Category Archives: Music

Allen Stone performs at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)

Allen Stone has the best voice at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. With a full band, his soulful sounds are likely to come back to Coachella in the future and at a better spot than the Gobi Tent.
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Danny Brown performs at Coachella on Saturday, April 20, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Danny Brown, out of Detroit, attracted a crowd at the Outdoor Theatre stage Saturday afternoon. Check out photos of Danny Brown at Coachella.
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Festivalgoers cool off at the Do Lab. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)

Having Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival withdrawals from weekend one? Want to point and laugh at the people suffering in the heat? Well then we have a gallery for you.
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Trash Talk performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, April 20, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Trash Talk, a hardcore band out of Sacramento, performed one of the most punishing sets at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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The recent bombings and mayhem in Boston, seem to have struck a nerve with the Coachella crowd, a red, white and blue nerve.

For the past two day, there have been lots of festival goers donning the American flag be it in bandana, swim trunks, or shirt form.

Ryan Ball, from Denver, wrote “Boston” on his American flag baseball cap.
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Fans cool off at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Friday, April 12 in Indio. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)

Part of the fun of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is the people watching. Here are some of the favorites we saw so far.
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The beginning of the Dropkick Murphys’ Coachella Festival weekend two set started with “For Boston” as a flag with the city’s seal behind waved behind them. It was one of the most emotionally charged sets I’ve seen at the festival.

It set a tone of resilience at the Empire Polo Club for the Boston band, who raised upward of $100,000 to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, April 17and their family
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To continue the head gear discussion, I head out into a sea of people in search of a few skippers.

Lost on the desert without their beloved ship, Coachella seems to have an abundance of sailors wandering around.

Maybe they are on a quest for the closest body of water, or just to reunite with Gilligan.

Matt Taylor, of Atlanta, dressed as Waldo for Coachella 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Matt Taylor, of Atlanta, brought out an old Halloween costume for his Coachella Festival outfit and magically, he transformed into Waldo from “Where’s Waldo?” glasses and all.
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