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The Sasquatch! Music Festival – which is set to take place Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA – has released its official 2009 lineup. Now in its eighth year, Sasquatch! has come out swinging with an out-of-this-world artist roster to match the unbelievably beautiful venue where it takes place. A reunited Jane's Addiction, featuring all four original members, leads the list of names, while Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails and Ben Harper & the Relentless7 fill out the headliner spots. The world of indie rock is well represented in the under card with bands like TV on the Radio, Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and of Montreal standing out above the rest. An array of talented comedians will also be featured throughout the three-day event, including the ever-dry Zach Galifianakis, new Comedy Central star Demetri Martin, and the odd-ball duo Tim & Eric, among several others.

Check out the rest of the (sick!) line up and find out all you need to know about Sasquatch! Music Festival after the jump

The Gorge

The 40th anniversary line-up for the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was announced today, bringing out several favorites and familiar faces. The first weekend of the festival, set to take place April 24-26, will feature headliners Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band and James Taylor, with the daytime slots being filled by the likes of Wilco, Earth Wind & Fire, Spoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Avett Brothers, Kinky, Del McCoury Band and a host of others.

The second weekend of the festival, April 30-May 3, has Aretha Franklin, Ben Harper & the Relentless 7, and a slot for a TBA performer on top of the bill, with Kings of Leon, Tony Bennett, Bonnie Raitt, Common, Buddy Guy, Toots & the Maytals, Doc Watson and more holding down the daytime.

As always, the festival leans quite heavily on the music from its host city. New Orleans is well represented with The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Galactic, The Meter Men: Zig, George and Leo, Dr. John and about four hundred more Crescent City artists on the bill.

Check out the full line-up after the jump

Recently, we posted news of Kings Of Leon's new album, Only By The Night, and single from that album, "Sex On Fire". We were very excited, as the song is quite good, which even led us to post a video of it in our All Points West Video Omelette. Today came the release of the video form of "Sex On Fire", which finds the band in a dingy warehouse. There is no sex and no fire, actually the exact opposite of that is featured - male angst and a bunch of water...and chicken wings.

I am not too sure what the whole chicken theme is all about, but the song is rocking so it doesn't really matter. The parts where front-man Caleb Followill is on that bed remind me of the heroin withdrawal scene in Trainspotting. The only thing missing is that creepy baby crawling on the ceiling.

Saturday, August 9th brought about another batch of bands to see how well they could hold the attention of the crowd who was mostly there to see Radiohead headline their second night of the All Points West festival. Kings Of Leon, Animal Collective, Metric and Chromeo held down the "Blue Comet" stage, while The Roots, Sia, The Black Angels, and Nicole Atkins spotlighted both the "Bullet" and "Queen Of The Valley" stages. Once again, take the time to enjoy the videos and coverage of the people who were actually there.

Animal Collective - "Fireworks"



Check out more videos and links to coverage after the jump

Fresh off one of their largest shows, a headlining spot at England's Glastonbury festival, Kings Of Leon are ready to hit the road in support of their latest studio effort, Only By The Night. The follow up to 2007's Because Of The Times, set to be released on September 23rd, will also feature a full North American tour in support. For this trek they have enlisted the help of a few acts that will more than enhance the evenings events. For the whole tour, We Are Scientists will take the opening slot, while The Stills and The Whigs will rotate support duties for different dates.

The first single from Only By The Night, entitled "Sex On Fire", is streaming on their MySpace page as we speak, so after you see if they are coming to your town (they're coming to mine!), head on over there to check out the new tune.

See the full dates after the jump

Well, we have another line-up for you summer festival goers. This one comes to us from the AEG/Goldenvoice produced All Points West festival. The rumors about Radiohead and Jack Johnson headlining were true. The thing about it is that nobody told us that we'd be getting a double dose of those body-snatching Brit-rockers. The line-up is quite diverse bringing in many current indie sensations like Animal Collective and Cat Power. Summer festival troopers Michael Franti and Spearhead and The Roots are also featured, while some of my favorite new acts like the Black Kids and Rogue Wave are thrown in towards the bottom.

Full line-up after the jump

With the exception of Toast, we all felt a little indie this week.

Follow the links below to check out the songs that the BOTheads are diggin' on this week.

Doughnut's Pick: Iron and Wine - Lovesong of the Buzzard
Toast's Pick: Mr. Lif - Get Wise '91 feat. Edan
Eggs' Pick: Panda Bear - Good Girl/Carrots
Cereal's Pick: Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee
Coffee's Pick: Kings of Leon - Milk

How could Coffee not like some 'Milk'?

It is that time of the season when everybody starts to put out their top albums, so I thought I would take a stab at it and see what happens. Their was a host of really good new music this year. Playing a major role is my ever-changing music tastes which have drastically shifted this year. So here you go, give it a read. If you completely hate or love my opinions feel free to let me know.

20. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
19. Xavier Rudd - White Moth
18. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
17. Ween - La Cucaracha
16. Feist - The Reminder
15. Various Artists - I'm Not There OST