Day I: Coachella 2006 Resources (Part 1)

This is the first of several posts I will do in regards to Coachella. These artists are in the top three lines of the billboard posters. Enjoy. There is much, much more to follow.

Depeche Mode
20 Words: Synthpop, new wave, UK 1976, 11 studio, 2 live albums, "Personal Jesus," alternative forefathers, advent MTV, 72 million albums sold
Official Site
Sample setlists
MySpace (stream four songs)

Daft Punk in the Dance Tent
20 Words: House, club, electronica, synth, Paris 1994, "The New Wave," "One More Time," "Face to Face," Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Official Site
MySpace
Daft Punk Musique

Franz Ferdinand
20 Words: Take. Me. Out. Scotland, postpunk, indie, Radar Award, Domino Records, Mercury Music Prize, "Outsiders," "The Fallen," "Do You Want To"
Official Site
Original Fansite
MySpace
MP3: Franz Ferdinand - "Come On Home"
MP3: Franz Ferdinand - "I'm Your Villain"

Sigur Ros
20 Words: Iceland, postpunk, minimalism, Hopelandic, cello bow guitar, AN ALRIGHT START eighteen seconds before sunrise, Jonsi, Goggi, Kjarri, Orri, victory rose
Official Site
MySpace (stream two songs)
MP3: Sigur Ros - "Untitled #4"
MP3: Sigur Ros - "Staralfur"

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
20 Words: Youngest of Bob's brood, Jamaica, reggae with dancehall, hip-hop, r&b roots, WELCOME TO JAMROCK, three Grammys, Rastafarian, "deejaying," political activism
Official Site
MySpace (stream three songs)
MP3: Damian Marley - "Move"
MP3: Damian Marley - "Educated Fools"
.MOV: Damian Marley - "Road To Zion"
.MOV: Damian Marley - "Welcome To Jamrock"

Common
20 Words: "If skills sold/Truth be told/I'd probably be/Lyricly/Talib Kweli/Truthfully/I wanna rhyme like Common Sense" - Jay-Z
Official Site
MySpace (stream four songs)
MPEG: Common - "Testify"
MPEG: Common - "Be"

Atmosphere
20 Words: "This Minneapolis indie rap hero has potential to spare, delivering taut, complex rhyme narratives with everyman earnestness." - ROLLING STONE. Damn.
Official Site
MySpace
MP3: Atmosphere - "Watch Out"
MP3: Atmosphere - "Dirty Girl"

Carl Cox
20 Words: aka Big Black Cox, aka 3 Deck Wizard, three turntables, Carl's Associated Record Labels, international techno DJ, from England, raves
Official Site
MySpace (no tracks)