[Coachella 2011 Review] Seven Hyped Up Bands At Coachella Get A Dose Of Desert Reality
Photo Credit: Faith-Ann Young
Coachella is a beautiful beast. So many bands, so little time and–eventually–energy.
We might not have seen all the bands we would have wanted to like Chromeo, Two Door Cinema Club or PJ Harvey, but we got to see some of the more hyped-up bands playing the festival and weigh in on whether we think they met our subjective “expectations.”
See if you agree (or even better, disagree) and let us know how you feel in the comments!
7. Duck Sauce
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Photo by Faith-Ann Young
Hype:
Dance-floor friendly turntablism meets DJ-sampling of older hip-hop, disco, and house music from infamous A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. Renowned for giving house-disco DJ’ing a more accessible, mainstream feel.
Reality:
Even if you don’t like dance music, DJs, or the constant thump of house, Duck Sauce does a good job of making you feel like you are not at a rave with a bunch of teenagers around you rolling. Duck Sauce’s mix of musical genres and sampling styles has enough witty sonic touches to keep the listener engaged.
One Exception:
Even though we aren’t completely knowledgeable about every Duck Sauce song, the set didn’t seem to vary that much. That could just be a product of us being “rock” people instead of “dance” people.
Bottom Line:
From the frenzied state of the half-coherent crowd, the kids just want to dance. The demographic of any of the “rave” tents seemed between 18-25. Duck Sauce plays up to this and creates a fresh sound for the fresh-faced.
Lots of animals at Coachella this year. Bears, turtles, whales, elephants, lions, entire gangs of wolves… nobody topping the Duck though.—
Duck Sauce (@DuckSauceNYC) March 15, 2011
T.S.
April 19, 2011 5:11 pm
I don’t think it’s fair to call them ‘drugged-out’. Tyler the Creator is openly drug free
Nadia Noir // Staff Writer
April 19, 2011 7:08 pm
For sure, that’s why I didn’t write Odd Future are drugged-out. I said some kids in the front row were drugged out.
jelly-rollo
April 19, 2011 9:50 pm
Coachella 2011 ended with a big, pretentious, glitzy Broadway show that had nothing to do with the Coachella concept. Hopefully Coachella 2012 band recruiters will learn from this
Jessica
April 20, 2011 11:24 am
sorry odd future were terrible.
Adam
April 20, 2011 2:28 pm
I was just disappointed with Odd Future because their live shows were what brought them so much buzz in the first place. At one point Tyler disappeared backstage for what seemed like 20 minutes! Also, one crowd dive is exciting, two is eh, but when the whole group starts doing it it gets lame. Was definetely disappointed with OFWGKTA