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Nothing can be easy, can it?  Seriously, the New Order set on Sunday night begins 20 minutes before the Real Estate set ends.

The first day of the 2017 Weekend 1 Coachella Music Festival has officially started, and my list of must-see bands thankfully comes to an end.

The #1 Band on my list is the indie rock band Real Estate.  In honor of Real Estate being at the top, I took the liberty of making one of those fun Spotify Mixtapes, featuring nothing but Real Estate tunes, check it out down below.

The quintet is originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey, but now calls Brooklyn home.  I guess when you become a band on the come, you start calling Brooklyn home.

Since forming in 2009, the band has released four well-received albums.  Their self-titled debut arrived in 2009, followed by Days in 2011, and Atlas in 2014.  A few weeks ago they presented the world with their fourth studio album In Mind.

The band has said fellow New Jersey indie rockers The Feelies are one of their main influences, another reason I really dig these guys.

Prior to the release of In Mind, founding member Matt Mondanile left the band to focus exclusively on the project Ducktails.

I’m happy Coachella 2017 has finally arrived, I’m happy this list is finally over, I’m not happy about these set times, I’ll see you in the desert.

Enjoy some Real Estate vids and check out that Mixtape:

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Do you know what the world needs more of?  Bands like Car Seat Headrest, seriously.  What a breath of fresh air to the indie rock scene this guy has been.

The man behind the moniker Car Seat Headrest is lo-fi extraordinaire Will Toledo.  Dudes been making music since 2010, basically out of his bedroom.

I never heard of him until 2015, but apparently, he’s been putting out albums faster than Guided By Voices and Ty Segall combined, who knew.  His latest effort Teens Of Denial, which is almost a year old, is his thirteenth fucking album.  No shit, 13!  The track “Fill In The Blank” was one of my favorite tunes of 2016.

Back in 2010, he used to throw albums up on his online store with a warning that read: the music isn’t very good.  What a fun way to market oneself!

Based in Seattle by way of Williamsburg, Virginia, the one-man act has now blossomed into a full on four-piece band.

Surprisingly, Car Seat Headrest is actually playing on Saturday and not on Friday.

Can’t Wait!

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Wanna know why there’s no end time for the Guided By Voices set on the recently released set times at this year’s Coachella Music Festival? It’s because GBV may never end.  Guided By Voices are scheduled to close the Sonora Tent on Friday night, a newly constructed venue on the festival grounds.  The band is notorious for playing sets that last between 50-60 tunes deep, which makes The Cure’s sets seem like child’s play.

The Dayton, Ohio based band is basically the project of frontman Robert Pollard.  The band has seen many lineup changes, as wells as countless breakups.

The band has released close to a gazillion albums since Mr. Pollard put the thing together back in 1983, that should make them Heritage, right?  Their most recent effort August By Cake dropped last week.

I’ve never seen GBV, despite living outside of Dayton in the mid-nineties, around the time of the band’s heyday.  Doesn’t look like I’ll be catching them at Coachella either, that is unless, they play until Tollett flips the switch.

Not seeing GBV, makes me sad.

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Coachella posted the schedule for the YouTube live stream that’s happening this coming week (April 14-16).  The confirmed artists for the live stream is now up to 80 acts!

The three channel event gets under way shortly after 3:00pm Pacific Time.  The live stream is only available for Week 1 of the festival.

Do you have any pretend conflict?

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Here’s the schedule:

Friday, April 14th:
03:35 – Tennis (1)
03:35 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band (2)
03:35 – Klangstof (3)
04:05 – Joseph (3)
04:10 – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (1)
04:25 – Sampha (2)
04:50 – The Lemon Twigs (3)
05:00 – Bonobo (1)
05:10 – Broods (2)
05:35 – SOHN (3)
05:50 – Mac DeMarco (1)
06:00 – Francis and the Lights (2)
06:50 – Oh Wonder (2)
06:55 – Glass Animals (1)
07:20 – Big Gigantic (3)
07:40 – Banks (2)
07:45 – Father John Misty (1)
08:10 – Crystal Castles (3)
08:30 – Richie Hawtin (2)
08:45 – Phantogram (1)
09:00 – Mac Miller (3)
09:30 – Jagwar Ma (2)
09:35 – The xx (1)
09:55 – Steve Angello (3)
10:20 – DJ Shadow (2)
10:40 – Radiohead (1)
10:55 – Empire of the Sun (3)
11:15 – Capital Cities (2)
11:50 – Dillon Francis (3)
12:10 – D.R.A.M. (2)

