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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

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    January 13, 2009

    Coachella Artists Start Leaking

    The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Coachella Offers Layaway Options

    With the economy in the toilet and massive layoffs occurring daily, the Coachella Music Festival, which announced its lineup today, is offering two layaway options for people wanting to purchase three-day passes and avoid paying the lump sum at once.Considering that these passes go for $269, thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Coachella Set Times Released - Let the Madness Begin

    Set times are confirmed! Set your Coachooser accordingly!Well the long wait is over: those in power at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Goldenvoice) have released the set times for this weekend's affair. An initial glance at things shows a pretty smooth flow for the weekend, with mini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Coachella 2009: Friday Picks

    So I know Coachella isn't quite the planning nightmare SxSW is -- given that there's less than a tenth of the bands playing, and it's at a single site -- but I've learned my lesson and have planned things carefully. I thought I'd share it with you. I'll be there Friday only, to check out our boys De ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2005

    A quick music roundup

    Coachella lowdown, plus new local showcase

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Coachella 2009: Sunday Picks

    Music Editor/Ambassador of the Funk Martin Cizmar got things kicking with his Friday picks for this year's edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, so I figured I should divulge my picks for Sunday's lineup. My sensibilities are different than most people's. Last year's Coachella l ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Mirage

    Getting nostalgic at Coachella

  • Music

    May 8, 2003

    Scenes From Nowhere

    A Coachella diary from that other desert to the left

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

    Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

    Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Muse "Confirmed" to Headline Coachella

    These sharp-dressed young lads have been confirmed to play Coachella, as per Consequence of Sound's information​It's not even 2010 yet and we seem to have a headliner set for the 2010 version of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The festival -- which will run the weekend of April 16- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Coachella 2010 Dates Confirmed, Layaway Plan Available

    Coachella has confirmed their April dates for the 2010 edition of the festival as well as some new camping features​As evidenced by the picture, the 2010 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will take place on April 16, 17 & 18. Having these dates confirmed is the first st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Yeasayer Announce World Tour, Graciously Include Phoenix

    These young men were once lost in the woods, now they have released two stunning albums as Brooklyn indie/psychedelic rockers Yeasayer​Those savvy followers of the Rhythm Room's website may have noticed that there has been a Yeasayer show announced for April 15 for a few weeks now (it was in the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Beach House Announces Rhythm Room Show

    Indie/dream pop duo Beach House will bolster an already strong April lineup at the Rhythm Room​Released in late 2009, "Norway," the latest single by Baltimore indie-pop duo Beach House landed on most everyone's radar. The song was a dreamy, perfect slice of indie rock/pop heaven, and it gave Beach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced

    Behold, the official lineup for the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival.​ My head just exploded. Goldenvoice has finally revealed the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival offical lineup for their 2010 edition. The lineup is usually announced this time of year, on or around the MLK Day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Arctic Monkeys to Play the Marquee (More Coachella Runoff!)

    ​The Valley is getting a ton of runoff from this year's Coachella. First it was Yeasayer and Beach House. Deer Tick and Vampire Weekend then entered the fold. Finally, Sia and Frightened Rabbit scheduled Phoenix dates around the massive festival in Indio, California. The recent announcem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Z-Trip Breaks Collar Bone Snowboarding, Will He Play Coachella?

    ​Arizona-bred DJ Hero Z-Trip broke his clavicle snowboarding last week and has canceled all his shows leading up to Coachella.The Tripster also dropped out of the upcoming A-Team movie soundtrack. The DJ, raised here but now based Los Angeles (apparently this is something The Arizona Republic doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 3/25 Issue

    ​This week, New Times ran a box in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week.Here are links to those posts. Who was the white guy on the cover of N.W.A and the Posse? Z-Trip broke his collar bone snowboarding -- will he mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Record Store Day Roundup: Phoenix Record Stores Offer Up Exclusives, Live Performances on RSD

    Tech N9ne wants you to visit Stinkweeds​Record Store Day is upon us this weekend, the day set aside by, well, record stores, to showcase their goods, and debut a whole mess of exclusive collector items.  Phoenix-area shops are planning all sorts of special events to sweeten the deal.  In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    The 6 Stages of Attempting to Enter Coachella

    Jonathan McNamaraWaiting in line to get into Coachella.​Let's get one thing straight: If you were one of the 75,000 or so people who attempted to get into Coachella on Friday, you were frustrated. In fact, chances are you were probably also tired, hot and certainly waiting in a long line eithe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Coachella, Epic Super Hero Battle, Scottsdale Culinary Festival, and reWAX at Pussycat Lounge Over the Weekend

