Coachella 2006

[€uroMeinke]

Well, it's happening again and the official line-up is out (though there may be a few additions when the posters go up) So far here's the lineup:


Saturday, April 29th
Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Common, Damian Marley, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, Ladytron , Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, HARD-fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Audio Bullys, Imogen Heap, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Editors, stellastarr*, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Piped Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Wolfmother, The Like, Living Things, Nine Black Alps, The Section Quartet, Infadels, Youth Group, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion.


Sunday, April 30th
Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, TV on the Radio, Sleater-Kinney , Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Gnarls Barkley, Coldcut, Phoenix, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Little Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Wolf Parade, The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, Michael Mayer, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, Be Your Own Pet, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky,The Octopus Project.

I'm still kind of lukewarm, but there are a lot of bands I don't know anything about yet. In the meantime we've got hotel ressies to take advantage of if we need to.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ooh, Matisyahu. That'll be a short set since, based on radio play, he only has one song :rolleyes: (snarkiness aside, I do really want to see him and hear some other stuff).

Paul Oakenfold=huge yawn. He's the Blink-182 of electroinc music, I'll be avoiding that.

I recognize a lot of names from this year's KCRW CD packs (Seu Jorge, Jazzanova, Imogen Heap, Damian Marley). I know I listened to a bunch of those in picking my 5, but I'll have to go back and see which I want to see. Seu Jorge, by the way, is the artist who did the Portuguese song in Life Aquatic.

Other names that pop out are Franz Ferdinand, of course, Depeche Mode (but I won't miss someone else cool for that), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Scissor Sisters (I think Jen will find somewhere else to be for that one).

Time to start browing iTunes again.

[Not Afraid]

Well, I'm more excited about our hotel (http://www.dhsbeathotel.com/)than I am the line up at the moment.

There are things I'm interested in and stuff I'd like to see, but nothing that makes me say "I HAVE to be there". Depeche Mode is a GIANT yawn for me (always has been) and, while I will love the Scissor Sisters, Matt Costa, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Seu Jorge There's nothing that says to me "Don't Miss It". But, I have to trust the promoters in a ways. They always seem to turn me on to new music that I, in turn, love.....we'll see.

I could do with another oldie cool act (Roxy Music anyone). Here's hoping.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, for me last year it was only partially about the bands I already knew and liked. It was about the ones I didn't know that turned out to be awesome.

[€uroMeinke]

Yeah Roxy Music and the Buzzcocks were circulated in the rumour, either one would push me to be a bit more excited.

But, it's usually the "other" bands that stand out in Coachella - I liked Arcade Fire's CD allright, but after seeing them live, I became a fan.

[Ghoulish Delight]

But, it's usually the "other" bands that stand out in Coachella - I liked Arcade Fire's CD allright, but after seeing them live, I became a fan.Yup, same goes for Keen and Sloan, among others.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Hmm, I guess we'll have to get educated. Especially since we have a room booked.

[Gemini Cricket]

It's funny, the only other time I've ever heard of 'Coachella' was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. :)

[Stan4dSteph]

Last week's free download on iTunes was "Cash Machine" by HARD-fi.


Greg, do you mean Keane? They were great openers for U2, as were Arcade Fire. Those kids are crazy!

[Ghoulish Delight]

I have enough trouble spelling real words. Band names you can forget about. Yes, I meant Keane.

[BarTopDancer]

In case anyone cares, the rumored MA date is April 30th...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

In case anyone cares, the rumored MA date is April 30th...
No way!

[Not Afraid]

Alex? Is there an Alex Stroup in the house?

[BarTopDancer]

No way!

Way (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=52394&highlight=mouseadventure)

I hear that we had it way to easy with the nice cool weather the last 3 MAs. So they have to have it in April so we all bake again.

[Not Afraid]

Well, if it is at DCA.........

[Alex]

Yes, April 30th is the target date, though things aren't 100% until we officially announce it. But I would say it is 80%.

