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Beach House playing the Glass House in Pomona in addition to the 2013 Coachella festival. (Liz Flyntz/Contributed Photo)
If you haven’t heard, Goldenvoice has released some information about Coachella 2013 artists playing in SoCal before, between and after the twin Coachellas in Indio. (See the poster with all of the announced shows.)
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The Selecter has reunited and is playing in addition to Coachella 2013. (Contributed Image)
One of the bonuses of the twin Coachellas is the number of the festival’s artists playing around the Southland before, between and after the festivals (which are set for April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio).
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Coachella is known for bringing in some breakout vocalists, such as Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine, shown here at Coachella 2012. (File Photo)
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has a way of tapping into talent particularly powerful singers (See: Amy Winehouse, Florence + the Machine) just ahead of the mainstream curve.
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Fans cheer for Fitz and the Tantrums as they perform on the Coachella stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Sunday, April 15, 2012. Photo by Rodrigo Pena.
Did you miss out on tickets for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? Even though the general passes sold out quickly, a partnership with KROQ-FM and the festival has produced more passes on sale for the second weekend.
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Baauer, Coachella 2013 artist and the man behind the beats of the “Harlem Shake.” (Contributed Image)
Starting this week, Billboard is adding some new data to its chart calculations for the Billboard Hot 100 and Baauer, a 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performer, is the first to reap the benefits.
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Mumford & Sons performs at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. (2011/ File Photo)
Bonnaroo just announced its lineup, with Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and Mumford and Sons headlining the June festival in Tennessee.
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Baauer, Coachella 2013 artist and the man behind the beats of the “Harlem Shake.” (Contributed Image)
Not since “Gangnam Syle” has a dance craze invaded YouTube as much as the “Harlem Shake” has. (With the viral nature of today, it makes me wonder if the “Macarena” would have had as long of a life as it did, but that’s a discussion that says something about America and its shifting culture and bad wedding music that’s for another day.)
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Rodriguez in a scene from the documentary film, “Searching for Sugar Man.” (Sony Pictures Classics, Hal Wilson/Contributed Photo)
Here’s an activity for the music lover and the film lover in your life.
The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts in Riverside is screening “Searching for Sugarman,” the Oscar-nominated documentary about the search for ’70s rocker (and 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performer) Rodriguez on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
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Interactive map of 2013 Coachella artists.
(Vanessa Franko/Digital Illustration)
We’ve had a lot of breaking news here that I’ve been helping out on so I haven’t had a chance to give a proper send-up to my interactive Coachella map.
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Vintage Trouble is playing Coachella 2013. (Contributed Image)
It’s Coachella season here at the Audio File and I’ve been spending some time putting together an interactive map of all of the 170-plus artists playing the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 12-14 and April 19-21.
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