That now left us at a crossroads. We had an hour before anything we were interested in (The Chemical Brothers, Jenny Lewis, Mastodon) was going to start and still at least two hours to get home. Knowing there was going to be a long day ahead on Sunday and with the Internet now allowing for a partial recreation of the Coachella experience from the comfort of your home, that’s where we headed.
We got back home in time to catch the last hour of The Killers’ set on the webcast. They did a serviceable job if you enjoy their music and the fans seemed happy when they were cut to, but The Killers following McCartney was an impossible task and made them seem like they didn’t deserve the headlining spot. Their musical influences are too obvious, and I get removed from the music as I unconsciously identify them. Fireworks accompanied both “Mr. Brightside and When You Were Young” and the set was over online by 12:10am.
I have seen a few short clips of Chemical Brothers and they looked to put on a mighty fine dance party, although I haven’t found a bootleg, so who knows if they were able to keep it going for their entire set. Jenny Lewis was carried on the webcast the following day and she and her band sounded pretty fantastic. She played alone on acoustic guitar for “Silver Lining” and followed with “Acid Tongue” where a chorus that included Conor Oberst joined her. Mastodon performed Crack The Skye in its entirety. I have been unable to find an audio bootleg, but clips of the entire performance can be found at YouTube thanks to tamaman08. Even with the inadequate audio, you can tell they rocked the Mojave Tent hard. I would have stayed if I had closer accomodations.
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