Coachella 2013

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What shuttle line did you take? I did the JW Marriott shuttle and never had to wait to get on the shuttle. There were always 4-5 shuttles right behind it ready to go. The longest I had to wait in a shuttle before we left was 5 minutes. The shuttles took about 30 minutes to get to my location, which was about 15-20 miles from the venue.

Nah, I wish I did. Was sorta busy this weekend and didn't get to catch much of the streams. They are replaying them? Or archiving them or anything?

I've always enjoyed VW but the two new singles I heard a few weeks ago really got me excited for the new album. Looking forward to hearing more.

You rock. Will work on downloading it and watching it soon.

Was anyone else at Cassy's Yuma stage set? That was killer.

Vampire Weekend is on my list of "must" for Glastonbury. Right JHOinTN?

They are so cute I want to pinch their little cheeks.

I'm not referring to people who simply catch half sets/record videos. I take plenty of pictures (though I avoid videos since I am already tall and blocking people) and bounce from set to set all of the time. I'm talking about people who push their way to the front (I don't mean make their way through open space, I mean legitimately push) just to record a song and then leave. There was a girl in front of me for the Lumineers when I was around 5 or 6 rows back who pushed her way up there. She then went on to talk about how she was more excited for them than any other band that day. She recorded Ho Hey then left. It was their 4th song.

I know Roo's crowd is not some perfect crowd. I understand that. I also know that my experiences may have just been me being in the wrong place at the wrong time. However I went to Coachella weekend 2, Firefly, and Bonnaroo last year and I have never had so many sets in which I was surrounded by obnoxious, uninterested people as I did this year at Coachella. It really killed the vibe on a lot of sets that I was super excited to see.

Here's how my days were broken down:

Friday
White Arrows>The Neighbourhood>The Shouting Matches>Dillon Francis>Stars>Local Natives>TNGHT>Blur>HTDA

Saturday
Birdy Nam Nam>Baauer>Bat for Lashes>Violent Femmes>Hot Chip>The Postal Service>Franz Ferdinand>Sigur Ros

Sunday
Adrian Lux>Robert DeLong>Mord Fustang>DIIV>Jessie Ware>Grimes>Tanlines>James Blake>Vampire Weekend>The Faint>Excision Presents the Executioner>Eric Prydz

Best Shows
1. How to Destroy Angels
2. Eric Prydz
3. The Postal Service
4. Hot Chip
5. Vampire Weekend
6. TNGHT
7. Blur
8. Sigur Ros
9. Franz Ferdinand
10. Birdy Nam Nam
11. The Shouting Matches
12. Jessie Ware
13. Bat for Lashes
14. Robert DeLong
15. Tanlines

I really hope the HTDA show translated well over the live the feed, because it was one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. I agree with what others have said about the chatting during shows. It was pretty bad at times. Unless you were standing near speakers, or had a great spot, the talking could get obnoxious. The good thing was that it was always easy to get a good spot for a show you liked. Most shows didn't get full until that artist started or a little after. I had great spots for HTDA, TNGHT, Eric Prydz, I was in the pit for both Hot Chip and The Postal Service, etc. The Shouting Matches' sound check was probably the worst thing about the weekend when it came to seeing shows. A 40-minute sound check is a lot to put a festival crowd through. They did get it together and put on a very solid show.

I made it into the Yuma first thing Friday, because I knew the lines would be too long to see anyone I wanted to without missing other acts. I was right.

The production at Coachella is first class. Stages, screens and art installations were all excellent. The short set times made the days go by faster, and a lot of bands (especially the ones who hadn't played Coachella before) seemed annoyed by it. I was. Coachella only felt crowded when you were out walking around, and then it felt very crowded. The benefit of camping at Coachella is that it usually takes the people in hotels a couple hours past the gates opening to make it in. Early shows were sparse, which was great for shows like The Shouting Matches and Robert DeLong.

I enjoyed the time I spent in the Sahara. Eric Prydz was incredible and Birdy Nam Nam was great. There were definitely people who spent the majority of their time in that tent (some of the people camping around me fell into that category), who missed a lot of great stuff, but if you avoided the Sahara entirely, you also missed some good shows. I thought the Sahara setup was pretty impressive, but I don't go to EDM shows very often or any EDM festivals.

Coachella's guide they hand you at the gates sucks.

And just for the heck of it.. There are many differences and similarities between Coachella and Bonnaroo. I don't think one is necessarily better than the other.

I can see why TNGHT could have been disappointing. I had a pretty good idea of what their live show was going to be like going into it. I just love getting groovy to their music and doing it with them there was a great experience for me, plus the Daft Punk trailer that preceded their set, man, just a blast for me.

EDIT: And I second everything you said about the Prydz set. oh my god.

I was under the impression that the Daft Punk trailer was on every screen at the same time. Did it not show at the Sahara tent?

No I heard it at the main stage while walking to TNGHT then once at TNGHT heard it at Majove before Infected Mushroom

Maybe there was a trailer, I just heard the song.

Oh dude, that HDTA show translated QUITE well over the live feed. I was in awe from my chair at home and I had never really heard of them before, I will make sure and catch them ASAP.
Sounds like you pretty much had the same schedule I would have had if I had gone this year, glad you had a good one!
I think comparing the two festivals is sort of like comparing two similar countries together, one that is rich in both music and design (Coachella) to one that is rich in both music and experiences (Bonnaroo). Clearly Coachella has much better stages/lighting/art/scenery but clearly Bonnaroo takes the musical cake with all the collaborations and late night/longer sets. As far as festival goers, I've found people to be equally friendly and neighborly at both. I think I will always be slightly biased toward Coachella though because that's what I grew up on, them feels knowmsayin?

ok i got it. An article from san diego says

"The festival, which typically draws 20 percent of its audience from San Diego County, will run April 12-14 and April 19-21, with the same lineup appearing both weekends. The Stone Roses will headline on April 12 and April 19, while Phoenix will headline April 13 and April 20 and Red Hot Chili Peppers headline April 14 and April 21. (See the bottom of this article for the complete, day-by-day lineup.)

Other major acts set to appear include -- on April 12 and 19 -- Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse and Lou Reed (who, at 70, joins Detroit troubadour Rodriguez as this year's oldest Coachella performer).

The April 13 and April 20 festival lineup also features the XX (which performed here last year at SOMA), the reunited Postal Service, Iceland's Sigur Ros, New Order, Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear and The 2 Bears.

Joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, figuratively, not literally, on April 14 and April 21 will be Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (who appears likely to perform at a yet to be disclosed San Diego venue between the two Coachella weekends), Vampire Weekend, Social Distortion and Wu-Tang Clan.

In lieu of a Smiths' reunion, former Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr will perform with his new band April 12 and April 19."

How on earth do they make money booking the same lineup for two weekends? That just doesnt make any sense at all. i wish someone could explain this to me.