My Coachella 2009 Bands/Musicians

My Coachella 2009

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My 9th Coachella and one of my favorites. Friday was one of the best days of music I've ever had.
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  1. 1
    Folk music, Pop music, Indie rock More
    If you were to tell me about a band that uses horns, ukulele, and accordion to make Eastern European folk-esque music, I'd expect to find it "interesting", but to not really ever feel like listening to it.

    Fortunately Beirut is something more than that. Powerfully emotion music that compels you to keep listening.
  2. 2
    Alternative rock, Soft rock, Punk rock More
    Amanda Palmer knows how to put on a show. She is very much the type of performer whose live performance cannot be captured on an album. I was wondering how she'd be minus the other half of the Dresden Dolls. Still amazing.
  3. 3
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock More
    I laid out in the field and just soaked in the Black Keys' heavy blues riffs. Probably my quintessential "festival" moment of the whole show.
  4. 4
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock More
  5. 5
    Rock music, Folk rock, Alternative country More
  6. 6
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Post-rock More
    Every year there's a performance that I really looked forward to, and yet when the time came for their show to start, I'm not ready to leave where I'm at. I enjoyed the show, but I don't think I fully grokked it.
  7. 7
    Alternative rock, Rock music, New Wave More
  8. 8

    Airborne Toxic Event

    Alternative rock, Indie rock
  9. 9
    Folk music, Rock music, Pop rock More
  10. 10
    Classical music, Rock music, Hard rock More
    Sigh. Everyone asked about this performance, and I had to shrug my way through it. The Beatles songs are great, but I've never been blown away by the rest of his stuff.

    To be fair, I go to Coachella first and foremost for bands other than headliners, so I graded the headliners very harshly.
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    Folk music, Alternative rock, Electronic music More
    Oy. I've loved both MIA's albums. Having seen her now play live twice, she's a ridiculously bad performer. She's not lower than 11 because she's got some great songs. But any reasonable performance would have put her into the top 5 easily.

  12. 12
    Alternative country, Indie rock, Indie folk
  13. 13
    Alternative rock, Post-punk, Noise rock More
  14. 14

    Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

    Alternative country, Americana, Indie rock
  15. 15
    Hip hop music, East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop More
  16. 16
    Alternative rock, Alternative country, Punk rock More
  17. 17
    Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Indie rock More
  18. 18
    Electropop, Experimental rock, Indie rock More
  19. 19
    Alternative rock, Punk rock
  20. 20
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Folk rock More
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