Fuji Rock Festival 2010 (Sun)

There is so much good music to choose from, on the final night of three day festival. On Sunday, UK triphop veteral Massive Attack are headlining. There are a lot of good dance/electronic music to check out as well, such as Boom Boom Satellites, LCD Soundsystem, Scissor Sisters and Hot Chip. There are also selections of laid back indie rock bands like Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer and Foals. Here is a review of some bands worth checking out at Fuji Rock on August 1st.

	Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned Album: Grand Matt & Kim are so fun to see live. You can tell how much they enjoy playing music on their video to their hottest track to date, Daylight. Another single from the album, Grand, is “Lessons Learned”, which has Matt and Kim stripping to complete nude in middle of New York’s Times Square. I don’t know how they shot this video, but it’s worth checking out.
	Codeine Velvet Club - Vanity Kills Album: Codeine Velvet Club The Fratellis band leader Jon Fratelli recruited Lou Hickey for this side project, Codeine Velvet Club. Their songs has the approachable pop sound that The Fratellis was so good at creating, and having the female vocalist adds more character. But sometimes, it sounds like they might be trying too hard. For example this song sounds like Jon Fratelli trying to pull Amy Winehouse. I still enjoy their music and look forward to seeing them on the Red Marquee stage.
	Diane Birch - Rise Up Album: Bible Belt If you like easy going piano pop songs by Carole King or Sara Bareilles, chances are you will enjoy Diane Birch perform on Field of Heaven stage. As her father was a preacher, she has lived in various places during her childhood including Zimbabwe and Australia. The song, “Rise Up” was featured as a free download from iTunes.
	Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace Album: The Eraser Radiohead front man Thom Yorke will be performing as Atoms For Peace at Fuji Rock. Atoms For Peace includes other musicians such as Flea of Chili Peppers, and they have already performed at Coachella this year. There is no recording of Atoms For Peace as a band, so I am forced to select Thom Yorke’s solo song titled the same.
	Air - Sexy Boy Album: Moon Safari French duo, Air takes its name from Amour, Imagination, Reve, which means Love, Imagination, Dream. They have been around since the mid 90s. “Sexy Boy” was used in the film, 10 Things I Hate About You, back in 1999. They are mostly popular in their native country France as well as UK and Australia. Catch them on Red Marquee stage from 8:30pm.
	Massive Attack - Live With Me /ft. Terry Callier Album: Collected British trip-hop act, Massive Attack also headlined Sasquatch festival this past May. Although they haven’t had a breakthrough huge hit in the US (with the exception of “Teardrop” from 1998), they have been appreciated around the world. They even released greatest hits album titled, Collected.
	Belle And Sebastian - Another Sunny Day Album: The Life Pursuit I don’t know much of their music, but I seem to read about them a lot on indie music magazines. Despite their name, they are not a two person band, but instead have seven members in their group. They are Scottish band are quite popular in UK. They haven’t released anything since their last album, The Life Pursuit in 2006, but rumor has it that they are almost finished with the new album, which they could test at Fuji Rock this year.