Coachella.W1.(Sunday).2013

Coachella.2013

Indio, Palm Springs

Weekend.1

Sunday.April.14th

I headed to the Gobi.Tent to catch Deep.Vally and once I was approaching the tent, I headed to Yuma. 

Ahhhhh, it felt so refreshing to be in there.  I noticed a couple of us in here relaxing, dancing and sleeping? Yup, sleeping.  I would be to.  They have some comfortable couches in here.

JDH.&.Dave.P where the next DJ's up at the Yuma and they where...okay.  Ladies.Night where pretty AWESUM.  The crowd started to roll in and I wonder if they arrived to catch Jamie.xx up next?

I was sitting in the back and I notice Jaime.xx passing by with a security guard.  No one notice him and the his band mates (The.xx).  What I loved the most is watching Romy's girlfriend kissing her and holding her hand.  YES!!!  I was very surprised that no one was watching what I was seeing.  Romy showing PDA and not even caring to get caught.  I was exited to see them that I told the girl next to me that the band members of The.xx are here and she got up quickly and grabbed her camera.  She took a picture with Oliver.  Then she went to her friend that was dancing at the dance floor and showed him the photo.  She kept pointing at my direction.  But how can you miss them, they where ALL wearing black!

I headed to Gobi.Tent to catch Grimes and guess who I see? Oliver and Romy.  Once again, no one notices them and Romy's girl kissing her and holding her hand during the whole show.  I couldn't keep my eyes off them.

Tanlines was up next after Grimes and they where good.  I forgot to say, after Claire Boucher (Grimes) left the stage, a crazy fan jumped over the barricade and tried to jump on stage.  He was tackled by security and taken away.  Funny, but said.

Headed to Mojave.Tent to catch La.Roux.  James.Blake was performing and what a über crowd it was.  All the cool kids where here and I was falling asleep.  I really don't get this guy.  I took a listen to his stuff and I just couldn't get into it.  Watching him live would give me a different view...yea.

La.Roux was up next and Elly Jackson (Lead Singer) came out looking like Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Pink Panther).   The new songs sounded very promising and they added guitars to there sound, nice.  

The night ended with the.Faint for me.  What a great way to end  the last day of weekend one of this festival.  I don't know if my ears are shoot, but was the sound a bit off in the beginning?  I think Todd Fink (Lead Singer) was a bit tipsy.  He just looked a bit all over the place then usual.  No matter what...he put on a show.

After watching the.Faint's AMAZING SHOW, I passed by the Gobi.Tent and O.M.D. was about to perform "If You Leave"...ahhhhhhh.  I wanted to catch Disclosure, but they went on at 11:10p and I was pretty much done and this sand/wind storm is killer.

Another AWESUM Coachella. Until next year.

\m/ -  AWESUM!!!

My.Top.35.of.2012

My.Top.35.Albums.and.Songs

of

2012

.01. Bloc Party - Four - "Truth"
.02. The Presets - Pacifica - "Fall"
.03. Santigold - Master of Make Believe - "Disparate Youth"
.04. Gossip - A Joyful Noise - "I Won't Play"
.05. Spector - Enjoy It While It Last - "Grim Reefer"
.06. The Killers - Battle Born - "Be Still"
.07. TRUST - TRST - "Sulk"
.08. The xx - Coexist - "Fiction"
.09. The Maccabees - Given To The Wild - "Feel To Follow"
.10. Azari and III - Azari and III - "Manic"
.11. Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon - "The World is Watching"
.12. Paul Banks - Banks - "The Base"
.13. Breton - Other People's Problems - "Governing Correctly"
.14. Niki and The Dove - Instinct - "Tomorrow"
.15. Kaiser Chiefs - Start the Revolution Without Me - "Heard It Break"
.16. Nicki Minaj - Roman Reloaded - "Beez In The Trap"
.17. Shiny Toy Guns - Third - "Fading Listening"
.18. Scissor Sister - Magic Hour - "Somewhere"
.19. T.E.E.D. - Trouble - "Household Goods"
.20. Die Antwoord - Ten$ion - "XP€N$IV $H1T"
.21. Yeasayer - Fragrant World - "Demon Road"
.22. Chairlift - Something - "Take It Out On Me"
.23. Grimes - Vision - "Genesis"
.24. Icona Pop - Iconic EP - "Top Rated"
.25. Chromatics - Kill For Love - "Lady"
.26. Metric - Synthetica - "Clone"
.27. Crystal Castles - III - "Pale Flesh"
.28. MNDR - Feed Me Diamonds - "Faster Horses"
.29. The Vaccines - Come of Age - "I Wish I Was A Girl"
.30. Citizens! - Caroline EP - "Reptile"
.31. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls - "I Ain't the Same"
.32. Diamond Rings - Free Dimensional - "Put Me On"
.33. Django Django - Django Django - "Waveform"
.34. Summer Camp - Always EP - "Outside"
.35. Tribes - Baby - "Corner Of An English Field"

The.xx.(L!VE).2012

The.xx.2012

@Music.Box.(Los Angeles, CA)

Monday.July.23rd

WOW, Its been how long since my last concert?  What a perfect show to kick off August's concerts.  As we all know, July is a slow month because everyone is in Europe for the festivals.  I almost forgot all about this concert.  My friend Zowie texted me and I came very close to buying a ticket to see Batman (which you gotta see to checkout Anne Hathaway as Cat Women, AWESUM!!!).  Thank God, she texted right in time or I would of missed (I wouldn't, if you know me) this show.  WHAT A SHOW IT WAS!

I arrived at the Music Box around 7:45pm and there was a huge line to get in and it was not moving fast enough.  Thank God for Zowie, she texted me and told me that she was in front with the tickets already.  N!CE.  We go in and we headed to the shirt stand.  From faraway, all I saw was the same shirts, until we got close and they had this really cool NEW shirt with the X embroider.  Inside the shirt had a screen printed X on it.  They are making there own shirts now...cool.  I got one and so did Zowie.

HAIM was the opening band (which I did not know) and I was so excited to see them.  I missed their free show at the California Plaza on Friday and the one on Thursday at Santa Monica pier.  Anyhow, they kicked...A$$!  They where good and they got me so excited that I wanted more.  For sure, another band to see in the future again.  The best part of there performance, was the mother dancing or was she pretending to play the drums?  Either way, she was cute.

The.xx hit the stage around 10:30pm and they opened up with their new single, "Angles".   From there, they played a couple of songs from the first album.  They kept it mellow until the middle of the show, where they preformed the new dance tracks that sounded so....FCVKn AWESOME!!!  The new album is going to be KICK A$$!.  

The crowd was perfect.  No drunks, no pushers or any kind on nonsense, it was just right.  Then there was that strange smell of shit.   Someone dragged that thing all the way into the venue.  I guess they didn't notice the smell when they stepped on it.  The shit was strong.  At first, I thought someone took a load in there pants.  Just imagine if they did...DAM.  

Back to The.xx, they killed it and they sounded so fresh.  They had a new X in the background that was 3 dimensional and was made out of plexiglass.  After they went off stage to do the encore, they filled up the X with white smoke.  Groovy.  After the encore, people stuck around and wanted more.  They thought they where gonna come back, but that was it.  What a GREAT show and what a GREAT band.  

\m/ - AWESUM!