(The scene of everyone leaving after Snoop and Dre)
Show: Coachella Day 3
Venue: Indio, CA
Date: 4/22/12
Show #26
So I made it to day 3. Barely. But I made it. IP Profin was bar far my best friend that morning! But I sucked it up, and even made it inside for one of the first shows of the day at Noon.
Sleeper Agent
Rolling Stone described this band as "Shaggy Kentucky kids whose songs are sweet, fizzy and combustible as a can of shook soda." Oddly enough, if you listen to them, it describes them pretty well. Unfortunately the sound that day on this stage wasn't the greatest. It was really hard to hear any vocals, but I went home and listened to their album and was impressed.
Lissie
Ahh Lissie! I've been obsessed with this girl since I had the pleasure of seeing her at Coachella. She sounds like... if Adele did indie folk music and grew up in the mid-west. She also did a cover of Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" that's just amazing. Seriously, check her out.
First Aid Kit
First Aid kit is a Swedish indie-folk sister duo. Great voices, not the most entertaining. I found myself bored to tears during this show.
Fitz & the Tantrums
I had heard about these guys for a while so I was excited to finally see them live, and they did not disappoint! They're an indie-pop/Soul group from LA. They do a great job at putting a modern twist on big band/soul/disco all at once. The show was just a great time, check them out live if you ever get a chance. I recorded a video of one of their more known songs "Moneygrabber"-
Santigold
This was an interesting show to say the least. She's a mix of pop, reggae, hip-hop, new wave and electronica all rolled into one. She also had these 2 awesome dancers who were identical, never out of sync with each other, and I don't think they smiled once. At one point there was even a dancing horse on stage:
She even brought a ton of audience members on stage with her for "Creator".
Nero
Nero is an electro/house/dubstep duo from Britain. I'm normally not a fan of either of those things, but I listened to them as I was deciding on my schedule for the weekend and loved these guys. Their song "Doomsday" has such a sick beat to it, it makes you want to lean back to the beat with your eyes closed, further accentuating my white girl'dness but whatever. Also, they do a remix of "I've Got A Crush on You" thats pretty awesome.
"Doomsday"
Gotye
I know you all know Gotye by now from his song "Somebody That I Used to Know". He was the must see act of the day for a lot of people. I decided to head over there to catch some of the set after I saw Nero, and I couldn't even get close to the stage. That was the most packed I had seen that tent all weekend. I only stayed for a song or 2 because it was just ridiculous. Most people left after he did his big song. The rest of his album is awesome though. While I don't think he has any singles on there that will get anywhere close to "Somebody That I Used to Know", the rest of the album is worth a listen.
Girl Talk
Oh my god. I can't even begin to tell you how much fun this show was. I had always heard about Girl Talk being a DJ that just mixes other people's songs together and I never saw what was so special about it, until I saw this guy live. He manages to seamlessly mix together songs you would never think of would go together in a million years. It's a non-stop, high energy dance party. So. Much. Fun.
Justice
I didn't see a ton of this set, but managed to see "D.A.N.C.E.", which had the whole crowd at the main stage going. Another non-stop dance party!
Florence and the Machine
This was my first time seeing Florence and I have to say, I wasn't blown away. Maybe I just had high expectations, but I wasn't feelin it for some reason. Maybe I didn't like going from 2 high energy dance shows, to slow power ballads.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
This was my favorite show of the whole weekend. It was just on another level of ridiculousness. Even though everyone on Weekend 2 knew the hologram was coming, everyone still flipped their shit when we actually saw it with our own eyes. It really does look as lifelike in person as everyone said it did. The whole show was a perfect blend of past and present, with songs like "Forgot About Dre" (w/ Eminem), "Gin and Juice", and Snoop even performed a newer song with Wiz Khalifa. 50 Cent even did "In Da Club". A+
And just like that, Coachella was over. My friends and I decided to drive back after the show, where we ended up sitting in our car in the parking lot for nearly 2 hours before they let us out of the Car Companion lot. Our driver actually got out of the car and slept on the grass for a little bit! Haha! We got home around 4am, and the first thing I did was take a shower. I may have stained my tub from all the dirt that rolled off of me. Yeah it's gross, but whatever, Coachella is worth it!
If you're one of those people who think they can go to work the next day, just don't. I took that Monday off from work and I'm so glad I did. I just slept all day and tried to recover. Everything hurt, and I mean everything. I can't wait to do it all over again next year!
