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Big 4: Let There Be Metal

By PAUL SAITOWITZ | Thu, April 21, 2011

A week or so after the hipsters depart from the formerly pristine grass of the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio but before the red-staters move in for Stagecoach, the blood-curdling, bone-thrashing mayhem of the first and only version of last year's E... More >
Conor Oberst Lets Off the Happiness!

By PAUL SAITOWITZ | Thu, April 07, 2011

Even Conor Oberst is petrified by something. The Nebraska-raised singer/songwriter who is, by just about all accounts, a generational talent on par with the Dylans and Simons of yesteryear, has no secret sauce or formula for penning an ever-growin... More >
Cold War Kids Go to Coachella

By LILLEDESHAN BOSE | Thu, April 07, 2011

Cold War Kids bassist Matt Maust took some time off from supporting Mine Is Yours, their latest set, to create the OC Weekly cover you hold in your hands. Maust, who studied graphic design in college, worked for a few clothing lines before the ban... More >
Coachella Is a Big F'-ing Deal

By LILLEDESHAN BOSE | Thu, April 07, 2011

No matter how much you hate the crowds, the desert heat and the Porta-Potties, there's a reason you look forward to going to Coachella each April. We explore the festival's history to see how it evolved from a never-before-used venue pressed into ... More >
Caifanes Are Mortal Friends

By TED B. KISSELL | Thu, April 07, 2011

Coachella has hosted enough actual reunions (Jane's Addiction in 2001, Iggy & the Stooges in 2003, Pavement last year) to make it an annual spark for fans' fevered imaginations (the Smiths, Roxy Music, Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, ad infinitum). ... More >