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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 22 = Foxygen
Performing = Saturday

Foxygen are the indie rock duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado. The two formed the band while in junior high school in Westlake Village, California in 2005.

The duo were inspired by Anton Newcombe, frontman of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and his ability to play 75 different instruments (allegedly), as illustrated in the brilliant film Dig! After watching the film, the two set out on an experimental pop thrill ride that included recording the 36-song debut full-length Jurrassic Exxplosion Phillipic at the tender age of 15. Coming in at just under 59 minutes, the album was self-produced and initially only available on free download. Last April the album was finally made available in physical form for the paying customer.

Throughout high school the two released numerous EP’s, most of which are no longer available. In 2012 the two reunited after spending time away at separate colleges, and released the mini LP Take The Kids Off Broadway. In early 2013 they released the critically acclaimed album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic. This blog named the album the 17th best of 2013, and track “Shuggie” had a nice showing, coming in at #42.

The two are known for acting like imbeciles on stage, their maniac behavior led to Mr. France falling off the stage and breaking his leg last summer, putting a quick end to 2013 tour. The pair also enjoy collecting musical instruments, somewhere Anton must be so proud.

Visit the Foxygen website here:
http://www.foxygentheband.com/

Recommended listening:
“No Destruction”

“We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic”

“Make It Known”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 21 = ZZ Ward
Performing = Friday

Zsuzsanna Eva Ward is a singer-songwriter that was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, and now originates her work from Roseburg, Oregon. The multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, and harmonica) grew up listening to her father’s blues collection, and her brother’s hip hop records, and then found a way to blend the two. Under the stage name ZZ Ward, her unique blend of music includes R&B, rock, neo-soul, and hip hop.

Her debut full-length Til The Casket Drops was released in October 2012, and includes
the 4-tracks that were on the EP Criminal, released earlier that year. Zsuzsanna’s music has received a positive reaction in the Cool Dad community, her single “Put The Gun Down” spent an extended stay on the Adult Alternative Chart. She has made her way around the late night TV circuit, as well as making an appearance on Good Morning America.

Ms. Ward’s has struggled early in her career with a case of the mistaking identity; she is commonly confused with fellow Oregon singer-songwriter M. Ward (She and Him), and the Houston, Texas based blues-rock band ZZ Top…

Visit the ZZ Ward website here:
http://www.zzward.com/

Recommended listening:
“Put The Gun Down”

“365 Days (The Summer’s Over)”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 20 = J Roddy Walston and The Business
Performing = Sunday

J Roddy Walston and The Business are a rock ‘n’ roll band that formed in Cleveland, Tennessee in 2002. The quartet is fronted by J Roddy himself, and now make their home in Baltimore, Maryland. The band is known for their energetic live shows (we’ll be the judge of that), and Mr. Walston’s pounding style of piano playing.

The band has released three studio albums and two extended plays over the last twelve years. The group’s most recent album Essential Tremors was released last September, and includes the single “Heavy Bells.”

Studio Albums:
Hail Mega Boys (2007)
J Roddy Walston and The Business (2010)
Essential Tremors (2013)

J Roddy cites Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and T. Rex as their musical influences. Mr. Walston becomes tight when people refer to him as a keyboardist… he adds, I’m a pianist, I play piano!

This has high Noon at the main stage written all over it.

Visit the J Roddy Walston and The Business website here:
http://jroddywalstonandthebusiness.com/music/essential-tremors

Recommended listening:
“Heavy Bells”

“Use Your Language”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 19 = Outkast
Performing = Friday

Outkast are the hip hop duo of Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton. The two formed the group in 1992 while in high school in Atlanta, Georgia, and are better known as Andre 3000 and Big Boi. The group was formally called Two Shades Deep, personally I think they should have stuck with that.

The two have recently reunited after being on hiatus since 2006. Their first appearance will take place as the headlining act on Day 1. Apparently, Mr. 3000 and Mr. Boi have a difficult time keeping a secret, since they leaked their Coachella appearance two months before the official poster was revealed. Outkast announced that they plan to headline over 40 music festivals in the months to come.

Over their career they have released six studio albums. Their 2004 double LP release Speakerboxxx / The Love Below won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. Their critically acclaimed 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik is credited for laying the groundwork for southern hip hop, and is consider a classic by those paid to consider those type of things.

The group’s sixth and final album was used as the soundtrack for the movie Idlewild, a film that the two stars in. I always thought that Idlewild was a fun amusement park in Ligonier, Pennsylvania… who knew?

The group’s musical style is described as a mix of dirty south and g-funk… you’ll have to trust me on that. They’re best known for the tune “Hey Ya!,” a song about shaking a Polaroid picture… so I’m told.

Studio Albums:
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
ATLiens (1996)
Aquemini (1998)
Stankonia (2000)
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2LP) (2003)
Idlewild (2006)

Visit the Outkast website here:
http://www.outkast.com/

Recommended listening:
“Hey Ya!”

“The Way You Move”

“Player’s Ball”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 17 = Empire Of The Sun
Performing = Saturday

Empire Of The Sun are the collaboration of Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jackson) and Nick Littlemore (Pnau). The electronic music duo formed in Sydney, Australia in 2008. The two have released a pair of studio albums; the award-winning 2008 release Walking On A Dream. and Ice On The Dune which made its arrival in June 2013.

