Coachella 2013

For Major Lazer and New Order, nostalgia is key

Major Lazer, like many dance-hall and EDM artists, traffics in nostalgia via sentimental ’80s and ’90s samples. New Order, a...

Third Man Records rock for Record Store Day

Third Man Records celebrated Record Store Day with a pop-up party at the Ace Hotel on Saturday, featuring Carly Ritter, Courtney Jaye and...

Disclosure releases single ahead of Sunday night gig

Perhaps the most lukewarm performance Pop & Hiss caught last weekend at the first installment of Coachella was the Red Hot Chili...

Tegan and Sara, Earl Sweatshirt keep crowds up late

It took a quick refrain from Tegan and Sara’s late night set Friday to fully capture what a lot of the audience was likely feeling...

Blur, Stone Roses headline for the in-the-know

As late Friday night was turning Saturday morning at the Coachella festival, on-again-off-again and currently-on Brit-pop band Blur left...

Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs reaffirm indie rock

With its wild, discordant sound and bizarre song structure, Modest Mouse is one of the most unlikely superstar rock bands of modern times....

Japandroids and the future of rock

Japandroids, the hard-driving garage rock duo from Vancouver, broke a string during their very first song at weekend two of Coachella&...

American pride easy to spot

As the nation is glued to the coverage of the recent bombing in Boston and the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, music lovers...

Indio to be 'vigilant' on security; fans to party

Shortly after the gates opened for the second weekend of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, those waiting to get in bore...

Five artists who earned their spots

This weekend at Coachella, about 190 acts will return for the second, and final, weekend of the annual festival. And the simple truth is,...

Blur to close Friday night's Weekend 2 show

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Coachella 2013 On-the-go: Mobile guide

On your way to Coachella? Take our mobile guide with you. Check our 36 must-see shows, sortable schedule and more.

Sparks continues musical explorations, at Coachella and beyond

Sparks, the long-running L.A. pop-dance-rock band consisting of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, has long pushed at the boundaries of pop...

Lessons learned after Weekend 1

Coachella returns for its second act this weekend. Here, The Times pop music staff offers some lessons learned in the first weekend that...

Coachella could be more fun: Here's how

There are a lot of people in this world, and it seems as if most of them were at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend....

Coachella 2013: 'Blowchella' chills festivalgoers to the core

As the melancholy strains of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “From Her to Eternity” skittered across the Empire Polo Club...

Coachella 2013: Red Hot Chili Peppers lack a certain spice

INDIO -- "I feel like I'm in 'Lawrence of Arabia,' " Anthony Kiedis said Sunday night, not long after Red Hot Chili Peppers had taken the...

Coachella 2013: Thee Oh Sees rule the Gobi Tent with joyous fury

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Coachella 2013 feels something like a British re-invasion

Ten minutes into his band's performance Friday night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, singer Damon Albarn of Blur realized...

Coachella 2013: Down deep in the dance grooves

The heaviest place to be at Coachella 2013, from a sound perspective, wasn't in the sweet spot of the Main Stage rig while Phoenix was...

Coachella 2013: Lindsay Lohan, Kristen Stewart among stars spotted

Before Lindsay Lohan acceded to a judge’s orders, agreeing to enter 90 days of court-mandated lock-down rehab in New York on May 1,...

Coachella 2013: Janelle Monae is mum on new album

When Pop & Hiss heard that Janelle Monáe would be issuing the first single from her upcoming album the day after the conclusion...

Coachella 2013: John Legend dips into dance

No other genre has benefited more from EDM’s current notch on the cultural landscape than urban pop.

Coachella festival doubles down on art

INDIO, Calif. — Under Friday night's crescent moon, a giant iridescent snail slowly made its way among thousands of concert revelers...

Coachella 2013: Phoenix and R. Kelly get on the good foot

It was Coachella's best-kept secret.

Coachella 2013: 'Imaginary band' the Postal Service gets real

During a between-song break during their first-ever live performance at Coachella on Saturday night, singer Ben Gibbard introduced the...

Coachella 2013: Confessions of a Violent Femme

Watching the Violent Femmes at Coachella is a kind of existential angst for a millennial guy.

Coachella 2013: Eve takes to the desert for her comeback

A lot has changed in the 11 years since Eve issued her last record.

Coachella 2013: 2 Chainz, Action Bronson represent rap

There isn't much hip-hop on Coachella's main stage this year, which marks a significant shift from 2011 and 2012, when Kanye West and then...

Coachella 2013: Baauer works a crowd awaiting 'Harlem Shake'

The question lingered for nearly the entire set: When would Baauer drop "Harlem Shake," his syrupy instrumental dance track that spawned a...