MP3 Exclusive | Portishead @ Coachella 2008

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Oh, And [Addenda]
Published 4/27/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... before Prince, managed to fill Coachella's huge outdoor space with arresting music and incredible visuals—I'd last seen Kraftwerk ten years ago at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, and I'd forgotten just how striking the tableau presented by the simple pieces of art and their stock-still figures was, while Portishead used the giant space to do their show on Thursday night one better, thanks to the giant Beth-on-Beth images provided by the screens flanking the mainstage. (Audio here.) But were the planes flying overhead that had ads for upcoming albums (by Cut Copy, Robyn, ...

Coachella: Portishead Kick Our Asses @ The Main Stage
Published 4/27/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... ," "Threads"), etc. Consider us blown away. Don't believe they hype? Listen for yourself , but imagine it coming through really big speakers. Supplement the audio with these visuals: [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [Photos by Amrit Singh] Posted at 3:43 PM in ...