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It all started with a YouTube video — no no no, wait…it all started with a tweet! Coachella turned into a hype machine and began teasing us just past the point of blue balls. After the tweet where they said the real lineup will leak before Goldenvoice presents it on their website, the hints started pouring out in the form of videos on Coachella.com.

The first of these videos was of Phantogram‘s “Mouthful of Diamonds.” Needless to say, I was hooked right when the heavy electronic beat dropped. Bobbing my head to the catchy intro, I was gifted with the following guitar riff from the indie gods. When I thought I was right where I needed to be, when all problems and complaints with the world were lost in the moment of the beginning of this song, Sarah Barthel had to come in with her angel like voice and bring everything together. After hearing this track, I was inclined to commence on a quest to try and find their whole album, Eyelid Movies, in the highest quality possible. After doing my routine album run through, I was devastated to find that no track got even close to the effect and emotion I gathered from “Mouthful of Diamonds,” so I just got rid of it. It may be a one hit wonder, but it’s definitely necessary for anyone who appreciates that oh-so-approachable XX (indie/electronic) style.

-Skinny Genes

Phantogram

Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds

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It’s not often you come across a band with the same effect or level of straight epicness as Arcade Fire. Birthed out of Montreal, Arcade Fire is filled to the brim with seven members: two of whom are husband and wife (which lead the group) and the husband’s brother. A true family affair of talent and passion. The instruments they use consist of the guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy.

Damn, I gotta let that soak in for a minute…another thing is, they are all multi-instrumentalist. So they play whatever they want whenever they want, and sing! Their debut album Funeral definitely ranks among my favorite albums of all time. From beginning to finish it’s probably the most well put together piece in my collection. It has the “conceptual album” feel where you need to listen to the whole thing through to get the full effect, but each track is an individual masterpiece. I’m just hoping that they actually make it on the Coachella bill, because I feel like their live show would be more than just a concert. I feel like it would be a display where music meets theater, but not so much as a musical. I have to be a part of it one of these days.

-Skinny Genes

Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Arcade Fire – Wake Up
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
Arcade Fire – Rococo

Mezzanine in SF

This past week is getting me excited as fuck for the very near future. I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel that is my good health, but there’s more: Wobbleland is less than a week away, The Twelves in three, and much more importantly, Coachella is starting to give us hints to the long, anticipated lineup that’s supposed to come out this week. Some were saying Wednesday, but I know for sure it’s going to be released or talked about on KROQ on Tuesday at 5PM. Get ready to tune in! The hints I’m taking about are these:

1. Coachella’s twitter said that the real lineup will be leaked before it’s on the actual Coachella website. I still said I wouldn’t believe any flyer that wasn’t somewhere credible. I just don’t want any unwarranted excitedness. Is that a word? Anyway, one of these awesome flyers are going to be real! But what is important is hint #2.

2. They’ve been switching up the main video on Coachella‘s website to bands that are confirmed. So you can try and search for the bands on the “fake” flyers to see how likely it is that it’s real. Two of the videos I saw were of Tame Impala (video) and Phantogram. I loved the Phantogram song so much that I had to put it on this week’s list. Can’t.stop.playing. Now it’s this weird ass video with Gumby, see for yourself before it changes.

Yeah…gettin’ kinda crazy/antsy/feisty/horny. It’s almost here though, so let these tracks hold you off ’til it’s out.

-Skinny Genes

YOLO26

Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds (Indie/Electronic)
Arcade Fire – Wake Up (Indie/Rock)
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (Electronic)
Mason – Froghopper (House)
sebastiAn – Greel (Electronic/Grime)
sebastiAn – Dolami (Electronic/Grime)
Ducktails – Hamilton Road (Dream Pop/Indie)

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