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30 (37) Days

The Hives – Tick Tick Boom
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/the%20hives/01%20Tick%20Tick%20Boom.mp3]

This post takes a time machine back to over a decade ago. If you were into the musically relevant in the 2000s, you remember the phase of the “The” bands. The Vines, The Strokes, The White Stripes, and The Hives, where the focus of this Coachella spotlight will be held! Well, if you remember that phase, you remember the sheer rawness of it all. All these grungy kids in their early 20s just pushing rock and roll revival in a fresh, new way.

The Hives – Walk Idiot Walk
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/the%20hives/03%20Walk%20Idiot%20Walk.mp3]
The Hives – Outsmarted
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/the%20hives/05%20Outsmarted.mp3]

I’ve always been big into how a band presents themselves, and The Hives were one of the bands that led the pack. Always wearing matching suits and rocking out as good as the best of ’em. I love this type of music for its energy. You can’t be sad in a crowd to this music. It pulls everything out of you and brings the crowd together in a very special way. I’m just as excited to see them as I am for rock and roll to cycle back into the spotlight. If it’s done right, it’s the best to see live. Do yourself a favor and see The Hives on Day 3 of Coachella.