    ​Coachella Day 1: Vampire Weekend, La Roux, Imogen Heap, and The Specials Despite major difficulty actually getting in to Coachella this year, the 2010 festival launched on Friday, April 16 full of great performances and over-sized art installations. Check out shots from Ra Ra Riot, Imogen Hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Coachella: My Experience in 1,600 Words, Broken Up Into 140 Character Chunks

    These babies were hard to get if you waited too long.​Coachella is my favorite time of the year, like my birthday and Christmas combined. While I've been there before, this was my first experience documenting it on my phone, tweeting about camping, crowds and, umm, music.What follows is an annotat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    More Coachella Madness in Photos

    Just when you thought it was safe, we have three more Coachella 2010 slides shows courtesy of LA Weekly for you to take a gander at. Long live the 'Chella. Top 25 Coachella Tattoos ​ The 40 Most Memorable People at Coachella ​ Coachella: Hippies or Hipsters? ​

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    An Open Letter To Coachella

    How can such an idyllic scene be such an absolute nightmare? Selling 75,000 tickets is a start...​​​Dear Goldenvoice, Promoter of the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival,My name is Michael Lopez and I have been attending your festival for the past five years. In those past five years, I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Coachella from Behind a Lens

    Jonathan McNamaraCoachella 2010​A seething, primal mass of humanity jockeys for position in front of the main stage as the Indio sun beats down on Coachella 2010. They have moved beyond the point of patience and civility. Their shattered minds have but one thought as they claw toward the front of ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2010

    Coheed and Cambria

    Jonathan McNamaraCoachella 2010​A seething, primal mass of humanity jockeys for position in front of the main stage as the Indio sun beats down on Coachella 2010. They have moved beyond the point of patience and civility. Their shattered minds have but one thought as they claw toward the front of ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2010

    Miike Snow

    Jonathan McNamaraCoachella 2010​A seething, primal mass of humanity jockeys for position in front of the main stage as the Indio sun beats down on Coachella 2010. They have moved beyond the point of patience and civility. Their shattered minds have but one thought as they claw toward the front of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Duran Duran, The Strokes Tapped For Coachella; Official Lineup Coming Soon UPDATE

    ​Coachella's official lineup should be announced very, very soon -- lest anyone forget that this week is usually when the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival makes it big announcement.In lieu of the entire festival lineup, a few acts have already been confirmed for the festival's 2011 editi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Official Lineup Announced

    ​In perfect Girl Talk fashion, the good people of Goldenvoice set up a surprise late night release of Coachella's overwhelmingly impressive lineup.Many of Michael Lopez's lineup predictions were spot on. The Strokes made the cut, as did Duran Duran, although on a different day than what Billboard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Kings Of Leon Headlining Coachella is the Problem, Pigeons are the Solution

    Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill and his awesome scarf.​Well, the official 2011 Coachella lineup hit the interwebz last night. A happy day indeed, even if Kings Of Leon are headlining Friday.Seriously, though, Kings of fucking Leon? Why not Drowning Pool?When you've got The Strokes playing Sun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Dangerously Close To Selling Out [UPDATE: Coachella 2011 Is SOLD OUT]

    The message at Coachella's official website​With Kings Of Leon and Kanye West as headliners, I understand that some may choose to read that headline with a different meaning.However, what I mean to say is that festival passes are very, very close to selling out for the 2011 edition of Coachella. U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Incoming: Jethro Tull, G. Love and Special Sauce, The Joy Formidable, Yelle

    Yelle namesake Julie Budet​It's odd to think that at this time last week there were still plenty of three-day passes available for Coachella. It was well-documented, however, that the festival sold out last Wednesday afternoon, leaving a considerable number of fans in the dark.Ticketless Coachella ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Big 4 vs. Coachella: Which Will Reign Superior?

