Coachella Blues

more excitement to come after I finish recovering, until then..

Man-child alert

I don't understand why I love him so much. It can't be healthy.

Battle Royal

Well, it's finally here: The 2010 Lollapalooza lineup has been announced, although rumors for the three headliners (Green Day, Lady Gaga, and Soundgarden) had been circulating the internet for the past few weeks. Unfortunately, I wasn't as thrilled about the band choices as I have been in the years past, partially due to the fact that I tend to be more partial to the smaller sets that play earlier in the afternoon. I would, however like to give a shout out to Perry and the gang for filling the other three slots with The Strokes, Arcade Fire, and Phoenix, who are guaranteed to put on a good show.

Other artists appearing in Chicago’s Grant Park over the August 6-8 weekend are…

Jimmy Cliff, The Black Keys, Wolfmother, MGMT, Metric, Erykah Badu, Matt & Kim, The Temper Trap, The Cribs, Warpaint, and many more. See the full lineup here.

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will bring a youth movement to the low desert this year. After several years of graybeard headliners, California’s signature festival is going back to the future with younger acts including Gorillaz, Muse, Jay-Z, Thom Yorke, MGMT, Hot Chip, Spoon, Vampire Weekend and LCD Soundsystem at the very top of the bill for the three-day concert that begins April 16 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio.

There are some flashback acts, including Woodstock icon Sly Stone and the Family Stone, 1980s alt-rock group Echo and the Bunnymen and reconstituted college-rock outfit Pavement, but they're not leading the bill as Paul McCartney, Prince and Roger Waters did in past years.

View Coachella's entire lineup here.

Although you can't beat Lollapalooza's stunning Chicago backdrop, I have to say that this year, the win goes to Coachella.