Television, Primus, the Coathangers added to Desert Daze lineup
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Desert Daze, which moves to Joshua Tree for its fifth year, makes some notable additions to the lineup for the Oct. 14-16 festival.

Desert Daze, which moves to Joshua Tree for its fifth year, makes some notable additions to the lineup for the Oct. 14-16 festival.
The fifth Desert Daze will convene in Joshua Tree the weekend of Oct. 14-16 with its most impressive lineup yet.
The fifth edition of the Desert Daze festival will move to a fall date, at a new location.
With five artists and mind-bending visuals, the Moon Block Party’s night featured one continuous performance — except for a popsicle break.
Desert Daze — that other festival in the Coachella Valley — returns for a fourth year on May 2, with a lineup headed up by Warpaint, RJD2, Failure, Dan Deacon, Chelsea Wolfe and the Budos Band. Minus the Bear will perform 2004’s “They Make Beer Commercials Like This,” and other notable names among the 40 or so […]
Britt Daniel gazed out over what was probably the smallest festival crowd to which Spoon has played in recent memory and marveled, “This is a pretty cool deal, right? “This is my kind of festival – there’s people right there I can almost touch,” he said, then pointing toward the horizon and adding, “Usually you’re, […]
Updated set times for today’s Moon Block Party at the Pomona Fairplex in light of Black Rebel Motorcyle Club’s cancellation. Gates open at noon. Here they are:
Plenty of fun for your Saturday: ‣ Spoon headlines the Moon Block Party at the Pomona Fairplex, which even after Friday’s late cancellation of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club features a strong lineup including the Black Angels, Band of Skulls, Black Lips, Tinariwen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Metz, Deap Vally and more. Gates open at noon. [Set […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club drummer Leah Shapiro has been diagnosed with a brain ailment that will require surgery. The band has been forced to cancel its appearance at Saturday’s Moon Block Party at the Pomona Fairplex. The news came in a note from Shapiro on BRMC’s Facebook page, which explained that recently she had been […]
Color us smitten by the lineup for Saturday’s Moon Block Party, which is heavy on all varieties of psych-rock (heavy, stoner, garage and heavily stoned in the garage) with some punk and blues tossed in. Oh, and Spoon. After all, how often can you see three consecutive bands with “black” in their name [set times […]