For this year’s Coachella, we’ve dispatched our very own indie rock star reporter, Ed Droste of Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear.

April 28

11:36 a.m. Just had breakfast again at the Parker and Anthony Kiedis sat at the table next to us with some tall girl in a sun dress. The whole restaurant was pretending not to notice him yet intensely staring. Myself included. Got a call from Luiza Za from CSS, turns out their house is 2 blocks away from ours so I’m going over there to have lunch with them before I meet up with the rest of my band at 3 and head to day two of the festival.

6:22pm: Day two is even more hectic and wild than yesterday. I’m taking this time during Kings of Leon (ugh) to do my first day two post. Had a chance to see tail end of Hot Chip and the beginning of Peter, Bjorn and John, both of whom were amazing. Joe from Hot Chip and his burly beard are so wonderfully lovely. Walked by the end of Travis and heard the one song of theirs I know “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” which I remember hearing a lot in the late Nineties. It sounded nice and peaceful in the afternoon sun. Perry Farrell is EVERYWHERE. It’s like we’re at Lollapalooza or something. The boys from Rapture are floating around and Warp kids !!! are as cute as ever (I gotta hussle over there soon). Right as I type this one of the Blonde Redhead twins walked by. He looks surly and irritated. Fab from the Strokes is here again and looks cute (obviously). I’m almost overloaded by the relentlessness of this festival which seems more to me about people-watching than music. Haven’t met a single person who’s sat through a whole set. Myself included. As I was walking away from Peter, Bjorn and John’s set I saw a dapper Andrew Bird saunter by. Sadly I’ll be missing his set, but I’m sure it will be stellar as I only hear good things. There goes Perry Farrell again — still got a very playmate-esque blonde on his arm. Back and forth they go. LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST we saw a non-music celeb — B rate to the max,but still — the ever wasted and bleached Tara Reid. She was, of course, waiting for a drink at a cocktail stand.

7:03pm: Just saw lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys with Kelly Osbourne and Adam Brody, aka Seth Cohen hanging together. Arctic dude still looked aloof and cocky. A friend has a tat of Motley Crue on his back and we all saw Tommy Lee, so he got a picture with Tommy and his tat! It was precious and Tommy was tres nice. The flies are driving me insane. More trash, more people, more flies. Said goodbye to the Frames. Looking forward to seeing Arcade Fire come on stage soon and hopefully will catch Girl Talk. Everything is great, except the flies.

7:07pm: Kings of Leons just finished thank god. Arcade Fire next. So weird and wrong to me that they even share a stage. Can’t wait for AF!

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