The bands haven’t started yet but the festival is already getting positive feedback with a modified layout.
The ticket area and gates have been pushed closer to the road and there’s an open area leading to the field, with lockers and the home of environmental group Global Inheritance’s Energy Factory–where you can charge your BlackBerry by riding a bike. I have a feeling I’ll be hitting that up later today.
Anyway, there are a ton of lockers this year by the entrance, and the line to rent one was already growing long.
“There’s a four-hour stretch in the Sahara where I don’t want to be hindered,” said Chase Harrison of Portland, Ore, as he finished putting stuff in his locker.
He’s excited to check out Diplo, Pendulum, M.I.A., Santogold and Aesop Rock.