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Klaxons absolutely killed at Coachella. It was the tightest, hardest set I've heard from them since first seeing them back in November. I was really happy to see that the road has really put the boys on the top of their game. Their tracks are all fantastic in their own right, but the live show was heretofore a bit lacking. No longer. Come with me.

Keep an eye out at Brooklyn Vegan for an interview I did with Tony Wilson (the fucking Factory Tony Wilson) that turned into a group chat with James and Jamie from Klaxons over Kalimachos.

My photos from Bjork's fantastic Wednesday night show are up over at BV. Here's one of my favorites.

The Week in Dance is also over there. Hot parties this weekend include my boys at Cut and Trouble & Bass teaming up for MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE at Studio B on Saturday. Rave it out with Moby and Curses! and Passions and Captain and Shark. BASSSSSSSS.

In addition to Justice...

(Side note to the polite readers looking for Justice video. I didn't post one since I don't think proper video will be available for a few days. Go to Justice's Myspace for a crappy video.)

Saturday was chock full of dance bands.

Hot Chip banged it out in the scorching heat, we were all sweating like the fat boy from school.

!!! absolutely killed. I cannot wait to catch a full set. Nic Offer preparing for a deep throat.

MSTRKRFT did what they do: 16 year olds galore in that tent.

James was looking smashing in his white suit. LCD Soundsystem did not play with the Rapture, the overlap in set times was a result of the Rapture DJing prior to their live set. I skipped out on most of the Rapture to catch Cornelius' set, although I heard that the Rapture dedicated a song to LCD. Hmm. Not sure what to make of that.

Cornelius is touring his new album "Sensuous" with a multi-media show dubbed the "Sensuous Synchronized Show." Gusty winds made the rear projection show a bit difficult to see, but it would definitely be very cool in a theater setting. As for the music, the obliqueness of much of Cornelius' recorded work is smoothed out in a live setting. Best enjoyed after a stop at Spliffs Etc...

Sunday was interview day. Luckily, I'm stuck at LAX so you might get to read them soon. Legendary.

† not even scratching the surface on today...

So day 1 included Bjork ripping the roof off of a roofless festival. Whatever crazy Minority Report-like midi trigger Mark Bell was using totally flipped my world upside down. I'm not sure if that thing is real or not, but I'm totally getting one.

Jesus and Mary Chain were as good as I wanted them to be. Scarlett was not.

Faithless was awesome. They showed Webster Hall how to dance in New York, but they were truly at home in a festival tent. I can't get no sleep.

Digitalism chopped their hits into a longer set that didn't really get me going as bonkers as when I saw them at Studio B.

I saw bits and pieces of Interpol, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, and Brazilian Girls.

Notes/musings on Saturday:

Justice is doing something for 45 minutes. All other DJs in the dance tent get 1:15. What's gonna happen?

Biggest note that I hadn't noticed. If its already all over the internet, my apologies.

BUT LCD Soundsystem set time 9:30 - 10:20. The Rapture set time 10:20 - end. OVER FUCKING LAPPING playing motherfucking together? Say waaa?

House of Jealous Yeah Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah Yeah

More pictures after the jump...