Originally posted by nkotb:
See, I'd think the Pumpkins would be skip-able, due to the fact that you saw a full set on a much smaller stage. If you've never seen MIA, seems an easy choice.
indeed - mia gets boring after about 10 minutes
did anyone catch her set? did you like it? i walked away from her show at lolla after 15 minutes, i just couldn't get into it.
Originally posted by PigIron:
And if it says Crystal Method "DJ Set", what does that mean? I like Crystal Method but I'm not an expert on the science of electronic music. Does that mean that they won't be playing their own songs? Someone help here.
for future reference: generally, electronic musicians' performances fall into two categories, "live PA" and "DJ set".
a live set implies that they'll have computers & possibly syntheziers on stage with them and will be "performing" their music "live" (i use the quotes since the music wasn't written live and isn't meant to be performed live, so they make up an on-stage approximation). during a live set, they generally play only their stuff. a synonym might be "live remixing". live drumming, guitars, vocals, etc can also be incorporated. depending on the act, putting on a live set can be a pain - dragging out lots of equipment, big set-up time, and plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong (like computer crashes) and ruin the set.
a DJ set, as the name implies, means that the artists will be spinning CDs and/or records. while this allows the flexibility to incorporate other artists' work into the set, some acts (and i'd suspect that the chemicals are in this camp) will still only spin their own stuff. expect to hear unreleased remixes of familiar tracks.