Saturday, April 15th:
03:35 – Local Natives (1)
03:35 – Arkells (2)
03:35 – Blossoms (3)
03:55 – Kaleo (2)
04:20 – Shura (3)
04:30 – Chicano Batman (1)
04:45 – Car Seat Headrest (2)
05:00 – Banks & Steelz (3)
05:15 – The Head and the Heart (1)
05:40 – The Atomics (2)
05:45 – Autograf (3)
06:10 – Bastille (1)
06:25 – Roisin Murphy (2)
06:35 – Little Dragon (3)
07:15 – DREAMCAR (2)
07:20 – Two Door Cinema Club (1)
07:25 – Mura Masa (3)
08:05 – Moderat (2)
08:15 – Gryffin (3)
08:20 – Future (1)
09:05 – Warpaint (2)
09:10 – Tory Lanez (3)
09:15 – ScHoolboy Q (1)
09:55 – Tycho (2)
10:00 – Röyksopp (3)
10:15 – Bon Iver (1)
10:45 – DJ Snake (2)
10:55 – Martin Garrix (3)
11:25 – Lady Gaga (1)
12:00 – Gucci Mane (2)
12:05 – Classix (3)

Sunday, April 16th:
03:35 – Ezra Furman (1)
03:35 – Grace Mitchell (2)
04:15 – Anna Lunoe (3)
04:25 – Whitney (1)
04:25 – Preoccupations (2)
05:15 – Toots & The Maytals (1)
05:15 – Goldlink (2)
05:15 – NAO (3)
06:10 – Grouplove (1)
06:10 – Jack Garratt (2)
06:55 – Kaytranada (3)
07:00 – Kiiara (2)
07:20 – Future Islands (1)
07:55 – Tove Lo (2)
08:10 – DJ Khaled (3)
08:15 – Porter Robinson & Madeon (1)
08:40 – Hans Zimmer (2)
09:00 – Galantis (3)
09:20 – Lorde (1)
09:45 – Kehlani (2)
09:45 – Justice (3)
10:25 – Kendrick Lamar (1)
10:30 – New Order (2)
11:05 – Marshmello (3)

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I must say, I’m a little disappointed with the lack of Heritage Acts at this year’s Coachella Music Festival.  Essentially, the only one there is in my #4 band, New Order.

Speaking of Heritage Acts, ICYMI, Matt Sebastian, the founder/editor of the 80′s alternative music blog Slicing Up Eyeballs, relaunched his site back on February 11, 2017.  This is great news for us old folks that grew up on 80′s alternative, college rock, and old school indie.  Over the last couple of years, I’ve missed making his site part of daily reading routine. Welcome back Slicing Up Eyeballs!

There’s not much left to say about the alternative dance band New Order.  Formed in 1980 after the tragic end to the band Joy Division, the band has kept there original lineup in place with the exception of bassist Peter Hook, who left the band back in 2007.

The synthpop veterans have released ten studio albums, their most recent, 2015′s Music Complete, was the band’s first album in over ten years and first without Mr. Hook.

The Manchester-based outfit will be making their third Coachella appearance overall.  The new-wavers last graced the Empire Polo Grounds in 2013 for that epic late night dance-fest in the Mojave Tent.  Their first appearance at the festival came back in 2005, it was ruined by high winds that wreaked havoc on the sound of their sundown set on the Main Stage.  Another late night set in the Mojave would be sweet!

What’s your favorite New Order tune? Mine’s True Faith, and the video is great as well.

I’ll close by wishing everyone a very Happy Conflict Day.

Here’s some of their newer stuff:

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That’s right, another Friday band.

I have Glass Animals at #6 and Jagwar Ma at #5, the two band are currently on tour together.  I think I might just grab a ticket to their show in Ponoma at the Fox Theatre and be done with it, alleviate a little stress.

Jagwar Ma is an Australian indie dance band that formed in 2011.  The trio’s music is very baggy, or Madchester if you will.  If these dudes were making music circa 1989-1992 they would’ve fit in very nicely on many of the mixtapes I was making back then.

The Sydney-based act recently released their sophomore album Every Now & Then, its the follow-up to their 2013 kickass debut Howlin.

I caught their 2014 Coachella performance and can’t wait to see how much better they’ve gotten since then.  My preference would be rail for this groovy good time.

Check out their beats below:

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I’m so stressed out over Conflict Day, I haven’t slept in weeks.  Here’s another Friday band.

Glass Animals are an Oxford, England based quartet that’s been around since 2012.  Their music drops an intriguing blend of synth pop, indie rock, and trip hop beats.

Their critically acclaimed debut release Zaba arrived in 2014.  Last year, it was followed up by the concept album How To Be A Human Being, which was met with mixed reviews.  Zaba was one of my faves from 2014.

I really dig these dudes and caught a portion of their 2015 Coachella appearance.  I needed to split early in order to weave my way through Run The Jewels fans to get a spot on the rail for my beloved KASABIAN.

I hope to be on the rail for Glass Animals enjoying some peanut butter vibes.

More vibes below:

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