, leading to stars, music fans, naked wizards and even babies converging on Indio to mark the start of the festival season. This year, Coachella was even more over-the-top than normal, with interactive sets and a fourth headliner added in Kanye West. Any time you get thousands of people,...
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Interpol Streaming Coachella Performance

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 15, 2011 1:43 pm
If you can't make it to Coachella this weekend, you might think that sucks at first, but you can watch part of the festival at home. Interpol's set tonight will be shown live on the intertubes. The New York City Joy Division soundalikes will be joined by director David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), British cartoonist Andi Watson, Seattle'...
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Coachella Set Times Revealed

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 13, 2011 12:15 pm
Oh, the conflicts! If you're headed to California for Coachella this week, you'll probably find yourself staring at the schedule, wondering how on earth you're going to decide between two acts you really want to see who are performing at the same time. Brain asplosion!Set time conflicts an inevitable part of every festival when there are multiple...
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I Read The News Today... For March 29, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 29, 2011 4:25 pm
This year's Juno Awards set a viewership record! About 2.4 million people watched the broadcast on Sunday. Guess what? It also set an unofficial record for being the least hated Junos in recent memory. —Juno AwardsGlasgow's Sons And Daughters will return with a new album called Mirror Mirror on June 14. You can grab a free download of "Silver Bell...
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I Read The News Today... For March 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 1:15 pm
Yo, you totally aren't sneaking into Coachella. —ComplexKlaxons have cancelled their upcoming North American tour due to "unforeseen circumstances." We don't know what that particular euphemism means, but we're going to pretend it means that one of the members randomly turned into a cat. ...What? That would be pretty "unforeseen." —klaxons.net The...
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Coachella 2011 Is Sold Out, Burn On You

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 27, 2011 12:00 pm
If you were hemming and hawing over whether you should buy tickets to Coachella this year, you probably just should have forked the cash over, 'cause now you're SOL.The lineup for Coachella 2011 may only have been announced last week, but the festival's already sold out. Coachella sold out faster than it ever has this year. General admission and...
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Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The Strokes Headlining Coachella 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 19, 2011 2:44 pm
As we've already mentioned, one big news item on the Coachella lineup is that Death From Above 1979 will reform to play a set during this year's installment of the festival. But as usual, the rest of the lineup is killer as well. Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West and The Strokes will headline days at the three-day festival, which takes place...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 18, 2011 3:44 pm
Joel Plaskett, Sloan, Hey Rosetta!, Matt Mays and Hawksley Workman will perform during this year's Canada Games, which take place Feb. 14 to 18 in Halifax. Christina Martin and The Novaks will also play free outdoor shows.  —canadagames2011.ca Kanye West was trying to be funny when he accidentally started a Twitter fight with Britney Spears'...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 6, 2011 3:26 pm
Damon Albarn is scoring a short film called The Boy In The Oak. It's a film adaptation of the book of the same title that was recently released by his sister, Jessica Albarn. Jude Law will narrate the movie. —The Playlist Amon Amarth want you to grow your best viking beard to win a prize pack that includes a lock from vocalist Johan Hegg's beard...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 11, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 11, 2010 12:19 pm
To the person who stole Tony Iommi's famous Iommi SG guitar on July 24 at London, England's High Voltage Festival: you're an asshole. How dare you steal from a rock god? Iommi's offering a reward for its return, so if you know anything about it, get in touch with his webmaster. —iommi.comInterpol have revealed the reason...
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Naked Wizard's Apprentice Arrested At Coachella

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 19, 2010 2:30 pm
Coachella seems to be showing every other festival what Woodstock proved 40 years ago: It's not a festival without some nudity. Remember the Naked Coachella Wizard, who had the misfortune of being tasered when security and police found him gallivanting around sans vetements last year? Well, it seems his apprentice was arrested for running...
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British Bands' Coachella Appearances Stymied, Threatened By Icelandic Volcano

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 16, 2010 10:38 am
When a volcano erupts, it causes havoc. Vesuvius, Krakatoa and Mount St. Helens are all good evidence of this. But the eruption we're talking about here is causing a whole bunch of really messed up problems for musicians. The Cribs have had to cancel their Coachella performance, scheduled to take place this weekend, because of a volcano which...
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Coachella Tickets Now On Sale

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 14, 2009 12:11 pm
If you're itching to go to the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, you can get your grubby mitts on tickets right now. The festival, which many consider the kick-off to the summer festival season in North America, will once again be held at Indio, Calif.'s Empire Polo Club and will run April 16 to 18. The lineup for the festival...
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Coachella 2010 Dates Announced

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) October 13, 2009 11:47 am
It seems the draw for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is about the celebrities who attend every year, just as much as the bands themselves. Although it still hasn't been officially announced by promoters, Billboard.com reports sources have confirmed the 2010 installment of the three-day festival will take place from April 16 to 18...
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Naked Wizard Tasered At Coachella

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 23, 2009 4:48 pm
We here at CHARTattack have been quite amused and fascinated by the plight of someone we've dubbed the "Naked Coachella Wizard." For some reason, this guy decided it would be a good idea to go all Woodstock and strip out of his wizard costume at last weekend's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and go running about in his...
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Note: Gandalf was not Tasered
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