coachella 2014

brianroche07

hi all just wondering is anyone planning on going to this?

il be in california myself while its on and am going to desperatly try and find tickets to go to it, if anyone can help me out with this id much appreciate any help i can get as theyre sold out

bodhrandude

brianroche07

easily one of the best if not the best line up of a festival ive seen in all my years of going to gigs

bodhrandude

I can imagine a whack of clashes though, the Knife has added some new tracks to the set and apparently there is going to be more live vocals and stuff. Was looking at the Coachella forums, its weird seeing people getting excited about festivals in January, but that is some line up alright. I wish I could go but don't have the funds to take on such a trip, I have a few festivals that I work at each year in Ireland and thats good enough.

honru

I'm living in California at the moment and had an opportunity to purchase tickets on the day-of-sale but at €275 a pop, it's more than I'm willing to pay. That price doesn't include camping and when you factor in transport the fixed cost is quite high. There is a decent mix of bands, say, to get to see Disclosure, Motörhead and The Toy Dolls on the same day. Would be great to see Outkast live as well, yet Arcade Fire and Muse as headliners are no real surprise on the festival circuit, and I've no interest in seeing either live again. While there will probably be some good stuff on while they're on, two bunk headliners makes it harder to hand over the cash—not that that's much of an issue for the organisers of course.

scudzilla

brianroche07 wrote: »

easily one of the best if not the best line up of a festival ive seen in all my years of going to gigs

A tad of an overstatement i think

bodhrandude

Yeh they seemed to have the same rules about drinking at Open'r festival in Poland, you can't carry your pint to the stages, maybe Christy Moore should get gigs at Open'r and Coachella since he always requested the bar shut during his gigs.

brianroche07

scudzilla wrote: »

A tad of an overstatement i think

have to disagree, ive been to download, reading, oxegen (4 times) and electric picnic twice, this line up is definatly up there with last years picnic. everyone has their own take on it i suppose.

dirkmeister

Mr.S wrote: »

Understandable in America with their crazy Alcohol laws, but Poland!?

Yeah that was the rule but it was fairly relaxed once the sun went down and the crowds flocked towards the stage.

Not enough security men to stop everyone!

Frigga_92

I would love to go to Coachella, although the heat would put me off camping and the expense of getting there, tickets and hotels would also be a detterent, I think it is probably one of those once in a lifetime type things.

It is a good line-up this year but I've definitely seen better in years gone by.

sin0city

Going this year!
Expensive, likely a once off.
Staying in a hotel in Palm Desert with shuttle.
Cannot wait

Delighted with the line up, was hoping for The National too but still lots on each day to see. Will probably spend a lot of Friday checking out the layout and art installations.Then, depending on times/clashes and what we just end up coming across it'll loosely be:

Friday:
DJ Falcon, Jagwar Ma, Flume, Bryan Ferry, Bonobo, Broken Bells, The Knife, whatever else we wander into.

Saturday:
Maybe Laura Mvula, CHVRCHES, Nas, Fatboy Slim, Empire of the Sun, Foster the People, Pharrell, Skrillex and Queens of the Stone Age.

Sunday:
Laurent Garnier, Lana Del Rey, Disclosure, Beck, Arcade Fire.
Bit short here, any suggestions?

johnpatrick81

Mr.S wrote: »

Don't they have very silly rules about this and drinking? You can only drink in "drinking pens" away from the stages so you can't roam around with a beer, and it's something like $7 for a drink?

I suppose the heat would deter you from drinking. Do many people camp, the thought of trying to sleep in 35c heat isn't nice

Very nice lineup though, would love to make the trip over one day.

Yeah the rules are beyond ridiculous and take away from the fun factor. Everything is regimented. If it's all about the music for you then by all means it's always up there with the best lineups. As a festival experience in the whole, it was the worst I ever attended, and I've been to a fair few around europe. The only way I could recommend it would be if you were in the area anyway, or if you had a huge group so that you could make your own fun and atmosphere. The campsite was dead.

