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Video: Black Lips resurrect Biggie at Coachella
April 23, 2012 10:45 AM ET
Tupac, who? When the Black Lips stopped by Rolling Stone's Rock Room party for the second weekend of Coachella, they had just usurped Snoop and Dre's famous hologram. "Biggie came out and did a song with us," they explained of their afternoon set the day prior. "He did 'Hypnotize.'" However, the Atlanta garage punks – currently touring in support of their Mark Ronson-produced LP, Arabia Mountain – didn't quite have the $500,000 budget that Snoop and Dre di... | More »
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Video: Kaskade Debuts New Stage Spectacle
April 22, 2012 12:00 PM ET
The superstar house DJ Kaskade (real name: Ryan Raddon) is nearing the launch of his grandest tour ever. He'll play 50 cities, with many of the shows in arenas, and he'll also be taking a new toy on the road with him. "I've built and designed a new stage that's going to go out on tour with me this summer for the Freaks of Nature tour, and I decided to debut it here at Coachella," explained the Fire and Ice musician at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party, on the eve o... | More »
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Video: Squeeze Compete With Their Past
April 22, 2012 11:30 AM ET
As British New Wave legends Squeeze prepare to release a new album next year, lead singer Glenn Tilbrook is reveling in the recording process. "We're going to do a batch of recording when we get back and another batch in October," he explained. "I have a studio – it's one of the benefits of having been around for a while that you think, 'It'd be a good idea to get my own place,' and I have. I've had a studio now for nearly 20 years, and it's just great... | More »
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Video: Kasabian Share Their Dinosaur Knowledge
April 22, 2012 11:00 AM ET
The anthemic English rockers Kasabian have enjoyed plenty of highlights in 2012 already: they were nominated for Best British Group at the Brit Awards (an honor they won in 2010), they perfected their pouts performing for America's fashion elite at New York Fashion Week and they delivered rambunctious sets during both weekends of Coachella. However, when guitarist-singer Sergio Pizzorno stopped by Rolling Stone's Rock Room party during the second weekend of the festival, he was hap... | More »
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Video: Fanfarlo Battle Car Trouble at Coachella
April 22, 2012 10:30 AM ET
During the first weekend of Coachella, Fanfarlo traveled all the way from their native London only to be felled by car trouble outside the event grounds. "We were gutted because there were so many good bands on Friday. We wanted to see Pulp and Mazzy Star and all these bands," lamented singer-guitarist Simon Balthazar at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party during the second weekend of the festival. "Then, five miles outside the festival, we hear this pshhhhhh and we keep driving…We�... | More »
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Video: Grouplove Play Matchmaker for Fans
April 22, 2012 10:00 AM ET
Grouplove singer Hannah Hooper may have been battling laryngitis by the second weekend of Coachella, but the band's festival experience was triumphant nonetheless. "Aside from losing our voices, I'd say the second weekend of Coachella was amazing," noted drummer Ryan Rabin backstage at Rolling Stone's Rock Room party. The pop-rockers, who are about to embark on a national tour in support of their 2011 album Never Trust a Happy Song, were also enthusiastic about Bloom, the ... | More »
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Video: The Hives Welcome Stage Wounds
April 22, 2012 9:30 AM ET
"If you have the perfect rock show, do you change it next week?" The Hives' guitarist, Nicholaus Arson, was not asking rhetorically; when the band gathered backstage at Rolling Stone’s Coachella Rock Room, they were one day away from performing during the second weekend of the festival. The Swedish garage rockers, who broke internationally with 2000’s Veni Vidi Vicious and its ubiquitous single "Hate to Say I Told You So," are preparing for the release of their self-produced... | More »
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Video: Gary Clark Jr. On His Hometown 'Holiday'
April 21, 2012 12:15 PM ET
Ladies, mark your calendars: May 3rd is your new favorite holiday. "I do have a day named after me," admitted the talented blues-rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr. backstage at Rolling Stone's Coachella Rock Room party. "When I was 17, the mayor called me up and had this presentation. He declared May 3rd Gary Clark Day in Austin. But I don't celebrate it or anything." The up-and-comer has another intriguing day on the horizon: he'll perform at Metallica's Orion Festival in New... | More »
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Video: The Sheepdogs Talk Touring With Fogerty
April 21, 2012 11:45 AM ET
Rolling Stone's Choose the Cover winners, the Sheepdogs, are now rubbing elbows with music notables. The band's upcoming debut on Atlantic Records was produced by the Black Keys' Patrick Carney and Rolling Stone's Austin Scaggs, and they've also toured Australia with a rock legend, an unbelievable experience for singer Ewan Currie. "Touring with John Fogerty was fantastic," he raved at Rolling Stone's backstage Rock Room party at Coachella. "Since I was about 8 o... | More »
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Video: Datsik Rides the Dubstep Wave at Coachella
April 21, 2012 11:15 AM ET
"I'm on this big scissor lift and throughout my set, I raise up over 10 feet," enthused dubstep DJ Datsik backstage about his Coachella set, which headlined the festival's electro-driven Sahara Tent on Friday night. "I have these crazy-looking robotic cryomen decked from head to toe in blue L.E.D. and eight feet tall. They've got blue and green and red lazers and they spray the whole crowd with cryo, super-cold mist stuff." The Canadian DJ, who released his debut Vitamin D on ... | More »
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