Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announced

Well this is the announcement we've been waiting for. This afternoon, the people at Bonnaroo slowly rolled out the current lineup for 2010's festival. All in all it seems to be a pretty well rounded lineup, maybe a bit heavy on the indie and a bit lacking on the jam but I think that will change in the months approaching the festivals. Here is the lineup as of today:
Jay-Z
Dave Matthews Band
Kings of Leon
Stevie Wonder
Phoenix
Weezer
Flaming Lips covering Dark Side of the Moon
The Dead Weather
Tenacious D
OK Go
Jeff Beck
John Fogerty
Zac Brown Band
Damian Marley & Nas
Norah Jones
The National
Medeski Martin & Wood
She & Him
Chromeo w/ guest Daryl Hall
The Avett Brothers
Regina Spektor
She & Him
Rise Against
Punch Brothers
Dropkick Murphys
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Isis
311
John Prine
Baroness
Blues Traveler
Bassnectar
The xx
Mayer Hawthorne and the County
Japandroids
The Gaslight Anthem
Tokyo Police Club
Manchester Orchestra
Kid Cudi
Neon Indian
Black Keys
Jimmy Cliff
Tori Amos
Thievery Corporation
The Constellations
Dr. Dog
Ingrid Michaelson
Wale
Jay Electronica
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers
Monte Montgomery
Disco Biscuits
They Might Be Giants
Baaba Maal
The Melvins
GWAR
Jimmy Cliff
Dave Rawlings Machine
Local Natives
The Postelles
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Rebelution
NeedToBreathe
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Jamey Johnson
The Entrance Band
Clutch
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Lotus
The Dodos
Deadmau5
Martin Sexton

MGMT Congratulations

MGMT's followup to the critically acclaimed Oracular Spectacular will be released on April 13. The album is called Congratulations and is a collection of shockingly enough, only nine songs. Congratulations is co-produced by Sonic Boom and features the group's standard touring lineup.
Here's a live version of the title track

Wanee Music Festival 2010

While there seems to be more and more music festivals being launched every year, few bring the heat like the Wanee Music Festival does. This year's festival will take place on April 16 & 17 and the lineup includes:
The Allman Brothers band (2 Nights)
Widespread Panic (2 Nights)
Gov't Mule
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman & Jay Lane Are Scaring the Children
Stephen Stills
The Black Keys
Dr. John
Hot Tuna Electric
7 Walkers Feat. Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali
JJ Grey and Mofro
Johnny Winter
George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic
The Funky Meters
The Wailers
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
North Mississippi Allstars
A Family Affair w/ Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk performing Sly & the Family Stone
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band
Chuck Leavell w/ The Randall Bramblett Band
Particle
Oteil & Kofi Burbridge w/ the Lee Boys
Col. Bruce Hampton
Devon Allman's Honeytribe
Scrapomatic
Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio
Bonobos Convergence

Marco Benevento's Big Plans

One of our favorite's over here at Back In 15 Minutes, Marco Benevento, has just announced some big plans for the next coming months. His Trio, which has toured virtually non-stop since their debut album Invisible Baby and then the follow-up Me Not Me, will be releasing a new album, tentatively scheduled to drop on May 11 titled Between Needles & Nightfall. A massive May tour is currently being scheduled in support of that album. Benevento, being a man of many, many bands is also slated to tour with his other projects Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Garage A Trois and lucky fans will even get to see a one-off performance from The Duo. Expect more news soon.

Pitchfork Music Festival

The lineup for the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival which will be held at Chicago’s Union Park on July 16 – 18 was announced today. As stated by Pitchfork, this year’s festival welcomes the highly anticipated return of legendary band Pavement as they make one of their first appearances since reuniting! Pavement will perform on Sunday night. Friday features indie-rock, chart-topping mainstays Modest Mouse, while Saturday and Sunday sees performances by LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells.

Here's one of the first Pavement tunes I was introduced to at the tender age of 10.

La Blogotheque Presents: Vampire Weekend

The wonderful folks over at La Blogotheque brings us round two of Vampire Weekend. The video website provides us this time with a super-intimate, acoustic concert of the band. This time the boys are surrounded by a lucky group of seated (and then standing), enthusiastic fans who get to hear stripped down versions of The Honeycomb's "Have I The Right",new tunes like "Cousins", "Horchata", older gem "A-Punk" off their debut album and more. Lucky.

New Broken Social Scene LP

After a few Broken Social Scene Presents albums and a five year gap since the band's last proper LP, Broken Social Scene will present its new album on May 4. The band has an ever-changing lineup of Canadian indie-rock talent, and the new album was written and arranged by a core six-piece, including singer-guitarist Kevin Drew, singer-bassist Brendan Canning, drummer Justin Peroff, guitarist Charles Spearin, and singer-guitarist Andrew Whiteman, along with relative newcomer Sam Goldberg on guitar. That being said, the new album will also feature some more recognizable Canadian artists and former BSS collaborators including Leslie Feist, Stars' Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, Metric's Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw, Jason Collett, Do Make Say Think's Ohad Benchetrit, John Crossingham, Marty Kinack, Julie Penner, Leon Kingstone, and Lisa Lobsinger. A few new-comers will also be featured on the album including the LP's producer, post-rock icon John McEntire, who plays in Tortoise and the Sea and Cake, Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop, Tortoise's Doug McCombs, Pavement's Spiral Stairs, former Death From Above 1979 singer-drummer Sebastien Grainger, Poi Dog Pondering's Susan Voelz, Helen Money's Alison Chesley, and the Weakerthans' Jason Tait.

Tour Dates:
05/01 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
05/03 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
05/07 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/13 - London, UK @ Brixton Academy
05/14 - Minehead, UK @ All Tomorrow’s Parties
05/17 - London, UK @ Heaven
05/18 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
05/19 - Cologne, DE @ Burgerhaus Stollwerck
05/21 - Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
06/19 - Toronto, ON @ Toronto Island Concert (with Band of Horses & Pavement)

Check out the band playing "Stars and Sons"