The Summer of Music

Well as most of you know other than trying to be a good husband and good father, my other vices are sports, movies and of course music. On the verge of it being summer for me with only a few weeks left of sports at work, I am now looking toward my summer. I have purchased my ACL Festival pass and now looking to purchase some tickets for Kristen and I to see Passion Pit in Austin over the summer. My next step is to figure out a kid friendly show to take Sloan to. With most of things planned for this summer, I am now focusing my attention to who might be at ACL and who I hope is at ACL in October.

I have scoured all the rumor mills for some hints at what the line-up is, and had some ways of finding out if certain bands are for sure there. Right now the only rumor that can be classified as the worst ever is that the Eagles might be the headliner. Which to me just shows how out of touch concert promoters are with festival goers. Don’t get me wrong, The Eagles are alright, but not something that I want to see. I know that I am more interested in the mid-level acts during the day and if that night’s headliner is good it will make the day more enjoyable, but it’s going to be hard to surpass having Pearl Jam there last year.

I just hope that the first time I go to a huge music festival for three days, that the concert promoters don’t drop the ball and get a bad headliner. They sucked me in last year with the one day I went and there were band after great band there. I do have my fingers crossed that some of the rumors will come true. Here is my wishlist of the rumors I have heard that might be there:

The Flaming Lips
Phoenix
Jay-Z
The Black Keys
Muse
Metric
Band of Horses
The National
Phish
Weezer
Vampire Weekend
Arcade Fire
The Strokes
Gorillaz
MGMT
Los Campesinos

Of course I could just keep listing bands I want to see, but those are by far the best of the rumor mill for me. I do know for a fact that The Flaming Lips and Blues Traveler will be there. I have see BT and they always put on a good show, but the Lips would be amazing to see live. I guess I will have to wait and keep searching until the line-up is announced on May 18th. Then I have to sit and wait until October to be able to go. The positive thing out of this is, I have something to look forward too after my trip to San Francisco and seeing Passion Pit with Kristen. Right now it’s like a little island on the distant horizon that is far enough out of reach but close enough to see, I just have to contain myself until October get here. Please C3 no Eagles, please.

This week’s music:
I have to say that I haven’t got very much music here lately. Although this next month is like music nirvana for me. I think almost everyone of my recent favorite bands are coming out with an album in May. I even get a taste of the old with Stone Temple Pilots album, and I get my garage blues satisfied with one of the best bands around The Black Keys. Not to mention a new Nationals album, it’s starting to look like a good summer.

Muse- The Resistance
Well, I have been hearing a lot about Muse and all of their albums, so I decided to jump in and listen to their newest album The Resistance. I really feel they sound like The Killers, the White Lies, etc. atleast in style. I really do like them, and the rumor is they will be at ACL this year. I am going to have to go back and listen to some of their older stuff now as well. I like the songs Resistance and Uprising.

The Muslims/ The Soft Pack
The reason I am putting both of these bands together is the fact that they are the same bands. They are out of San Diego and I am really hoping that they are at ACL, I would love to see them there. They changed their name due to “ignorant and racists” comments toward them to the Soft Pack. This is a really good band and I like the songs Beside Myself (Muslims) and More or Less (The Soft Pack).

MGMT-Congratulations
This is their second album and was eagerly anticipated by many to see if they could top their debut album of 2008. I have given this album a few listens and it’s starting to grow on me. If you are expecting them to pull out some of the same off of Oracular Spectacular then you might want to skip this album. I have enjoyed the fact they are expanding what they gave us in the first album to this one. Check out the song Flash Delirium.