I just got way too excited for Coachella this weekend when they posted the set time schedule.

Somehow they managed to keep conflicts to a minimum, as far as my own preferences go, anyway. There are a couple bands I might have to skip out early on to catch something else, but the only major conflict for me is Saturday evening. Kings Of Leon, The Decemberists, !!! and Andrew Bird all playing at the same time. I don’t even know where to start with that one. I’ve seen Andrew Bird, so I may have to sacrifice there, but even then, he puts on an amazing show.

Here’s how I plan to break it down:

Friday

• Nickel Creek
• Of Montreal
• Circa Survive
• Rufus Wainwright
• The Jesus And Mary Chain
• Peeping Tom
• Interpol
• Sonic Youth
• Bjork

Saturday

• Regina Spektor
• The New Pornographers
• Kings Of Leon vs. The Decemberists vs. !!! vs. Andrew Bird
• The Arcade Fire
• Girl Talk
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Black Keys

Sunday

• Mika
• Anathallo
• Grizzly Bear
• Explosions In The Sky
• The Roots
• Willie Nelson
• Amos Lee
• Ratatat
• Damien Rice
• Rage Against The Machine

Meanwhile, I’m packing up my sunscreen and shorts (two things I don’t use that often; yeah, I’m a nerd) and expecting to have a very fun weekend. I’ll be lucky if I don’t come back deaf, malnourished, underslept and looking like Pigpen.

I wish I could say I wasn’t so busy right now. There are a lot of things I’d like to write here about (the DRM-free EMI deal being just one of them). But instead I spend all my spare time working on other projects. Hopefully that won’t be for too much longer.

But for now, here’s my March Monthly Playlist. It should be pretty clear what albums I was in love with this month.

1. Belle and Sebastian - “This is Just a Modern Rock Song” (Push Barman To Open Old Wounds)
2. Sondre Lerche - “The Tape” (Phantom Punch)
3. The Arcade Fire - “Keep The Car Running” (Neon Bible)
4. The Arcade Fire - “Intervention” (Neon Bible)
5. Daniel Lanois - “Sonho Dourado” (Friday Night Lights Soundtrack)
6. Air - “Photograph” (Pocket Symphony)
7. The Arcade Fire - “My Body Is A Cage” (Neon Bible)
8. Life In Your Way - “Reach The End” (Waking Giants)
9. The Arcade Fire - “Windowsill” (Neon Bible)
10. Sherwood - “Song In My Head” (A Different Light)
11. Wilco - “Misunderstood” (Kicking Television: Live In Chicago)
12. A Tribe Called Quest - “Jazz (We’ve Got)” (The Low End Theory)
13. Sherwood - “For The Longest Time” (A Different Light)
14. Port Royal - “Zobione Pt. 2″ (Flares)
15. Laura - “Fugitive” (Mapping Your Dreams)
16. Laura - “Ariadne” (Mapping Your Dreams)
17. Jesu - “Tired Of Me” (Jesu)
18. Mogwai - “Kids Will Be Skeletons” (Happy Songs For Happy People)
19. Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - “Television, The Drug Of The Nation” (Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury)
20. Sherwood - “Home” (A Different Light)
21. Andrew Bird - “Armchairs” (Armchair Apocrypha)
22. REM - “Sweetness Follows” (Automatic For The People)
23. REM - “Man On The Moon” (Automatic For The People)
24. Tom Waits - “Jesus Gonna Be Here” (Bone Machine)
25. Tom Waits - “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” (Bone Machine)
26. Mims - “This Is Why I’m Hot (Blackout Remix)” (Music Is My Savior)
27. AFI - “Love Like Winter” (Decemberunderground)
28. Modest Mouse - “Dashboard” (We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank)
29. The Weepies - “Gotta Have You” (Say I Am You)