Coachella 2009 - Indio, CA (4/18/2009)

We pretty much stuck to our plan when we got to Coachella. We skipped the end of Dr. Dog and Henry Rollins to hang out in the beer tent and listen to Michael Franti & Spearhead. We took care of Record Store Day before got there and didn't look at the Coachella RSD tent.

Joss Stone
Blitzen Trapper

Fleet Foxes
MIA
The Killers
Last.fm, Flickr

Setlist

1. Human
2. Somebody Told Me
3. For Reasons Unknown
4. This Is Your Life
5. Joy Ride
6. Bling (Confession of a King)
7. Shadowplay (Joy Division Cover)
8. Smile Like You Mean It
9. Spaceman
10. A Dustland Fairytale
11. Sam's Town (Abbey Road Version)
12. Read My Mind
13. Mr. Brightside
14. All These Things That I've Done

Encore:

15. Bones
16. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
17. When You Were Young

-setlist.fm


Tracks 2, 8, 13, 14, 16 from Hot Fuss
Tracks 3, 6, 12, 15, 17 from Sam's Town
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 10 from Day & Age
Tracks 7, 11 from Sawdust

Record Store Day 2009 - The Haul

Record Store Day festivities at Rhino Records on the way to Coachella. Links updated as I find them.


Bad Religion 7"
Blitzen Trapper "War Is Placebo" 7"
Dead Weather 7"
The Decemberists "The Rake's Song" 7"
Fat Possum Records Sampler 7"
Flaming Lips / Black Keys "Borderline / Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" 7"
El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Cryptomnesia" full-length LP
Flight of the Conchords "Pencils in the Wind" 7"
Gaslight Anthem "Live at 10"
Grizzly Bear "Live at KCRW" 7"
Heaven & Hell "Bible Black" 7"
Iron & Wine "Norfolk 06/20/05" CD
Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song" 7"
Jay Reatard & Sonic Youth split 7"
MC5 "Kick Out the Jams" 7"
Misfits "Walk Among Us" LP
My Morning Jacket "Celebracion de la Ciudad Natal" CD & double 10" w/CD
New Order "Temptation" 7"
Obits "I Can't Lose" 7"
Record Store Day Sampler LP
Silversun Pickups "Pikul" 12"
Slayer "Psychopathy Red" 7"
Sonic Youth & Beck split 7"
Sublime "Superstar Punani" 7"
Thermals/Thao Split 7"
These Arms Are Snakes & Russian Circles clear vinyl 12"
Vetiver "Wishing Well" 7"
Tom Waits "Live from the Glitter Dome" 7"
Whiskeytown "San Antone" 7"

EDIT: 6/25 more links

Until the Light Takes Us

If you didn't know already, I am fascinated by Black Metal. It is one of the most interesting musical subcultures out there. Its music is strongly DIY, but is also surrounded by controversy. Like any good subculture it has its own fashion sense. This is the reason I'm excited for a new documentary exploring the depths of this extreme metal subgenre.



Until the Light Takes Us has some limited showings in Portland and Seattle this May.

Coachella 2009 - The Plan

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Rhino Records (Record Store Day)

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Driving

1:30 PM to 2:10 PM - Cloud Cult

2:40 PM to 3:30 PM - Joss Stone

3:45 PM to 4:35 PM - Blitzen Trapper

4:35 PM to 4:55 PM - Dr. Dog

5:05 PM to 5:50 PM - Henry Rollins

6:25 PM to 7:15 PM - TV on the Radio

7:25 PM to 8:15 PM - Fleet Foxes

8:40 PM to 9:30 PM - Band of Horses

10:25 PM - The Killers

11:05 PM - Mastodon

Coachooser

The English Beat - "Save It for Later"

The English Beat (known as the Beat in England) are playing tonight at the Knitting Factory. In honor of this, here is the righteous video for "Save It for Later".

Record Store Day 2009 - The Plan

As I previously posted, Record Store Day takes place on April 18th this year. Now this year, Becca and I will be attending Coachella on that very same day. Not to worry, there is still hope. Coachella is very aware of the importance of Record Store Day and will have their very own record store day market at the festival. Also, just in case, I have located participating stores in Palm Desert and Claremont.

Also with regards to my previous post, the number of record store day exclusive releases has grown exponentially. I mentioned a couple last time, but the list has grown quite large. I hoping to hit a couple of the stores I mentioned because you can't find all of the exclusives everywhere. The complete list can be found here. Some notable additions are singles by Blitzen Trapper, the Decemberists, Flight of the Conchords, Modest Mouse, Heaven & Hell, Slayer, and Grizzly Bear.