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Coachella 2011 Headlined By Kanye West, Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Brandon Flowers, the Black Keys, Robyn and Lauryn Hill also on the list for the April 15-17 festival. By Gil Kaufman Kanye West Photo: Gareth Cattermole/ Getty Images Now that the obligatory fake lineup rumors have subsided, we can finally bask in the glory that is the real roster of heavy hitters who will be taking the stage at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This year’s headliners include Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire and the Strokes, accompanied by the usual complement of classic indie band reunions and comebacks from the likes of Big Audio Dynamite, London Suede and Duran Duran. They’ll be joined for the three-day event (April 15, 16, 17) at the picturesque Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, by a huge roster of current acts that includes: the Black Keys, Interpol, the Chemical Brothers, Robyn, Brandon Flowers, Lauryn Hill, Crystal Castles, Cee Lo Green, Cold War Kills, Sleigh Bells, Animal Collective, Mumford and Sons, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Erykah Badu, Cage the Elephant, the National, PJ Harvey, Wiz Khalifa, Nas and Damian Marley, and Neon Trees. The festival, which prides itself on an eclectic mix of indie, techno, dance and hip-hop, will also feature !!!, Afrojack, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Best Coast, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Caifanes, Chromeo, Cold Cave, Cut Copy, Death From Above 1979, Duck Sauce, Ellie Goulding, Empire of the Sun, Flogging Molly, Foals, Francis and the Lights, Gayngs, Glasser, Jimmy Eat World, Klaxons, Leftfield, Marina and the Diamonds, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Raphael Saadiq, Ratatat, Rye Rye, Scissor Sisters, Tame Impala, the Drums, the Joy Formidable, the Kills, the New Pornographers, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the Swell Season, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus and Warpaint. For the full lineup, go to Coachella.com . Three-day weekend passes ($269) and camping passes ($75) go on sale this Friday. Related Artists Kanye West Arcade Fire Kings Of Leon

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M.I.A.’s New Album Is ‘A Turd,’ Diplo Tweets

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

But websites who take that comment seriously are ‘trippin’,’ producer says. By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage When MTV News spoke to Diplo way back in March, he told us that M.I.A. ‘s new album was going to be “heavy” and “weird.” Turns out, he also thinks it’s also “a turd.” That’s according to Dip himself, who was asked by a fan via Twitter on Wednesday about why, at the end of the track “Tell Me Why” “does it sound like a toilet just flushed …?” “Cuz the rest of [the] album is a turd,” he tweeted back. Of course, his response quickly made the rounds on the Internet, ending up on seemingly disparate sites like Oh No They Didn’t and Pitchfork . Diplo then spent the rest of the day tweeting that the sites in question were “trippin’.” “I think when there are no Wavves vs. Crystal Castles 12″s or open [letters] from Conor Oberst and Gucci Mane, @pitchforkmedia has 2 reach a lil 4 news.” But whether or not he was just kidding around when he called M.I.A.’s ///Y/&#92 a “turd,” Diplo has had a rather interesting relationship with the album. Last month, he tweeted that his own “3 trax are slammin'” but that the rest of the record — which was produced mainly by Rusko, Blaqstarr and Switch — “sounds like Skinny Puppy and gives me nightmares.” He also added a pair of sad-face emoticons to further illustrate his point. And back in May, in the now-infamous New York Times Magazine feature on M.I.A. , he told reporter Lynn Hirschberg that “for me, making this record wasn’t easy. In the past, we were a team. But Maya wanted to show us how much she didn’t need us. In the end, Maya is postmodern; she can’t really make music or art that well, but she’s better than anyone at putting crazy ideas into motion. She knows how to manipulate, how to withhold, how to get what she wants.” An e-mail to a rep for Diplo was not responded to by press time. What do you think of M.I.A.’s album? Share your reviews in the comments. Related Artists M.I.A. Diplo