Setlist: Preoccupations

October 29, 2018July 23, 2020

Setlist: Preoccupations

Preoccupations @ Desert Daze on 10.14.18.

Here's a playlist of Canadian post-punk outfit Preoccupations' setlist from Day 3 of Desert Daze on 10.14.18. Their set includes material from their last two albums, as well as when the band was known as Viet Cong. Check it out.

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October 29, 2018July 23, 2020

Desert Daze: Day 3, The End

DJ's at the center of "Absolute Curtains" @ Desert Daze on 10.14.18.

So it only took two weeks. But here's Day 3 of Desert Daze. Day 3 was the most relaxing of the three. The lighting storm was over, and Saturday's full-throttle effort to make up for Friday's cancellations had passed. So Day 3 was all about letting the sun come out, chilling on the beach, and …

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October 26, 2018July 23, 2020

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Dear Prudence”

Siouxsie and the Banshees. Photo sourced from artist's Brazilian Facebook.

We're going way back to 1984 for Siouxsie and the Banshee's cover of the Beatles' classic "Dear Prudence." When I think of the '80s, songs like this one are my immediate go-to's. Sure, it's a cover. And for any Beatles fan, it's probably tantamount to sacrilege. Especially, when it was done by a British fringe …

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October 25, 2018July 23, 2020

The The’s “Kingdom of Rain”

The The's Matt Johnson from the "Mind Bomb" era of 1989. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.

I was listening to The The's "Kingdom of Rain" the other day, and completely forgot that Sinead O'Conner did guest vocals. Too bad she's had such a troubled life since then. She has an amazing voice.Anyway, this lounge-y erotic slow-burner of break-up, and all the painful shit that goes with it, is beautifully rendered in …

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October 24, 2018July 29, 2020

Desert Daze: Day 2, Part 2

An artistic response to the previous night's lightning storm that ended Tame Impala's set and temporarily shutdown Desert Daze.

I've been meaning to post this one for a few days. But you know, shit happens … So here we go ... the second half of Day 2 of Desert Daze. There's a lot great stuff that happened on this second day, and especially in the second half of the day. There's a phenomenal set …

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