When it comes to cute, Canadian, creatively coiffed, twindie rockers, Tegan and Sara Quin are among the best. Did you know they're witty? The duo's sisterly bickering is a big hit on YouTube. After a triumphant performance at Coachella, the... CONTINUE READING TEGAN & SARA ARE INDIE ROCK'S LAUREL & HARDY»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Tegan And Sara
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy When we arrived Sunday we didn't have to wait in line or battle our way through the parking lots. Not because we're some important VIP's -- there just wasn't anyone there. The crowd... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Booka Shade | Coachella | Gogol Bordello | Holy Fuck | I'm From Barcelona | My Morning Jacket | Pink | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | Sean Penn | Shout Out Louds | Spiritualized | Stars | Swervedriver
Sound issues plagued Prince's set from where we stood yesterday, and in any videos we found on YouTube, but hey ... last night was cool. In fact, Coachella was "the coolest place on earth" last night, according to his Purpleness.... CONTINUE READING PRINCE COVERS RADIOHEAD AT COACHELLA»
Posted on April 27, 2008 in (28 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Prince | Radiohead | The Beatles
By Brandon Stosuy For their first U.S. show in close to a decade, Portishead showed up as a chilly six-piece, delivering Coachella's set to beat: Beth Gibbons, intense in black, looked both devastated and triumphant while Geoff Barrow rotated... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: PORTISHEAD KICK OUR ASSES @ THE MAIN STAGE»
Posted on April 27, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Portishead
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Well, this was the best Saturday we've had in awhile. We started the day with an afternoon set by SM & the Jicks. Malkmus, properly protected from the UV rays in his shades,... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS (STARRING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, DEATH CAB, KRAFTWERK, PORTISHEAD & PRINCE)»
Posted on April 27, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Death Cab For Cutie | Kraftwerk | Prince | Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks
At a forecasted 103º, today's gonna be the hottest day yet, kids, so maybe we should all sleep in a little. Unless you want to see Perry Farrell solo. The first set worth our perspiration is coming from I'm From... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SUNDAY'S SETS TO SEE»
Posted on April 27, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Coachella
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy You know what sucked for every band following Les Savy Fav yesterday? The fact that they had to follow Les Savy Fav yesterday. Under intensely blazing Indio heat, Harrington and his hockey blogging... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Black Kids | Black Lips | Coachella | Cut Copy | Diplo | Jack Johnson | Jens Lekman | Les Savy Fav | M.I.A. | Marla Hansen | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | The Breeders | The Dap-Kings | The National | The Raconteurs | The Verve | Vampire Weekend
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy While watching Verve's main stage set last night we found ourselves wondering something we don't usually wonder: What would it be like to live inside the head of Richard Ashcroft for a day?... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: THE VERVE SOUND LIKE A SONNET, FLASH IMPECCABLE CHEEKBONES @ THE MAIN STAGE»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Coachella | The Verve
Greetings from Indio. We saw lots of stuff yesterday: Les Savy Fav, The National, Cut Copy, The Verve (!), Aphex Twin (!!), Jack Johnson (!!!). And so far one celebrity (does Whitney Port count?). While we get going cropping beautiful... CONTINUE READING VIDEOS FROM COACHELLA FRIDAY»
Posted on April 26, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Aphex Twin | Coachella | Portishead | Raconteurs | Santogold | Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings | Tegan And Sara | Vampire Weekend
Yesterday we pinballed between stages and tents to catch a whopping twelve sets (hello, Guinness). Today we plan to see a lot of music again, though when the sun starts setting, we'll be planting ourselves at the Coachella Stage for... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY'S SETS TO SEE»
Posted on April 26, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Coachella
After an all-night flight westward and a $3 cookie meal (thnks fr th mmrs, American Airlines!), we're showered and ready to get disgustingly sweaty in the desert. Now it's time to Coachoose our schedule. If you're in Indio and haven't... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA '08: FRIDAY'S SETS TO SEE»
Posted on April 25, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Coachella
Pack your sunscreen and get ready to dehydrate: it's Coachella week, and if you're making your way out to the desert, this post's for you. Goldenvoice's finally released the timetables for this weekend's indie fun in Indio, so while you'll... CONTINUE READING TIME TO START COACHOOSING YOUR COACHELLA 2008 ITINERARY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (17 comments)
Tags: Coachella
