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  • Blogs

    January 29, 2007

    Cornelius in the US!

    A link-heavy addendum to a review done a couple issues back. Japan's terminally mindblowing Cornelius is finally coming back here! Among other things, this will include a desperately waited for release of his amazing Sensuous (and I'm man enough to admit that I got that from pitchfork) on April 24. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Video Savant: Swervedriver's “Duel”

    A link-heavy addendum to a review done a couple issues back. Japan's terminally mindblowing Cornelius is finally coming back here! Among other things, this will include a desperately waited for release of his amazing Sensuous (and I'm man enough to admit that I got that from pitchfork) on April 24. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Prince Gives Good Radiohead

    Every other blog is posting it, so why can't we? Prince covers "Creep" at Coachella, people clap. Hurry and view it before Prince's ultra-vigilant people tear it down from the internetz.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    KUCI Might Be Able to Help You Get to Coachella

    Going to Coachella is expensive--$269 for all three days, in fact, not counting service fees and their pre-requisite $3 donation to charity. So who wouldn't want to find a way to get in without, you know, paying? Our local community radio station KUCI may have your (free) way in, as long as you don' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Silversun Pickups

    The Glass House

  • Music

    April 9, 2009
  • Music

    April 17, 2008
  • Features

    April 17, 2008
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    April 17, 2008
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    April 17, 2008
  • Music

    April 10, 2008
  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Rewind, Selectah! The best releases and shows of 2007

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Locals Only

    Costumed in Doom: Repeater, Forcefield ON, Maritime Academy Scare Up Covers for Helloween

  • Music

    February 22, 2007
  • Culture

    July 19, 2007

    The Big Con

    Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

  • Columns

    June 3, 2004

    Letters

    Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Incoming: The Juan MacLean, Artery Foundation Tour Coming to the Glass House

    Riding high on their pre-Coachella shows--The Black Keys wrap that up with a show on Thursday--the Glass House in Pomona has more to come in the future, don't you worry. Especially cool stuff if you like electronica, and who doesn't? (Wussies?)Swedish electro-soul troupe Little Dragon hit the place ... More >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Hits!

    Music Revolution

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Feelin' It

    David Serby & the Sidewinders

  • Columns

    May 20, 2004

    Letters

    David Serby & the Sidewinders

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Live from Coachella: Like a Musical Tasting Menu

    What up. On my laptop now, in the glorious PRESS TENT. Couches! Free (warm) water! It's...beautiful.I noticed that all of my phone posts didn't have any linebreaks, making all my posts look like one giant paragraph. That's fun.We're in full-on "sethopping" mode over here: saw most of Los Campesinos! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Live(ish) from Coachella: Morrissey Just Says No to Burning Animal Flesh

    So, I love Morrissey. I've seen him four times now, and each instance ranks among the happier moments of my life (yes, I know how lame that makes me sound, what of it?). But last night at Coachella apparently wasn't one of his happier moments.I always tell Morrissey detractors who decry him as just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    (Two Days Ago) Live from Coachella: Pictures! Glorious!

    OMGzerz! Not that these plain text posts haven't been TOTALLY FANTASTIC, but wouldn't you like to see some actual color photographs from Coachella? Guess what! We got some! Beth Stirnaman's pictures from Friday are right here, for your enjoyment. The pic above is of Morrissey, natch, and inspired th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Late Coachella Sets = Big Time Fines?

    Here's something interesting from the OC Register's Soundcheck blog via Palm Springs local news station KESQ: Apparently, Coachella promoters Goldenvoice are liable to be fined $1,000 PER MINUTE for every minute sets went past midnight this past weekend. Yipes.Sure, there's a reason why shows, espec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    Before It Gets Old: Naked Wizard Takes On Coachella (NSFW!)

    We were so busy seeing sets at Coachella this past weekend that we apparently missed out on some of the real stories--like this naked wizard getting chased around and tased by on-site cops. Everyone wants to have fun at there, but apparently this naked wizard was having a little too much fun. Here's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Puff Puff Passing at Coachella

    I've been to one Coachella and that was in 2003. Although the motive behind the hellacious trek from Long Beach to Indio was to see the first Stooges gig in nearly three decades, I ended up witnessing something way cooler than a shirtless Iggy. Elephants. You heard me. I saw a train of circus elepha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Los Campesinos! Coming to the Glass House, Detroit Bar

    For real this time.Back in April, Welsh family band Los Campesinos!, the dudes behind 2008's excellent We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, were scheduled to play Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa the day before their Friday Coachella gig. Mysteriously, the show was canceled--neither by the venue nor the band-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Slideshows: Street Scene, Def Leppard, More

    Beth Stirnaman​Do you not know Chromeo by now? Really? Well, that's them up there, playing Street Scene in San Diego this past Friday night. They were awesome. Also awesome: Beth Stirnaman's photographs from day one and day two of the festival. It was like Coachella, but less people, not as many b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    What Would the Year Be...

