Coachella - Your Schedule Here!

Originally posted by earth intruder aka j. marshmallow:

Worst:

Kaiser Chiefs (sloppy vocals + mediocre music)
Interpol (She Wants Revenge with better clothes and more fans)
CSS (umm, people like Le Tigre wannabes?)
Crowded House (the singing was just horrendous)
Travis (I caught two horrific songs)
Lily Allen (she should rest…) [/QB]

ouch!


CSS is horribly overexposed, and are definitely "influenced" by Le tigre, but the first 5 times I saw them in the last 12 months were always pretty good, and the album is stellar. I only caught the last 2 songs at Coachella because the Mojave was near the loo, those just being exposed to them still seemed impressed but I'm over the novelty and wish they get back in the studio the album was on my 2006 list, early 2006 time to get some new shit out.

Didn't see Interpol at Coachella, was at Faithless but I have to defend the boys a bit. Both them and SWR are Joy Division derivatives, and Interpol has been doing it better and longer in general. So it's fair to say either you don't like them or they weren't very good, but to give the impression they're ampin off of SWR is a little cruel and unfounded.

Kaiser Chiefs blew their load in the run up to coachella and were probably thrown by not being on the big stage at a festival. Though razorlight rocked the outdoor theater last year in the same slot. And Placebo killed there on Sunday as well.

Everything thing else you said is spot on.

i caught interpol saturday in vegas. i don't want to take away from the coachella discussion, but just to add my two cents. it looked to me like the band has evolved - particularly carlos d who has a presence that reminded me of dave gahan, and he's a great melodic bassist. i'm mainly familiar with turn on the bright lights and those songs still sound great and well crafted. some of the new stuff is somewhat . . . cumbersome? . . . but nothing really sounded bad. and the crowd was really, really loud and excited. surprisingly so actually.

but, it did strike me how one dimensional the singer is. it seems like things are evolving and he's stuck in the same place. both vocally and stage presence-wise. his voice either sounds perfect for a song or . . .insincere? forced? disingenuous? i don't know the word i'm thinking of . . . but its always the same and doesn't always sound . . . natural.

of course interpol has a sound that reminds you of other bands - but they bring something (modern) to the table - and actually make you (me) appreciate those bands more. but you know, some people say cucumber tastes better than a pickle. and maybe their set at coachella did suck.

Here's a Soulwax dancer :)

http://flickr.com/photos/caesarsebastian/483356374

when that guy got up on stage and started leading the crowd with his dancing, i truly felt like i was at a rave. he was hilarious. and soulwax RAWKD.

he looks like Sufjan Stevens! lol