How awesome is this lineup?!

Friday April 13 & 20
The Black Keys, Swedish House Mafia, Pulp, Refused, Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, Afrojack, Explosions In the Sky, M83, Amon Tobin, Cat Power, Madness, Jimmy Cliff, Tim Armstrong, GIRLS, the Rapture, Madeon, M. Ward, the Horrors, Frank Ocean, James, Alesso, SebastiAn, Datsik, Yuck, Neon Indian, Dawes, the Black Angels, Death Grips, WU LYF, Breakbot, Atari Teenage Riot, Feed Me, GIVERS, Other Lives, Band of Skulls, R3hab, Wolf Gang, the Midnight Beast, EMA, Ximena Sariñana, Kendrick Lamar, the Dear Hunter, honeyhoney, Hello Seahorse!, the Sheepdogs, LA Riots

Saturday April 14 & 21
Radiohead, Bon Iver, the Shins, David Guetta, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Circus, Kaskade, Miike Snow, Jeff Magnum, Sebastian Ingrosse, Andrew Bird, Feist, fIREHOSE, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, St. Vincent, Martin Solveig, Sub Focus, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, Manchester Orchestra, Kasabian, AWOLNATION, Azealia Banks, Squeeze, A$AP Rocky, Buzzcocks, Kaiser Chiefs, Destroyer, the Head and the Heart, Laura Marling, tUnE yArDs, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Black Lips, the Big Pink, Childish Gambino, the Vaccines, Zeds Dead, Grouplove, Jacques Lu Cont, We Were Promised Jet Packs, Gary Clark Jr., Borgore, Dragonette, We Are Augstines, Mt Eden, Destructo, Suedehead, Keep Shelley In Athens, Pure Filth Sound

Sunday April 15 & 22
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog, At the Drive-In, Justice, Florence + the Machine, AVICII, La Roux, Beirut, the Weeknd, Girl Talk, the Hives, DJ Shadow, Calvin Harris, Nero, Wild Flag, Modeselektor, Dada Life, Porter Robinson, Santigold, Flux Pavilion, Dr. P, Gotye, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Beats Antique, Fitz and the Tantrums, araabMUZIK, Company Flow, Real Estate, Zedd, Le Bucherettes, Greg Ginn, the Growlers, NOISIA, Morgan Page, the Gaslamp Killer, First Aid Kit, Oberhofer, Lissie, Thunder Cat, Metronomy, Wild Beasts, Housse de Racket, Fanfarlo, Spector, Gardess & Villa, Airplane Boys, Sleeper Agent

Book About Pretty Hate Machine Coming Soon

According to reports, a book on Nine Inch Nails’ classic album Pretty Hate Machine is set to come out later this year. The book is part of the 33 1/3 series, which focuses on classic albums. Author Daphne Carr penned the tome and Amazon.com described it saying it “not only tells the story of the birth of NINE INCH NAILS, but also gives voice to a peculiarly American subculture that — especially since the Columbine shootings — has been widely vilified: mall goths, of whom Trent Reznor is undoubtedly the patron saint.” (MTV News)

REM, Peter Gabriel Donate Voices

REM’s Mike Mills, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and Andrew Bird are among the artists taking part in The Voices Project. The charity — co-founded by Peter Gabriel’s daughter Anna — raises funds for women impacted by civil war in Uganda. One artist does a cover, and then the artist who’s been covered does someone else’s song to start a “cover chain.” Peter Gabriel and Brett Dennen are also scheduled to contribute covers this year. (Premiere)

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Andrew Bird is an artist that, while he flies under the radar, is getting a lot of attention. Locally, he has the number 12 album in Salt Lake City (and nationally). That’s nothing to sneeze at. He was in town last summer as part of the Twilight Concert Series at the Gallivan Center, and it was a heck of a show with a huge crowd. He’ll return in February to the Murray Theater on the 25th. Tickets are $20 ($25 day of) and available through Smiths Tix.

His song “Fitz and the Dizzyspells” is grooving and infectious, while keeping the deep meaning to his lyrics that has endeared him so well to his ever-growing fan-base. If you missed the New Music Spotlight today, you can hear the song on his MySpace page.

You can also find Andrew on Facebook or his official website.

What did you think of the song?