With their new album “Alpha Zulu” arriving in November, French indie-rockers Phoenix reaffirmed their status as one of the most electrifying bands of the past two decades with a theatrical, career-spanning show at the YouTube Theater.
Songs by Phoenix, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, Jenny Lewis, Aimee Mann, Cold War Kids, Phantogam, the Postal Service, Alex Ebert, Bob Mould and the late John Prine appear on Vol. 2 of the massive compilation “Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy,” available today for one day only.
Incoming: Madonna, Adult Swim Festival, The Get Together, Richard Thompson, Andrew McMahon, Simple Creatures, Alessia Cara, Max Bemis, the Menzingers, Frankie Cosmos, Cat Power, Matt Maeson, Jessica Hoop, the Babe Rainbow, Madeon, Chelsea Wolfe, Sylvan Esso, Sleater-Kinney, Twin Peaks, Nahko & Medicine for the People, the Milk Carton Kids, the Paranoyds, Hovvdy, Mating Ritual, Melissa Etheridge, That Dog., Letters to Cleo, Little Boots, Cold War Kids, Plague Vendor, Bad Bunny, Frenship, Ghostland Observatory, Post Malone
Yeah Yeahs Yeahs, Phoenix cap a day dominated by Coachella veterans at the first Just Like Heaven Festival, an unfussy affair that mercifully put the music first.
A new festival, the Goldenvoice-propmoted Just Like Heaven, debut May 4 at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach.
Also on Wednesday: STRFKR, Bob Moses, Jungle Fire, Royal Canoe, W.C. Thornbush, Bristol to Memory, Ill Camille, Slenderbodies, Cut Chemist, JeRonelle McGhee, KP Wolfe, Murci, Slothrust, Brasstracks
Also on Tuesday: Meiko, Local Hero, Gov’t Mule, Tom Odell, OHMME, Unwed Sailor, Gina Villalobos, Azealia Banks, Nikki Lorenzo
Incoming: Dave Matthews Band, Katy Perry, Phoenix, the Zombies, Arthur Buck, Leon Bridges. Ohmme, Meiko, Azealia Banks, Eagles, Betty Who, Murder by Death, STRFKR, Slothrust, Korn, Anita Baker, Gold Star, ZHU, Lyrics Born, Slash, Rostam, Glendale Open Arts & Music Festival, Vagabon, GOGGS, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Distillers, the War on Drugs, Saint Etienne and many more
Also on Friday: Harry Connick Jr., Residente, Rich the Kid, Jake La Botz, Easy, Jade Bird, the Jacks, the Primals, the Puscie Jones Revue, CloZee, Chatrooms, Sam Gellaitry, Daughtry
Also on Thursday: The Memories, Rico Nasty, Milo Greene, Ah God, Parisalexa, BTS, Hot Tuna Electric, the Marcus King Band, Soft Kill, Rich the Kid, J Boog, Ariel View