The ectro-glam rockers have been compared to MGMT early in their career, however they cite Phoenix and the Grammy Award winning “Robots” as their inspiration.

Littlemore explains the origin of the band’s name:
“the name comes more from the idea of (and you’ll see this in the ongoing videos) the fact that we’re traveling around the world going to all the places of empires of the civilization where the sun has been a theme of worship. It’s not based on the Ballard novel nor the Spielberg film of the same name.”

Empire Of The Sun refer to their fans as Empyreans.

Check out the Empire Of The Sun website here:
http://empireofthesun.com/

Recommended listening:
“Alive”

“Walking On A Dream”

“We Are The People”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 15 = Poolside
Performing = Sunday

Poolside are the Los Angeles based duo Filip Nikolic and Jeffrey Paradise. The two allegedly invented the sound they call “Daytime Disco” when they formed back in 2010. Their lone LP Pacific Standard Time was released in the summer of 2012, and houses the single “Do You Believe” (watch below). The duo began to receive attention when James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) began dropping their cover of Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” in his DJ sets.

The band’s name comes from a pool house they converted into a recording studio, and their desire to DJ high-end daytime pool parties.

Prior to the Poolside project, Mr. Nikolic was known for his work as the bassist in the bands Junior Senior and Ima Robot. Mr. Paradise used to be a San Francisco DJ, and prior to that was a member of the band The Calculators. When Paradise left the band to pursue college, the rest of The Calculators formed the band The Rapture.

You can find a copy of their debut album on their website for five bucks.
Visit the Poolside website here:
http://poolsidemusic.com/

Recommended listening:
“Do You Believe”

“Harvest Moon”

“Next To You”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 14 = Title Fight
Performing = Friday

I think it’s appropriate on Super Bowl Sunday to showcase a band named Title Fight. Hailing from Kingston, Pennsylvania….. no, not that Kingston, Title Fight are a punk rock band that formed in 2003. The band cites influences from melodic punk rock acts and emo bands, specifically Jawbreaker. Wow, I said emo twice this week.

Title Fight has released two studio albums; 2011’s Shed and 2012’s Floral Green. The band has also released numerous extended plays over the last ten years, including the most recent Spring Songs that dropped in November. Spring Songs lead single “Be A Toy” can be watched below.

The members are all involved in many other side project including the the hardcore band Bad Seeds.

Visit the Title Fight website here:
http://titlefight.tumblr.com/

Recommended listening:
“Be A Toy”

“Shed”

GoINDEEpMusic

Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 13 = Blood Orange
Performing = Saturday

Dev Hynes is the man behind the moniker Blood Orange. Mr. Hynes is a British singer-songwriter, composer, producer, and author, that also uses the moniker Lightspeed Champion.

Blood Orange is his latest musical project that focuses on electronica. Dev has released two studio albums; 2011’s Coastal Grooves and 2013’s Cupid Deluxe. Despite being released in late 2013, his sophomore album was highly regarded and recognized on many top albums of 2013 lists. Cupid Deluxe has spent the majority of January 2014 at the top of the college album charts. The single “You’re Not Good Enough” is currently in heavy rotation on indie radio, check it out below.

For those that enjoy fun facts… Mr. Hynes was once a member of the band Test Icicles. Those dudes only released one album, 2005’s For Screening Purposes Only.

Visit the Blood Orange website here:
http://bloodorangeforever.tumblr.com/

Recommended listening:
“You’re Not Good Enough”

“Champagne Coast”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.
Day 11 = The Head and The Heart
Performing = Saturday

The Head and The Heart are an indie-folk band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 2009. The band formed when they met while
playing a series open mic nights at a local Seattle pub.

The band self-pressed and hand-made the sleeves of their debut eponymous LP in 2011. After local trendy record stores couldn’t keep enough copies in stock, the band signed with hometown Sub Pop . The label re-released the album, and it went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums for Sub Pop in years.

The band released their sophomore album Let’s Be Still back in October. If you’re someone who checks out the Indie On TV page… you’ll already know that the band has played just about every late night program lately. The Head and The Heart have toured extensively over the last couple of years, supporting the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, and Vampire Weekend.

Visit The Head and The Heart website here:
http://www.theheadandtheheart.com/

Recommended Listening:
“Shake”

“Lost In My Mind”

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Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown begin!

Check out previous days here.

Day 10 = Bastille
Performing = Friday

Bastille are an English alternative rock band that formed in London in 2010. The group’s name is inspired by Bastille Day, which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution, and also happens to be frontman Daniel Smith’s birthday. The band’s music blends a unique mix of alt-rock, synthpop, EDM, R&B, and EMO. Smith cites Regina Spektor, Bat for Lashes, and Florence Welch as influences, and claims the record label thinks of them as “Coldplay meets Friendly Fires” with an edge.

The band has received significant mainstream radio play, and are currently making their way around the late night TV circuit. Last Saturday, Bastille was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

Bastille released their debut LP Bad Blood back on September 3 in the U.S. The album has yielded six singles, all of which were released prior to the album dropping, talk about building the hype. The band’s most successful single “Pompeii” reached #10 on the U.S. Billboard Charts. Criticized for trying to appeal to too many audiences, the band has received mixed reviews thus far.

Visit the Bastille website here:
http://www.bastillebastille.com/home/

Recommended listening:
“Pompeii”

“Bad Blood”

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