After a considerable break — and with the Coachella Festival now just about a week away — we’re back with more reasons to get psyched about this year’s lineup. Before I dig into this week’s picks, however, I want to call out that I’ve been curating these posts into one giant YouTube “Coachella 2012″ playlist [...]
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Coachella 2012: GET PSYCHED (Part 6)
Posted: April 4, 2012 by Sean Flinn in MusicTags: alternative music, black keys, black lips, coachella, fIREHOSE, the hives, yuck
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Coachella 2012: GET PSYCHED (Part 5)
Posted: March 13, 2012 by Eric Solomon in MusicTags: A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, coachella, Company Flow, Dr. Dre, Frank Ocean, hip-hop, Snoop Dogg
Although Coachella has become better at getting headline hip-hop acts in the big font category, the festival has typically thrown its weight behind a wide swath of rock acts and tents full of electronic music heavy hitters. Last year’s lineup (with the exception of a memorable if divisive act from Kanye) felt at least a [...]
Coachella 2012: GET PSYCHED (Part 4)
Posted: March 4, 2012 by Sean Flinn in MusicTags: coachella, Electronic Music, Justice
This week’s “GET PSYCHED!” is for that large percentage of my Coachella crew who attend the festival each year primarily to bask in the beats at the Sahara tent. Oh sure, they’ll make the occasional foray to the main stage to catch a major artist — but the real allure of the festival is the [...]
Coachella 2012: GET PSYCHED (Part 3)
Posted: February 26, 2012 by Sean Flinn in MusicTags: alternative music, Arctic Monkeys, Buzzcocks, coachella, Pulp, Radiohead, The Vaccines
This week’s entry in the “GET PSYCHED” series is the first of a two-parter focusing on UK bands playing the Coachella Festival in 2012. Not sure if you noticed, but there’s a sort of mini British Invasion taking place in the desert this spring. And it’s not just reflective of some new trend exploding in [...]
Coachella 2012: GET PSYCHED (Part 2)
Posted: February 17, 2012 by Sean Flinn in MusicTags: alternative music, coachella, feist, girls, jeff mangum, m. ward, st. vincent
This week’s “GET PSYCHED” post spotlights some of the unconventional but brilliant songwriters performing at the Coachella Festival in 2012. All five of them hail from a long tradition of great North American singer-songwriters (your Bob Dylans, your Leonard Cohens, your Victoria Williamses) — but all have put a distinctively modern twist on the craft. [...]
