MLK Hors d’Oeuvres: Portishead at Coachella

With all the talk about Goldenvoice’s foray into the NYC area festival market, it’s easy to forget that their Coachella Festival is just three short months away.

The lineup for this year’s festival in the desert should be announced later today, with the usually reliable URB confirming that Portishead will headline Saturday’s festivities. URB also claims that Radiohead won’t be playing Coachella, but it seconds the notion the band will appear at the east coast version of the event. Advantage: East. So what else are we lookin’ at on this holiday…

• Santana enlists the Derek Trucks Band for a springtime arena tour
• God Save Everything About ‘Em: The Sex Pistols consider heading into the studio together for the first time in 30 years
• Peter Gabriel shares his passion for technology
• Matthew Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces discusses life in the critically acclaimed band [via LHB]
• Indie bands attempt to win over the next generation of music fans
• Outsourcing facemelters: America’s biggest live entertainment companies look to establish a foothold in China
• Mike Patton wouldn’t be opposed to a Faith No More reunion
• Crowded House progeny Liam Finn aims to prove the critics right with the release of his debut solo album on Tuesday
• Neddy runs down the shows of the week in New York City

Let’s close this holiday edition by taking a look at the coolest piece of music gear to come out of the NAMM trade show in Anaheim: Metasonix’s Fucking Fucker G-1000 tube amp. The aptly named Fucking Fucker contains two independent amplifiers labeled “happy” and “angry,” because “one sucks your face, the other gnaws your foreskin off.” That kinda sounds like this girl I met through JDate.