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Meh.
I do love Festival Announcement season. It's a lot of fun to read through them all.
I agree that it was good not great.
At the Drive-in, Refused, Godspeed and Radiohead alone are worth it, imo. I think its pretty great.
Completely agree about Radiohead. Always felt At The Drive-In was overrated. I listened to 2 Refused songs... and holy crap were they terrible.
public service announcement- live stream of coachella starting today-
lineup and times here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/coachella (http://www.youtube.com/user/coachella)
Anyone else attending?
We are here in Palm Springs ready for weekend 1. I will post short reviews of each day in case anyone else is interested.
I'm really happy with how the schedule worked out, way fewer bad conflicts than I was expecting.
Quote from: MrWhippy on Apr 13, 2012, 11:57 AM
Anyone else attending?
We are here in Palm Springs ready for weekend 1. I will post short reviews of each day in case anyone else is interested.
I'm really happy with how the schedule worked out, way fewer bad conflicts than I was expecting.
Have fun! And thanks Mahg33tah, for reminding me about the livestream!
Quote from: MrWhippy on Apr 13, 2012, 11:57 AM
Anyone else attending?
We are here in Palm Springs ready for weekend 1. I will post short reviews of each day in case anyone else is interested.
I'm really happy with how the schedule worked out, way fewer bad conflicts than I was expecting.
have a great time! and I look forward to your reviews
Here is a copy of the random, babbling email I sent my music geek friends about Coachella Day 1:
Honeyhoney is my favorite Coachella discovery this year and their set was great. They seemed really energized by playing for a big and rowdier crowd than they usually do.
After really enjoying Other Lives opening for Radiohead, it was really cool to see them play a longer set. Really interesting band.
We went with EMA over Yuck which was not very good. It has some good guitar squall, but also tons of feedback which was hard to know if it was intentional or not. Bailed early and heard a bit of Yuck, which I didn't love either. Yuck is decent but not that exciting in my opinion.
James are cool for having a singer that looks like he stepped out of The Road Warrior then bowl you over with sheer life affirming positivity.
Gary Clark Jr. is an amazing guitar player, almost like a bad ass blues version of Prince or something.
Girls have really stepped up their game as a live band. Worlds better than the Coachella set Emery and I saw in 2010. The backup singers are a great new addition and really flesh out their sound well.
Arctic Monkeys were really solid, but they don't keep my interest for that long.
Pulp was by far the highlight of yesterday, just incredible. Jarvis Cocker could make me gay, oh, wait, never mind. We were right in front of the soundboard for Pulp and it was funny how many other artists were checking out the set from the soundboard. I've never seen that before.
Mazzy Star was surprisingly good, spacey, and majestic, and much more captivating as a live band than I remember them being from when I saw them in the early 90's.
First time seeing Atari Teenage Riot since the early 90's and it's abrasive as ever. I've never seen a band at Coachella lose so much of their audience. Probably 2/3 of the people that were there at the beginning had left by mid set.
Opted to see Explosions in the Sky over the Black Keys or M83. I like EITS but am not bowled over by it like many people seem to be.
Next biggest highlight of the day after Pulp was the Black Angels, probably my favorite set I've seen them do. It was everything I like about them, just done bigger and better than ever. They did a couple new songs, and the songs showed that they know what they are good at.
Caught a bit of Refused and it sounded really good. I didn't make their set a priority as I will catch them in DC in July
The Horrors were good but a bit of a letdown after the awesome set they delivered at ATP last fall.
Had to walk by the end of Swedish House Mafia on my way out, boy do those doods bring the lazerz.
RADIOHEAD webcast announced for tonight at 11pm! fuck yes.
I read that the Refused put on a killer Cochella show. How could they not? I'm all over their concert in Toronto in July. I can't believe they reformed.
40minutes until radiohead.
Long night and I'm late tuning in, but Radiohead wheeeewwwwwww!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Niiiiiiice Karma Policcccceeee
love the set, crowd is pretty lame tho:
set-
01. Bloom
02. 15 Step
03. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04. Morning Mr. Magpie
05. Staircase
06. The Gloaming
07. Pyramid Song
08. The Daily Mail
09. Myxomatosis
10. Karma Police
11. Identikit
12. Lotus Flower
Not seeing the crowd......entrancedddd...... LOTUS FLOWERRRRRRR
THANKS FOR POSTING THE SETLIST!!!!! :D :D :D
I'm not a Radiohead fan at all, but I gotta say, this performance is UNREAL! God, I love festival webcasts. Nothin' beats watching stellar performances while boozin' and burnin' from the comfort of my own home.
