Go East Young Man

The rumor that Coachella was moving East was reported Monday by gossip fatty-fatty-two-by-four Perez Hilton. And as much as I hoped it was as accurate as his report that Castro was dead, this is now confirmed.

Coachella is heading to Liberty State Park in the Boss State (NJ). However, the new festival will not be under the name Coachella. It will be a direct, and presumably dominant, competition to the Vineland festival.

Wye Oak

Thanks to our good friends over at Merge Records for sending us this gorgeous song by Baltimore's Wye Oak. Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner are the multi-instrumentalists that make up Wye Oak. After spending a lot of time in various bands the two came together as their last band fell apart.

Their track "Warning" reminds me particularly of the best part of Veruca Salt's vocals; particularly Nina Gordon. Their other song "Obituary", which you can check out on their Myspace page, reminds me a little bit of The La's. Either way, "Warning" is a great little power-pop track.

Wye Oak - Warning (mp3)

An Evening With My Morning Jacket

Usually shows designated as "An Evening With..." are a great experience. Shows could last 3 hours; jams could last for 30 minutes. But, that's nothing new for the boys of My Morning Jacket.

They have announced "An Evening With My Morning Jacket" for June 20th at Radio City Music Hall in wonderful NY, NY. This one should be good times. Hopefully it will be something prom themed or maybe Hawaiian themed like ACL.

**UPDATE**
My Morning Jacket have announced their follow-up to 2005's Z will be released June 10. The new release is still untitled.

New Morrissey

As I told you the other day, Moz will be releasing a new greatest hits compilation. Now, thanks to our friends at The Hype Machine, we can hear one of the two new tracks on the album. The song is called "How People Grow Up".

It has the vocal that reminds me of "November Spawned a Monster." But, it has the more rock style of "Glamorous Glue."

Morrissey - How Old People Grow Up (mp3)

Ghostland Observatory CD Release

If you're in Austin on Friday, February 29th, then you should get yourself down to Austin Music Hall as Ghostland Observatory unleashes their new album Robotique Technique on the world.  If it's anything like Paparazzi Lighting, then it should be chocked full of ass shakin' goodness.  You can pre-order the tickets this Friday.

Ghostland Observatory - Shoot 'em Down (mp3)

Editors

The Editors "An End Has A Start" reminds me immediately of older New Order songs. Add in the fact lead singer Tom Smith sounds like Paul Banks little brother, and you have a little Interpol to the mix as well.

Editors - An End Has A Start (mp3)