Sophie

Not only is the year wrapping up but the decade is too, and you can expect to see lots of Best of the 2010s lists popping up. Early out of the gate is fellow music blog Gorilla Vs Bear…

Lykke Li, Cat Power, SOPHIE, Courtney Love and the Chateau Band, Megan Thee Stallion, Kelsey Lu, Empress Of, CupcakKe, Lia Ices play the inaugural women-centric Yola Dia in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Cyndi Lauper, Drab Majesty, SOPHIE, The Blue Nile, Boy Harsher, The Cure, Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile, Roy Orbison, Heart, Prince, Janet Jackson, Com Truise, Bananarama, and more all feature on Bat for Lashes’ new mix.

The inaugural Yola Fest, which Lykke Li curated, is being pushed back due to ”production issues.”

Will more guests show up? Will Kanye make an appearance during the actual festival? Will the crowd wait for Kacey Musgraves to say fuckin’ yee?

Friday at Coachella also included sets from Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Beach Fossils, k-pop group BLACKPINK (playing their first full-length concert in America), Charlotte Gainsbourg, dvsn, Ella Mai, Hurray for the Riff Raff, JPEGMAFIA, Kero Kero Bonito, Khruangbin, Let’s Eat Grandma, SOPHIE, The 1975, The Frights, U.S. Girls, Kacey Musgraves, DJ Snake, and more.

If you’re at Coachella this weekend, check out the set times (some tough conflicts included). If you’re watching from home, check out the streaming schedule. And we’ve got some suggestions of who to see…

Conflicts include Tame Impala vs Little Simz, Billie Eilish vs Aphex Twin, Christine and the Queens vs Superorganism vs Maggie Rogers vs Four Tet, Bad Bunny vs Soccer Mommy vs Lizzo vs Playboi Carti, and more.

Listen to new songs by Modest Mouse, Beth Gibbons, Kelsey Lu, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Pure Bathing Culture, Show Me The Body, Haram, YBN Nahmir, UNKLE, Courtney Marie Andrews, and more.

We spoke to Rich Balling about the rarity of the band’s touring, the guests for this tour, the possibility of new music or another live film, the carefully selected openers, and more.