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 03:10 AM
Not seeing the crowd......entrancedddd...... LOTUS FLOWERRRRRRR
THANKS FOR POSTING THE SETLIST!!!!! :D :D :D
bon ivor put them all to sleep before their set.
GOddamnnnn....... yeah not enough heads bobbing or ARMS WAVINGGGG.... but they did get together and all sing a last round of "I lost myselfffff I lost myselffffff""
OH FUCKK@!K!R@
aaaghhhh I love There There tooooooo aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
awesome.
Swweeeeeetttttt those screens and lights would just do it
That's it, I'm buying some tickets for this Radiohead tour right now.
Jesus I need to see where they're playing
and the childrennnnnn first and the childrennnn AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Whaaaaaattt Luckkyyyyyy :D :D :D
REEEEECKOOONNNNNEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR my life is complete.
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 03:36 AM
REEEEECKOOONNNNNEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR my life is complete.
really is beautiful. loving johnny's ending on the synth.
wht?!?!?!?! WHAT/!?!?!??!?!? :D :D :D :D
Sticky what just happened
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 03:43 AM
Sticky what just happened
After The Goldrush (last verse)->Everything In It's Right Place
thom's been teasing a different song before EIIRP quite a bit this tour. did it with True Love Waits, a couple R.E.M. tunes, etc. good shit.
I"m not on my up and up with live Radiohead setlists and all....... but never saw a NEIL tune coming!!!!! My complete life proves more complete by the minute!! :D :D :D
oh sheeeeeeeewwwttttt didn't know they were playing with that one....... F YEAH I'm stoked we got to catch Neil night!!!!!
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 03:46 AM
oh sheeeeeeeewwwttttt didn't know they were playing with that one....... F YEAH I'm stoked we got to catch Neil night!!!!!
check this out after the show, it's a masterpiece:
Neil Young's "On the Beach", by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik#)
set-
01. Bloom
02. 15 Step
03. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04. Morning Mr. Magpie
05. Staircase
06. The Gloaming
07. Pyramid Song
08. The Daily Mail
09. Myxomatosis
10. Karma Police
11. Identikit
12. Lotus Flower
13. There There
14. Bodysnatchers
15. Idioteque
encore 1-
16. Lucky
17. Reckoner
18. After The Goldrush/Everything In It's Right Place
encore 2-
17. Give Up the Ghost
Quote from: Sticky Icky Green Stuff on Apr 15, 2012, 03:49 AM
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 03:46 AM
oh sheeeeeeeewwwttttt didn't know they were playing with that one....... F YEAH I'm stoked we got to catch Neil night!!!!!
check this out after the show, it's a masterpiece:
Neil Young's "On the Beach", by Radiohead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQARzXtc2ik#)
Oh GOD!!!! I WILL!!!! Whoa 2nd encoreeeeeeee! Niiiiiice Give Up The Ghosttt
Well if that wasn't just the shittenest greatest thing....... I'm so glad, I thought I tuned in wayyyy late and was only gonna catch a few songs; it was a nice treat to see almost the whole last half!!! Weird Fishes is a bummer to miss, but wow if they didn't just hit all the right spots through the rest of the night! Wheeeewwww..... ok, gotta check out that On The Beach!!!
Uuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Thanks for sharing thissssssss....... what an awesome end to an extremely interesting adventure of a night!!!!
Gonna hit the sack now, but always fun crossing streams with ya SIGS, have a g'night!! :beer:
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yeah I was glad some people were still awake, fun time. here's the whole show:
Radiohead Live at Coachella 2012 FULL PERFORMANCE - Pro Shot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZEb0ZQKaMY#ws)
I fucking love that song "Staircase" sooo much.
Haha wow you're awake already too........ the whole show!!! Dangggg!! 8)
final set:
set-
01. Bloom
02. 15 Step
03. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04. Morning Mr. Magpie
05. Staircase
06. The Gloaming
07. Pyramid Song
08. The Daily Mail
09. Myxomatosis
10. Karma Police
11. Identikit
12. Lotus Flower
13. There There
14. Bodysnatchers
15. Idioteque
encore 1-
16. Lucky
17. Reckoner
18. After The Goldrush/Everything In It's Right Place
encore 2-
19. Give Up the Ghost
20. Paranoid Android
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sucks coachella has a curfew. I think it's the festivals biggest flaw. the bonnaroo kids are going to be rolling/tripping balls to this. plus, the coachella set was like 4songs shorter than all of their normal shows this tour. shorter encores, shorter main set. still fun, hope they do it for next weekend too.