It is in April because many of the primary people in putting together the game (including me) will be in Japan in the middle of March.

[Not Afraid]

Japan Smapan.

You've got 4 "star" MA players in the Desert on April 30th! ;)

[lashbear]

Yes, April 30th is the target date, though things aren't 100% until we officially announce it. But I would say it is 80%.

It is in April because many of the primary people in putting together the game (including me) will be in Japan in the middle of March.

Any chance of having the 2007 event on Sun 6 May:confused: :cool: :blush:

[Alex]

Japan Smapan.

You've got 4 "star" MA players in the Desert on April 30th! ;)
It goes without mention that you'll be there.

[Prudence]

Grrrrrr....I have a in-class 3-hour essay exam on May 1. Grrrrrr......

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yes, April 30th is the target date, though things aren't 100% until we officially announce it. But I would say it is 80%.

It is in April because many of the primary people in putting together the game (including me) will be in Japan in the middle of March.What's wrong with the 23rd?

I really don't want to have to make this decission.

[Alex]

Anaheim schools are out April 17-21, as are half of the surrounding school districts. April 23 attendance is expected to be very high.

Also, we would have difficulty staffing the event fully on the 23rd. April 23 is our second choice date but we'll only go to it if something makes April 30 an impossibility.

[€uroMeinke]

New and revised line up from the official site (http://www.coachella.com/news/):

Saturday, April 29th
Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Common, Atmosphere, Carl Cox, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, HARD-Fi, Derrick Carter, Devendra Banhart, She Wants Revenge, The Walkmen, The Juan Maclean, Imogen Heap, Audio Bullys, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, The Duke Spirit, Eagles of Death Metal, Lyrics Born, Matt Costa, The New Amsterdams, The Zutons, Platinum Pied Pipers, White Rose Movement, Chris Liberator, Colette, Joey Beltram, Hybrid, Living Things, Wolfmother, The Like, Nine Black Alps, Celebration, The Section Quartet, Shy FX & T Power, Infusion.

Sunday, April 30th
Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Paul Oakenfold, Scissor Sisters, Matisyahu, James Blunt, Sleater-Kinney, Mogwai, Coheed and Cambria, Wolf Parade, Coldcut, Phoenix, Digable Planets, Amadou & Mariam, Little Louie Vega, Mylo (DJ Set), Seu Jorge, Gnarls Barkley, The Go! Team, Kaskade, Metric, Editors, Art Brut, Dungen, The Dears, Jamie Lidell, The Magic Numbers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Jazzanova, stellastarr*, Michael Mayer, Murs featuring 9th Wonder, Mates of State, Gilles Peterson, Infadels, Gabriel & Dresden, The Subways, Minus the Bear, One Republic, Be Your Own Pet, Youth Group, Giant Drag, Kristina Sky, The Octopus Project.


Most noteable change the additon of Daft Punk to Saturday - they still are promising that more additions may be announced...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Well, this blows. How the hell can we choose? We haven't missed an MA since we started attending in 2001. Last year, Coachella was a defining event - we almost never buy music, and after the event we bought albums upon albums, some of which is now among my favorite music. Missing either of these would be awful, and there's no way we're doing both.

:(

[mousepod]

skip coachella, do the MA.. and go to a cool festival in Europe. There are a jillion of them, and it's the swanky, globe-hopping, jet-setting thing to do.

[BarTopDancer]

I have Coachella, MA and a birthday party that is being planned for me in Vegas that weekend. I need two clones.

I suspect I will be doing Coachella on Saturday and MA on Sunday and pushing Vegas back. That is assuming (yes, I know) that MA doesn't require 2 days.

[Not Afraid]

If Coachella's line-up was a tad more enticing, it would be a no brainer. As it is, there's nothing completely "sending" me. But, I've also done MA for years and feel like I can miss one - I've missed before. I'm NOT doing both. If MA's at DCA, that will factor in as well.

