Author Topic: Coachella 2014 (Read 3646 times)

TakingBackSunday · « **on:** January 09, 2014, 01:58:48 PM »

The Replacements

Not terrible for the rest either. Outkast, HAIM, the Knife, Neko case, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, MGMT, Mogwai, Warpaint, Washed Out, Future Islands, Ty Segall, Foxygen...pretty darn good.

Except Muse

Eric P · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:05:24 PM »

"eyechart for assholes" is the best description i've read of Coachella's horrible line up posters

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:29:48 PM »

The people who design both the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals; overall art direction are awful. Our designers looked at what they sent over to us and just laughed

Bebpo · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:33:51 PM »

I don't know 80% of the bands on there.

Last year was the first time I went and it was fucking awesome. Probably the most fun I had in 2013. Janelle Monae, Sigur Ros, Of Monsters and Men, Vampire Weekend, Stars, Grimes, The Descendants, Passion Pit, Tegan & Sarah, Portugal The Man, The Postal Service; lots of great bands for my indie folk/rock/pop tastes.

This year the only bands I listen to on there are Grouplove, Arcade Fire, Beck and my gf is a Sleigh Bells fan so I know their stuff.

Otoh, even though I don't know most of the bands, sampling them off spotify...there's a lot of good ones on there. So it's probably a good lineup, just not stuff I listen to. So gonna try to get tickets tomorrow and use it as a chance to discover a lot of new bands to get into.

Was hoping Nine Inch Nails would play since people were saying they had a gap in their tour right when Coachella was, and would've liked Janelle Monae to come back to promote her Electric Lady album, eh, oh well.

Robo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:39:48 PM »

I know every single one of these bands and they're all total shit.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:40:24 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on January 09, 2014, 02:29:48 PM

The people who design both the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals; overall art direction are awful. Our designers looked at what they sent over to us and just laughed

I'm sure they are crying into their piles of money

Tasty · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2014, 02:46:39 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 09, 2014, 02:33:51 PM

I don't know 80% of the bands on there.

I read the entire list and literally the only one I recognize is Glitch Mob.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2014, 03:05:19 PM »

Quote from: Robo on January 09, 2014, 02:39:48 PM

I know every single one of these bands and they're all total shit.

Don't you dare call the Replacements shit

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I'm sure they are crying into their piles of money

Trent Dole · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2014, 03:36:00 PM »

Outkast and Replacements would probably be playing at the same time.

These festivals are pretty much junk in the morning/midday and then all the good shit you'd want to see playing simultaneously come nightfall.

Bebpo · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:10:39 PM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on January 09, 2014, 03:36:00 PM

Outkast and Replacements would probably be playing at the same time. These festivals are pretty much junk in the morning/midday and then all the good shit you'd want to see playing simultaneously come nightfall.

Actually, the afternoon is the best because the place is empty so you can just waltz up and get front row to see some cool smaller bands. I remember being 5 feet form the stage on Stars, Tokyo Ska Parade Orchestra, Japandroids and a few others.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:19:16 PM »

Neutral Milk Hotel.

That is all you need to know.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2014, 04:21:12 PM »

Saw NMH in Ashville at Mountain Oasis.

they were so good

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2014, 05:07:19 PM »

I saw NMH at the 40 Watt in Athens, GA. Half Japanese opened up.

drew · « **Reply #13 on:** January 09, 2014, 06:58:28 PM »

the Knife is a horrible band and they should feel really bad about themselves...

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #14 on:** January 09, 2014, 08:58:21 PM »

Quote from: drew on January 09, 2014, 06:58:28 PM

the Knife is a horrible band and they should feel really bad about themselves...

If only they called themselves The Gun

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #15 on:** January 09, 2014, 09:18:18 PM »

The Knife spawned Fever Ray. Drew is a moron confirmed again

tiesto · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:03:26 AM »

Would go for Aeroplane, Dixon, Laurent Garnier, Bicep, Maceo Plex, Scuba, Guy Gerber, David Squillace and of course Disclosure...

I honestly didn't know Outkast was still big. I remember them being huge back at the beginning of the 21st century but haven't heard much since.

drew · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:34:30 AM »

Quote from: Mamacint on January 09, 2014, 08:58:21 PM

If only they called themselves The Gun

Diunx · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:39:19 AM »

Would go for AFI, Muse and Outkast, might show up to Nas show to see if he plays some of his old stuff.

Pickles the Firecat · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:21:21 PM »

Quote from: drew on January 09, 2014, 06:58:28 PM

the Knife is a horrible band and they should feel really bad about themselves...

You're making me angry.

I wish people weren't such dopes. Half my friends are buying tickets last minute when they could've done presale, so there's friend-drama about whether we should go weekend one or weekend two. Fuck that I already got my tickets people can take care of themselves. I'm pretty done worrying about how other grown ass people handle their business.