    ​The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California has booked a third event to go down on their grounds between Coachella and the Stagecoach country festival this April.Metal fans are rejoicing over The Big 4, a one-day concert featuring some of metal's most prominent acts: Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Stop Telling Me About How Cool Coachella is Going To Be

    ​Are you going to Coachella?Woooooo! Awesome!Now shut up about it -- at least if you're talking to Up On The Sun's cartoonist Robbie Pfeffer.Robbie is sick of hearing about how awesome the music festival in Indio, California is going to be, as shown with this week's installment of his comic.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Set Times Are Up, Let the Conflicts Begin

    Coachella set times have been announced. The Chemical Brothers vs. Boys Noize? Sigh...​The 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival set times were announced ast night at a little past 11pm, as was rumored. The much-anticipated announcement was a big wave of relief for some and a harbinger o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Friday Recap

    The Main Stage at Dusk​The 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival got underway yesterday with the bad taste from 2010's fiasco still in the mouths of many -- myself included. It didn't help that Paul Tollett -- head of the festival's producer Goldenvoice -- recently admitted that he belie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2011

    Coachella 2011 Saturday Recap

    Michael LopezThe Ferris Wheel at night​Two down, one to go. Saturday at Coachella was yet another success with even more of what made Friday such a positive, affirming experience. Friday, then, was no fluke -- this year's Coachella is doing everything right, as far as last year is concerned. There ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    An Open Letter to Coachella, 2011 Edition

    Michael LopezIt's amazing how something so idyllic can be so much fun​Dear Coachella,Remember me? I wrote you a letter about this time last year to voice my concerns about you. I was worried that you'd gone off the rails, blatantly ignoring the ones who loved you the most in favor of a new group o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Best Missed Connections From Coachella

    Just Jared​There's nothing like sifting through the missed connections after your favorite concert of the year.Craigslist is poppin' with missed connections from Coachella. With the Coachella car camping grounds being a great place to hook up with strangers and whatnot, plenty of festival goers pr ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2011

    NEXTfest @ The Sail Inn

    Just Jared​There's nothing like sifting through the missed connections after your favorite concert of the year.Craigslist is poppin' with missed connections from Coachella. With the Coachella car camping grounds being a great place to hook up with strangers and whatnot, plenty of festival goers pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Coachella's Big Announcement: Two Weekends For 2012

    The dates for Coachella 2012.​When the people behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival -- Paul Tollett and Goldenvoice -- announced they had a big announcement set for 10 a.m. today, my curiosity was piqued. I have been attending the festival for six years now, and no two year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Seven Awesome Things About The Gathering of the Juggalos

    ​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Kickin' It: Artists Who Have Kicked Fans Out of Shows or Gotten Themselves Kicked Out

    "Get the fuck out of my show right now!" Tell it like it is, Dave Grohl.​Every so often, you find yourself at the same concert as that one guy who's an attention-hungry douchebag that starts a fight in the crowd. At some shows you sort of expect it, but it seems to happen all the time.Some serious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Coachella Speculations Begin With First Fake Flier

    ​Beware, West Coast festival lovers! The Coachella flier that has started circulating is a phony.Whoever made this flier is both ridiculous and awesome. This is one hell of a lineup but is typically "wishlist," as these things tend to be. I'd really be pissed at Goldenvoice and other festival orga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Red Hot Chili Peppers Coming to Arizona; Is Coachella 2012 Next?

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers, now featuring Anthony Kiedis as Machete ​Those speculating about Coachella 2012 (I for one would love to see Refused, but a reunion would ruin the whole breakup, and if Tom Waits is indeed playing, I'll probably soil myself) should take note of the little logo at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Que Se Vende: Las Korajudas Discoteca Top 5 Selling Albums of the Week

    ​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Corridos and rancheras have a long history of storytelling, dance-inducing beats and violence. Its been 19 years since the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Is This It? Eight Songs to Listen to While Waiting for Coachella's 2012 Lineup Announcement

    ​ Coachella's full lineup should be announced sometime this week. Last Friday, the festival tweeted a picture that read "Next Week" with the hashtag #Coachella2012. There's already been some speculation with fake fliers and what not, but the official lineup will be announced any day now. LA Ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    The Future of Coachella: Post-Ticket Purchasing Clusterfuck

    ​Now that everyone has calmed down after the extreme chaos that was Friday's ticket purchasing experience, there has been ample discussion about the process. Both weekends of Coachella collectively sold out in three hours. People left and right are pissed that they didn't get tickets, and now GA f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Florence and the Machine Coming to Phoenix

    ​Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ce ... More >>

  • Music

    January 26, 2012

    Sundown Showdown IV @ Palo Verde Lounge and Yucca Tap Room

    ​Looks like the Coachella runoff just keeps on...uh...running off. Florence and the Machine, scheduled to play the Indio Festival on Sunday April 15 and 22, is making a side trip over to Comerica Theatre on Friday, April 20. 2011 was big for singer Florence Welsh -- her sophomore album, Ce ... More >>

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