Name: Gillian Welch
Genre: Country
Day: Friday

Wikipedia sez: “Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old time string band music and folk into a rustic style that she dubs “American Primitive”. All of her recordings feature the close-harmonies and unconventional guitar work of her musical partner, David Rawlings. Her music is often described as haunting or soothing.”

So I guess the obvious gag would be to point out that Gillian Wech is infact American, and not Welsh. Ugh. Back to the music - I guess you could call it soothing, although it sounds just like straight vanilla country music to me. Nothing wrong with that, but I find it really hard to listen to country and like it. Then again, who knows!? I may just be wandering past and suddenly get into it. Right now however, it’s a pass.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Doubt it.

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Name: Ghostface Killah
Genre: Rap
Day: Saturday

Wikipedia sez: “Ghostface Killah, aka Ghostface, Tony Starks, Ironman (born Denis Coles, May 9, 1970, Staten Island, New York) is a rapper and member of the hip-hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. His name is derived from the alias of the primary villain from the film Ninja Checkmate (aka The Mystery of Chess Boxing). After Wu-Tang Clan achieved breakthrough commercial success in the early 1990s, Ghostface, like his clan-mates, began a solo career, which turned out to be one of the most critically and commercially successful solo careers of the group members. Early in his career he would wear a mask during performances and photoshoots. It was rumoured this was because Ghostface was wanted by the police and did not publicly remove it until his name was cleared.”

When I started listening to rap, I came in a little bit too late for Wu-Tang and never really liked them. But thanks to a single track on the Fort Minor - We Major mixtape,? I decided to check out Ghost’s latest album - Fishscale. Incredible album, Ghostface has a crazy yet nice flow and interesting rhymes with a few good beats too. The other thing about it, it was 24 tracks long with three quarters of the tracks being decent - something that doesn’t usually happen with name rapper’s albums these days. So that’s it, Ghostface probably will release a new album next year.. wait, that’s not right. Ghost then did something that you never see, and released a second album (More Fish) with another 24 bangers. That’s some work ethic, and he brings the same thing to his live shows too.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Yes, should be good.

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Name: Fountains of Wayne
Genre: Pop/Rock
Day: Saturday

Wikipedia sez: “Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop/rock band, formed in 1995. The band name was taken from the name of a lawn-ornament store in Wayne, New Jersey, called “Fountains of Wayne“, not far from Montclair, New Jersey, the hometown of the band’s bassist and cofounder Adam Schlesinger. Billboard reported that Fountains of Wayne are working on a new studio album. Traffic and Weather’s release is scheduled for April 3, 2007. Blender magazine named them one of the reasons to love 2007 because of the release of their latest album”

So you are probably thinking like me, Fountains of Wayne are still around? Sure they were catching for fifteen minutes with song for the MILF lovers’ Stacy’s Mom, but what else do they have to bring, and can they bring it at a festival? After listening to more of their music it’s clear that FoW have been focusing on less then catchy power pop tunes. Plus the lead singer looks really old, but I’m sounding like a bitch now. They are no Dressy Bessy, that’s for sure.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: No thanks.

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Name: Fields
Genre: Indie
Day: Saturday

Wikipedia sez: “Fields are an Anglo-Icelandic electronic/indie band formed in London. In early 2006 the band played their first live shows. This sparked a bidding war amongst UK record companies. They eventually signed a deal with Atlantic Records which allows them to keep releasing records through their own Black Lab Records set-up with the album being released by Atlantic. They have recorded their debut album with legendary producer Michael Beinhorn who has produced the likes of Herbie Hancock, Korn, Soundgarden and Marilyn Manson.”

It’s hard finding decent live performances on YouTube and the like, so when I saw Fields (who are one of many British band who have dropped “The” from their name, see Klaxons and Editors) officially put live stuff online, I was impressed.? I wish I could say the same thing about their music however. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad in any way but it didn’t jump out and impress me by any means either. But from the sounds of it, it’s music that could grow on you if you listened to it long enough. It’s straight up indie too, no way it’s electronic despite the electronic piano/samples.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Depends on clashes.

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