Bebpo · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2014, 02:01:43 PM »

Got tickets to weekend 2. Looked around for hotels (last time rented a house cause was with a group of 8-10 people) and ffffuuuu the hotels up their prices like crazy over there. Need to find some other people going and look into renting a house again. Think after the split it was like $300 for 3 nights which is totally better than the hotels in the area wanting $300 a night.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2014, 02:34:24 PM »

If only you had a time share

Steve Contra · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:41:31 PM »

Dave Matthew's Band

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:44:51 PM »

I should run him over in the Ace Hardware parking lot next time he's there. What was I thinking last time?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2014, 03:56:59 PM »

Nas

Arcade Fire

Chance The Rapper

Jhene Aiko

Outkast reunion

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2014, 04:45:37 PM »

most will admit DMB has some good tracks but overall I can't imagine being a fan. I had to listen to them ALL DAY at my old job. Shit was grating.

drew · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2014, 08:58:36 PM »

people really like the knife? man, I remember listening to them when they first came out, their songs go nowhere and they do that very slowly. y'all must be on some ketamine or something.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #27 on:** January 10, 2014, 09:43:33 PM »

Jesus. Fatboy Slim is still alive?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #28 on:** January 11, 2014, 04:00:04 AM »

..and he's listed fairly highly too, wtf. I didn't even notice his lame ass in the lineup.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #29 on:** January 11, 2014, 06:15:23 AM »

I checked the full line ups because I was thinking about going. But, I'm likely not gonna be able to make it work this year. Maybe next time.

tiesto · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2014, 11:20:12 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 10, 2014, 09:43:33 PM

Jesus. Fatboy Slim is still alive?

Calvin Harris remix of "Eat Sleep Rave Repeat" was all over the place these last few months...

Bebpo · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2014, 09:35:21 PM »

Going through and making sampler playlists for all 3 lineups I get to Saturday and I'm like WTF WHY DO ALL THESE BANDS SOUND THE SAME

Empire of the Sun, Capital Cities both pretty much just sound like MGMT's first album. I wonder how many more bands I will find that all sound like MGMT's first album by the time I finish this playlist.

Otherwise I'm being pretty surprised how many solid bands there are this year.

*edit* add Naked and Famous in as well. It's like there was this wave of everyone trying to sound like ONE SINGLE SOUND it's soooo weird. It's not bad sounding, just I can't tell these bands apart because they all sound so damn similar on first listen.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2014, 11:49:32 PM »

I only know that one Naked and Famous song, and it was a dead ringer for Arcade Fire

Bebpo · « **Reply #33 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:05:03 AM »

Yeah, I dunno which band they sound like (those all sound kind of like M83 too I think, but I haven't listened to M83 for a while), I went through like 150 bands today so it all kind of blurred together, but those bands just sounded like "wait, I thought I already heard this band earlier today"; like they lacked distinctness and just felt like copies of other bands.

After finishing playlists for all 3 days, on first listen, my general impression of the lineup is that Fri is solid balanced lineup of small bands and closers, Sat lacks big closers (muse lol), but instead features an entire day of a great lineup of being able to check out a ton of year 1-3 critically high rated new bands for the pitchfork audience (aka, me and Brandnew), and sunday is so-so with strong closers.

Fifstar · « **Reply #34 on:** January 12, 2014, 08:53:24 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on January 12, 2014, 01:05:03 AM

Yeah, I dunno which band they sound like (those all sound kind of like M83 too I think, but I haven't listened to M83 for a while), I went through like 150 bands today so it all kind of blurred together, but those bands just sounded like "wait, I thought I already heard this band earlier today"; like they lacked distinctness and just felt like copies of other bands.

From my experience it becomes really hard to distinguish between bands if you hear a load of music that's in the same genre. When put music together for DJ sets and I go through mountains of music to find a couple new good tunes, it becomes really hard to tell a good from a just average track after a while. This is probably even worse with house music where everthing has similar beats but I imagine it's a similar thing for a certain indie rock sound. Not saying you're wrong about the bands being similar, but listening to them in isolation might give you a better appreciation of their specific sound.

Pickles the Firecat · « **Reply #35 on:** January 12, 2014, 04:12:13 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on January 11, 2014, 03:54:52 PM

This is some dank shit, brehs.

Banks is my girl. London EP was 2 or 3 on my record of the year list. Saw her at Hollywood Forever Cemetary, going to catch her at Coachella, can't wait for her to blow up this year.

Empire of the Sun and MGMT don't sound anything alike. At all. Unless the only MGMT song you heard was Kids, I guess.

Polari · « **Reply #36 on:** January 12, 2014, 06:23:13 PM »

Looks pretty weak. Queens, Pet Shop Boys, Classixx, Factory Floor, Art Department, Disclosure, Arcade Fire and The Knife all appeal though.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #37 on:** January 12, 2014, 08:27:40 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on January 10, 2014, 04:43:19 PM

I'll never understand DMB hate. Songs like Lie in our Graves or Don't Drink the Water are so good.

I'll never understand the DMB worship. Songs are fine, but I don't get the love.

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