Angus Young

AC/DC just announced that they will be playing the Staples Center on September 4th. Ticket info to follow.

MP3: The UNC Marching Band – I’m A Tar Heel Born
MP3: The Poets of Rhythm – North Carolina

Vince Carter, Julius Peppers , Makhtar Ndiaye and Antawn Jamison

Obama congratulates UNC basketball coach Roy Williams from Air Force One (Click Here)

Stephen Malkmus
MP3: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Funk 49 (Daytrotter Sessions 3/30/2009)
MP3: Feist – Fool Proof (Ron Sexsmith)
MP3: Mark Lanegan – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)

Blind Pilot

Monday, April 6th:
St. Vincent @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Mike Watt and The Henry Clay People @ Spaceland

Tuesday, April 7th:
Clem Snide @ Spaceland
Marissa Nadler @ The Hotel Cafe

Wednesday, April 8th:
Eastern Conference Champions @ The Bordello

Thursday, April 9th:
Dengue Fever @ The Echoplex
Jesca Hoop @ The Hotel Cafe
Mirah with The Lucky Dragons @ The Echo

Friday, April 10th:
Travis @ The Wiltern

Saturday, April 11th:
Blind Pilot @ Spaceland
Travis @ The Wiltern
Mark Olsen and Gary Louris of The Jayhawks @ Largo – The Coronet

St. Vincent

MP3: Blind Pilot – Go On, Say It
MP3: Minutemen (Mike Watt) – It’s Expected I’m Gone
MP3: Mark Olsen and Gary Louris – Trouble (Live)
MP3: Marissa Nadler – Undertaker
MP3: Eastern Conference Champions – Power Hungry Mega Hert
MP3: Clem Snide – Me No
MP3: St. Vincent – Now Now
MP3: Lucky Dragons – Givers
MP3: Mirah – Engine Heart

Tinariwen

We’re 13 days away from this year’s Coachella festival. I’m heading down on Saturday the 18th to enjoy the festivities. I’m looking forward to catching Thenewno2, Tinariwen and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s sets (schedule permitting).

Tinariwen is a band formed in 1982 of Tuareg people who had been drafted into Muammar al-Gaddafi’s army. They play in the Tishoumaren (“music of the unemployed”) style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. The group is known for their extraordinary guitar play.

Thenewno2 is a band formed by George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison and Oliver Hecks. There are definitely vocal and melodic similarities between Dhani and his late father. The group recently performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Avant-garde musician Ariel Pink was raised in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles and attended Beverly Hills High School. His group Haunted Graffiti opened up several shows for Animal Collective earlier in the year. The band is touring the US in April and May, then they are off to Europe.

Mexican Institute of Sound
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
Day: Sunday, April 19th
Album: Soy Sauce (iTunes)
MP3: Mexican Institute of Sound – El Microfono (Nickodemus Remix)

Tinariwen
Hometown: Sahara , Mali
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: Aman Iman: Water Is Life (iTunes)
MP3: Tinariwen – Matadjem Yinmixan

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Hometown: Hollywood, CA
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: Scared Famous (iTunes)
MP3: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – New Trumpets Of Time

Thenewno2
Hometown: Los Angeles/London
Day: Saturday, April 18th
Album: You Are Here (eMusic)
MP3: Thenewno2 – Choose What You’re Watching

The Avett Brothers
Stubbs
Austin, Texas
March 18th, 2009

Setlist:
Colorshow
Go To Sleep
Paranoia in B-Flat Major
Murder In The City
Die Die Die
I & Love & You

The Avett Brothers are playing @ The Music Box at The Fonda – Saturday, May 9th (Buy Tix)

Download:
The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism (iTunes)
The Avett Brothers – The Second Gleam (iTunes)

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports:
“Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding.

Twitter turned down an offer to be bought by Facebook just a few months ago for half a billion dollars, although that was based partially on overvalued Facebook stock. Google would be paying in cash and/or publicly valued stock, which is equivalent to cash. So whatever the final acquisition value might be, it can’t be compared apples-to-apples with the Facebook deal.” Continue Reading

MP3: Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds – Tamarindio (Thievery Corporation Remix)
MP3: Billy Martin & John Medeski – Bonfa
MP3: Balmorhea – Coahuila

Download:
Billy Martin & John Medeski – Mago (iTunes)
Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds – The Alchemist Manifesto (iTunes)
Balmorhea – All Is Wild, All Is Silent (iTunes)