Jack White, Drake and AC/DC have been announced as headliners for Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2015, the two-weekend affair going off April 10-12 and 17-19 at Empire Polo Club in Indio. Reunited U.K. shoegazers Ride are also on the bill, along with Steely Dan, Interpol, the War on Drugs, Ryan Adams and a […]
The edgy power-pop of distaff quartet the Electrets will taste like comfort food for fans of the Ramones, the Go-Go’s and three-minute radio singles from 1981. It’s all done with proper cheekiness, of course. The band’s “Misfit” EP, released in August, draws outside the lines with some wonky keyboards, but mostly the debut from the […]
Set times have been announced for the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, as promoters tweaked a lot of the start times. On Friday, for instance, most of the set times on both the Main Stage and the Outdoor Theatre have been bumped up (maybe Outkast won’t have to shorten their […]
Going to Coachella on Weekend 2? Want to relive the first weekend? Buzz Bands LA covered 53 of the festival’s 184 performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday and published more than 170 photographs. After the jump, we provide quick links to everything:
From the Naked and Famous, the 1975 and Chance the Rapper on the Main Stage to Lana Del Rey (top photo) at the Outdoor Theatre to Flight Facilities’ takeoff in the Sahara Tent, here’s a quick tour de Coachella on Sunday from photographer Scott Dudelson. Concert photography by Scott Dudelson
Who: Arcade Fire on the Main Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Value-added viscera Memorable Because: The Canadian indie-rockers were a stylist short of perfect in winding up Weekend 1 of Coachella on the big stage. They delivered their anthemic hits – expansive, earnest songs imbued with themes of community vs. isolation, love vs. loss […]
Who: Motörhead in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: It’s f***ing Motörhead! Memorable Because: Things that living legend Lemmy Kilmister took Sunday night: the stage by storm, the virginity of at least three women (probably), the future hearing capacity of a crowded Mojave Tent. Lemmy’s worsening health made this a can’t-miss on the […]
Who:Â Jhene Aiko in Gobi tent In 3 or Fewer Words:Â Drake came out Memorable Because:Â Jhene Aiko’s laid-back yet sultry style has earned the singer-rapper many fans over the years, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s easy on the eyes either. However, her set inside the Gobi Tent was only about three-quarters full as she sashayed across […]
Who:Â Disclosure at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words:Â Star-studded set Memorable Because:Â Although “When a Fire Starts to Burn” was a few notches quieter than the crowd would have liked during the first quarter of Disclosure’s set, brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence turned it up as soon as Beck’s set ended over at the Main […]
Who: Beck on the main stage In 3 or fewer words: “Loser?” Sure, baby. Memorable because: Beck was the then-much-smaller Coachella festival’s first-ever headliner (in 1999!) and his proper return to the fest’s largest stage after a few pop-up performances over the years found him hitting the stage on the heels of his critically acclaimed, […]
