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The last time I saw CocoRosie was when they supported Antony and the Johnsons in a chuch in San Diego in 2006. It was just the two girls (Sierra and Bianca Casady) then, they were awesome, and they were super sweet hawking their album in person at the venue after the show finished. Unfortunately festivals don't have that same level of intimacy that makes those little shows so special.

CocoRosie (after some touring hassle in 2007 when band members were not able to enter the country) played Coachella's Gobi tent (about 90% full). The girls were accompanied by a full band including the significantly skilled beatboxer Spleen.

Thankfully Ohmpark recorded a lot of the set!
http://ohmpark.com/mp3s/live-show-cocorosie-coachella/
01 Houses
02 Animals
03 Promise
04 K-Hole (technical difficulties during intro)
05 Sunshine
06 You Wanna F*ck Me
07 Japan
08 (Tez from Paris)
09 Beautiful Boys
10 Werewolf

So you can make up your own minds about it. I thought the girls were great but they are not a festival band and they're are so much more evocative when it's just the duo (personal opinion and preference obviously).

• On 11/1/08 at 8:54pm Dubber said: the beatboxer in the videos is not Spleen. I know this because Spleen is black and large and the video's beatboxer is small and white. Still he's got some skill. Would like to hear the soundboard version. Reply

• On 11/3/08 at 4:43pm notpierre said: totally agree that they are a small venue band. a GREAT but small venue band but they don't carry as well in front of a 1500 audience. Reply