did you even bother considering the other genres that coachella has to offer when you wrote this article? you didn’t even mention the edm acts but i guess its not like the sahara tent is the next biggest attraction after the mainstage or anything. if you didn’t want such a negative response maybe you shouldn’t have called coachella a wide eyed indie kids coming of age ritual since…well..its not. not wasting any more time commenting on this, its not my reputation that needs salvaging after this anyways. later

And it is, after all, a degree of indifference, not an overwhelming wave of indifference; nor is it necessarily a negative response.

The reaction to this specific line-up is not a particularized thing, dudes. Apathy is seeping into the “indie scene,” as I see it…and I point out all the positives of this year’s Coachella to remove any caution from the cautious optimism that I’ve seen.

Maybe my focus was a bit off, as it was hard to try to siphon my research on music festivals in general into this piece. I’ll allow that much.

As for this being a “space-filler,” I don’t mean that my heart isn’t into it, nor do I mean that I’m half-assing it. I mean that I write these on incredibly short notice, with very little wiggle room with topics.

Lastly, it is slightly disturbing that this article, which I viewed as, at worst, inoffensive, has been thrown back at me as a means of personal attack. That’s just not write, man.

its apparent through the *countless* errors and mischaracterizations (literally the amount of effort required to point out all of them would require hours of work) that all of that extensive research was an attempt to compensate for a blatant lack of insight and background on the subject. the whole thing comes off as brutally pretentious, a pseudo-sophisticated commentary on music you clearly know nothing about other than what you found on pitchfork. i love how the newspaper staff comes on to defend this shite article.

i say this as a long time editor/writer for a college newspaper, a regular coachella attendee, avid follower of indie music (among dozens of others musical styles represented at the festival), and a lifelong musician…when the only people on here defending you are your fellow staff members, you may want to take a more critical look at your own work Rebecca. This would be a lot different if it was some controversial news or opinion piece, but its not. It’s A&E, when people rail against your work its probably because you missed the mark.

Perhaps the greatest indicator of your indiscretion is in your baseless remark that this years coachella has had a lackluster response. You have to be kidding right? This year is being regarded as the first since they moved to a 3 day lineup where all 3 headliners are worthy of the spot. Regardless of where you stand on Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz, all 3 of those artists are HUGE in their own regard and there is a TON of buzz about this year on my campus. Compare that to years past where you get acts like Prince, Bjork, Roger Waters, Paul F*kn McCartney, and the Cure billed against trash headliners like the Killers and Jack Johnson. Leave the real music talk for the big kids please. I’m glad the kids of UCI aren’t on board with you on this one.

P.S. Soundgarden blows, at least you’re write about that.

Seriously, guys, you take issue with the author’s opinion and yet withhold discussion in favor of cutting down the author to make yourselves feel superior? “Terribly written and poorly researched” are worthless criticisms if you aren’t specific and offer constructive criticism instead of lazy ad hominem pot shots.

I suggest that all of you who have so much to say actually sign up to write for the New U, and do something productive with all the time you spend on these comments. I doubt any of you could write an article that comes close to anything Rebecca has ever slapped together, but prove me wrong. Our section is always looking for new talent…

Are you being serious here, or is this just another example of your inability to acknowledge a mistake without injecting pointless sarcasm? For the record, I could care less about Soundgarden – I was just amazed by the immaturity of your response to Chris’s post. Most writers who take their work seriously would have thanked him for the correction and moved on.

None of the bands you mentioned are headliners except Muse. And while I actually agree with you that Muse are rather lame, they are not indie rock (neither are Them Crooked Vultures for that matter).

As for the alleged indifference, for what it’s worth, the general reaction over at the Coachella message board has been pretty positive. No, that doesn’t prove anything, but neither do the links you posted. They’re just random comments made by random people. You’re perfectly entitled to pass your own verdict on how good the lineup is, but why don’t we wait until the ticket sales figures are in before we make any definitive statements about its popularity?

entitle it “DEAR SOUNDGARDEN FANS”