Who: Saint Motel on the Main Stage In 3 or Fewer Words: Showtime. Memorable Because: The lesson here is: If you’re a recently signed band and the Fates (or your savvy label/booking agent) land you a slot on the Coachella Main Stage, do it up right. Even if it’s at 1:20 on a Sunday afternoon. […]
Who: Chicano Batman at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: Buenas vibraciones. Memorable Because: It’s quite possible that Chicano Batman sweated all the way through their powder-blue tuxedo shirts by their third song, but the L.A. quartet, one of the few Latin acts booked at Coachella in recent years, was still the coolest […]
Who: Night Terrors of 1927 in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Coming on strong. Memorable Because: Jarrod Gorbel’s big, round voice is at the forefront of NTO1927’s anthems of love and longing, but it’s the gang choruses that stick in your head. The L.A. five-piece had no trouble selling a one-third-full tent […]
[We now begin posting our final batch of Coachella mini-reviews from Weekend 1 — hopefully, if you’re going to the desert his weekend, these will give you an idea of what to expect:] You suspected the third day of Coachella on Sunday might be special the moment you arrived on the grounds of the Empire […]
Thursday’s slate of shows: â–º The Replacements do the second L.A. night of their “Back by Unpopular Demand Tour” at the Hollywood Palladium. â–º Interpol and Perfume Genius team up at the Shrine Expo Hall — one of a handful of shows featuring Coachella artists sandwiching club shows in between festival weekend. The others: The […]
American fans are find Oxford, U.K., psych-poppers Glass Animals … well, sticky. And it figures for a band whose breakout single “Gooey” waxes sexy about “peanut butter vibes.” The quartet — Dave Bayley, Edmund Irwin-Singer, Drew McFarlane and Joe Seward — followed up their Saturday set to a packed Gobi Tent at Coachella with a […]
Fresh off a Friday afternoon performance at Coachella, Cleveland indie-rockers Cloud Nothings brought their intense live show to the Echo. Included were songs from their latest album “Here and Nowhere Else,” including the simmering “Swallow” and “I’m Not Part of Me.” And the trio — singer-guitarist Dylan Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz and bassist TJ Dukehey — delved […]
Hard on the heels of an electrifying Coachella performance, Royal Blood all but blew the ceiling off the Fonda Theatre on Monday night. ||| Photos by Michelle Shiers Their 12-song set, almost entirely from their debut album, began with “Hole†with front man Mike Kerr bringing his immediate swagger and his bass slung low. While […]
Photographer David Brendan Hall takes you on short tour around Saturday’s Day 2 of Coachella, starting with Benjamin Booker (top photo). Our Coachella mini-reviews
Who: Swans in the Gobi Tent In 3 or Fewer Words: Beyond words. Memorable Because: Camera drones searched the skies of Indio all night as festival goers raged on, waiting for beats to drop, but a different kind of drone altogether spooked a small delegation in the Gobi Tent as Saturday night wrote itself into […]