Going to Weekend 2 of Coachella? It figures to be quite a bit different than the first weekend, but only because of the predicted high temperatures. Weekend 1 was a breeze – weather-wise, to be sure, but also because the festival was the smoothest-run of the eight that I have attended. Crowds were the opposite […]
Another massive night of Coachella “sandwich” shows, and some other gems: ‣ Wild Flag, the all-star quartet featuring Carrie Brownstein [pictured] and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney) along with Mary Timony (Helium) and Rebecca Cole (the Minders), was one of our Week 1 Coachella highlights. They join two other artists playing the two weekends in the desert, […]
Exitmusic, the husband-wife duo Devon Church and Aleksa Palladino, don’t shy away from playing with that line between haunting and ethereal. It can always be heard in the exponential build-ups in their songs and it can be felt, if not seen, in their visual accompaniments. Teaming up with director Will Joines again, Exitmusic follows up […]
[Here’s a couple of cool covers to get you over the hump this week…] LP, “Halo (Beyonce cover)” — Just to be clear, this is LP not El-P. Hip-hop would only be so lucky to have a voice like this, and not many can pull off that Bob Dylan look as well as she does. […]
The debut EP from L.A. quartet the Child, released on Manimal Vinyl, is fashionably arty – and probably a bit heavier on the fashion than actual art. The brainchild of singer-guitarist-keyboardist Holly Marilyn, along with singer-keyboardist Lauren White, bassist Peter White and drummer Norm Block, the Child deals in moody, percussive avant-pop. The synth-heavy, melodic […]
Wednesday’s shows – are we spoiled, or what? ‣ Tonight is about all things Miike Snow. The Swedish/American indie-pop mind-meld of Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt is riding high after the late-March release of their second album, the eclectic “Happy to You,” and their set Saturday night at Coachella was bonkers. They do […]
Nice touch from the Pixies. The band’s historic 2004 reunion at Coachella seems a distant memory now, but you can get a refresher course – the band is offering a free download of an EP featuring four live songs from that set, “U-Mass,” “Monkey Gone to Heaven,” “Hey” and “Caribou.” After the jump, use the […]
[Weekend 1 of Coachella is history – we now resume or regularly scheduled programming:] Big night for Coachella bands gigging in between the festival’s two weekends. And a legend stops by too: ‣ Elvis Costello & the Imposters bring their Spectacular Spinning Songbook Tour – fans are invited onstage to spin a huge wheel to help […]
Contributor Scott Dudelson shares photos from all around Sunday’s third day of Coachella 2012, which closed out the first of this year’s two weekends. Concert photography by Scott Dudelson
Who: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on the main stage. In 3 or Fewer Words: All-star show.
