Best performance Day 1?

[JoshTheBoyd]

Refused, pulp, death grips and sebastian were all amazing. Rapture sounded killer from work I heard

[Jman4321]

GIRLS were really good. The crowd was great, with people singing along but not overbearingly. The slight rain and wind complimented them well, and the backup singers were awesome. Unfortunate I had to miss Death Grips but I left happy.

[Newro7ic]

Refused.

[Jman4321]

But yeah it's either Pulp or Refused for me.

[cheesehead004]

for those of you that saw m83... im anticipating a ridiculously overcrowded mojave; how hard was it exactly to even get in there? im thinking of seeing the rapture just to be in the damn tent when m83 comes on...

[halfeatensausage]

REFUSED

[Foucault]

for those of you that saw m83... im anticipating a ridiculously overcrowded mojave; how hard was it exactly to even get in there? im thinking of seeing the rapture just to be in the damn tent when m83 comes on...

There was a pretty sizable switch over between the two sets... but if you want up close you should see Rapture, they're killer anyway

[Boazbri]

Arctic Monkeys were the best. the Rapture killed it too

[RedHotSgtPeppers]

1. Explosions
2. Gary Clark Jr
3. Arctic monkeys
4. Pulp I guess. Eh.

[Riggins33]

Jimmy cliff, M83
I cried during. Jimmys first song.
It was so great

HA what a puss.

[ohaithereguise]

Jimmy cliff, M83
I cried during. Jimmys first song.
It was so great

what did he open with?

[HowToDisappear]

My faves from the streams:

Refused
Pulp
Gary Clark Jr.
Jimmy Cliff

Madness was fun, too. I remember seeing them WAY back in the day, and damn they were TERRIBLE live (at least the set I saw), so I had to laugh about how they'd improved their musicianship over the past few decades.




I was looking forward to M83, but their set just left me kinda meh - maybe it was one of those had to be there things that didn't translate well without being in the energy of the crowd? And Amon Tobin's set looked stunning visually, but was just deadly dull musically. But they did cut the stream off early, so maybe something more interesting happened afterward.

[adammm]

Based from just watching the streams, I was very disappointed with Jimmy Cliff. He was a highly anticipated set for me, however, the crowd just seemed to never connect with him.

Looking for some elaboration from those who said it was awesome because it didnt really strike home for me. and I didn't even see him play Guns of Brixton! Might have missed it though as I was flipping through the three channels.


Still torn on seeing M83 or The Keys... Also between Arctic Monkeys and Madeon... Finally I am clueless if I should skip Miike Snow in favor of camping out for Radiohead...

[awesomefossum]

Refused, Pulp, and Black Keys all blew my mind.

[aguadulce]

The Rapture and Black Keys were my two favorites on day 1. The Rapture were surprisingly GREAT.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Pulp.

[Tinaturntable5]

Sweedish House Mafia-best set
-that stage, acutual fire explosions, fire works, ---so epic, and (honestly) i never heard of them before coachella, so new fan i am.
Frank Ocean-worst
-I LOVE me some frank, but hes a singer and the mic kept f*king up so it was pretty lame, and then it ended -____-

[Sigur Ros Stache]

Grouplove put on an amazingly good set, just as much fun live as it is hearing the album.

[threeve]

Gary Clark Jr., no question. I was on the front rail and the number of photographers in the pit was astounding, as was the number who stayed once they'd gotten their shots. Just sick. the sheepish hint of a grin on his face as he saw how the crowd reacted to the first few bars of "Bright Lights" was worth it.

[motionnn77]

pulp
SebastiAn
M83 (but not the crowd)

[Apex17]

Sweedish House Mafia-best set
-that stage, acutual fire explosions, fire works, ---so epic, and (honestly) i never heard of them before coachella, so new fan i am.

And this is EXACTLY why the EDM headliners this year are compiled of trash.

[jiggly]

will most probs be at subfocus banging mad bro hos dig??

[CoachellaVet09]

Sweedish House Mafia-best set
-that stage, acutual fire explosions, fire works, ---so epic, and (honestly) i never heard of them before coachella, so new fan i am.

Sometimes I like to pretend people like this are trolling, because i refuse to believe the human brain can function at such low capacity

[nathanfairchild]

I have to go with death grips. I wasn't crazy about their music prior to seeing them, but that set was a blast.

[Grinch26]

Death Grips was ridiculously good

[Tinaturntable5]

Sometimes I like to pretend people like this are trolling, because i refuse to believe the human brain can function at such low capacity

what? the music was great and the visual was awesome, i was just being honest...

[That70sdesperado]

Refused was easily my favorite of the day, and possibly my favorite of the entire festival. Sounded great, amazing energy, killer audience. And unlike a lot of "reunion" shows, the band members all seemed genuinely stoked to be there. Great time. Honorable mentions go to Death Grips, Neon Indian, Wu Lyf and Pulp.

[ballgame]

EITS
Refused
Grouplove

[grichsgang]

GIVERS for me. Followed by Madness, honeyhoney, Grouplove

[muhself]

explosions in the sky was my favorite this coachella. just beautiful.