The 2008 Coachella lineup can be found here.

The Wall Street Journal interviews Terra Firma Guy Hands

The Filter: Who wants to weed through 100,000 new record releases and 200 million videos on Youtube? You don’t, but we will. Check out The Urgency who hails from Brooklyn, New York. The Urgency performed the east coast leg of the Warped Tour ’07 and toured the northwest with Alien Ant Farm. They played Saratoga Performing Arts Center with 311 and Matisyahu and have a strong Vermont following, bringing 400+ headlining the Higher Ground venue. The Urgency is the 2006 winner of John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the “Rock” category and has steady radio play with WEQX 92.7 Albany, NY. Their track “Move You” was featured on CBS series “Close To Home” and they are currently recording at The House of Loud with producer David Bendeth (Paramore, RJS, and Breaking Benjamin). Listen to the track Fingertips. Email here for more information.

Rock act Kill The Alarm will headline NYC’s Bowery Ballroom Thursday January 24th. KTA had already been featured on “Real World/Road Rules”, “Whittaker Bay”, “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, “America’s Psychic Challenge”, “Dr. Steve-O”, and “CW11’s Morning Show”. For guest list or information email here.

Canadian rock act Veer has signed with Universal/Motown Records. Veer is in the same vein as Daughtry, Hinder, and Nickelback. The band will enter the studio with producer Greg Archilla next month and will begin recording for a summer release. Listen to the track Youth of Yesterday.