Despite rumors that Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Alicia Keys, and Jesus were going to show up to Jay-Z's Coachella set on Friday, only Beyonce came. That is pretty awesome, but I was really wondering how Dr. Dre and Jesus were going to get along.
Here is them singing everyone's 10th favorite Alphaville song, ya know, with some rap in there too:
Also, Jay-Z is going to be B to the etty, W to the hite's musical guest when they join forces to take the world by storm on Mother's Day eve, May 8th. It will mark the first time that both the musical guest and host are over 90 years old. Just kidding! Betty White is only 88.
Walk-throughs:
- Iglu & Hartly: Their catchy pop-punk-hip-hop genre is hit or miss live, and usually a miss. We’ll give them a minute as we walk by to Wale on the main stage.
- Hockey: Really like this band, but will only catch more than 10 minutes if Yeasayer is not living up to how good their recorded music is. Instead of catching Street Sweeper Social Club, we’ll grab a better spot of She & Him and relax In the Sun as the end of the day (meaning SHADE and cool temperatures) approaches!
Cluster-Fun: Them Crooked Vultures, Echo and the Bunnymen, Grizzly Bear, La Roux, Imogen Heap, LCD Soundsystem and dinner all get done (somehow) between 7:50 and 9:55.
Missing out on:
- Ra Ra Riot: They were great at San Diego Street Scene and one of their members is in Discovery – one of the coolest duos around.
- Hockey: Going to get a walk through, but wish I could see more. Some really catchy tunes from these guys.
- The Cribs: Kate Nash’s boyfriend’s band. Don’t love them, but would have been nice to see, maybe Kate will be there! (met her during my first Coachella – I am excited for her new album)
Battles
Battle 1: Jets Overhead vs. Alana Grace
Jets Overhead: Low-key lady and guy singers. Spacey (like Kevin, not Pluto) music in background. Nice sound.
Alana Grace: Rock-pop lady singer. Evanescense with less attitude and music?
Winner: Jets Overhead
Battle 2: P.O.S. vs. a beer
P.O.S.: Saw him at Coachella last year. Good rapper, but nothing too exciting!
Beer: Tastes good. Keeps you coooool (in two ways?)
Winner: Beer. Jets Overhead to the beer garden then on to some DJ Lance Rockin Yo Gabba Gabbaness!
Battle 3: Avett Brothers vs. Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells: Lady singer with very big SOUND behind her. Very produced, but the energy of the lead singer makes up for any negative effect of too big a sound. Some catchy stuff and just looks like a good ol’ time.
The Avett Brothers: Country guitar rock. Pretty okay. Would be sort of fun in concert! The slow songs would be no good though!
Winner: Sleigh Bells
Battle 4: Whitest Boy Alive vs. Sleep
Whitest Boy Alive: Really good - reminds me of Cut Copy or even Chromeo a bit, electronic alt-rock bonanza!
Sleep: It feels real good.
Winner: Not sure how long Jay-Z is going on for, plus the best guests may come at the end, so I’m not sure about this one… Gametime Decision.
Plan:
Kate Miller-Heidke
Jets Overhead
DJ Lance Rock
Wale
Sleigh Bells
Yeasayer
(Hockey)
She & Him
the Specials
Passion Pit
EVERYTHING
Vampire Weekend
Jay-Z
TBD
Check out: http://www.facebook.com/5Gum to watch some acts this weekend live if you cannot make it out to the festival!
Friday, April 16th: LCD Soundsystem Public Image, LTD. The Specials Echo & the Bunnymen Alana Grace Passion Pit Ra Ra Riot The Avett Brothers The Cribs Jets Overheard Lucero As Tall As Lions
Saturday, April 17th: The Dead Weather Faith No More Hot Chip Coheed and Cambria Devo Portugal. The Man Dirty Projectors Frightened Rabbit The Raveonettes Steel Train Shooter Jennings The Almighty Defenders Edward Sharpe & the Magetic Zereos White Rabbits Old Crow Medicine Show Les Claypool RX Bandits Aterciopelados Band of Skulls
Sunday, April 18th: Gary Numan Owen Pallett De La Soul Deerhunter Delphic Local Natives Matt & Kim B.o.B. King Khan & the Shrines One EskimO The Middle East
I figured the first post on here should be a bangworthy post!
I first heard of Empire of the Sun with the Lollapalooza lineup announcement and boy oh crown-wearing boy, was I behind on the times! Named after a book which became a Spielberg movie, Empire of the Sun is weird and fantastic and weird! Luke Steele, the singer (formerly of The Sleepy Jackson), was featured on track 1 of Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 (how many blueprints does Jay-Z need before he starts building something?!).
Starting off like it was born in the 80's (this song and I have so much in common), things change to an uppity paced fun bonanza (I hope we have that in common too). It may not reach the same Mt. Everest-esque peak as MGMT's "Electric Feel" but it still makes me want to jump into Lake Tahoe in January (that happened listening to that song and somehow it garnered many watchers but none of us guys gave any autographs). This song is so good, rappers can't stop remixing it. Wiz Khalifa has a remix called "The Thrill"and Blue Scholars have a track called "New People" (Best Vonnegut line in rap: "it's all about time like Slaughterhouse Five"). Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream by theinsound
Not partytime like Walking On a Dream but still grand. Around 3:10 the song winds down, and Luke Steele sings that he knows everything about me, well sir, what am I wearing? Nothing? Oh, well that's correct. Good job.
If you like this, you may also like: MGMT, Passion Pit, the creepy Burger King mascot, Of Montreal.
