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Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Jan 25, 2013 15:18:59 GMT -5
wait wait wait
This won’t be your average Moby DJ set. Instead, the Brooklyn-turned-Hollywood resident will be stringing along his full band. That’s a good thing for two reasons: One, it’s been two years since he released Destroyed, which means he’s bound to have some new material. And two, after reigning champ at Moogfest 2011, there’s no reason to think he won’t bring the gloves to Indio. -Michael Roffman
Post by crazykittensmile on Jan 25, 2013 15:23:06 GMT -5
"This won’t be your average Moby DJ set. Instead, the Brooklyn-turned-Hollywood resident will be stringing along his full band. That’s a good thing for two reasons: One, it’s been two years since he released Destroyed, which means he’s bound to have some new material. And two, after reigning champ at Moogfest 2011, there’s no reason to think he won’t bring the gloves to Indio. -Michael Roffman"
A good link that really shows how unique and worthy a lot of these band gets are. Definitely full of a lot of names you don't tend to see on festival lineups.
I would be really, really surprised if either Blur or the Roses had any US dates other than Coachella. Both those bands just don't tour the States. I guess that's one justification for Coachella having them as headliners despite the fact that a surprising number of Americans haven't heard of either of them. If you really think about it, it's just what Coachella usually does (Anglophile reunions) taken to the extreme.
Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I figure at least one of them will book something in New York while they're over here. If either of them is an exclusive one-off, we will probably hear about it in the next few days.
I've heard rumors that Blur is going to announce a Chicago date in April. They could hit NYC and Chicago in between the two weekends if they don't mind the cross country travel.
Post by problem dog on Jan 25, 2013 15:28:02 GMT -5
Also from that CoS article, from the Stone Roses blurb: "Whether they’ll be performing from their 1994 hit Second Coming or the new album purportedly in the works, remains to be seen."
Also from that CoS article, from the Stone Roses blurb: "Whether they’ll be performing from their 1994 hit Second Coming or the new album purportedly in the works, remains to be seen."
Second Coming was the hit. Get it together, CoS.
Not sure what your complaint is. I don't know Stone Roses well but seems like they are saying they aren't sure if they'll play stuff from the '94 album (Second Coming) or the new one. What's the error?
- Initial freakout - people saying Coachella messed up this year - wild speculation about missing headliners - looking into the undercard - excitement over the stacked but underappreciated undercard and the fact that they book fresh/new headliners
Started off with more disappointment but most seem to be coming around. Like most festivals the initial response is "WHY IS THIS NOT THE BEST EVER!?!??!" and then it sinks in that it'll still be damn awesome.
I'm selling my two dickets to one of my good friends that lives in LA for face value and doing VIP at Roo instead. Lineup needed a few more acts that I love and haven't seen yet to be worth my moneys. Undercard is impressive, but not as impressive as Primavera for my tastes. If I lived within reasonable driving distance (<10hours), I would be all over it though.
- Initial freakout - people saying Coachella messed up this year - wild speculation about missing headliners - looking into the undercard - excitement over the stacked but underappreciated undercard and the fact that they book fresh/new headliners
Started off with more disappointment but most seem to be coming around. Like most festivals the initial response is "WHY IS THIS NOT THE BEST EVER!?!??!" and then it sinks in that it'll still be damn awesome.
a realistic response?
I scarcely believe it.
i basically went through the same thing.
i was hoping for something good to replace the stones on sunday, but who fucking cares right? coachella is king.
I'm selling my two dickets to one of my good friends that lives in LA for face value and doing VIP at Roo instead. Lineup needed a few more acts that I love and haven't seen yet to be worth my moneys. Undercard is impressive, but not as impressive as Primavera for my tastes.
at least you're doing vip at the right fest. it's not worth it at coachella.
my list of acts i want to actively see is already at 44 and i've only listened to a few bands.
Also from that CoS article, from the Stone Roses blurb: "Whether they’ll be performing from their 1994 hit Second Coming or the new album purportedly in the works, remains to be seen."
Second Coming was the hit. Get it together, CoS.
Not sure what your complaint is. I don't know Stone Roses well but seems like they are saying they aren't sure if they'll play stuff from the '94 album (Second Coming) or the new one. What's the error?
