Lift your heavy eyelids

I went to see the Coachella Movie last night with a couple of friends. It was pretty good, tho not perfect. The second half was far better than the first. Biggest gripe...the volume levels were too low! It wasn't in surround-sound and the immersion factor simply wasn't there. It's really hard to get into some of the more booming bands because of this.

Surprise surprise, the highlight was The Arcade Fire's performance of Rebellion (Lies). It was the greatest show I had ever seen them do, and was really excited to be able to experience part of it again. Somewhere out there the whole set is on tape. It should really be released on it's own. Other highlights were Bjork and Bright Eyes, particularly because the quiet songs worked better with the low theater volume. But there were a number of stunning performances, really, and only a few stinkers (The Zero-7 finale didn't fit and Oasis kind of bored me...tho Noel's backstage commentary was pretty priceless). All in all it was very well done, tho not without its faults.

I'm sure it's not a coincidence that Presale tickets go on sale today for the 2006 festival. The movie had an infomercial feel to it. Did a good job of selling the fest to people who have never been. Tickets can be bought here at 1:00pm NY time. The Password is seven. They've also stated the official lineup will finally be announced next week.

Comments

[Matt Berlyant]

First off, it's silly that they choose to sell tickets without announcing the official lineup first. I wanted to see this movie last night, but by the time I got around to getting tickets, both showing sold out. Oh well. I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.

Anyway I have a question. Did they show the footage of Peter Murphy of Bauhaus hanging upside down and singing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" from last year's festival? Enquiring minds want to know.

[ghgh]

no they didn't show any bauhaus. the movie was awful. it disgraced the coachella legacy. they should have just picked one year.