The fact that gigs start at midday until midnight rather than say at Benicassim where it starts at 6pm til 4 or 5am is a huge minus point too. If anything it's hotter at Coachella. Makes it nigh on impossible to see the early bands.

sin0city

^^Or you could look at it this way...from the Coachella forums:

Be prepared for festival heaven, be prepared for sunshine, free parking, plenty of space, no queues for beer, great food and the best selection of new music and established acts that you could wish for.
Be prepared for no-one chucking beer around, no litter, bands that hit the stage exactly on time, passionate performances and courteous fans that are there to appreciate the music and not just to get blitzed.
Br prepared for massive anticipation 3 weeks into January, 5 stages within a short walk from each other, lush grass and amazing sunsets.

Next year will be our 5th Coachella traveling from the UK. I've been to most festivals at home and will not be going to another ... ever ... again

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

https://www.youtube.com/user/coachella

streaming like every other year. always good.

BadTurtle

Incredible set from OutKast, something like Watch The Throne in the way they organised songs.

ghostdancer

some captures of performances up on youtube now:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=coachella&filters=today%2C+long&lclk=long

the official channel is replaying the streams, and you can rewind them and see the previous 4/5 hours of the stream too.

ghostdancer

BadTurtle wrote: »

Incredible set from OutKast, something like Watch The Throne in the way they organised songs.

really good.

hoping they add Players Ball to the setlist at some point over the summer though as it's my favourite song :pac:

BadTurtle

Yeah I expected more from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (guessed the spelling) considering it was the 20th anniversary. Looking at the stream, the crowd was comatose as usual at Coachella. Janelle Monae and Killer Mike barely got a rise out of them. Andre was in weird form too, facing the wrong way at times, and complaining a fair bit.

bodhrandude

Would love stream a bit at the moment but I only get 2 gig in my dongle for the weeks internet so I would use it in no time. I am happily listening to a 2 FM broadcast from 2006 at EP, Andy Weatherall/2ManyDjs and thats good enough for me.

SamAK

Wow.....one of the most varied lineups i've seen..definitely not sticking to a theme anyway.

Skrillex, Lana Del Ray, Nina Kraviz, Motorhead!?

Epic.....crowd will be such a mix-up!

You normally know exactly the kind of crowd and vibe that the acts are going to attract. Not so with Coachella!

lc180

Andre 3000 seemed very sedate during that set, definitely missing a spark in the performance but the audience came across as dreadful so its hard to tell.
I'm sure they'll get a better reaction at EP.

I watched a few sets last night, nothing special to report, it just looks unbearably warm on stage.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

i watched loads last night. liked grouplove and didn't know much about them. woodkid was a lot better live than i thought. bonobo was class. but highlight had to be chromeo, they were fcuking unreal. can't wait for them at primavera or hopefullly EP, be a way better crowd.

thought everything would be capped and uploaded to torrent sites by now but can't seem to find anything apart from outkast. working on capping stuff myself now before it's taken down.

lc180

georgiecasey wrote: »

highlight had to be chromeo, they were fcuking unreal. can't wait for them at primavera or hopefullly EP, be a way better crowd.

Just been watching Chromeo and they were by far the best I've seen so far. I'm doing my Primavera research too and trying to stream as much as possible, cant wait til end of May!

sin0city

Was there yesterday, was something else. Staff high fiving people on the way in. One older guy sayin he quit partying years ago so we better pick up his slack

Search is hardly a search at all. Open your bag, move the stuff around please. Off you go.

We went early though and it was hot, really hot. Probably over 30 but 4 of the six stages are tents and there's loads of shade. Cools down around 4 or 5.

Giant moving spaceman and loads of cool stuff to check out. The get up on some people is class, full costumes, bikinis, excellent atmosphere. People in their feet on the grass, water being sprayed off stages with power hoses. Anything we went to see started on time.

Bonobo was excellent, Flume was jammed, missed a couple of things checking the place out and there are a good few clashes. Saw Aaron Paul and a few other heads.

