Desert Daze 2017: Here are the set times for this weekend’s festival
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Here are the set times for this weekend’s Desert Daze in Joshua Tree.
Here are the set times for this weekend’s Desert Daze in Joshua Tree.
Spiritualized, Eagles of Death Metal, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Hope Sandoval, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Allah-Las are in the initial lineup for Desert Daze, Oct. 12-15 in Joshua Tree.
With multi-hued splendor, Sufjan Stevens mounted a spectacle that matched his uplifting messages at the KCRW World Festival. And he sealed it with cover of Prince’s “Kiss.”
Kurt Vile and the Violators played a long set of music behind the songwriter’s latest album “B’lieve I’m Goin Down.”
Also: Albert Hammond Jr., Misterwives, Fruit Bats, White Sea, Distant Cousins, the Struts, the Entrance Band, Ghost Lit Kingdom
Highlights include Jamie xx, Franz Ferdinand + Sparks, My Morning Jacket, Hozier, Wolf Alice, Patrick Watson, Albert Hammond Jr., Neil Young, Kurt Vile, Superhumanoids, Alt-J, Twenty One Pilots, Other Lives, Florence + the Machine, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Deafheaven, Deerhunter and Of Monsters & Men.
An intimate, low-key vibe ruled for most of Friday night’s show at the First Unitarian Church headlined by Kurt Vile and the Violators – there was free pizza on the way in, a bar in the courtyard and a polite, enthusiastic crowd for the Philadelpia singer-songwriter’s career-spanning set. Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa joined the band […]
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