NASHVILLE |“COACHELLA” FILM DVD
SET FOR RELEASE
APRIL 18 ON ANTI
Following a successful limited run engagement in major markets across America (including a Los Angeles premiere), COACHELLA will now be available for music fans across the country and around the world when the expanded DVD is released April 18th (Anti).
Music fans who’ve seen COACHELLA on the big screen know the film captures the magical sense of adventure that is unique to the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, hailed as “The Best American Festival” by Rolling Stone, “…the nation's most respected rock festival” by the Los Angeles Times and “probably the best festival in the world” by England’s NME.
Directed by Drew Thomas and produced by Goldenvoice, the COACHELLA DVD includes one classic performance after another from iconic headliners and wide-ranging, forward-looking artists and interviews with COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL artists and fans amidst the vast green landscape framed by beautiful desert mountains. Performers include: The Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Björk, Bright Eyes, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Fischerspooner, The Flaming Lips, Iggy & The Stooges, Kool Keith, The Mars Volta, Morrissey, Nu-Mark & Cut Chemist, Oasis, Pixies, The Polyphonic Spree, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roni Size, Saul Williams, Spearhead, Squarepusher, The White Stripes and Zero 7 plus appearances from Beck and Josh Homme.
The DVD bonus features include interviews with previous COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL performers: Belle and Sebastian, Ben Harper, Dresden Dolls, Kinky, Mos Def, Muse, Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, Tenacious D, The Bravery, The Futureheads, The Libertines, Thievery Corp and You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, along with an extensive photo gallery from the festival’s groundbreaking first six years.
Here’s early critical praise for COACHELLA:
“…just might be the best rock film of its kind since ‘ Woodstock .’ It's that inspiring, that expertly presented, its focus perfectly split between the music–real music that forges ahead and alters mainstream thinking–and the message, the cultural and sociopolitical context.”
“…a blast, primarily because director Drew Thomas is less concerned with the talking heads than with the rocking heads. There is a little 'tween-song chit-chat–love it when Noel Gallagher dismisses political bands as doing little more than ‘singing the news’–but the music takes no back seat here. Every act featured (the Pixies, Bright Eyes, Björk, Radiohead, Oasis, the Flaming Lips, Kool Keith, Morrissey, Mars Volta…) performs one song in its entirety, and there's nary a bad cut. Wish there was a soundtrack too, 'cause that thing wouldn't leave the changer.”
“…vibrant new movie features tons of excellent live footage…Among the highlights are the White Stripes, Björk, Radiohead and the Arcade Fire, as well as some amazing disc jockeys and electronic music…”
“Coachella deserves a place in the pantheon of great festival documentaries…captures the annual festival's ambiance by showing the uniqueness of its fans and their interaction with the performers and the interactive art pieces that help define the festival.”
“…a skillfully rendered documentary…Spirited, genre-hopping live performances benefit from clever editing, smoothing transitions between Björk's floating vocal oddity, Radiohead's self-loathing art rock, Kool Keith's hip-hop goofing, Belle and Sebastian's twee clap-alongs, Squarepusher's glitchy techno–the list goes on.”
“Documentarian Drew Thomas has captured the zeitgeist of the event…”
For up-to-the-minute information, go to www.coachella.com.
Contacts:
MSO: 818-380-0400
Marcee Rondan marcee@msopr.com ext. 248
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Alexandra Greenberg agreenberg@msopr.com ext. 223
Mitch Schneider mschneider@msopr.com ext. 235
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