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Video: Tinie Tempah is Optimistic About Breaking Through in the U.S.
April 18, 10:25 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaBritish rapper Tinie Tempah played his largest American show yet at the Coachella festival yesterday. "You know, festivals are my thing, so when it comes to the live show I'm always thinking of weird and exciting of wonderful things to do," Tempeh told Rolling Stone.
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Video: Why Coachella Was Life-Affirming for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
April 18, 10:05 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaThe Brooklyn indie pop quintet the Pains of Being Pure at Heart played one of the biggest shows of their career on day three of Coachella. "It's still surreal, especially at Coachella, to play in front of so many people, a definite crowd," keyboardist Peggy Wang told Rolling Stone after the set.
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Video: Chromeo Talk Ezra Koenig Collaboration and Montreal vs. NYC Bagels
April 17, 10:15 AM ET| Andy GreeneThe day before Montreal electrofunk duo Chromeo took the stage at Coachella they sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about the gig. "It's always kind of an honor to play here," says the group's singer Dave 1. "Ezra [Koenig] from Vampire Weekend is going to join us for a duet on 'I Could Be Wrong.' We never played the song live, but we figured we'd do it here."
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Video: Duck Sauce's A-Trak on How He Created a Viral Sensation
April 17, 9:55 AM ET| Andy GreeneLate last year New York DJ duo Duck Sauce created a video for their insane song "Barbra Streisand" featuring cameos by Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Questlove, Santigold, Ezra Koenig and many others. Needless to say, it became a viral sensation that launched their career even though they have yet to release their debut LP.
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Video: Elbow Explain the Biggest Difference Between European and American Festivals
April 17, 9:50 AM ET| Andy GreeneElbow have been playing to massive crowds at British festivals for much of the past decade. "Coachella is very different from British festivals," says the group's frontman Guy Garvey. "Everybody drinks all the time –and with heat like this, with the free drinking laws, you'd have dozens of casualties in the first few hours."
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Video: How Titus Andronicus Gets the Coachella Crowd Fist-Pumping Jersey Style
April 17, 9:45 AM ET| Andy GreeneNew Jersey indie punk-rockers Titus Andronicus played a mid-afternoon set in the blistering sun on day one of Coachella, but they still drew a gigantic crowd that pumped their fists along to tracks from their latest LP The Monitor.
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Video: Mumford & Sons Feel Humbled Before the Biggest Show of Their Career
April 17, 9:15 AM ET| Simon Vozick-LevinsonHours before taking the stage for Coachella's second night, Mumford & Sons were feeling humbled. "This is going to be the biggest show we will have ever played, which I only found out a couple days ago," frontman Marcus Mumford told Rolling Stone. "It's kind of strange, playing a gig like this after only one album. We're very lucky and blessed."
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Video: Fistful of Mercy's Dhani Harrison on Having Three Frontmen
At the Coachella festival, Dhani Harrison talked to Rolling Stone about how much fun he's been having as a member of Fistful of Mercy, his band with songwrite... | More »April 16, 9:35 AM ET| Matthew Perpetua -
Video: ?uestlove Shares His DJing Philosophy
April 16, 9:25 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaBefore DJing at Rolling Stone's Escape From Indio party last night at the Coachella Festival, ?uestlove of the Roots told us about the philosophy behind his DJ sets.
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Video: Cold War Kids Discuss Evolving as a Live Band
April 16, 8:55 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaAt the Coachella festival, Nathan Willett and Matt Maust of the Cold War Kids told Rolling Stone how being on the road for four months has built up their confidence as a live band.
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Video: Delta Spirit on Writing Their Next Album
April 16, 8:45 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaRolling Stone caught up with the Southern California rockers Delta Spirit at Coachella, where the guys talked about being excited to play their local major rock festival, their favorite memories from attending the event as fans in the past and their desire to break out of the Americana genre with the songs they're writing for their next album.
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Rolling Stone Live: Electro Pop Singer MNDR Embraces Live Performance
April 15, 1:15 PM ET| Matthew PerpetuaNew York City dance pop artist MNDR recently came by the Rolling Stone office to perform live, full-band versions of her singles "I Go Away" and "Cut Me Out."
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TV on the Radio Play 'Will Do' on 'Letterman'
April 15, 11:30 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaFresh off their recent show at Radio City Music Hall, TV on the Radio stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman to play "Will Do," the first single from their brand new album Nine Types of Light.
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Queens of the Stone Age Play Their Classic 'If Only' on 'Conan'
April 15, 11:25 AM ET| Matthew PerpetuaQueens of the Stone Age stopped by Conan last night to play "If Only," a song from their recently reissued debut album. The band are just coming off a tour in which they performed that record in full every night, including a set at Rolling Stone's SXSW festival showcase.
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