    ...Without the annual tradition of the fake, overly ambitious Coachella poster? (Actually, we'd venture to say this might be the most realistic fake line-up yet--how many times has it been rumored that the Smiths are reuniting?--but you know: Perchance to dream, etc.)​Stay tuned for news of the re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Patton Oswalt Headed to Irvine Improv

    The sweetly optimistic "Remy the Rat" from Disney's Ratatouille is simultaneously the sardonic, sneering voice of killer comic Patton Oswalt. The Geek God brings to the stage an extremely well-informed, yet hilariously awkward, humor reminiscent of Lewis Black and John Hodgman. He's only glad to cy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Local Natives Pimp Aushua to Pitchfork

    ​Pitchfork handed Local Natives' debut an 8.4 last month, pretty much ensuring that the Mission Viejo quintet (well, officially, Los Angeles quintet, but we know the truth) a busy and buzzy 2010 that includes playing Coachella. Local Natives are now passing a little of that online-tastemaker love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Coachella Camping Sold Out

    Beth StirnamanCoachella attendees staying classy during Day 1 of 2009​That's right. No space left for car and tent camping. Good luck booking that hotel or, as the Coachella's publicity people put it, "firming up plans for alternative lodging." Oh, and still no word on single-day passes. But the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Gorillaz to Play Secret, Pre-Coachella Show Friday

    Live shot​Via LA Weekly via losanjealous we learn that Sunday-night Coachella headliners Gorillaz will be playing a dress-rehearsal performance on Friday. Where? When, exactly? Well, those are unknowns. It'll be somewhere LA, and you can enter for tickets here. Give it a shot, especially if y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2010

    Icelandic Volcano Claims More (Coachella) Victims

    ​The official Coachella Twitter has just confirmed that Talvin Singh, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Gary Numan all will not be able to make the festival, due to travel restrictions brought about by the volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull (no, seriously, that's the name of the volcano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2010

    Party Photos: Music Loves Fashion Pool Party

    Doug NeillIs she a fan of the xx?​Everyone knows all the super hip VIPs hang out at the parties during the daytime all Coachella weekend--enjoy these pics from the Music Loves Fashion pool party at the Riviera Hotel, which also featured over 40 DJs.Click here for the full slideshow!

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    PHOTOS: Festival Fashion!

    Doug NeillRomper's delight.​Check out this slideshow, which was taken on Day Two of Coachella as photographer Doug Neill roamed the festival grounds for the best--and most interesting--in attendees and fashion. Click here to see the photos.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    PHOTOS: The People of Coachella!

    Christopher VictorioPeople, people everywhere...​Coachella makes for the best people watching around: Big ones, small ones, funny ones, hot ones, ugly ones, fashionable ones, high ones, drunk ones... you know. And we've got photos of attendees from all three days, thanks to our dude Christopher Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Festival Overcrowding: It's a Trend

    Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyThere was barely room for sombreros at Coachella.​About 225,000 people attended the Coachella Arts & Music Festival over the course of its three days last month, Billboard reports. That represented a huge jump from the festival's previous record of 186,636 atend ... More >>

  • Music

    February 3, 2011

    The Gypsy Lounge Packs Up the Wagon

    [Mental Notes] Also Coachella Craigslist craziness

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Coachella Is a Big F'-ing Deal

    The evolution of a Southern California mega-festival

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    [UPDATED with Statement From Staff Pro] Coachella Security Uniform for Sale on Craigslist (!)

    ​UPDATE, April 14, 9:58 a.m.: In a phone conversation, Suzanne Thoreson, Chief Operating Officer of Staff Pro (the company whose uniform is being sold online) said that the said uniform was stolen, the logo trademarked and that an investigation is ongoing. Further than saying nothing like this has ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 14, 2011

    Coachella Couture

    [Trendzilla] What the hipsters will wear at the annual Indio indie-fest

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Live From Coachella: We're Still Sitting in Traffic

    Laila Derakhshanian/OC WeeklyThe waiting game.​If you don't follow us already, Heard Mentality will be live tweeting and blogging all weekend from Coachella. Here's our first photo. Yep, still sitting in traffic. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeeklyMusic!

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Coachella: And We're In!

    ​There's a ton that's different at Indio this year. The wristbands, for one--while members of the press got to check in at Indian Wells, a site about five miles away from the festival, almost everyone else got their wristbands mailed to them. That meant no clusterfuck at the gate, and a wait in tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    A Coachella 2012 Announcement: Watch For It

    ​ Last Friday we got this notice in our inbox. For some reason, I didn't feel like it was legit because a) the name on the email was mispelled (it came from "Cochella") and b) I've never gotten a Coachella announcement in May before.

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Two Weekends of Coachella! (Dates Announced)

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyTwo weekends of this?​And now we know what all the fuss was about. In an announcement on Coachella.com, festival organizers said that Coachella 2012 will be held over two weekends: it will be the same lineup, same art, same place, different people.Coachella Weekend 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    OC Foodie Fest 2011 Announces Food Truck Lineup

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyLast year's event. ​This is the big one, folks. The Coachella of OC food truck events. Get out your walking shoes, elastic waistbands/maxi dresses and dollar bills. The OC Foodie Fest 2011 is coming to the Angel Stadium of Anaheim in two weeks--Sat., Aug. 27. It' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Two Earthquakes Strike Southern California

    Feel that? The end is near.​Two 3.0-plus earthquakes rocked Southern California in a recent 14-hour period.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the last one, a 3.5 "shallow" strike, hit just before 9 a.m. today in the mountains near Coachella.A Palm Springs newspaper is reporting that resident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Coachella Tickets: How and When to Buy (Weekend 1? Pretty Much Sold Out)

    ​According to a statement, Coachella passes for both weekends go on sale this Friday, January 13 at 10 a.m. The release also said "there are not many left for Weekend 1 and those must be purchased with a shuttle pass." In other words, Weekend 1 is pretty much sold out, so you should plan to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Coachella: The Aftermath on Twitter

    ​In light of this week's Coachella lineup announcement, you knew that there'd be reactions ranging form the good, the bad and the angry. That being said, we trolled Twitter to see what people thought and here's a countdown of some of the comments to date (note: these tweets are in their purest, un ... More >>

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