Coachella Coastin pt. 2

Oh man...if only I could cut your vocal cords out of your throat and shove them down some slightly attractive guys mouth. Anyways, it was all kids play when The Teenagers came on stage. 15 minutes into there performance I think they realized that there crowd was either walking away, checking the time, or staring at there feet. SO they acted fast, and personally invited the whole front row up on stage with them to sing dance and have a good time. After that the crowd got a little into it. Smooth move tweenz! But the guitarist was wearing a black My Chemical Romance shirt....personally, I think it's a little too early to be ironic?


What there doing is cool, but they really have no talent as a alt-post rock, new wave boy band but I doubt thats a secret, I guess your simply suppose to congratulate them on having a good time doing it. But you can't blame them for taking advantage of there sleek looks and French accents, thats about all you need in the music business these days. Although I do like there unique style and technique they use to blend that awkward 90's highschool, teen angst feeling into music. At least there remixes are good, they kill that shit like no other!


mp3: The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson (Zshare)
mp3: The Teenagers - End of The Road (Zshare)

Heres some of those sweet remixes
mp3: New Young Pony Club - The Bomb(Teenagers Remix) (Zshare)
mp3: Air - Mer Du Japon(Teenagers Remix) (Zshare)



Pure gold! The singer/songwriter/producer Santogold(Santi White) put on a great performance saturday night, right before producer pal of hers, Spank Rock, was suppose to perform, but failed to show, but Miss Amanda Blank & friends made a pretty good plan B. She bounced all over the stage while her intimidating backup dancers, who also appear in her music video for "LES Artistes", did some pretty crazy crunk dancing shit.

Under those lights she looked kind of scary, but when I got up close backstage she looked adorable. Though, her days as an underground artist are limited, for her songs have featured in video games, commercials for Bud Light, V05 hair products and etc, and she's already had a few appearances on MTV. yeah, it's the end.


mp3: Santogold - I'm a lady (Zshare)
mp3: Santogold - You'll Find A Way (Zshare)
mp3: Santogold - Pretty Green (feat. Mark Ronson) (Zshare)




You never really hear about groundbreaking talent coming out of Australia, but here to change that is the Aussie boy band Midnight Juggernauts, who poured there interstellar disco meets techno-meets space-and runs into elegant sound on the hundreds of fans that stood, sat, and danced before them.



With there debut album "Dystopia" out in 2 days, April 14th, April 23 for UK & US, people were excited to see the sensation perform live. I myself am a big fan of the sound that these guys make, it often borders justice-esque, but throw in some Air, and a little david bowie and you have something similar. There hit "Road To Recovery" is a sound for soar ears, and eager feet. Laced with elegant vocals and space like sounds, has been dominating the blogsphere and infiltrating peoples itunes everywhere.

Dystopia, with it's pop sounding optimistic feel and sinister undertones, is a well produced and managed album that is sure to catapult the aussie boy trio into the spotlight in no time. There North American Tour just ended last friday, giving them time to recuperate and prepare for there French tour which starts May 26th.


mp3: Yo Majesty - Club Action(Hatchmatik & Midnight Juggernauts remix) (YSI)
mp3: Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows(M83 Remix) (YSI)

Heres the Curses! remix of Road To Recovery that has been tearing up LA dancefloors:

mp3: Midnight Juggernauts - Road To Recovery(Curses! Remix) (YSI)
& the original:
mp3: Midnight Juggernauts - Road To Recovery (YSI)



Everybody dipped low and went buck sweaty wild at 4 in the afternoon for the Mad decent offspring, dj/producer Diplo. The busy man found time in between working with every talent under the sun and making his own music to rock coachella. His set was off the hook and got the crowd AMPED. I have never seen so many people get so excited for a DJ set, haha it was a little overwhelming at times, but oh so fun. Behind the Dipster lurked many Ed Banger crew members and other "names". The man obviously has a pretty big posse , all which are as talented as himself. He has worked with artists such as M.I.A., Santogold, Bonde Do Role, Amanda Blank, Martina Topley-Bird, Rye Rye, and MANY others. He is seeming to build himself up to be a mini timbaland, and nothings wrong with that. Congrats Mister Dip!


mp3: Black Lips - Veni Vedi Veci(Diplo Remix) (YSI)




Fa Fa Fa-FaFaFaFaFa! Datarock rocked it like no other, and to say the least, put on a show. They danced, rolled, jumped, humped, and stripped all over the stage. The Norway pop/indie group has gotten a lot of attention lately, starting in 07, and have only accumulated even more now well into 08. When not in there infamous red tracksuits, which Fredrik Saroea claims to be pushing as a fashion trend, they are simply anonymous. Oddly enough, the band members did there own soundcheck, and the unsuspecting crowd had no idea it was them the whole time, but you didn't have me fooled you red suited Houdini's! haha. The day after they played, they walked around coachella and casually lurked the premises, in their tracksuits, and let the attention come to them, Which made me a little curious as to what their intentions are as musicians.



They got up close and personal...and friendly. The band, which formed in 2000 and made there debut performance at a monthly club night called "Pop Till You Drop", has since made great progress in the past 8 years, and this is only the beggining. Be sure to check up on the MTVism, wouldn't be surprised if you saw the boys on TRL soon.


mp3: Datarock - Maybelline (YSI)
mp3: Datarock - Bulldozer (YSI)