Classic Coachella: Rage Against the Machine - "Guerrilla Radio" [1999]

This Coachella Classic track comes from the inaugural festival held in 1999. Rage Against the Machine was one of the bigger acts to partake in the event back when it was a two-day venture. Rage headlined the second day along with Tool. Longing for some old Rage style music? Don't be alarmed. Frontman Zack De La Rocha will be bringing his little used side project One Day As A Lion to this year's festival and will be performing Saturday. Read more!

Coachella Track of the Day: The Swell Season - "When Your Mind's Made Up"

I first heard of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irkglova after renting the musically inspired film, "Once", which starred the two playing struggling musicians who have a chance meeting where friendship and possibly more is kindled. Even more interesting is real love was brought together between the two.

Originally, writer/director John Carney was to cast actors who could somewhat play music [Cillian Murphy was in mind for Hansard's role] but later thought it would be more authentic to include real musicians who could somewhat act. It was a choice that I along with many others are glad he made.

Their Grammy Award winning song "Falling Slowly" was a huge success and garnered the soundtrack a lot of publicity. But it's this track from the two that left the biggest imprint on me when I finished the film.


The Swell Season will be playing the Saturday of Coachella and should top your list as an act to see if you are into a lighter more folky sound. Recommendations as far as tracks aside from their Grammy winner and this one include "Lies", "Leave", and "Fallen From the Sky". They haven't released an album since 2009's "Strict Joy" which featured lovely track "In These Arms".




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Coachella Track of the Day: Jenny & Johnny - "Scissor Runner"

Jenny &  Johnny is Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame and Johnathan Rice, her beau. I saw Rice open up for Lewis on a solo gig she did at The Fillmore in San Francisco a few years back. When they were on stage together, I remember thinking that I could listen to a whole album of their collaborations. Last year, "I'm Having Fun Now" was released and its got a definite acid rock feel to most of the tracks. Their vocals match up really well although I wish more of the songs featured Jenny in a featured role rather than harmonizing with Rice. Her two previous solo albums, "Rabbit Fur Coat" [which featured The Watson Twins] and "Acid Tongue" branched her out from her role as lead singer of Rilo Kiley, a band she fronted for almost a decade alongside former Salute Your Shorts actor Blake Sennett [who played Ronald Pinksi].

Lewis was a child actress herself, co-starring in The Wizard with Fred Savage as well as Troop Beverly Hills. A lot of her material reflects her not having much of a childhood due to supporting her parents who seemingly were hard on her growing up. The collaboration with Rice reflects the title of the album as a lot of the songs featured are less lyrically driven and more fun acid pop rock songs.

The duo will be performing at Coachella on Saturday, April 16th. Make sure to check them out. Read more!