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Desert Daze 2018

November 8, 2018

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Desert Daze 2018

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats’ performance was Friday’s highlight. Absolutely spectacular projections by Lance, The Mad Alchemist Liquid Show, the best I have seen.


It started raining but they did finish their set, thank goodness, because they were absolutely killing it!

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats

Tame Impala only got in a few songs before the fest had to shut down due to safety concerns of a thunderstorm. I decided to head to my hotel.

Tame Impala by Steve Danyleyko

I had heard from some that the wait time to get into the festival was like 4 hours. As I exited there were still cars as far as I could see all lined up down the roadway to get in.

Weather-wise, Saturday was somewhat gloomy. Music-wise, well that is another story. JJUUJJUU, Kikagaku Moyo, Wooden Shjips, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and A Place To Bury Strangers all put their best foot forward with exceptional performances. I can not stress enough how good Kikagaku Moyo’s performance was. No question, my favorite performance of the whole festival.

JJUUJJUU by Steve Danyleyko
Kikagaku Moyo by Steve Danyleyko
Wooden Shjips by Steve Danyleyko
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard by Steve Danyleyko
A Place To Bury Strangers by Steve Danyleyko

Sunday lived up to its name. The sun was out and the beach was crowded with many cooling off in the water while enjoying the music from the main stage.

As evening rolled in, Earth and Earthless, both put on intense performances leading up to the fests headliner, My Bloody Valentine. Earplugs should have been provided at the gates is all I can say.

Earth by Steve Danyleyko
Earthless by Steve Danyleyko
My Bloody Valentine by Steve Danyleyko

Surrounded by mountains, beach and palm trees, this is really a wonderful venue. There was also lots to see & do, other than the music. Quite an extensive art display on the beach. An exceptionally good variety of quality food venders as well.

Hinds by Steve Danyleyko
Idles by Steve Danyleyko
Jarvis Cocker by Steve Danyleyko
LA Witch by Steve Danyleyko
Pond by Steve Danyleyko
True Widow by Steve Danyleyko
Warpaint by Steve Danyleyko
Beak> by Steve Danyleyko
Boogarins by Steve Danyleyko
Chelsea Wolfe by Steve Danyleyko
Cut Worms by Steve Danyleyko
Mannequin Pussy by Steve Danyleyko
Mercury Rev by Steve Danyleyko
Stonefield by Steve Danyleyko
Bedouine by Steve Danyleyko
Death Valley Girls by Steve Danyleyko
Gerald Casale by Steve Danyleyko
Gladys Lazer by Steve Danyleyko
Julia Holter by Steve Danyleyko
Tess Parks by Steve Danyleyko

Much love and respect to Phil Pirrone for all his hard work and direction in making this possible.

Phil Pirrone by Steve Danyleyko

Photos © Steve Danyleyko

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