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The 1975 | Coachella | 4/13/14 (PHOTOS)

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Earlier this year, I heard a little buzz about an indie-rock band from Manchester, UK called The 1975. I really didn’t know much about their music, but a lot of my female friends on Facebook had posted about them, so I decided to check out their set to see what they were all about.

I didn’t know much about their music, so I kind of assumed that it would be something akin to music of that era like Queen or Led Zeppelin (considering that they were from the UK and they were called The 1975). Rather, it was more like the pop-rock of HAIM. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of 80’s influenced, indie rock, I suppose I was just anticipating, although a bit unfounded, something a little harder of an edge.

I liked their music. With the support and push of their label. I don’t think this band will have a problem breaking into the american, mainstream market. The tunes are catchy and consumer-friendly, and the lead singer, based on a female friend’s opinion, is “a good looking, if not waif, guy” … and I’m assuming that most of the crowd would have agreed as they seemed to be mostly female (you should click the instagram video below … It’s not surprising that there is a girl yelling, “I love you, Matty,” at the end).

I liked their music. If you like bands like HAIM, CHVRCHES or Vampire Weekend, you should look into The 1975.

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April 29, 2014July 20, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Adam Hann, alternative rock, Chvrches, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert review, George Daniel, HAIM, indie pop, indie rock, Live Music, Matthew Healy, New Wave, Nu Gaze, pop rock, post punk revival, Review, Ross MacDonald, set list, setlist, the 1975, Vampire Weekend Leave a comment

Kid Cudi | Coachella | 4/12/14 (PHOTOS)

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I met Scott Mescudi p/k/a Kid Cudi years ago when he was a guest artist on Snoop’s track “That Tree” (produced by Diplo off of Snoop’s album More Malice … a highly underrated track of a highly underrated album, in my humble opinion*). I remember stopping by the location where they were filming the video for the track, and I vividly remember laughing my ass off during my time there as Cudi and Snoop were acting out scenes for the video a la Cheech and Chong.

I knew that Kid Cudi would be a large draw at Coachella. Even though he no longer partakes the doobie, his music, for I’m sure many in the crowd, still resonates with that scene. No doubt, as soon as his set started, I could smell the scent of cannabis wafting into the photo pit.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable, and lively, set. Cudi, who is the only man I’ve ever seen successfully pull off a crop top, ran from stage left to stage right, engaging the audience, and getting everybody in the audience to feed off of his positive vibes. It was an all hip-hop set (I don’t think he performed any WZRD tracks).

I heard that the following week, he was able to get the girls of HAIM to perform “Red Eye”, and MGMT to perform “Pursuit of Happiness”, with him. When I heard that, it was the first time I told myself that I wouldn’t have minded going weekend two.

*- Disclaimer. I do work for Doggy Style Records, but my opinions here are truly unbiased.

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April 24, 2014August 8, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alternative Rap, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert review, cud life, Dat New Cudi, Ducidni, HAIM, hip hop, Indicud, Kid Cudi, kud life, Live Music, mgmt, Pursuit of Happiness, rap, Red Eye, Review, Scott Mescudi, set list, setlist, Underground Rap Leave a comment

HAIM | Coachella | 4/11/14 (PHOTOS)

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My guilty pleasure? Wholesome pop-rock that sounds like it could have come from the mid to late 80s. That’s why I decided to check out HAIM’s set at Coachella. Having heard a lot about their music, I’ve been wanting to purchase their debut LP “Days Are Gone” for a while now, only to resist the temptation because it seemed like every time I was at the record store, there were girls half my age hanging out by that section of the record rack.

Early technical difficulties aside, their set exhibited a clean, upbeat rock-pop sound. They also spent a good 5 minutes doing what I believe was an impromptu jam which flexed their chops as musicians that could shred with the best of them. That earned my respect.

I was impressed, and I certainly wouldn’t mind catching them perform in a more intimate venue at some point in the future. I guess I’ll just have to suck up my machismo for now, pick up the album the next time I’m out buying records.

Note: Let Me Go was on the setlist, but wasn’t played due to time constraints

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April 17, 2014July 20, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: Alana Haim, Alana Mychal Haim, alternative rock, bass, California, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert review, Danielle Haim, Danielle Sari Haim, Dash Hutton, Este Arielle Haim, Este Haim, guitar, HAIM, indie rock, Keyboard, Live Music, los angeles, pop, pop rock, Review, Rock Band, San Fernando Valley, set list, setlist, Sisters, Soft Rock Leave a comment

Coachella 2014 | April 11 – 13

This year, I was lucky enough to get approved for a media/photo pass for the first weekend of Coachella. The photo pass allows me to take pictures from the photo pit of each stage, and being armed with an incredible lens, I’ve taken some pretty amazing pictures so far, and I can’t wait to sift through them all and post what I’ve been able to capture.

There were a few acts that I wish could have snapped pictures for (Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck and Arcade Fire), but being a “newby” in the world of concert photography, I wasn’t selected to by artist management to have the privilege of taking pictures. Hopefully, the pics I post of the bands I saw here will help change their opinion of me for the future.

Each entry will contain a little bulb of my overall thoughts of what I was able to see, with a Instagram video post that I posted (my Instagram account is @Methodman13 … you may as well go there now while you’re waiting for the post to go up) and a photo slideshow. I hope you enjoy the moments I captured as much as I enjoyed shooting it. Click on the name of the artist you want to check out to see the blog entry I put up.

Friday | April 11th, 2014

Tom Odell
The Preatures
GOAT
Dum Dum Girls
Jagwar Ma
Grouplove
A$AP Ferg
HAIM
The Afghan Whigs (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)
Broken Bells
Woodkid
The Replacements
Girl Talk
Outkast (Unfortunately, the pictures I took during this set are unusable)

Saturday | April 12, 2014

Sunday | April 13, 2014

UPDATE: 5/9/14: It was a long, glorious, music-filled weekend of music. I think I may have ruined all of the future music festivals I attend because there really is nothing like being in the photo pit, even for only the first 3 songs, trying to capture “moments” of musicians practicing their craft and giving the audience all that they have. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity. Thank you, Goldenvoice. Thank you, Snoop. You made this music dweeb very, very happy.

April 13, 2014May 22, 2014 by dklee13 Categories: ConcertsTags: A$AP Ferg, Afghan Whigs, Aluna George, Banks, blog, Broken Bells, chance the rapper, Chvrches, City and Colour, coachella, Coachella 14, Coachella 2014, Coachella14, Coachella2014, concert, Concert Photographer, Concert Photography, Concert Photos. Concert Photo, concert pic, concert pics, concert review, Concert Reviews, Drowners, Dum Dum Girls, Empire of the Sun, Fishbone, Future Islands, girl talk, GOAT, Goldenvoice, Grouplove, HAIM, HAIM The Afghan Whigs, Jagwar Ma, Jhene AIko, Julian Casablancas, Kid Cudi, Lana Del Rey, Laura Mvula, Little Dragon, Live Music, Lorde, motorhead, Outkast, Pet Shop Boys, Pharrell Williams, pixies, Review, reviews, Rudimental, set list, setlist, snoop, the 1975, The Afghan Whigs, The Naked and Famous, The Preatures, The Replacements, Tom Odell, White Lies, Woodkid Leave a comment