Coachella

I'm heading off to the desert tomorrow for what's hopefully the first installment of "Calvin goes to listen to an absurd amount of bands under the unrelenting pounding of the California sun." I'm only going for Saturday because of the outrageous price of the tickets, but I think one day will be enough to satisfy my needs. Here are the bands I want to see (in no particular order):

Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Kanye, Common, The Walkmen, She Wants Revenge, Atmosphere, Eagles of Death Metal, My Morning Jacket, Animal Collective, Cat Power, Ladytron, TV on the Radio, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wolfmother, Nine Black Alps, The Juan Maclean, Lyrics Born, Lady Sovereign.

Similar to SXSW, it'll be tough to catch everything, but all the sets are staggered, hopefully making it easier to move from stage to stage. We'll see.




In preparation for a weekend filled with music, I'm going to try and head over to The Roxy Theatre tonight for a "secret" MySpace Gnarles Barkley show. I've been a fan of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo for quite some time now so the pairing of the two is impressive, to say the least. As many times as I listen to "Crazy," it still makes me want to dance around in my underpants.