And, Jesse, I see nothing wrong with doing Coachella AND doing a European festival. Which one are you up for, eh?

[Alex]

No, MA won't require two days, at least on to play it.

[mousepod]

Ok... here's my radical plan: MA in April... then the Reading Festival in the UK at the end of August, and on the way back, you all meet me at WDW.

FYI, here's last year's Reading lineup:
747's
Adam Green
Akala
Alkaline Trio
All American Rejects
Amusement Parks On Fire
Anti Flag
Arctic Monkeys
Art Brut
Audio Bullys
Babyshambles
Bad Religion
Battle
Be Your Own Pet
Beautiful People
Bedouin Soundclash
Biffy Clyro
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blackalicious
Bloc Party
Boy Kill Boy
British Sea Power
Buck 65
Bullet For My Valentine
Capdown
Charlotte Hatherley
Cherubs
Clor
Death From Above 1979
Dinosaur Jr
DJ Format feat. Abdominal and D-Sisive
Do Me Bad Things
Dogs
Dreadzone
Dropkick Murphys
Dwarves
Echo & The Bunnymen
Editors
Eighteen Visions
Elbow
Emmanuel
Engineers
Every Move A Picture
Fell City Girl
Fightstar
Fleeing New York
Foo Fighters
Forward Russia
Four Tet
From Autumn To Ashes
Funeral for a Friend
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Graham Coxon
Gratitude
Hal
Hatebreed
Hot Chip
Hot Hot Heat
Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Incubus
Infadels
Iron Maiden
Joey Negro
Juliette And The Licks
Kano
Kasabian
Kerri Chandler
Kings Of Leon
Komakino
Ladytron
LCD Soundsystem
Lemon Jelly
Louie
M.I.A
Mando Diao
Marilyn Manson
Maximo Park
Million Dead
My Chemical Romance
Mylo
Mystery Jets
Nine Black Alps
No Comply
NOFX
Norman Jay
Performance
Pixies
Puggy
Queens Of The Stone Age
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band
Razorlight
Rise Against
Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva
Saul Williams
Senses Fail
Sleater Kinney
Sons & Daughters
T Raumschmiere
The Alps
The Arcade Fire
The Black Velvets
The Blood Arm
The Blood Brothers
The Caesars
The Charlatans
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
The Cribs
The Cribs
The Dead 60s
The Duke Spirit
The Explosion
The Futureheads
The Futureheads
The Go! Team
The Killers
The Kills
The Longcut
The Modern
The National
The Others
The Paddingtons
The Rakes
The Rakes
The Raveonettes
The Rifles
The Rogers Sisters
The Subways
The Subways
The Tears
The Wedding Present
Thirsty Merc
Towers Of London
Turbonegro
Two Gallants
VHS Or Beta
We Are Scientists
Yeti
Young Offenders Institute
Yourcodenameis:Milo
Youth Group

[Not Afraid]

'K


But, the Pixar show is closed by then........

[mousepod]

ok, you pick (http://www.virtualfestivals.com)

[Disneyphile]

You've got 4 "star" MA players in the Desert on April 30th! ;)Cool!! Less competition for the Fellowship! :p

[Ghoulish Delight]

Gah! Now it turns out my friend's wedding is that Saturday. :mad:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hmm, okay. So it turns out my friend was calling to announce that the 29th is her wedding date....and that we're not invited. So, umm, yeah.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The decision is final - we're going to Coachella. I'm happy and bummed all at once.

I'm going to have to pretend that there is no MouseAdventure...

ETA - I'd momentarily forgotten that Jesse is going to be there....:( I know I'm driving GD crazy by being bummed about going to Coachella, but I can't help it...:(

[€uroMeinke]

Tickets don't go on sale till noon...

[€uroMeinke]

Well - we just got tickets, so you know where we will bw that weekend.

[MickeyLumbo]

what time does Ricky Martin play?

[€uroMeinke]

Massive Attack was just added to Sunday's Line up. I'm feeling happier.