Headin in now shortly. Really lookin forward to qotsa, missed them in the point.

ghostdancer

georgiecasey wrote: »

i watched loads last night. liked grouplove and didn't know much about them. woodkid was a lot better live than i thought. bonobo was class. but highlight had to be chromeo, they were fcuking unreal. can't wait for them at primavera or hopefullly EP, be a way better crowd.

thought everything would be capped and uploaded to torrent sites by now but can't seem to find anything apart from outkast. working on capping stuff myself now before it's taken down.

there's quite a few on dimeadozen if you're a member there. 1080p mostly.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZGu5EZyunVU

future islands killing it now on #2. can't take my eyes off sam herring!

cheers ghostdancer, never heard of taht site. i thought this would be capped everywhere but that's the only place. pity they don't ahve girl talk though.

lc180

Watching the live stream, does anyone else get the impression the crowd consists of nothing but screaming teenage girls?!?

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

i presume you're talking about GTA and dillon francis. it's crazy how mainstream 'EDM' is in america. it's fckking awful sh-ite. female talent at the front is great though. same as ultra 2 weeks ago.

44thservice

found it very hard to watch churches!!!!!! the synth player signing was cringe to watch!!!!!

seandotcomm

lc180 wrote: »

Watching the live stream, does anyone else get the impression the crowd consists of nothing but screaming teenage girls?!?

Yea, these kind

sin0city

Wind got up yesterday, was mental.
Covered in a fine dust leaving, lots of people wearing bandanas.
Fatboy slim and qotsa were animal but skrillex wasn't great.

The lighting at qotsa was incredible and the Sahara arena is the best indoor arena I've seen at a festival.

Day 2 was better overall I thought.
Heard beyonce made an appearance at her sister's gig and Jay-Z and p diddy showed up during NAS.

Arcade. Fire. Tonight! Disclosure, neutral milk hotel, Lana and Laurent garnier.

Organisation is excellent. Campers each have a space marked out which should be done at all festivals. No queues for shuttle bus, they're lined up and pull off as they fill up. There are id check stands that give you a wristband too so no messing after that. There are drinking pens but with the lax search you have no problem bringing in whatever. Brought 500 ml captain Morgan's yesterday and just bought mixer in there so no pens all day. Weed is ubiquitous.

Highly recommend it as a festival.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

jesus what's it like camping in the heat? what's the general vibe of the crowd, much craic in them? female talent looks ridicilous judging from the streams but the cameraman pick them out i suppose.

are you living in the states or did you fly over?

seandotcomm

sin0city wrote: »

There are drinking pens but with the lax search you have no problem bringing in whatever. Brought 500 ml captain Morgan's yesterday and just bought mixer in there so no pens all day.

Obviously a lot more laxy since I was there, I remember getting my dreadlocks searched back in '07, lol

alleystar

lc180 wrote: »

Andre 3000 seemed very sedate during that set, definitely missing a spark in the performance but the audience came across as dreadful so its hard to tell.
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That was the problem, the crowd were a woeful bunch. He turned his back to them at one stage and I wouldn't blame him.

sin0city

georgiecasey wrote: »

jesus what's it like camping in the heat? what's the general vibe of the crowd, much craic in them? female talent looks ridicilous judging from the streams but the cameraman pick them out i suppose.

are you living in the states or did you fly over?

Flew over, staying in hotel. I'd say the tents are like furnaces during the day. Crowd is generally chilled the **** out.
No aggression at all so far.

Not surprising they're more sedate during the day with the heat, you have to pace yourself. Really kicks off when the sun goes down. Talent is ridiculous alright.

So much to see and listen to, first 2 days flew

sin0city

seandotcomm wrote: »

Obviously a lot more laxy since I was there, I remember getting my dreadlocks searched back in '07, lol

Maybe just lucky but yesterday he just felt the weight of my bag and let me on and the day before just told me to move the stuff in at around.

seandotcomm

alleystar wrote: »

That was the problem, the crowd were a woeful bunch. He turned his back to them at one stage and I wouldn't blame him.

crowd seemed pretty crap but I doubt them being inside a big perspex cube onstage helped things

johnpatrick81

Aye they musta relaxed alot of their search rules. Going into the campsite in 09 they went through tissues in my pocket and every inch of my wallet.