It feels like just a couple yesterdays ago we were down in Austin living on a diet of nachos and Shiners, but lo and behold -- it's just about time to head Westward to Coachella. We're psyched. We were already... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA IS ONE WEEK AWAY, BUT JACK JOHNSON REMINDS US TO STAY MELLOW»
Posted on April 16, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Coachella
Yes, the Purple One's been added as a Saturday (4/26) headliner, which means we might finally get to see that guitar phallus up close and in person! Unfortunately, he hasn't replaced Jack Johnson. That's all cool, though. When you consider... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA LANDS A PRINCE»
Posted on April 9, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Prince
Last year was our first Coachella, and it easily ranked as our favorite festival of '07 -- due to our newness to Indio, but also to an unmatched lineup with lots of built-in storylines (Björk's first US Volta shows, reunion... CONTINUE READING OFFICIAL COACHELLA LINEUP 2008: SEE YOU ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON»
Posted on January 21, 2008 (63 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Death Cab For Cutie | Kraftwerk | Love And Rockets | My Morning Jacket | Portishead | Roger Waters | The Raconteurs | The Verve
Turns out the rumors are true. Not that Coachella vet Scarlett J's playing Courtney. Nada. Looks like the East Coast family won't have to go West to see Coachella, if they can't afford the gas or plane ticket, or cool... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA RUMORS CONFIRMED»
Posted on January 15, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Coachella
Or is it? No, no it's not. This flier arrived in our inbox Saturday and we almost believed it because why would anyone's fantasy lineup include the Faint? Bowie, Radiohead, MBV and the rest after the jump. The fakeouts start... CONTINUE READING NOT COACHELLA 2008 LINE-UP»
Posted on November 19, 2007 (58 comments)
Tags: Coachella
Like the Jesus & Mary Chain, Crowded House got their "unofficial" reunion show out of the way at Glass House on 4/27, where they joked about expecting a hostile crowd of mainly Rage reunion seekers. Prescient thought, 'cause despite taking... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: RAGE FANS DIDN'T LIKE CROWDED HOUSE»
Posted on May 1, 2007 in (87 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Crowded House | Rage Against The Machine
No one goes to Coachella for the comedy, but 'shroom-fueled, bewildered college students make for a rapt audience; it's only natural Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and other edgy jokemakers would be invited to perform. On Friday afternoon, while... CONTINUE READING ZACH GALIFINAKIS INTERPRETS "TOMORROW"»
Posted on April 30, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Comedians Of Comedy | Zach Galifianakis
In New York, we get used seeing celebrities at concerts. For a while there, it was hard to hit a rock show in NYC and not run into David Cross, Paul Rudd, or the cast of Law & Order: SVU.... CONTINUE READING APRIL OF THE PENGUIN»
Posted on April 30, 2007 (18 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Danny DeVito
"Killing In The Name" was particularly insane; you haven't lived until you've yelled "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me," pumping fists with 60,000 sunburned kids in the desert. The audience expected, and received, the most politically-charged set... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE REUNITE»
Posted on April 30, 2007 in (106 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Rage Against The Machine
Superlatives get tired quick, but here goes ... Saturday may have been the greatest single day festival experience we've had yet. Staving off the 106º temps and sun with a mix of sunscreen and adrenaline, we marched across the Coachella... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY'S BEST OF THE REST»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Coachella | Cornelius | Girl Talk | Kings Of Leon | The Decemberists
If you ask your Indio-bound buddies which band delivered The Set Of Saturday and they answer with anyone other than !!!, we can explain: They weren't at the Mojave tent at approximately 6:40PM, when the dance-punk octet brought fire to... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: !!! DELIVER SATURDAY'S FINEST»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Chk Chk Chk | Coachella
We interrupt our regularly scheduled posts about Saturday's across-the-board awesome performances with a slew of shots to show you what you'd see on your hot walks from the Coachella Stage to the Sahara Tent. It's a mix of costumed fans,... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SIGHTS OF THE SCENE»
Posted on April 29, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Coachella
After the ubiquity of "Young Folks," a comprehensive sweep of NYC shows, and the indefatigable insistence of the Asian Riff, we sorta figured we'd had our fill of PB&J. But yesterday's set at the Mojave tent was simply irresistible, the... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: PETER BJORN & JOHN ROCKED THE MOJAVE TENT, MAKE FUNNY FACES»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Peter Bjorn And John