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LCD Soundsystem (James Murphy) gives a beautiful live performance of "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music Festival. (okeastron video)
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Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Love Today" at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on June 8, 2007. Highlight: at about 6:15, Mika rips off his shirt and goes crazy on a metal trashcan. Also check out my video of Mika performing "Love Today" at the 2007 Coachella Music Festival in April and at the Wiltern Theatre in February 2008. (okeastron video)
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Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" live at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music Festival. Also check out my more recent video of Mika performing this song at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, with the owner of the Butterfly Lounge on-stage! (okeastron video)
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Despite having a sore throat from performing two shows in L.A. earlier in the week, M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) performs "Boyz" from her album "Kala" at Lollapalooza 2007 in Grant Park, Chicago, on August 3, 2007. Also, don't forget to check out my videos of M.I.A.'s concert at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles the following November. (okeastron video)
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Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Any Other World" on the keyboard at the Avalon Hollywood on June 8, 2007. A lot of screaming at the start; it starts to subside about 55 seconds into the video. (okeastron video)
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Mika (Mica Penniman) performs "Ring Ring" at the Avalon Hollywood on June 8, 2007. Sorry for the shakiness about 20 seconds in. Some girl who arrived late shoved me as she was trying to push her way to the front of the crowd. (okeastron video)
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The National perform "Secret Meeting" from their album "Alligator" at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on June 27, 2007. I wanted to record more songs from the show, but my camera's battery died after only 3 songs. Hopefully, someone else will post video from the band's amazing performances of "Lit Up," "Mr. November," and "Abel." (okeastron video)
Video duration: 169 seconds
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The Hold Steady perform "Citrus" from their album "Boys And Girls In America" at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on May 31, 2007. I love that Craig Finn performs the whole song with a can of Budweiser clutched in his hand. Keep an eye out for videos from The Hold Steady's show at the Henry Fonda Music Box in November. (okeastron video)
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The Gossip perform "Listen Up!" at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA, on April 7, 2007. The song ends with some extremely close-up shots of Beth Ditto. Also, the focus is still messed up from earlier in the show when Beth sprayed beer on my camera.