The Coachella tradition of adding acts after the initial lineup announcement continues this year (no accompanying list of cancellations… yet), although I suppose most people were hoping for something a little more thrilling than the Murder City Devils, who will play Sunday. I’m excited to see the band again (even if a sweaty tent mid-day isn’t exactly my preferred venue), since they had a run of albums around the turn of the century that were fun, edgy bursts of organ-fueled garage rock. If the Pacific Northwest is more your style, the band is, according to their Twitter feed, also playing Sasquatch. A selection of clips below the cut.
“Broken Glass”:
“I’ll Come Running”:
“Rum To Whiskey”:
Murder City Devils have been added to Sunday! [Coachella Twitter]
Murder City Devils [Twitter]
Not to mention they just played LA last week. I’m always surprised at how much this band’s popularity has continued to grow. Not that they’re not a good band, but I always thought they peaked in 1998 but people my age and younger are keeping them alive.
@MayhemintheHood: I didn’t even know they were alive, period.
I love this band - even got to see them before they broke up. But I’m a little disappointed that they’ve been playing more frequently, but have yet to record anything new since 2003. “Thelema” had such promise…
My mistake - Thelema was released in 2001..