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 11:16 AM
Haha wow you're awake already too........ the whole show!!! Dangggg!! 8)
yeah, I haven't been sleeping right. not sure if it's just my internal clock or if I'm sick or what but I've been waking up so fucking early for no reason no matter how late I go to sleep and then I feel all anxious and weird. can't figure out what it is that's making me wake up, but it blizows. I love sleeping. :'( radiohead was fun tho.
Quote from: Sticky Icky Green Stuff on Apr 15, 2012, 11:21 AM
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 11:16 AM
Haha wow you're awake already too........ the whole show!!! Dangggg!! 8)
yeah, I haven't been sleeping right. not sure if it's just my internal clock or if I'm sick or what but I've been waking up so fucking early for no reason no matter how late I go to sleep and then I feel all anxious and weird. can't figure out what it is that's making me wake up, but it blizows. I love sleeping. :'( radiohead was fun tho.
I can't seem to sleep much past 11am these days, but I haven't stayed up as late as last night in a looong while.... but when I finally let go of the energy from the show last night, I did drift off fairly soon-after... I could've rode that wave til sunrise though I think! That's weird you've been wakin up early though, how early have you been up?? Do you have dark enough curtains?? My curtains were what woke me up today I think..... I thought they were pretty damn dark but I don't think so anymore :-\
That's very cool that there ended up being a webcast and that people dug it. I thought Radiohead's set was fantastic, and the energy of the crowd felt fine from where we were (just in front of soundboard). Everyone was very into it, I didn't see a single person who didn't seem enraptured.
The current Radiohead tour is just insane in my opinion, I think it is the best I've seen them since the Kid A/Amnesiac tour in 2001. I love the King of Limbs record, but the degree to which those songs come alive live is incredible.
The other big highlight of yesterday for me was Jeff Mangum. This was my third time seeing him and every time I can't believe it's really happening. I was concerned about how this set would go over at a festival, but it was great. The crowd achieved that rare things that I'm amazed can never fully happen at movies where people actually STFU and pay full attention to what they came to see. By far the most silent and respectful crowd I've ever experienced at a festival. Just magical, also really nice to hear Jeff play with horns that played the parts from the Neutral Milk Hotel records.
Saw Bon Iver before Radiohead just due to wanting to stake a spot at the main stage, but was really impressed. The new Bon Iver record had really bored me the couple times I tried to listen to it, but I thought it came to life in a live setting very well. It also helped that he had Colin Stetson on saxophone, that guy is a force of nature.
Caught The Shins before Bon Iver and was also more impressed than I expected to be. I've heard lots of people say they are pretty flat live, but maybe they have stepped up their game or something as I was pretty engaged by it. Also, the new stuff is great.
Andrew Bird was definitely good but just not really my thing.
Really enjoyed Laura Marling, but it was a terrible environment for her. Lots of sound bleed from other stages during her set, even right up front.
I was really disappointed with fIREHOSE. Maybe it was partly due to now knowing their music, but it just sounded lame and really lacked any power or swagger. It's always fun to see Mike Watt, but I've seen him in such better situations lately (such as with The Stooges).
The Buzzcocks delivered in all the ways that fIREHOSE didn't, as the Buzzcocks have still really got it. Seriously great set. For most of the set, I was standing right behind Danny DeVito, who seemed really cool and personable to all the people coming to say hi and take their picture with him.
Destroyer was decent, but not the most thrilling live act or something that really adds too much over the records in a live setting.
We Were Promised Jetpacks and The Vaccines were both good enough, but pretty unremarkable all in all.
Onward to Day 3.
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 11:40 AM
Quote from: Sticky Icky Green Stuff on Apr 15, 2012, 11:21 AM
Quote from: woodnymph on Apr 15, 2012, 11:16 AM
Haha wow you're awake already too........ the whole show!!! Dangggg!! 8)
yeah, I haven't been sleeping right. not sure if it's just my internal clock or if I'm sick or what but I've been waking up so fucking early for no reason no matter how late I go to sleep and then I feel all anxious and weird. can't figure out what it is that's making me wake up, but it blizows. I love sleeping. :'( radiohead was fun tho.
