Music

This Morning In New Music April 6, 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

No more letter games, the full Lollapalooza lineup has finally been announced. The headliners for the festival, which runs August 6-8 were leaked weeks ago and include Soundgarden, The Strokes, Lady Gaga, Green Day, Arcade Fire and Phoenix. Other notable performers heading to Grant Park are MGMT, Cypress Hill, The xx, Stars, Metric, Hot Chip, Spoon, Chromeo and The Cribs. View the full lineup on the festivals official website. [Lollapalooza]

Portland’s The Decemberists are currently writing and rehearsing their next album, their sixth, with the help of R.E.M guitarist Peter Buck. A tweet on frontman Colin Meloy’s twitter page said, “First official day of #6 practice; made Peter Buck play my fake-REM riffs and he didn’t seem perturbed. Nor litigious.” The band’s publicist has confirmed that Buck will be involved with some tracks on the album. [Paste]

And Crystal Castles will team up with L.A.’s HARD Festival for a tour this summer. The band, who are also releasing a vinyl-only single called “Doe Deer” on April 17, will be playing alongside Rusko, Sinden and Destructo. The four bands will stop in Toronto on August 14 and Montreal on August 15. [Exclaim!]