[Ghoulish Delight]

:happy dance:

[Not Afraid]

VERY cool!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Tickets arrived today. I'm getting excited now :)

[orbitalpunk]

Yay Mogwai!

[€uroMeinke]

Yay Mogwai!

Tell me more - that's another one I'm not familiar with - yet;)

[Isaac]

WTF !? Madonna has now been added to the lineup!

:eek:

[€uroMeinke]

WTF !? Madonna has now been added to the lineup!

:eek:

In the Sahara Dance tent - this should be fun, though they don't say what day yet.

So anyone else up for a weekend in the dessert?

[€uroMeinke]

Looks like she'll be there Sunday

[Not Afraid]

I'm actually really looking forward to that......IF I can get close to the Sahara tent.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, I'm imagining all 50,000 or so people cammed into that tent. While it'd be kinda cool to see her, I can't imagine it's going to be anything but an insane mob-scene.

[€uroMeinke]

Well they do pull up the sides of the tent at night

[Not Afraid]

And, this old punk rocker can deal with insane mob scenes. ;)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Hmm. It was hard enough to shove our bodies into the masses to see the Chemical Brothers, never mind the goddess that is Madonna...and I like the Chemical Brothers much more than I like her ;)

[Not Afraid]

Why do I feel so young?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Why do I feel so young?
Eh. If it were someone I really cared about, that'd be one thing. But I'm just not that much of a Madonna fan.

[Isaac]

I'm considering going just to see her.

However, it would be better if I just wait a month and see her on her new concert tour.

[Not Afraid]

I think what excites me about Madonna at Coachella is that, you KNOW she is going to do a unique set. It will be very different from the multi-media extravaganza she puts on during her tour. She may even be DJing rather than "performing". Who knows, but the surprise is half the fun here. Join us, Zap. We've had a great time several years in a row.

[Isaac]

I would but since M.A. is on the same day and I want to see Madonna in concert the following month, I should probably pass on Coachella. I'll go next year.

[Kevy Baby]

What would have been cool is if she just showed up as a surprise guest. The problem with announcing the appearance is that droves of Madonna fans are going to be showing up expecting to see her play a usual set and are going to foul up the vibe of the overall experience.

To me, she sticks out like a sore thumb in this group. (This is definitely not a commentary on Madonna - I enjoyed the one time I have seen her and would like to go again. I think it was a bad decision on the part of the Coachella organizers.)

[Snowflake]

So? Did anyone go? I'm totally in the dark with any bands of a recent vintage, but I am interested in hearing about it. :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Well, due to circumstances, we had to skip day 2, but we were at the first day. It was great. Wonderfully hot, but we were smart and didn't kill ourselves. The highlights for mere were The Zutons, The Juan Maclean, the little bit of Derrick Carter we caught, Franz Ferdinana, and ending the day with Daft Punk was spectacular.

Unfortunately, the organizers got stupid regarding taffic flow between last year and this. Last year, we were able to out of the parking lot with zero problem, 20 minutes at worst. This year? It took us over an hour to go, oh, the 100 yards to the exit. It was ridiculous. Don't know what they changed, but damn.

[Not Afraid]

WOW!You know, I HATE big festivals. Hate Hate HATE them. But I LOVE Coachella. Yes, it was hot and, at times, pretty crowded, but the crowd is always so good and mellow (must be the weed) and the music so good that I can get over it. It is impossible to see every band and, sometimes, even see all the ones you want to see. But, for 2 days, we did our best without killing ourselves.

Highlights:

Daft Punk on Saturday Night in the Sahara Tent.
Almost a full hour of fantastic, danceable, interesting sounds and a wonderful multimedia spectacular. Watching DJs seems to be the most boring thing on earth, but I have been constantly amazed by many DJ performances over the years.

Franz Ferdinand - Coachella Stage - Saturday evening. \I was almost tired of this band but GD's sister said they put on a great show a few weeks ago so we saw them here. I have fallen in love with them all over again and I want to take every one of those cute Scottish boys home with me. Such great energy and FUN!!!

