#coachella

#coachella

Coachella wrapped up with a second, even more guest-filled weekend, plus we got the announcement of a new Quicksand album and much more.

Our daughter, Frankie, she's 17 years old. She just somehow - and I don't remember when and how - convinced [my wife] Naomi and I to bring she and four of her friends to Coachella. She never asked us. It just became a thing we were doing.

Sara Landry, also known as 'The High Priestess of Techno,' performed at Coachella with Blood Oath, a collective of female DJs she assembled. Her unique style and heavy industrial production have made her a power player in the dance music scene, especially after her viral Boiler Room set that garnered 10 million views.

Suicidal Tendencies just wrapped up consecutive weekends at Coachella, where they were had by surprise guests for both of their sets. Two former bassists, Thundercat and Metallica's Robert Trujillo, joined them, along with Nisha STar, who appears on their 2025 single 'Adrenaline Addict.'

Monáe shredded on guitar to the PinkPantheress cut "Another Life," while helpful signs on stage pointed out that she was, in fact, a famous person, and worthy of applause from the famously phone-addled crowd.

Sombr played with the rockier edges of vocals that sound comfortable with everything from punk to pop. His falsetto soared on "Fake Plastic Trees," and I hope everyone in the crowd enjoyed it, because as much as sombr sings about smoking cigarettes, those notes might not be available to him for too many more years.

Maze by Sabine Marcelis features soft, inflated, gently curving stacked arcs inspired by the natural contours of the Coachella Valley, shifting in color from pale yellow to deep red. The installation provides shaded refuge and an immersive terrain, encouraging visitors to meander and discover nooks for rest and glimpses of the stages.

"A lot of you don't know what being here with a brand takes. Sorry, I'm not political," comedian Chris Burns deadpanned to his more than 443,000 followers on Instagram. "Yeah, I posted about boycotting Starbucks, but that was like two months ago."