Crowd were the worst at any festival by a million miles. Can't stress enough how crap it was bar the amazing lineup.

44thservice

^^ sorry but what :P

johnpatrick81

What what?

maximoose

I really want Chromeo at picnic, hopefully that leak was true.

BadTurtle

Yeah from what I've heard anecdotally dont think I'll ever head there. **** crowd, extreme weather, general lack of craic. Better off taking a lesser lineup somewhere fun.

alleystar

BadTurtle wrote: »

Yeah from what I've heard anecdotally dont think I'll ever head there. **** crowd, extreme weather, general lack of craic. Better off taking a lesser lineup somewhere fun.

Coachella is pretty much a fashion parade anyway, a photo op for celebrities. Full of rich kids too who tap their parents for money - that's why the crowd are so flat and useless.

MattD

All that said, I've really enjoyed watching this on YouTube! Some great sets that I've seen so far.

Qotsa, MGMT, future islands, outkast all stand out. Lorde was surprisingly great too. Such a confident and self-assured artist and performance.

M three

sin0city wrote: »

Flew over, staying in hotel. I'd say the tents are like furnaces during the day. Crowd is generally chilled the **** out.
No aggression at all so far.

Not surprising they're more sedate during the day with the heat, you have to pace yourself. Really kicks off when the sun goes down. Talent is ridiculous alright.

So much to see and listen to, first 2 days flew

Cheers for the posts about coachella, plan a trip to that part of the US sometime and want to take it in, what dates is it on?
How did you manage to get tickets do you mind me asking? Read somewhere that it sold out in 20 mins

sin0city

BadTurtle wrote: »

Yeah from what I've heard anecdotally dont think I'll ever head there. **** crowd, extreme weather, general lack of craic. Better off taking a lesser lineup somewhere fun.

I understand some people haven't had a great time there but that wasn't my experience at all. I've been to a lot of festivals at home and a few on the continent and Coachella was by far and away the best festival I've been at. Organisation, line up, general buzz about the place, setting, guaranteed sunshine, grass to walk on, free ice creams given out during the day, quality sound and stages.

The drinking pens can be avoided and even then, they're nicely positioned - one overlooks the main stage and another the Sahara arena.

Regarding the weather, it was about 30 degrees during the day, more around noon as you'd expect in the desert. That's just how it is in Indio, Palm Springs, Palm Desert etc. Gates open at 11am and it cools down around four or five. 4 of the 6 stages are indoors anyway.

alleystar wrote: »

Coachella is pretty much a fashion parade anyway, a photo op for celebrities. Full of rich kids too who tap their parents for money - that's why the crowd are so flat and useless.

It's not suprising a lot of celebrities go, given that it's two hours from LA. I'd say you're talking about less tham 1% of the crowd and even then, I'm sure some of them go because they like music.

Not sure about your other generalisations but given that about 160,000 people go over both weekends I don't think that covers everyone there. We saved hard for over a year beforehand.

There were people there from all over the world too. A lot of Kiwi's and Australians and we were talking to a Japanese girl who was there a couple of times before. It's not too far from them over the Pacific.

And my experience of the crowd was great too, at the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Flume, Bonobo, the Naked and Famous and Arcade fire. If you consider the crowd at the likes of Oxegen good where you've loads of 18 year olds pig drunk and roaring by lunch time then, apart from a few frat boys it's not like that.

Honestly, apart from some lack lustre performances I'd find it hard to fault it. There was a bit of crossover between the 2 outdoor stages sound wise but as soon as the one you were at started up you didn't notice the other. Drink was expensive too if you did't manage to get any in. We had a locker though - I'd recommend it to anyone that goes. Keep clothes and whatever else there for the weekend. It's really handy even if you're camping.

sin0city

M three wrote: »

Cheers for the posts about coachella, plan a trip to that part of the US sometime and want to take it in, what dates is it on?
How did you manage to get tickets do you mind me asking? Read somewhere that it sold out in 20 mins

Hi. You can get package tickets months and months beforehand. They include hotel, shuttle and tickets. They're expensive but we thought they were well worth it. Send me on a pm if you want more info.