Massive Attack, Sunday night, Coachella Stage.
Sometimes timing makes things work even better. Sunday was hotter than Saturday and we were missing GD & CP so we weren't as into the day as we were on Saturday. But, the sun went down, the air cooled a bit and Massive Attack played a full hours of perfect low-key, bass heavy, grooving music and it was a spiritual experience. I spent most of the set laying on the ground literally feeling the music surge through my body. Perfect.

Gnarles Barkley, Sunday afternoon, Gobi tent.
The biggest problem was that the smallest venue was WAAAAY to small for this rocking, interesting, entertaining band. This is a band I want to see again.

Disappointments:

Madonna was lame - especially after seeing such a great show by Daft Punk in the same tent. The exodus after 2 songs was immense.

Tosca - I expected a LOT more from Dorfmeister of the GREAT Kruder and Dorfmeister. VERY disappointing.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Saturday afternoon, Mojave Tent. The was one of the most anticipated bands of the festival for me and, they had terrible sound and left after a few songs. I want to see them live, but it wasn't working that day in that place.

There were so many other bands we saw and I may do a list just for my own mnemonic purposes but that will be posted later, if ever. However, the REAL star of the weekend was The Beat Hotel, but that will get its own thread.

[€uroMeinke]

Since Madonna was the talk of Sunday's show I thought I'd treat you all to a visual representation of our experience of the Madonna show.

Dang, she's 15 minutes - late, show's been ruinning like clockwork, what's taking her so Long?

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6168.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

Woohoo Madonna! - Oh wait, that's just her album cover on the jumbo tron, no one's on stage yet...

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6169.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

Okay here we go - People are cheering - I think I see something moving up there...

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6170.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

I think those might be dancers - Did she bring dancers with her?

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6171.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

Hey! Down in Front! - I'm trying to see Madonna!

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6172.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

Somewhere, by that shaft of light Madonna is asking us to give her our love...

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6173.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

Maybe if I zoom all the way, lift my camera as high as I can, and point it at the stage - I can see her...

http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6174.JPG%20-%20Madonna.jpg

That's It ! There! I got her pic on the jumbo tron - that is here isn't it?

Say what say we get ourselve some Brats and go see Massive Attack?

[Not Afraid]

Reading about Brother Bears winning MA on another thread reminded me of this funny story.

We were trying to find GD & CP before Franz Ferdinand were wandering through the waiting crowd. We walked by a group of very Bearish men. One saw Chris and did a quick second take then shouted HELLO! We had to walk by them once again after we had located our friends and this time the whole group was attentive to my little "Bear Trap".

They had NO idea I was following and cracking up.

[Kevy Baby]

Madonna was lame - especially after seeing such a great show by Daft Punk in the same tent. The exodus after 2 songs was immense.For some reason, I was expecting this.

[Kevy Baby]

And why did € edit NA's last two posts?

[Not Afraid]

And why did € edit NA's last two posts?

Because my desktop is having issues in a big way. I can't edit in WYSIWYG mode nor can I Yahoo. It took out all of my paragraph breaks and formatting and turned it into one large, unreadable paragraph.

Not having fun.

[Not Afraid]

For some reason, I was expecting this.

We left during the 3rd song. Apparently she did a total of 6 songs. 6. six. SIX!

[€uroMeinke]

My pics of Coachella are up here. (http://photos.xenarchy.com/thumbnails.php?album=42)
Including some night time pics of the Beat Hotel:
http://photos.xenarchy.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_IMG_6210.JPG

[Snowflake]

Thanks for the report and review and the pictures. Gosh but the Madonna thing looked like a total waste and an uncomfortable crush to boot!

I gotta say NA, the DJs sound like a lot of fun. I'm sure the creative juices were really flowing and I would have enjoyed that.

The heat I would not have enjoyed, but that's me! :-)