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Yep, I've been saying the same thing, I'll be surprised if they don't have a band when they play this stuff. The album almost feels like a rebuttal of modern EDM (says guy who isn't terribly...

Some things aren't as good as Coachella. Others are better. But they're completely different festivals, so stop comparing and just go have a good time.

My only significant complaint about OSL last...

The ending is nice, but getting to it's a slog. I wish it'd been its own song - would fit nicely in the vein of their acoustic "Countdown" or "Playground Love" cover. But then, I'm just a guy on a...

Really? Bankrupt! is the only guaranteed skip on the album for me. I'm convinced it's only there so they can use it Sunskrupt (which is great).

WHAT. She covered Let's Go Crazy?? Thank you / I hate you for this, this is awesome and I am beyond jealous.

Bruce would get me there in a heartbeat.

Would Atoms for Peace constitute a headliner? They strike me as likely as well - open both weekends and playing Mexico City in between. (Which I guess I...

Album is on Spotify now, if you haven't heard it yet.

Yup, very excited to see them at OSL now. Might be going to Lolla, too. Four times in six months, haha.

Awesome to hear that they're great guys, too. Feels like it confirms their on-stage...

D'Angelo only has two albums? I feel like an idiot for not noticing that. But thanks for the recommendations - will seek out the live set!



Fair, but one thing I love about prepping for...

My turn on the recommendation requests: I like pretty much everything I've heard from D'Angelo and Hall & Oates, but don't know much. Which album(s) should I start with for those?

I was going to give you five songs to try, but it's honestly tough for me to narrow down. You can't go wrong with High Violet, Boxer, or Alligator, their last three albums (I still need to spend some...

Did he delete it? Don't see the tweet on his feed (would RT, since he was next to us)...

Yes, this is the worst.

Still a month or so away from a lineup release, but how does this fest stack up to the competition? A buddy of mine is trying to get me to go to Lolla, but given the crossover between that, Outside...

[this was referring to the clusterf*ck getting in on Friday]

I got some pretty intense searches both Friday and Saturday, the most invasive I've experienced. One dude literally went through every...

The crowd at start was maybe thinner than I expected, but she's against a ton of other bands people know better. It filled in, but you don't need to be super early.

That said, you do need to be...

My favorite from Friday as well. Though yes, the new album is a major disappointment.

None of the above - you see Janelle Monae. Please, please trust me on this. The other options are good too - it's an awful conflict - but if you really want to party, go to Monae, and you won't...

I must have been right next to you, saw Allen Stone behind me too. Janelle was the best set of the weekend, for me. Amazing what she's doing, and maybe more-amazing that she's not huge already.

I was on here awhile back whining about their show in SF. I take it all back. They killed it Saturday night.

I came in halfway through Sunskrupt! and when they followed that up with "Too Young" I...

Honestly? R. Kelly was a better guest than Daft Punk would have been. DP is great, and they're great live, but they wouldn't have had any light show, any spectacle. R. Kelly's voice is the spectacle,...

I totally forgot to get a doctor's note in this process - how necessary are they for ADA? I can probably call and get something emailed if necessary.

Bumping this for some of the optimism on the thread. Just broke/sprained (hairline fracture) my ankle last night, so I get to practice using crutches for the first time on the Polo field. Trying to...

I'll concur with the National defenders out there - even if you're not sold on the albums, they're one of the best live bands I've seen. Sigur Ros isn't a great comparison, but the National really...

The nice thing is, they're solid enough. I hope they're not on before noon, I'd check them out at 1-2pm. Still, feels weird not to have heard of a UK festival headliner playing Coachella (Kasabian,...

File's been taken down on both newalbumreleases.net links anyway. Skynet is learning.

Do we really think Franz is still getting such a sweet slot? That's essentially the same slot they had in '09, which was itself a major drop down from their 8:15 subheadlining slot in '06. I don't...

It'd be a little late to do anything about that, if so. Maybe they need to practice their Daft Punk intro transition. (Sorry, somebody was bound to go there.)

Yessss. Been hoping this album would hit before the fest. This should be fun.

Azealia Banks did it at Coachella 2012. Etc.

Sigh.

When you exclude singles Coldplay played 5 unreleased songs (out of 14), Phoenix is playing 9 (out of 19). Put another way: Coldplay had three albums and spent just over a third of the show on the...

It's not so much surprising that they're playing all of Bankrupt! as it is that they're doing it before releasing the damn album. It's kind of insane to spend half a concert playing music that nobody...

For real. I'd be way psyched about 90-95. Would like a bit cooler, but last year was so brutal, 95 would feel great by comparison.

Yes, and that was AWESOME. And to be clear, the band sounded good, lots of energy, ready to take on a massive stage. I just wish they acknowledged that they wrote music before WAP.

On that note, if anyone wants to PM me the album, I'd be much obliged.

But isn't it weird to have set lists that require you to illegally download an unreleased album to know at least half the songs? I certainly wish I'd heard it, but I still find that bizarre,...

Saw them last night, pretty much the same set list as posted previously. Bummed about the lack of older material - only one song from before Wolfgang - and more than half the set was new stuff (and I...

I don't understand the Independent's system. Limit two tickets, but it said tickets weren't available when I tried two. Switch to one, and it said all tickets were in shopping carts and might become...

I've been a Phoenix fan from day one, but I think you're overstating their reach. Nobody's gonna recognize If I Ever Feel Better if they don't know it's a Phoenix song. But they'll still have a good...

I'd be surprised by six songs from a new album if that album isn't out yet. Their last tour was really heavy on songs from the two most recent albums - ie, maximizing the stuff people would...

Wait, what? Bands are expected to release live performance videos of songs before playing them on a full tour now?

Phoenix sold out Madison Square Garden almost three years ago (I believe). I...

Fair point. I do think the 160 combined mins they're at now feels right.

Those weren't co-headliners, and in both cases one act was electronic. Kanye West / The Strokes is a much better comparison - the only other actual co-headliners - and they had a combined 155 mins....

A) no guarantees
B) Coachella 2011 - DFA 1979 was sixth on the poster that Sunday and played at 6pm on the main. Wiz Khalifa was 7th on the poster and played at 3:45. Nas & Damian Marley were 9th on...

I was thinking J5 in the Passion Pit slot. 6pm sounds right to me.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings played at either 11pm or midnight and tore down the Gobi. I dream of Phoenix ending at midnight and Janelle hitting the Mojave at that time.

I really, really wish she was on Sunday. I can't imagine letting myself miss her for anything, but I'm worried she'll get a bum afternoon set instead of the late night party she deserves.

This thread has already earned its keep. Excellent.

That schedule above is, on first glance, about as good as it could be for me. Inevitable conflicts galore Friday and Saturday, but pretty good.