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Sage Francis
(Saturday)
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Listen: "Dance Monkey"
When a bald white guy with a bushy beard and Army fatigues gets the crowd moving with some human beat boxing,
then stops to hiss, "The Pope is a Nazi!", you know you're seeing something special. Sage Francis was tops
in a crowded field of hip-hop talent.
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Nine Inch Nails
(Sunday)
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Listen: "The Hand That Feeds"
Dude...check out the guns on Trent! Nine Inch Nails' newly buffed-out frontman, backed by
a ferocious band, tore through a passionate, high-energy set that almost made tracks from the
new NIN album sound as good as "Closer" and "Head Like a Hole."
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The Arcade Fire
(Sunday)
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Listen: "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
Beefed up to a 10-piece, Montreal's indie rock darlings grabbed their Coachella moment in a
headlock and wrestled it to the ground, flailing their way through the weekend's
best set of controlled chaos.
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M83
(Saturday)
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Listen: "Run Into Flowers"
Watch: "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
Is ambient music supposed to rock? On disc, M83's blissed-out
electronica is a soundtrack for the comedown, but with a live rhythm section, it blossomed
into a euphoric dance party.
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Sloan
(Sunday)
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Watch: "Rest of My Life"
Go, Canada! While proud fans waved the maple leaf flag, this chronically underrated
power pop quartet woke up a sleepy Sunday morning crowd with some good-natured jams.
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k-os
(Saturday)
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Listen: "Crabbuckit"
Watch: "B-Boy Stance"
Yes, this really was the year of the Canadian invasion. Toronto's unconventional MC
got the crowd moving by seguing from Ray Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack" into his
irresistible tune "Crabbuckit."
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The Futureheads
(Sunday)
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Listen: "Decent Days and Nights"
Among this year's seemingly endless supply of Gang of Four imitators (including Gang of Four
themselves, who did a feisty but discombobulated imitation of their heyday), Scotland's Futureheads
delivered the punchiest, punkiest set.
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| Notes From the Bands |
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Ambulance LTD's Matt Dublin
For some, performing at Coachella can be a surreal experience. Here's what bass player
Matt Dublin of New York indie rockers Ambulance LTD had to say:
7:00 a.m.: Woke up after having had strange dream in which Mark from The Killers wanted to cover one of our songs
but he had to use my old Vox Panther bass to do it, then I noticed that I didn't have any pants on...
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