Euphoria take my hand...

Glasvegas at The Troubadour, June 8th 2011...

Glasvegas at Hollywood Forever...

Hollywood Forever cemetery is an appropriate venue for a band obviously endepted to teenage tragedy songs, Phil Spectre and the Shangri-La's... The cemetery's Masonic Lodge is a tiny venue (no more than 250 capacity) and the intimate setting suited a stripped down Glasvegas - with just James and Rab taking the stage. It would have nice to see the full band in action (especially after the Coachella no-show) but taking risks with the lineup and venue are the type of decisions that make Glasvegas special...

James Allen rotated between acoustic guitar, electric organ and piano with Rab Allen providing his wall of sound guitar textures. The Allen's were joined briefly by Paul Cantelon, who came on to play 'Moonlight sonata' for 'Stabbed'...

Coachella Saturday 8:50pm

Glasvegas cancelled due to illness (James Allen was out in the sun for 5 mins?) so we headed back to the second stage to see Calexico who were very good. Their Morricone style was enhanced by some Mariachi brass, which was put to excellent use on a great cover of Love's 'Alone again or'.

At dusk a light breeze brought some respite to the heat, and the orange skies painted a perfect backdrop for the lucious harmonies of Fleet Foxes, who were excellent. Only when some phat beats started bleeding over from the main stage was their folky spell broken, but their set had already produced one of the highlights of this years festival so far...

Sun it sets? Fleet Foxes: