Beach House

[daftsquirrel]

i watched it last night and it almost ruined Walk In The Park for me...

ALMOST

[TonyWonder]

Still my favorite album of 2010...can't wait to see them at Coachella.

[greenredblack]

They are absolutely a must see for me.

However, for what it's worth (hopefully not much), David Cross just did a live ustream q&a thing, promoting his new comedy special, & at one point he said he loves Teen Dream, but that Beach House was "boring" live. I hope to fuck he's wrong. Or at least subdued is, to him, boring. I can live with subdued.

[Muppetmuscles]

I can't wait to see Beach House, but first I'm going to vent a bit: How the hell are they billed so low?? I'm obviously a bit biased (big fan of Devotion and Teen Dream), but do they really deserve to be billed lower than Shooter Jennings, the Temper Trap, or Tokyo Police Club (among others)?

I guess I don't really care where they are billed....but since they are so low I get the feeling they will be playing at noon as I'm waiting in a line 100 yards long waiting to be frisked by Security. Ugh.

THIS IS MY MOST TERRIFYING FEAR OF ALL TIME FOR COACHELLA. Standing in line to get in and missing beach house. I just hope they play later then noon.

[BayAreaIsBetter]

I'm hoping everyone will be at Muse so I can get very close.

[ADrunkPoet]

In a perfect world, they would play at sunset.

[adri_p]

There's a bunch of hype around Beach House (and there should be!). I don't anticipate that they will be playing so early in the day...

[Sonicifyouwantit]

I'm guessing they'll be in Gobi.

[guedita]

The maybe fake set times from the Monklish blog has them in the Gobi at 9. I do think Gobi is a good call. Beach House is going to help me have a really mellow (but wonderful) Saturday.

[Sonicifyouwantit]

The maybe fake set times from the Monklish blog has them in the Gobi at 9. I do think Gobi is a good call. Beach House is going to help me have a really mellow (but wonderful) Saturday.

It's difficult for me to get into mellow sets at Coachella. Too many distractions. I'd have to get deep into the center of the crowd. If I'm anywhere near the fringes I can only give them a two maybe three song listen and I'm out.

[gruvlicius]

Yeah, Devotion got a BNM in '08, too. I was wondering if that would have any actual bearing on the crowd at Coachella. Though, Blitzen Trapper got a BNM last year and their crowd seemed fairly large....

I think the high pitchfork rating means more hipster douchebags as opposed to ed hardy douches. The crowd should be decent unless they are up against another one pitchfork's BNM bands...

[nikolas01]

Too much emphasis on the crowd... just focus on the stage.

[kneuller]

wasnt crazy about this band this time last year. but 10 mile stereo and norway have more than changed my mind

[clumsy342]

I was SUPPOSED to go to Beach House last night, but they opened the box office early. so instead of getting there before it opened and having tickets still available, they sold out before i even left. bull. shit.

So Beach House just became sort of a must-see for me. I just really hope there isn't much conflict.

[Cookieman908]

Their set has barely been discussed by anybody. Was it any good?

I'm really curious because I'm going to be seeing them at another festival later this year and although I love their album, I suspect they'd be much better in a dark club than in an afternoon festival setting. Hopefully I'm wrong?

[fuck frankie]

Their set has barely been discussed by anybody. Was it any good?

i was only vaguely familiar with them before their set, and only planned on catching a few songs but they had me hooked and i watched the whole show. i wouldn't use terms like "face melting" or "epic" (nor should anyone. EVER) but it was a solid performance

i guess Jay Z and Beyonce watched them too

[GeezrRckr]

likely many ended up staying in the sahara during their set. "zebra" to "take care" was one of my favorite moments of the fest. just lovely.

[kneuller]

I thought they were good but not great. Id like to see them again though in a closed venue.

[kanute]

This act was one of my favorite surprises of the festival. I knew pretty much nothing about them and walked over and was immediately hooked. Their lead singer has a sort of magnetic Stevie Nicks persona and I really enjoyed her performance. Does anyone know the name of the last song they played? I can still remember the excitement I felt when that new drumbeat comes in halfway through. AWESOME!

[kanute]

10 Mile Stereo. Found it on the Setlists thread.

[guedita]

I thought they were pretty energetic and it was quite lovely for me. Though I did think the stage set ups with the twirling diamonds was a bit cheesy.

[SomeGuyInNM]

I thought their performance was great. I was surprised at how energetic they played their songs considering how mellow they are on their albums. It was one of my favorites of the weekend!

[SunDevil]

I thought they were absolutely amazing. The lead singer was just nailing her vocal lines - not sure if it was the tent, or the reverb, or both - but the sound was so dreamy yet powerful at the same time. The whole band seemed very into the performance...

I love what they said when they came out...something like "Hi, we are Beach House. We're here to cool you down. To mellow you out"

[pancakespancakes]

Dang, Coachella has to have been their first major performance with great reviews. They've always been called "terrible live" and pretty much everyone is in agreement now that Saturday was awesome, even those that had never heard their music before. Awesome that it was my first time seeing them after being obsessed for a few years.

I loved it, though maybe I wasn't wowed. I smoked way too much before the set started (conveniently after 4:20, sure I wasn't the only one) and I was starting to trip with really bad anxiety during the first part of their set... but then it was just amazing music to come down to -- wouldn't have had it any other way.

Too much Teen Dream material, but that's understandable considering what it's done for them so far and how much better live the stuff sounds. The 2 older songs were definitely standouts for me, but it was all great.

[clumsy342]

full "Zebra" video.



(available in HD)

[misterpickles]

my favorite "discovery" of 2010 fosho

[perk45]

i actually didn't enjoy this set very much. i like their music, but the live show bored me to be honest. i left them to check out the end of white rabbits.

[Miroir Noir]

New song, "Myth": http://www.beachhousebaltimore.com/

[icedKeg]

YES! Just came in here to post it. It's beautiful.

[FEELS]

loving the new song