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Coachella 2015: AC/DC, bringing the high voltage

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Who: AC/DC at the Outdoor Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Rock or bust! Memorable Because: “I hope you guys like rock ’n’ roll, because that’s all we do!” singer Brian Johnson squealed as legendary hard rock band AC/DC took the Main Stage. He wasn’t lying. AC/DC’s electrifying set felt like a middle-finger to the […]

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Coachella 2015: Flying Lotus, dead-on

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Who: Flying Lotus in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Are we dead? Memorable Because: Steven Ellison, who performs under the moniker Flying Lotus, brought a cerebral experience to the Mojave Tent. Wearing a mask that had two circles of light (actually making look like a fly in the dark), Flying Lotus performed within a cubed […]

Coachella 2015: Steely Dan, your old weird uncles

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Who: Steely Dan at the Outdoor Theatre. In 3 or Fewer Words: Doing it again. Memorable Because: Eyebrows were raised, snark was dispensed and questions were asked when Steely Dan was booked for Indio, but the veteran jazz-rock fusionists made it look like a genius move. They brought their A game to a hit-laden set, […]

Tonight in L.A.: Brandon Flowers, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, Stromae, Jenny Lewis, Swans, Glass Animals, MØ, FKA Twigs, Ride, RAC, Cloud Nothings, Benjamin Booker, Alt-J, the Fontaines

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A very happy Tuesday to you: â–º Brandon Flowers, who has a new solo album titled “The Desired Effect” coming May 19, visits the Troubadour. Above, director Warren Fu’s new video for “Still Want You.” â–º Fleetwood Mac [see our review and photos from Friday’s show] return for another night at the Forum. â–º It’s […]

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Coachella 2015: Interpol, mighty on the Main Stage

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Who: Interpol on the Main Stage. In 3 or Fewer Words: Old reliable. Memorable Because: Interpol have become festival staples, worthy of no lower than second-line status on any flyer, because their exceptional noirish dance-punk never ages and they appeal to both rock and dance audiences. And as last summer at FYF Fest, they rocked […]

Coachella 2015: Lykke Li, emotions (and tent) overflowing

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Who: Lykke Li in the Mojave Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Lykke likes Drake. Memorable Because: Lykke Li has always been one to pull on the heart strings, and festival-goers must have been in the mood for some melodic melodrama because the Mojave Tent was overflowing so much there was barely room to walk from the adjacent Gobi […]

Coachella 2015: Alabama Shakes, the new old-schoolers with an advanced degree

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Who: Alabama Shakes at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: From fertile soil. Unforgettable Because: As the Athens, Ala., quintet took the stage, a rail-hanger shouted at Brittany Howard, “I love you, Mama!” It was more an acknowledgement of the 25-year-old singer-guitarist’s commanding presence, indeed a maternal one, than a dreamy-eyed come-on, and […]

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Coachella 2015: The War On Drugs, finding the familiar

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Who: The War On Drugs on the Main Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: “‘Red Eyes,’ man!” Mostly Memorable Because: In the GA beer tent next to the main stage, there were many festival-goers were having some Springsteen-esque moments with Adam Granduciel. Although the War On Drugs are notoriously known for epic jam sessions, they provided one of […]

Coachella 2015: Ride, like a daydream

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Who: Ride in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Heaven at dusk. Memorable Because: The Oxford quartet’s set suffered the same fate as Suede’s reunion show in 2011 — a virtuoso turn, under-attended. The shoegazers’ dreamy-cum-grandiose music has influenced dozens of indie-rockers since their four-album run in the 1990s, and Mark Gardener, Andy […]

Coachella 2015: Azealia Banks, three years later

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Who: Azealia Banks on the Main Stage. In 3 or Fewer Words: Nailed the return. Memorable Because: For someone who’s recently been in the news more for her shit-talking than her music, Azealia Banks had quite the triumphant return to Coachella. Three years ago, the viral hit “212” prompted an over-flowing Gobi tent that went wild for […]