While we didn’t make it out to Indio for this year’s Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival, plenty of bloggers and journalists did make the trip. We wanted to point you in the direction of the best coverage…
- Rolling Stone: Kings of Leon, Robyn, The Black Keys Rock Day One of Coachella, Mumford & Sons Feel Humbled Before Biggest Gig of Their Career, Chromeo Talk Ezra Koenig Collaboration and Montreal vs. NYC Bagels, Day Two of Coachella – Amazing Sets by Arcade Fire, The Kills, Mumford & Sons and More, The Hottest Photos From Coachella 2011
- Spinner: Kanye West Does Right By Coachella – Shows Up On Time and Rocks The Desert, The National Close Coachella Set With Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Ariel Pink Throws Onstage Tantrum, Mumford & Sons Rock Songs From The Heart, Arcade Fire Turn Coachella Crowd Into Art, The Kills Bring Full Moon Fever to Coachella 2011, Tame Impala Enjoy The Lack of Bikini Birds at Coachella, Cut Copy Causes Dance Party at Coachella 2011, Plug Pulled on Cee Lo, Lauryn Hill Squeezes Extra Song @ Coachella
- Spin: Spin’s Best Coachella Photos, PJ Harvey Delivers a Harrowing Coachella Set, Animal Collective Debut Powerful New Songs, Zach De La Rocha Unleashes The Lion, Best and Worst Moments of Day Two, Arcade Fire’s Unforgettable Coachella Moment, Best and Worst Moments of Day One
- Pitchfork: Coachella Photos, Coachella Video Roundup
- NY Times: Spectacle Day at Coachella, At Coachella Many Takes on the ’80s
- Billboard: 10 Things Seen & Heard on Friday, 10 Things Seen & Heard on Saturday, 10 Things Seen & Heard on Sunday
- Brooklyn Vegan: Day 1 In Pics, Day 2 In Pics, Day 3 In Pics, Kanye West Pics & Setlist, Inside The Arcade Fire Coachella Beach Balls, Arcade Fire Headlined Coachella And It Was Awesome, The Mysterious Coachella Ferris Wheel Jumper,
There’s also been plenty of video uploaded to YouTube. We went through the hundreds of clips and made a list of our faves. Many of these are sourced from the webcast, no shaky, unfocused videos here…
- Arcade Fire – Wake Up
- Bright Eyes – Lover I Don’t Have To Love
- Broken Social Scene – Texico Bitches
- Jacks Mannequin – Bruised
- Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know
- Mumford & Sons – Lover of the Light
- Freelance Whales – Hannah
- Gayngs – No Sweat
- Kings of Leon – Fans
- Lauryn Hill – Ex-Factor
- Flogging Molly – Don’t Shut ‘Em Down
- !!! – Heart of Hearts
- Warpaint – Elephants
- Ozomatli – Nadas Por Free
- Best Coast – Each and Every Day
- Kanye West – Runaway
- Duran Duran – Poker Face
- The Black Keys – I Got Mine
- Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights / Do It!