If you ask nicely Ravi will make a sampler of 2-3 songs from each of the Coachella artists to preview beforehand so that you can become familiar with new bands and be able to strategize once the set schedule is announced. Some bands are on just way too early to be worth the effort to get there and so even though you might really want to see something, you won’t get to.
As a result you end up with a few new bands that you really enjoy that you didn’t manage to catch on stage for whatever reason.
Here’s 2 that we really like:
The first is one that I am obsessed with – La Roux. Oddly she’s this British chick who seems to be trying to reimagine the 80s. SO FUN!
LOVE the hair! And actually we probably could have pulled off seeing her on the first day but I don’t think I was quite as obsessed at that point and I think we were eating. (sorry about the commercial that may or may not appear at the beginning)
The second is one that Will is obsessed with – One EskimO. They were on the last day at noon – so even though a few of us were very much interested, it wasn’t happening. They have a series of cartoon videos to go with the album telling the story of One EskimO and his lady love. And the cartoon band features a few penguins which could have something to do with Will’s love.
Our favorite song is “Kandi” which samples a 1970-something soul recording and is a really old song that has been recorded many, many times both good and bad (do a search for “Kandi” on YouTube and you’ll figure out what I’m talking about).
the video is German but is the only version of the cartoon you can find that’s decent.
But even better – the song was featured on the season finale of Bones last week!
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