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 (10 comments)
Tags: Coachella | The Verve
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
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 | Santigold | Sharon Jones | Tegan And Sara | Vampire Weekend
The boys of DCFC are gearing up for a busy festival season -- Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pemberton -- where they'll be playing songs from the forthcoming Narrow Stairs, which hasn't leaked yet. Spin recently sat down with them at Ahmet... Dark Side Would Be Like Ringo Performing Sgt. Pepper's"'">CONTINUE READING BEN GIBBARD: "ROGER WATERS DOING DARK SIDE WOULD BE LIKE RINGO PERFORMING SGT. PEPPER'S"»
Posted on April 25, 2008 (42 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Ben Gibbard | Coachella | Death Cab For Cutie | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | The Smashing Pumpkins
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 | Here We Go Magic | Luke Temple | Prince | SXSW
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: All Points West | 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 (59 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 (88 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 | Modest Mouse
"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
After maneuvering the Coachella grounds and getting ourselves situated, Stereogum's Day Two began at the Outdoor Theater, taking in the New Pornographer's spin on that Canadian indie rock of which we're all so fond. But the minute Carl Newman's mic... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS UNVEIL ALBUM ART ONSTAGE, PLAY THAT SONG FROM THE COMMERCIAL»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Coachella | The New Pornographers
Today's fun in the sun didn't get going in earnest until around 4PM, when Regina Spektor and Hot Chip faced off in a battle for our affections -- but it's a nonstop tour de dehydration from there out. Think we've... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY'S SETS TO SEE»
Posted on April 28, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Coachella | Michelle Obama | Modest Mouse
Not that Coachella's a competition ... but of course it is. Who's gonna turn in the show to set tongues wagging (à la Daft Punk)? It's only been a day, we know, and there's so much left to see.... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: BJöRK LAYS EARLY CLAIM TO SET OF FEST»
Posted on April 28, 2007 in , (11 comments)
Tags: Björk | Coachella
Who'd want to follow the Johansson And Mary Chain's triumphant showing? Doubt they had a say in the matter, but the onus fell on the gloomy lads of Interpol to appease a massive crowd of JAMC leftovers, Björk anticipators, and... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: INTERPOL UNLEASHES ITS ANTICS»
Posted on April 28, 2007 in (35 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Interpol | Paris Hilton
After a false alarm, the most absurd rumor of Coachella week came to fruition last night when, toward the end of an ecstatic set, ScarJo joined the Reid brothers on stage for "Just Like Honey." Sadly, camera issues plagued the... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON»
Posted on April 28, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Scarlett Johansson | The Jesus And Mary Chain
We'll be blogging live from Coachella this weekend, provided we continue to find free Internets. If you're not at the festival (which is probably the case if you're reading this) know that you can stream performances live at AT&T... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA STARTS HERE»
Posted on April 27, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Noisettes | Tokyo Police Club
