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Alf Alpha has performed at Coachella 2011, 2012 and the S.S. Coachella. (2011/File Photo)
A Coachella Valley native will be playing the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
DJ Alf Alpha, who hails from Palm Desert and played Coachella in 2011 and 2012, plus provided a soundtrack for the S.S. Coachella cruises in December, will be at Coachella 2013 April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, according to dates posted on his website.
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Fans go crazy for Nero in the Sahara Tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. on April 15, 2012. (Vanessa Franko)
Another artist just confirmed his spot at Coachella 2013.
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Mick Jagger confirmed to NME that The Rolling Stones will not be at Coachella 2013. (AP Photo)
The reports started last week about the Rolling Stones being out for the Coachella 2013 lineup, but now NME has posted an interview with singer Mick Jagger where he confirms the news.
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The Selecter has reunited and may be headed to Coachella 2013.
Here’s a Coachella 2013 lineup prediction for you this morning from a reader across the pond–Susan Quilligan from Loughborough, Leicestershire, U.K. passed on a tip about The Selecter:
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The Sandbox Bullies (Contributed Image)
Here’s a show combo you don’t hear a lot about—barbers, bands and burlesque.
The Mission Tobacco Lounge will host all three on Saturday, Jan. 26.
The Gentlemens Parlor Barbershop in San Jacinto, Stay Gold Barbershop in Fontana and , American Barbers will be on hand and there will be live music from the Grave Slaves, Sandbox Bullies, Rotten Rooster and In Between Jobs in addition to a burlesque performance.
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, 951- 682-4427, $10, 21 and older only.
Visit http://reverbnation.com/sandboxbullies for more information.
The Postal Service is reuniting and Indio looks to be in the group’s future. (Sub Pop/Contributed Image)
Happy Monday! We’re still waiting for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup to drop, but we might be able to add one more act to it–The Postal Service.
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Bear Mountain is the site of the Snow Daze Music Festival on Jan. 26.
If you want to check out some free tunes in the snow, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain and X103.9 are putting on the Snow Daze Music Festival this weekend.
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The Coachella Main Stage in 2010. (2010/File Photo)
For the last week or so, we’ve been asking readers to submit their picks for headliners for the lineup of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
We’re still waiting for the lineup, but don’t freak out. It’s not uncommon for the lineup to be announced later in January. You can check out the charts I built for historical information on Coachella lineup release data.
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Nicki Bluhm is coming to Pioneertown (Noa Azoulay-Sclater/Contributed Image)
Bay Area outfit Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers are headed to Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace on Saturday, Jan. 26.
I kind of fell in love with them after a friend passed on their “Van Sessions” of Hall & Oates, where they film covers in their van while they’re on the road. It’s kind of amazing. Wait for the incredible kazoo solo.
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Portishead plays Coachella 2008. (2008/File Photo)
I think I’m through the Coachella looking glass, that point when anything sounds possible, like drinking a cracker. Heck, maybe Sly Stone will be back. Wait, that will never happen. Maybe I haven’t totally lost it yet.
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