Coachella 2012
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Radiohead, Dre Heat Up Coachella 2012
Festival season kicks off with superstar DJs, indie icons and rap giants
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Tupac Sales Spike in Wake of Coachella Hologram
Late rapper's music a hot commodity after footage went viral
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on Pulling Double Duty at Coachella
Rocker played with At the Drive-In and Le Butcherettes
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Sleeper Agent Talk cruising with Weezer
Indie label Mom + Pop Records, home to acts like Sleigh Bells and Metric, is poised to have another breakthrough band in Kentucky rockers Sleeper Agent. It seems like a good deal for everyone involved. "They're a true indie label; you know everyone that works there and you can just talk to them any day […]
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Nero Battle the daylight at Coachella
Coachella may be widely known as a peaceful, immaculately organized festival, but not all of its performers were pleased during the event's second weekend. Sunday's set times were pushed back 20 minutes to facilitate the headling set between Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, leaving the dubstep trio Nero with a late-afternoon start time. "We're basically […]
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Here We Go Magic Count Thom Yorke, Nigel Godrich as fans
As the Brooklyn psychedelic-rockers Here We Go Magic prepare for the May release of their new album, A Different Ship, produced by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich, they still seem a bit stunned by the serendipity of their big break. Godrich discovered the group after being dragged to their drowsy, early-afternoon set at the 2010 […]
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Borgore Gets too hot to handle at Coachella
The Israeli DJ-producer Borgore got a bit too risqué for Coachella organizers' tastes at his performance during the festival's first weekend. "The second weekend set is different because on the first weekend, we had two pole dancers and we made them strip down to pasties. Coachella weren't feeling that," explained the former metal drummer turned […]
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The Black Lips Resurrect Biggie at Coachella
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 – […]
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