The Coachella 2010 lineup is set and quite a few sirens are on the bill for the three-day festival taking place April 16 – April 18.  If you plan on going, here are some sirens to check out:

Friday, April 16 – Fever Ray, La Roux

Saturday, April 17 – Gossip, Sia, Corinne Bailey Rae

Sunday, April 18 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, Florence and the Machine

For the complete info on Coachella, visit http://www.coachella.com.

the Bird and the Bee

Tickets are currently on sale for the March 5th the Bird and the Bee show at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA.

The show will be  in support of their upcoming CD, Guiltless Pleasures Volume 1: A tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates.

It will be the last Bird and the Bee show for quite a while, as Inara George is expecting a newborn in April.

Remember when MTV was a music channel and actually played music videos and music-oriented shows?  When they abandoned music programming, there was still MTV2 to fall back on – until they went the same route.

Now there’s Palladia – an HD cable channel dedicated to music programming from MTV, VH-1 and CMT.  Their tag line is Epic.Awesome.Music.  A pretty bold statement, but it holds up.  The eclectic channel plays everything from Pink to Sara Bareilles to Faith Hill.

A closer look at their schedule shows that they are a godsend for music lovers.  Aside from music videos, programming includes Rihanna: Nokia Live from Brixton; Pink: Funhouse Tour – Live in Australia; Amy Winehouse: Live From London; Glastonbury 2009; Sara Bareilles: Live at The Fillmore; Summerfest: Sara Evens; Unplugged: Paramore; Soundstage: Alanis Morissette and much, much more.

Epic? Yes.  Awesome? Yes. Music? Yes!  Let’s hope it stays that way because they’ve got a good thing going…

Try it before you buy it!  Visit KCRW to listen to Inara George’s Accidental Experimental in full.  The album stream is available on demand until January 5, 2010.

Inara George, one half of the Bird and the Bee, recently released a new solo album, Accidental Experimental.

The 11-track, digital only release can be downloaded at iTunes, Amazon, or any other digital music store.  As of this writing, the album is $8.99 at Amazon and $10.89 on iTunes.

If you liked her solo debut, All Rise, chances are you’re going to like Accidental Experimental too.  Standout tracks include “Surprise,” “Bottlecaps” and “Can’t Say No.”

Visit her myspace page to preview some tracks in full.