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Written by Steven Young & Lizzie Tibbles
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 09:58 |
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Parachute Music Festival 2010 saw 100+ bands approach the stages playing to multitudes of people. Read live reviews below of Coup De Main's favourite bands...
SWITCHFOOT
One of the highlights of Parachute 2010 had to be Switchfoot. The crowd, which totally enveloped Main Stage, was encapsulated by their sense of rhythm and stage presence. Their set seemed to be predominantly old songs, with surprisingly few songs from 'Hello Hurricane', their latest album – perhaps this may be due to the 5th members’ absence. (Jerome Fontmillas did not play due to his new born baby, not that you could tell, as his cousin Ji replaced him for the set.) The best song of the night, for me, had to be 'Mess of Me' a song from 'Hello Hurricane', with a scintillating guitar riff throughout and a tight drumbeat, topped off with extraordinary stage lighting.
See video of 'This is Your Life' below...
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Written by Elle Hunt
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:55 |
Accommodating two stages; eighteen bands; and 5,000 indie music fans in central Auckland was never going to be the easiest of tasks - but props to the organisers of St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival for taking on the challenge. It’s about time there was something to give Mount Smart Stadium’s annual Big Day Out a run for its money, and Laneway’s alternative inclination means it’s the perfect foil for the BDO’s Top 40 offerings. Indeed, the event’s New Zealand debut, held on the first of February at Britomart Square, attracted a sell-out crowd, thanks to the pulling power of headlining acts Echo and The Bunnymen, The xx, and Florence and The Machine.
Gates opened at noon, with a selection of New Zealand’s best bands to kick off the event: up-and-comers Street Chant, Dear Time's Waste, The Naked and Famous, and Surf City, alongside old hands Family Cactus, Bachelorette, and The Phoenix Foundation. Synth-pop group The Naked and Famous underlined their reputation of being ‘ones to watch’ with their stirring set, which included their recent hits ‘All Of This’ and ‘Serenade’. Singer Alisa Xayalith gave an energetic performance at the mic, although the crowd was reluctant to respond in kind: clearly, 1:00PM was too early to persuade the infamous ‘Auckland semi-circle’ to disband and dance, despite The Naked and Famous’ lively charm.
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Written by Sacha Young
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 17:10 |
Parachute Music Festival 2010, was an abundant long lived weekend filled with killer music, heartening pep talks, delectable wood-fire pizza, oh so hot moments, 'hey, look i'm drenched!' moments, quality laughs, a lot of singing + dancing and just all round good times!
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