One night after Arcade Fire absolutely killed it at Coachella, a very different feeling emanated from Indio, California, tonight. I was not there, so it is entirely possible that the mood was completely different in person than how the show came across on the YouTube simulcast, but if indeed things were as uncomfortable as they seemed at times, one may even have to question the viability of The Strokes going forward.
The show began with a thud, with the members of the band all slightly out of sync, their levels out of whack (a problem that never seemed to be fully fixed), and Casablancas's mic apparently not on. But still, by the end of the surprise opener,
I Can't Win, they had seemed to pull themselves together, finishing the track strong. All seemed well as they launched straight into a crowd favorite, their vintage hit Hard to Explain, but they then stumbled through Angles' best track, Under Cover of Darkness, with multiple band members making several noticeable mistakes throughout…
The show began with a thud, with the members of the band all slightly out of sync, their levels out of whack (a problem that never seemed to be fully fixed), and Casablancas's mic apparently not on. But still, by the end of the surprise opener,
I Can't Win, they had seemed to pull themselves together, finishing the track strong. All seemed well as they launched straight into a crowd favorite, their vintage hit Hard to Explain, but they then stumbled through Angles' best track, Under Cover of Darkness, with multiple band members making several noticeable mistakes throughout…
