Three and a half hours after the gates opened, the rock finally appeared at Coachella in the form of British trio the Noisettes. Mark my words, this band, which sounds like a new-wave rock Yeah Yeah Yeahs, could be the next big thing.
The Mojave tent was packed when the band took the stage at 2:30.
After a couple of songs of playing bass and singing behind the microphone, Noisettes frontwoman Shingai Shoniwa shed her instrument and started doing some Rockette-style high kicks in chartreuse hot pants. Seriously.
Plus, the band’s drummer Jamie Morrison was so manic I originally mistook him for Animal from The Muppets.