Coachella '08 Reviewed, Day Three: Metric, I'm From Barcelona, Duffy, Stars, Sean Penn
It was a little bit '80s, with Sean Penn ranting and Stars nodding to Phil Collins. But Metric's Emily Haines had all the best punchlines.
By Melissa Goldstein 05.01.08 10:11 AM
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Poolside at Coachella '08: Black Lips
Atlanta's garage-punk mavens ponder wildest shows, and reveal plans for their forthcoming record -- possibly out by 2008's end!
By Spin Staff 04.30.08 10:36 AM
Before taking the festival stage Friday night (April 25) to rival surfer-cum-musician Jack Johnson's simultaneous set and, um, musical waves, which drummer Joe Bradley jokes could "crash his heart," the rambunctious Southern boys of the Black Lips dropped by to scope out the "front nine" and chat with our Peter Gaston.
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Coachella Blog, Day Two: Mommy, Why Does Everybody Have a Bomb?
Our Charles Aaron examines sets from Prince, Portishead, Kraftwerk, and more in his Day Two blog.
By Charles Aaron 04.28.08 6:28 PM
In a better universe, Prince would've been the original alternative rocker. Able to play virtually any instrument in virtually any style -- funk, soul, R&B, gospel, pop, rock, folk, psych, new-wave -- he was a multiracial, pansexual, politically minded, sacredly profane fashion freakazoid who posed in the shower wearing a trench coat and a "Rude Boy" button.
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Coachella Blog, Day One: Summer Is Ready When You Are
Our Charles Aaron compares two forces of nature: Steven Tyler and Black Kids, and makes many more Coachella observations in his Day One blog.
By Charles Aaron 04.26.08 11:50 PM
Here are two skewed views of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which opened its three-session 2008 cavalcade at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California Friday (just minutes away from where the late Merv Griffin once held court as the cardiganed billionaire pasha of this desert resort-village refuge, as the sultan of streets named after legendary golfers -- Nicklaus, Palmer, even We
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Follow SPIN at Coachella Live!
Watch a live webcast of our Coachella party, starting at 11 P.M. PST, plus check out video from our Coachella crib, posted as it happens.
By Peter Gaston 04.26.08 1:25 AM
You can read about it. You can watch live performances streaming on AT&T blue room. And now, you can follow along with SPIN.com's Coachella adventures with SPIN Live, our new video feature, powered by Kyte.
