the one reason i would have gone to coachella

Aphex Twin - apparently he gave a pretty intense history lesson of dance music before he aurally beat people down and ripped their faces off:

Here is his intro...who else would end a beautiful ambient intro with flavor flav samples!



full on rave



this is a nice 7 minute montage where he progressed into drum and bass...towards the end it becomes pure madness

AND THE ENDING: FULL ON MADNESS....richard james rules

the verve ...whatever

so i scanned youtube for footage of the verve's triumphant return to america. granted it must have been nice for them to be so well received after years of playing small clubs etc... but they took one of the biggest nose dives of any band in history... looks like they are no better than when they left... compare this weekends performance of bitter sweet symphony (this is me rolling my eyes) to Verve in their prime at the metro in chicago in 1993.

OLD VERVE
The Sun, The Sea...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993
NOTE: classic richard ashcroft moment at about the 4:26 marker

OLD VERVE WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO POST ANOTHER ONE
Gravity Grave...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

FINE.. HAVE IT YOUR WAY.... ONE MORE
Blue...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

THE NEW VERVE.... UGGGHGHGHGHGH
it really is a bittersweet symphony

looking at those people get so excited for one of the worst songs of their career, is... well... it is what it is!

My Blood Valentine to play in New York ! ! ! All Tomorrow's Parties

WELCOME BACK




So My Bloody Valentine has been a mystery for god knows how long now, they were set to play Coachella this year but since Coachella sucks (granted they do have Aphex Twin as a last minute add on) I bought tickets to see them in June in London. Now news rolls out (Thanks to Karl Meier) that All Tomorrow's Parties will take place in New York in September with none other than My Bloody Valentine headlining.

There is other awesome stuff so far like Tortoise performing millions now living will never die and Built to Spill playing Perfect From Now On, but what is even cooler is that you have to stay on site for the 3 days.

It's going to be one hell of a party, I think that much can be counted on.
In case you missed the other link... here is the OFFICAL NEW YORK ALL TOMORROW'S PARTY LINK.