Watch: Azealia Banks perform '212′ and 'Valerie' cover at Coachella

We were among the very many disappointed last week with R&B’s hype man of the moment, The Weeknd’s live set at Coachella. The slick production and precision seen on record was simply nowhere to be seen on the vast stage, his voice cracking under the pressure of the spotlight and his live band seeming off-mark altogether.

So we were equally excited this weekend to see how Tesfaye’s femme buzz counterpart, Azealia Banks, fared. Thankfully, from these amateur-shot Youtube clips, she seemed to do a little better – translating all the raw energy of ’212′ and the like over to the gig setting. Even if the sound quality seems a bit sparse.

You can watch Banks perform ’212′ above, along with a bizarre take of The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’, while below is a cover of The Zutons/Ronson’-‘n’-Winehouse mega-hit ‘Valerie’.