A Coachella Alphabet: Interpol
Name: Interpol
Genre: Indie
Day: Friday
Wikipedia sez: “Interpol is an American indie rock band, formed in 1998. The members of the band are Paul Banks (vocals, rhythm guitar), Daniel Kessler (lead guitar, back vocals), Carlos Dengler (bass), and Sam Fogarino (drums). Their debut album Turn on the Bright Lights was critically acclaimed, while the follow-up, Antics, has been both a critical and commercial success. The band’s sound is a mix of bass throb and choppy, sparse guitar, drawing constant comparisons to post-punk bands Joy Division, The Chameleons and Kitchens of Distinction.”
So, what’s the difference between Interpol and Bloc Party? They both have pretty similar downbeat sounds, but Interpol actually sound decent live. Also unlike Bloc Party, Interpol have only released two albums chock full of solid material over six years whilst touring all across the world. Lead singer Paul Banks manages to sound super serious no matter what he sings, but this works really well with the music anyway. I’m not going to rave about them, but they are worth at least one listen.
Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Yeah why not.
Read on to view Interpol live videos…
Interpol - Take You On A Cruise (Live at Eurockéennes)
Interpol - Slow Hands (Live)
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April 5th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Thanks for this, I hope you continue! The links to live shows are great, I’ve added some bands to my list to see because of you.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I’m not going to stop until I get through all 113 artists. So far I have wrote up 53, which just puts me under half way. Provided I write 3 a day from now until April 24, I will get there easily.
Thanks for writing, and I hope your looking forward to Coachella just as much as I am.