My photos from the third and final (phew!) day of Coachella 2011, featuring Kanye West, the Strokes (pictured), the National, Duran Duran, Best Coast, CSS, HEALTH and MEN are on Brand X. As are my shots from Day 1 and Day 2.
Though the revelatory days of their ’03/’04 You Forgot It In People tour are long behind them, Broken Social Scene remain a live act to be reckoned with. At this point in the set, I was struggling with my freshly broken DSLR so I missed this searing performance of probably the best guitar solo in 2000s indie-rock. (Name a better one. “Last Nite,” maybe?) Enjoy. More goodies on the Coachella YouTube page.
All things considered, Coachella 2011 was pretty great; I am also tired enough to realize maybe I’m not cut out for desert music festivals any more, at least ones I get to before 5 p.m. I broke my camera on Saturday and borrowed one on Sunday (thanks, Natalie!), so photo editing/transferring is still a work-in-progress — look for pictures and recaps and interviews and all that good stuff over on Brand X over the next couple days. What’d you guys think?
My photos of Jenny and Johnny, Broken Social Scene, Foals, the Radio Dept. and Here We Go Magic are over on Brand X. I broke my camera after that, so, uh, that Arcade Fire shot is by Reuters. (I’m borrowing one for today.) My notes on yesterday’s music/vibes are here.
Conspiracy theories aside, people were rightfully surprised when Radiohead’s The King of Limbs emerged at a slim eight tracks with no follow-up EPs or b-sides — something the band had never done in its two-decade history. But Radiohead says after a Record Store Day single, there’s nothing left in the can — nothing totally finished, at any rate. “There are [other] songs that we have started, that we never finished, but there’s not like seven or eight finished songs waiting in the wings to be released now, or in the autumn, or something… When we start a new record, we tend to start afresh. It’s kind of an evolutionary thing– only the fittest survive,” Ed O’Brien told BBC6 (via Pitchfork). Luckily, The King of Limbs is really great, so we can probably make do.
Once again, I’m Coachella-bound this year. Here’s my tentative schedule/band advice — see you in the desert. I’ll be covering (with a photo pass!) for Brand X, so keep an eye out. Read the rest of this entry »
In which your intrepid blogger once again attempts to present you with a handful of records worth buying as the year rolls on (and, starting with this one, older jams I’ve had on heavy rotation).
February/March:
Shugo Tokumaru – Port Entropy (Polyvinyl) | REVIEW >> “Lahaha”:mp3
Radiohead – The King of Limbs (self-released) |REVIEW
Puro Instinct - Headbangers In Ecstasy (Mexican Summer) >> “Stilyagi”:mp3
Brave Irene (ft. Rose Melberg) – Brave Irene (Slumberland) >> “No Fun”:mp3
Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine (Carpark) | REVIEW >> “Still Sound”:mp3
Also recommended: The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck (Merge), KORT (Lambchop) – Invariable Heartache (City Slang), Cut/Copy – Zonoscope (Modular), R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (Warner Bros.), Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador)
On heavy rotation the last two months:
Harvey Williams – California (1999) and Rebellion (1994) | REVIEW
Todd Rundgren - Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Always – Thames Valley Leather Club and Other Stories (1988)
Curren$y – Pilot Talk (2010)
Heavenly – Heavenly Vs. Satan (1991)
Previously: January
(Puro Instinct photo by David Greenwald)
My photos of Jenny and Johnny, Broken Social Scene, Foals, the Radio Dept. and Here We Go Magic are over on 
Conspiracy theories aside, people were rightfully surprised when Radiohead’s The King of Limbs emerged at a slim eight tracks with no follow-up EPs or b-sides — something the band had never done in its two-decade history. But Radiohead says after a Record Store Day single, there’s nothing left in the can — nothing totally finished, at any rate. “There are [other] songs that we have started, that we never finished, but there’s not like seven or eight finished songs waiting in the wings to be released now, or in the autumn, or something… When we start a new record, we tend to start afresh. It’s kind of an evolutionary thing– only the fittest survive,” Ed O’Brien told 
In which your intrepid blogger once again attempts to present you with a handful of records worth buying as the year rolls on (and, starting with this one, older jams I’ve had on heavy rotation).