I can't seem to sleep much past 11am these days, but I haven't stayed up as late as last night in a looong while.... but when I finally let go of the energy from the show last night, I did drift off fairly soon-after... I could've rode that wave til sunrise though I think! That's weird you've been wakin up early though, how early have you been up?? Do you have dark enough curtains?? My curtains were what woke me up today I think..... I thought they were pretty damn dark but I don't think so anymore :-\
haha, my rooms a fucking cave. I've got a bear and wolf blanket covering it keeping the evil out. been waking up at like 8:15-8:45am, and usually feel like shit. what can ya do. I'm sure my body will exhaust itself soon enough.
This Santigold performance is pretty funny. Great high-energy set and now there's about 50 people from the crowd partying on stage. Looks like such a blast, god bless webcasts!
Nice reporting Mr. Whippy.
It has been fun to see some of the You Tube footage. It looks like a lot is saved so you can go back and watch some songs and/or complete sets. Radiohead always puts on a great show with cool lighting as an added bonus.
I keep looking for Whippy in the crowd shots. I haven't seen him so far, but I did enjoy Wild Flag at Couchella. The stream keeps skipping and that's getting on my nerves. I wish I could stay up late enough to see the good doctor and Snoop perform with Nate Dogg. Alas, I need to go to bed in time to be coherent at 5am.
Here's my recap of Day 3, which was kind of a strange, uneven day due to there being much less stuff I really cared about this day.
The first thing we saw, and the highlight of the day, was Band of Skulls. They were my big Coachella discovery in 2010 when they played in one of the tents, and it was great to see them on the main stage. One thing I love about festivals is the chance you sometimes get to see bands that generally play smaller places having to play on a huge stage. Sometimes the music gets suitable huge to fill the space they are in, and that definitely happened with Band of Skulls. They completely nailed it. I'm on such a high with these guys right now.
Next, we checked out Seun Kuti and Egypt 80. I don't know much about African music, and I didn't have much to compare this to other than seeing Fela about 21 years ago when I was in college. Seun was definitely good and brought some of the same energy as Fela, but he lacked or doesn't yet have the serious star power that his dad had. Really fun set, though, and people were getting down.
Caught some of Real Estate, which was good and jangly, and Beats Antique, who are decent and better musically than I would have thought.
The next big thing for me was Wild Flag, and they were very good. I'm a huge Sleater-Kinney fan and a moderate Helium fan, so interested to see this super group. It was great to see Carrie again and she tore it up, but mostly it just made me miss Sleater-Kinney.
Caught a bit of The Hives, and they are still The Hives. Fun for a few minutes, but got old quickly.
Next we watched some of The Weeknd because there wasn't much else going on. The guy has a great voice and it sounded good, but not really my kind of thing. Seemed very big with the ladies.
Next, checked out Justice, also because there wasn't much else compelling happening. They were impressive in some ways but nowhere near the incredible set the Chemical Brothers did on the main stage last year.
Next was At the Drive In. For this, I got to my favorite main stage spot just in front of the soundboard, which resulted in a very interesting philosophical moment. Some artists hang out in the soundboard area, so just behind where I was standing. Before ATDI started, I turned around for a minute and Skrillex is standing right there literally just about 5 feet from me. I debated heavily whether I should kill him, thus sacrificing myself (assuming I would also end up dead or incarcerated) for the greater human good. But, in the end, I chose to live. Sorry, Western Civilization.
At The Drive In were definitely solid, and it was cool to see Omar and Cedric in a different setting ,but all in all I'm a much bigger Mars Volta than ATDI fan.
After that, I checked out Modeselektor for enough to realize that it was very good, but just not my thing. Didn't check out the Snoop/Dre set, which sounds like it was actually very good, but I'm just not a big fan of live hip hop.
Quote from: MrWhippy on Apr 16, 2012, 11:37 AM
Before ATDI started, I turned around for a minute and Skrillex is standing right there literally just about 5 feet from me. I debated heavily whether I should kill him, thus sacrificing myself (assuming I would also end up dead or incarcerated) for the greater human good. But, in the end, I chose to live. Sorry, Western Civilization.
You let us all down, Whippy. Sometimes one must sacrifice one's self for the greater good of all. Sigh. :-\
Hey Mr Whippy- great reports, as promised. Really enjoyed reading it all. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: If there's one guy I'd want to be stuck behind at a concert, it's Danny DeVito.
Quote from: mahg33ta on Apr 16, 2012, 12:20 PM
Hey Mr Whippy- great reports, as promised. Really enjoyed reading it all. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: If there's one guy I'd want to be stuck behind at a concert, it's Danny DeVito.
;D
TUPAC ft SNOOP ALIVE AT COACHELLA 2012!! [FULL] HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_o4HfJD50s#)
This is one of the coolest things Ive seen in awhile.