Lollapalooza Announces 2009 Lineup

Lollapalooza finally announced their 2009 lineup just a few minutes ago. Upon first glance, we have to say it looks incredible. No one really expected them to top last year's lineup, honestly that was probably the best lineup we might ever see, for any festival (although this year's Bonaroo was pretty damn close)!

This year's festival is once again at Chicago's Grant Park on the weekend of August 7th thru the 9th. Advance tickets are currently on sale for $190, with regular 3-day passes going on sale after that batch is sold out. If you'd like to get in on the VIP treatment, those passes will run you $850.

Also, sign up for Lollapalooza's newsletter or even follow them on Twitter (@lollapalooza).

[Lollapalooza 2009 Official Site]

Congrats to Austin's own, Car Stereo (Wars) for being an artist at this year's Lollapalooza. Chris even made a special Lollapalooza mashup for everyone to check out.

Car Stereo (Wars) - Lollapalooza 09' Mashup (mp3)

* Depeche Mode
* Tool
* The Killers
* Jane's Addiction
* Beastie Boys
* Kings of Leon

* Lou Reed
* Ben Harper and Relentless7
* Thievery Corporation
* Snoop Dogg
* Rise Against
* Andrew Bird
* TV on the Radio

* Vampire Weekend
* The Decemberists
* Neko Case
* STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
* Animal Collective
* Band of Horses
* Of Montreal

* Arctic Monkeys
* Coheed and Cambria
* Ben Folds
* Fleet Foxes
* Silversun Pickups
* Kaiser Chiefs
* Crystal Castles
* Bon Iver
* Santigold
* Atmosphere
* Dan Auerbach
* Cold War Kids
* Deerhunter
* Lykke Li
* Robert Earl Keen
* Peter Bjorn and John
* Heartless Bastards
* Gomez
* Glasvegas
* Federico Aubele
* Dan Deacon
* Passion Pit
* Zap Mama
* The Raveonettes
* The Gaslight Anthem

* The Airborne Toxic Event
* White Lies
* Ra Ra Riot
* No Age
* Asher Roth
* Los Campesinos!
* Bat For Lashes
* Chairlift
* Gang Gang Dance
* The Virgins
* Amazing Baby
* Portugal. The Man
* The Knux
* Ida Maria
* Delta Spirit
* Friendly Fires
* Manchester Orchestra
* Constantines
* Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
* Hockey
* Miike Snow
* Alberta Cross
* Hey Champ
* Sam Roberts Band
* The Henry Clay People
* Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
* Cage the Elephant
* Living Things
* The Low Anthem
* Blind Pilot
* Langhorne Slim
* Other Lives
* The Builders and The Butchers
* Eric Church
* Joe Pug
* Kevin Devine
* The Greencards
* Carney
* Thenewno2

And spinning at PERRY'S

* Bassnectar
* MSTRKRFT
* Simian Mobile Disco
* Deadmau5
* Boys Noize
* KiD CuDi
* Crookers
* A-Trak
* Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
* The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
* LA Riots
* Kaskade
* The Glitch Mob
* Hollywood Holt
* Rye Rye
* He Say, She Say
* Car Stereo (Wars)
* Dark Wave Disco
* Moneypenny
* Yello Fever
* Animal Collective (DJ Set)

SXSW 2009 Official Music Showcases Announced

(Bell :: Photo by Alex Winsby)

SXSW just released this year's official music showcases, so stop whatever you're doing and go check it out right now.  Not to mention all the mp3s to go along with the artists.  Time to get to studying all the intriguing showcases/new bands...

Bonnaroo Releases Its Official 2009 Lineup

(Photo by Ryan Mastro)

While we've never made it out to Bonnaroo before, this might be the year. This year's lineup includes some fantastic names, such acts as:  Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Animals Collective, St. Vincent, Santogold, and many, many others.  More artists are expected to be added in the weeks and months ahead. What do you all think?  How does it compare with this year's Coachella? Check out the lineup for yourself.

2009 Bonnaroo Lineup:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7 
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

Bonnaroo is a four-day festival and takes place on June 11th-14th.  Tickets will go on sale starting Saturday, February 7th at 12 pm (ET) via Bonnaroo.com. A limited number of general admission tickets will be available for purchase starting at $224.50 plus applicable fees.  After these tickets are sold out, tickets will continue to be sold for $234.50 and finally $249.50.  Tickets will only be available at each price range while supplies last. There is also a payment plan option as well, go here for more information.

[Bonnaroo Myspace]

[Bonnaroo Official Site]

SXSW 2008 Lineup

The band list is incredibly long. SXSW.com has it here.