{"id":249385,"date":"2019-10-17T09:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=249385"},"modified":"2021-05-13T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:08:44","slug":"desert-daze-one-flaming-lips-animal-collective-stereolab-atlas-sound-festival-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/desert-daze-one-flaming-lips-animal-collective-stereolab-atlas-sound-festival-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Daze One: Flaming Lips, Animal Collective, Stereolab, Atlas Sound and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words by Justin Ward<\/strong> | Photos by Brian Ferguson<\/a><\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n

This weekend was my first official foray into the Desert Daze<\/strong> music festival set right on Lake Perris<\/strong> in California, just a short trip right outside of Los Angeles<\/strong>. The festival only started eight years ago but given the talent roster we saw this weekend, it’s clear that this is a well-established and phenomenal festival at this point.<\/p>\n

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Easy logistics, ridiculous talent, and some of the craziest musical sounds I’ve heard in a while were all part of this experience, so it’s definitely worthy of breaking down the day by day of what we saw. Continue on for photos from Brian Ferguson<\/strong> and words\/thoughts from me on what we witnessed. The tl;dr<\/strong><\/em> version is quick: Desert Daze 2019 was incredible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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My festival got started somewhat unusually in that I met Wayne Coyne<\/strong> from The Flaming Lips<\/strong> while at my hotel buffet waiting to get some eggs well. We had clearly both just woken up and weren’t really in the condition to take selfies, so I just told him I hoped they would have a good show and I was looking forward to the set from them. They had the final set of the night, and we were still hours away from the festival start. A great start for me, though.<\/p>\n

I ended up staying offsite and was only a quick 20 minute trip away from the festival grounds, but many fans were camping and RV-ing on site which made the logistics getting to the fest even easier. First artist for me was Fred Armisen<\/strong> doing his Comedy for Musicians but Everyone is Welcome stage show which is basically him fronting a stage full of instruments and him making quick quips about the life of a musician or the life of a touring artist.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3pm8HWBOJ2\/<\/p>\n

It’s hilarious for most people, but I also heard that comedy and festivals only mix so well for some people and he didn’t even use his full hour before being like “have a great festival!” and being done with his set.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3h-Y0oht_U\/<\/p>\n

Atlas Sound<\/strong> was the first artist that I caught on the Moon Stage<\/strong> which the “main” stage area set right on the artificial beach. From here you get a sense of the natural beauty of your surroundings, water and mountains, and it’s a very idyllic scene. Atlas Sound and a sunny day were perfectly paired, and the project welcomed both Panda Bear<\/strong> and L\u00e6titia Sadier<\/strong> from Stereolab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n