Audiences filled the Gobi Tent for El Gran Silencio, the band from Monterrey, Mexico, that got the music started at the 2009 Coachella Festival. Their pulsing rhythms and driving accordion solos had many in the crowd dancing. Others seemed to be saving it up.
Nearby in the Mojave Tent, Pheonix-based Dear in the Headlights went on a little early for their 1 p.m. set. Their audience was smaller and perhaps more committed.
—Fielding Buck
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