MGMT Outside Lands Day 1 on August 12th, 2011. Photos by Lindsey Best. Bands: Big Audio Dynamite Ellie Goulding Foster the People Kelley Stoltz MGMT Phantogram Phish The Shins

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Day Two of Coachella is like a second tour of duty: by now you know where the ATM is, where the good snacks are, and how to get in the checkpoint line that has the most gullible security guard. And parking is easier, because half the cars have been safely lodged in a campsite zone the night before.

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Arcade Fire Coachella 2011 Day 2 photos by Lindsey Best. Bands: Arcade Fire Big Audio Dynamite Bright Eyes Cage the Elphant The Felice Brothers Gogol Bordello Jenny & Johnny Mumford & Sons The New Pornographers Suede The Tallest Man On Earth

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Reunited and it feels and sounds so good. Mick Jones, Don Letts, Dan Donovan, Leo Williams, Greg Roberts are back together as Big Audio Dynamite (B.A.D.) and performed a gig at the intimate Roxy for the lucky few that snatched up tickets. The energy in the room was electric and the band is as tight [...]

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Other things I saw: Erykah Badu in a set that ended with the plug being pulled, appropriately trippy kaleidoscope visuals accompanying Animal Collective, and a spontaneous, irony-free high five after One Day as a Lion’s Zack de la Rocha stage dove to punctuated their performance. 

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