DIGITAL JOURNALIST
R. Kelly joins Phoenix on stage at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Denis O’Regan/Coachella)
Phoenix headlined Coachella Saturday and the French indie rock band brought out a special guest, too.
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The Postal Service at Coachela 2013 (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)
The Postal Service came onto the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival stage Saturday, April 13 with some mood music and a packed field for the anticipated reunion.
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Justice performs on the main stage at Coachella 2012. (2012/File Photo)
We’re out at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival all weekend long. Stay up to date with what we’re up to with our Twitter stream.
We also want you to be a part of it. Just use the #PECoachella hashtag (capitalization doesn’t matter) to send us photos, musings and more and we’ll give you some love here in the Audio File blog. We will be using the #PECoachella hashtag on Twitter and Instagram.
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Ian Svenonius, of The Make-Up, stands on the crowd during the band’s set on April 13, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
The Make-Up is more than just psychedelic garage rock out of Washington, D.C–The Make-Up is an experience.
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Major Lazer rolls into the crowd at Coachella 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Sure, Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips did the giant beach ball thing first, but did they have vuvuzelas like Major Lazer did? Nope.
Been fighting some tech issues today, so here are some photos from their pad of what I’ve seen around the Fest this afternoon.
People do handstands during the Dropkick Murphys. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Red Bull Speakeasy (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
A poem custom written at Coachella 2013.
One of the secret spots of the Coachella Festival is one that requires a password.
Nestled inside the beer garden nearest to the main stage, ladies dressed in Prohibition-era garb ask you to whisper a password in their ear.
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Robert Bose, left, 41, attaches battery-powered LED lights to balloons during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on April 12, 2013. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)
We’re back at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for day two. Stay up to date with what we’re up to with our Twitter stream.
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The Dropkick Murphys perform at the Pomona Fox. (2011/File Photo)
Just had a chance to talk with Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphy’s, one of my all-time favorite bands. I think I’ve seen them about 15 times in non-work environments.
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Vintage Trouble at Coachella 2013 (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
If you didn’t shake off your hangover and make your way into the festival grounds for Vintage Trouble, you missed one of the best sets of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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