Deerhunter's playing a free show in SF!

I missed Deerhunter when they played the Great American Music Hall in November for a very good reason (Wintersleep made an extremely rare excursion to S.F. from the faraway land of Canada). But the gods of rock 'n' roll must be on my side, because here the Atlanta-based band is coming back, three months later to play another show ... for free. The bitch part is that I'll have to wait in a thick queue of rabid indie-rock-lovin, tight-pants-wearers, with no guarantee of even getting in. But I'll try. Tuesday, Feb. 24 @ Mezzanine, Noise Pop '09 kickoff-party. RSVP here to put yer name on the list, if that'll even help.

Tennessee, here I come: Bonnaroo's lineup is the shit

Holy guacamole, Batman. The Bonnaroo 2009 lineup was leaked tonight ... an it's not for the faint of heart. June 11-14 in Manchester, Tenn., check it: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Phish Beastie Boys Nine Inch Nails David Byrne Wilco Al Green Snoop Dogg Elvis Costello Solo Erykah Badu Paul Oakenfold Ben Harper and Relentless7 The Mars Volta TV on the Radio Yeah Yeah Yeahs Gov’t Mule Andrew Bird Merle Haggard MGMT moe. The Decemberists Girl Talk Bon Iver Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate Rodrigo y Gabriela Galactic The Del McCoury Band Of Montreal Allen Toussaint Coheed and Cambria Booker T & the DBTs David Grisman Quintet Lucinda Williams Animal Collective Gomez Neko Case Down Jenny Lewis Santogold Band of Horses Robert Earl Keen Citizen Cope Femi Kuti and the Positive Force The Ting Tings Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Kaki King Grizzly Bear King Sunny Adé Okkervil River St. Vincent Zac Brown Band Raphael Saadiq Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Crystal Castles Tift Merritt Brett Dennen Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue Toubab Krewe People Under the Stairs Alejandro Escovedo Vieux Farka Touré Elvis Perkins In Dearland Cherryholmes Yeasayer Todd Snider Chairlift Portugal. The Man. The SteelDrivers Midnite The Knux The Low Anthem Delta Spirit A.A. Bondy The Lovell Sisters Alberta Cross