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Night falls on the first day of Coachella 2013. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)
For one thing, when the sun starts to go down, the blazing heat subsides. Everyone who was baring flesh all day either covers up, huddles with someone for warmth or starts dancing.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Friday, April 12 in Indio. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photo
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs had their Coachella Coronation on the main stage Friday night.
The art punk band was led by its Queen, Karen O, who came on stage in a gold lame cape and a headpiece, waving her microphone like a scepter. Later she would be swinging the mic like a mace.
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Someone admires the projected swimmers as someone else tries to jump into the “Mirage” art installation on Friday, April 12. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)
A swimming pool at Coachella? Not quite. It’s part of an art installation, “Mirage,” that debuted tonight.
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The wood-burning oven at Urban Pie. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)
Spicy Pie may have some competition for best pizza at Coachella.
I love Spicy Pie, don’t get me wrong. At this point I think it’s pretty much a Coachella institution. But just now when I lined up for pizza, I realized I was actually in line for Urban Pie, a mobile wood-burning pizza parlor from Orange County.
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Fans at Coachella 2013.
We’re out at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival all weekend long. Stay up to date with what we’re up to with our Twitter stream.
We also want you to be a part of it. Just use the #PECoachella hashtag (capitalization doesn’t matter) to send us photos, musings and more and we’ll give you some love here in the Audio File blog. We will be using the #PECoachella hashtag on Twitter and Instagram.
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Divine Fits at Coachella 2013. (Charlotte Bray/Staff Photo)
Of Monsters and Men (Charlotte Bray/Staff Photo)
Check out our photos of Of Monsters and Men at Coachella 2013.
Japandroids at Coachella 2013. (Charlotte Bray/Staff Photo)
Japandroids at Coachella 2013, melting faces. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
I am not one for those NME covers about the saviors of rock and roll, but I just saw one of the best sets of the 7 years I’ve been covering Coachella.
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You Me & Us at Coachella 2013 (Charlotte Bray/Staff Photo)
Check out photos of You Me and Us at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.