Second Coming is one of the most notorious sophomore slumps ever. It was considered a letdown after the stone cold classic that was the first album. It was literally a punchline in Shaun of the Dead. I personally don't think it's a bad album, but it's definitely not their "hit." Also, they played quite a few dates in 2012, and the set lists were dominated by the first album, so we have a pretty good idea what they'll play. Whoever wrote that blurb knows nothing about the band, which is pretty standard for CoS. Easily the worst writers of any major music site.
Also, I stand by my dig at the "next day" thing, because most people who read CoS probably woke up to this lineup.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jan 25, 2013 15:39:45 GMT -5
I was initially happy, and have become even more so!
I'll be seeing 2/3 headliners, which is more than I see at Bonnaroo most years. Not to mention all 3 days will be packed with stuff I love but haven't yet seen.
You said "Second Coming was the hit" in your original post, problem dog. I'm guessing you meant their debut/self-titled.
That language was straight from the blurb. I was repeating it because I thought it was ridiculous. Sorry, I should have put quotes around it. I see how it was unclear.
Post by canexplain on Jan 25, 2013 15:45:02 GMT -5
I think the reaction is the same as this board when the lineup comes out:
You will always get people who hate the headliners and those that love them. After that, it is the undercard. I am going because it is just a really great festy so much different than The Roo.....cr****
Not sure what your complaint is. I don't know Stone Roses well but seems like they are saying they aren't sure if they'll play stuff from the '94 album (Second Coming) or the new one. What's the error?
Second Coming is one of the most notorious sophomore slumps ever. It was considered a letdown after the stone cold classic that was the first album. It was literally a punchline in Shaun of the Dead. I personally don't think it's a bad album, but it's definitely not their "hit." Also, they played quite a few dates in 2012, and the set lists were dominated by the first album, so we have a pretty good idea what they'll play. Whoever wrote that blurb knows nothing about the band, which is pretty standard for CoS. Easily the worst writers of any major music site.
Again, I don't know much at all about the band so I trust your judgement and knowledge of them to be better and I'm sure many music fans/critics enjoy the first album more. Being ignorant I looked at the chart positions for the two albums and the "Second Coming" one is higher in every country (including UK) so I figured that's why it was mentioned.
Also, the blurb doesn't say it's their only "hit album" but that it's a "hit '94 album" which to me makes it slightly different.
So like I said....I don't know anything about Stone Roses so feel free to write this off and ignore it. I just didn't find anything particularly terrible about that blurb. Though I do totally understand with your desire for them to have someone who knows stuff about the band to write about them. I hate reading reviews for albums, movies, TV shows when the person reviewing or writing about it has no real interest and it's just like homework for them. Passion about the thing you're writing does help.
Ok, so I decided to make out a list of acts I want to see each day.
Friday:
Blur | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Modest Mouse | Bassnectar | Dog Blood | How to Destroy Angels | Band of Horses | Beach House | Metric | Local Natives | Of Monsters and Men | Infected Mushroom | Divine Fits | Stars | Wolfgang Gartner | Tommy Trash | Dillon Francis | Four Tet | Alt - J | TNGHT | Polica | Purity Ring | Jamie xx | Youth Lagoon | Lord Huron | the Neighborhood
Saturday:
Phoenix | The xx | The Postal Service | Sigur Ros | New Order | Hot Chip | Grizzly Bear | Knife Party | Two Door Cinema Club | Moby | Violent Femmes | Simian Mobile Disco | Bat for Lashes | Major Laer | Ben Howard | Booka Shade | Bingo Players | El-P | Kill the Noise | Baauer | Birdy Nam Nam | the 2 Bears | Vintage Trouble
Sunday:
Wu-Tang Clan | Pretty Lights | Tame Impala | The Lumineers | Dead Can Dance | La Roux | James Blake | Grimes | Hardwell | Father John Misty | Tanlines | Paul Kalbrenner | Jessie Ware | Disclosure | Dub Fx | Jeff the Brotherhood | Smith Westerns | Dirtyphonics | Ghost (depends on which of the 3 bands it is) | Mord Fustand | Unicorn Kid | Adrian Lux
Conflicts on Saturday are going to kick my quacking ass.
This is like 90% of my choices. Conflicts are going to be TERRIBLE. Luckily I've just seen or will see some of these in the coming months. Plus, I hope a bunch are playing 'Roo.