Explosions in the Sky - Coachella 2012

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Explosions in the sky consists of members, Munaf Rayani on guitar, Mark Smith on guitar, Michael James on guitar and bass guitar, and Chris Hrasky on drums. I'm not sure i can do the band better justice than this well edited and storied description "The early beginnings of Explosions in the Sky occurred in 1999, when three longtime friends from West Texas went to a pizza place in Austin, Texas, for a prearranged meeting with a young man from Illinois. The Illinoisan had just moved to Austin, and he put up a flyer that caught the interest of the others. They ate pizza and discussed movies and decided to meet the next day with their various instruments (two guitars, bass, and drums). Over the coming months they picked a band name, then picked a better band name, then wrote and recorded an album. That album, called How Strange, Innocence, was largely out of tune, but the band members didn't really notice at the time. They optimistically printed 300 copies, and gave most of them away. A friend of theirs sent a recording of one of their live shows to a record label in Baltimore, and that label offered to put out albums for the band. Three albums and hundreds of shows later, the band released their fifth album, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, this past April."

Described as post-rock, the band plays mostly instrumental music, that is so moving and has so much feeling, you can easily imagine a story to go along with any of their songs or albums. Their live show is absolutely amazing, and they are in fact better live than recorded and that is truly saying something. They are almost guaranteed the sunset time at Coachella and you would do well not to miss them.

They are also known for the soundtrack to Friday Night Lights, the film as well as the tv series.

If you have time, here is a full set:


If not, start the video and at the beginning you will get the option to skip ahead to certain songs, I'd recommend "Your Hand in Mine", "The Birth and Death of a Day", and "The Only Moment We're Alone"