Desert Daze, feat. Slowdive, Mercury Rev, JJUUJJUU, at Lake Perris, California (13 Oct 2018)

Slowdive at Desert Daze 2018 Slowdive Setlist Slomo Catch the Breeze Crazy for You Star Roving Souvlaki Space Station No Longer Making Time Alison When the Sun Hits Sugar for the Pill Golden Hair (Syd Barrett cover) Mercury Rev Setlist Holes Tonite It Shows Endlessly Opus 40 Hudson Line Goddess on a Hiway The Funny Bird Pick Up If You're There Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp The Dark Is Rising JJUUJJUU Setlist Ancient Future Bleck Zionic Mud A Forming Camo Cold Light G 4 A G Read More Desert Daze Ah, the mornings are beginning to be met by a cool autumn breeze...so this must mean desert festival season is under way! Desert Daze has been a myriad of magical atmospheric wonder along with the most entertaining of artists ....

The palm trees were a blowin’ and the wind was dusty and warm on Friday as music lovers loaded into the Lake Perris campgrounds for Desert Daze’s seventh psychedelic wonderland of American music festivals. Founder Phil Pirrone (Leader of band JJUUJJUU) has gone above and beyond to make this entity, in whatever category you want to put it under, entirely separate from your standard music festival. Year after year, he manages to succeed and surpass expectations, galvanizing us with the joy and euphoria that this celestial event brings. It’s more than just a weekend. It’s an experience of a lifetime...

Saturday, the second day of Desert Daze, is the biggest and best attended of the three-day music festival in Lake Perris, California…

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

Following the chaos of the previous evening, Saturday was a slothful start to the festival. Meg Duffy’s Hand Habits was a soothing beginning, her dreamy vocals and impressive pedal play putting us into a nice little lullaby under the cloud-spotted sky. She has a Sharon Van Etten vibe about her…seeing the two of them together one day would be a cool duet. Just putting that out there for anyone reading this who could make that happen.

Brazilian psych-rock band Boogarins was a little like seeing a Hendrix at Woodstock set, with Dinho Almeida donning a Mickey Mouse in Fantasia T-shirt and grinning ear to ear as he shredded his guitar. I had never seen them nor did I know of them, but I’ve been keeping them in my rotation and will continue to do so.

Mercury Rev was a highlight for me and put on one hell of a set under the dark and ominous sky, complete with almost the entire Deserter’s Songs album. Holes really needs to have its cinematic debut in some desperately sad drama film soon. It’s just too damn good.

JJUUJJUU rocked out so hard core, complete with Phil giving a heartfelt thank you to all of the Dazers for being patient as they clean up the mishaps from the unforeseen forecast.

Slowdive opened to a black and white swirling backdrop, playing most of their self-titled album that dropped last year. The band was really solid, I just wanted to hear Rachel Goswell’s vocals more, as the set was super bass-heavy. It was an early evening for a majority of festival goers, as some pulled all-nighters the night before waiting for the rain to subside.

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JJUUJJUU

Hand Habits

Boogarins

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Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev

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Mercury Rev

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Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev

Slowdive

Slowdive at Desert Daze (13 Oct 2018)

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