At this point the rain was light but the wind was heavy, and I saw Liam Philpot of Jimmy Cliff’s band nearly run for cover as the giant dangly trusses of lights and cables above him wiggled violently in the wind. Whoever the DJ was, he had a smirky sense of humor, as he played “Riders on the Storm” throughout setup.
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COACHELLA DAY 1: MAZZY STAR, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, REFUSED, JAMES, JIMMY CLIFF, GIRLS, ARCTIC MONKEYS, AMON TOBIN, WOLF GANG, HONEYHONEY, OTHER LIVES, YUCK, DATSIK
April 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments
FYF FEST 2011 w/ BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE + COLD WAR KIDS + CULTS + DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 + MORE
September 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Death From Above 1979 FYF FEST on September 3, 2011. All photos by Lindsey Best. Broken Social Scene Cold War Kids Cults Death From Above 1979 Explosions In The Sky Girls Guided By Voices The Head And The Heart Japanandroids Mister Heavenly No Age Smith Westerners
COACHELLA – DAY 2
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments
photography by Lindsey Best Photos from Coachella Day 2 including: Band of Skulls Beach House Devo Dirty Projectors Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Faith No More Girls Hot Chip MGMT Muse Old Crow Medicine Show Porcupine Tree Portugal the Man Shooter Jennings & Hierophant The Dead Weather The XX White Rabbits
GIRLS: REALLY SORDID PEOPLE
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments
Girls tiptoed out of a San Francisco bedroom to find a colossally welcoming worldwide reception that got them covered in the kind of publications that mostly only cover wars and sports. At press time, their band name really did outrank every single porno site in Google. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
GIRLS + HUNX AND HIS PUNX @ DETROIT
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments
photography by Ward Robinson Detroit Bar was packed to see Girls. Hunx and His Punx opened with an innocent 50′s drive-in sound, punched up by Hunx’s over the top style (especially for Orange County) which he played for all it’s worth. The other opener, Smith Western, produced by Christopher Owens of Girls, were young, rough, [...]
2009: VIDEOS THAT SUCKED LESS
December 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Not too long ago there was an article about the state of music videos in some relevant culture magazine. The alt suits were basically saying at print time (last year) that it was the best time to make music videos because of no budgets. That was the dumbest shit I have ever heard.
WANTED: FOUR GIRLS TO "DRESS UP IN TRIBAL COSTUMES N DANCE ALLURINGLY"
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments
So reads this earnest request for people to volunteer to appear in a video for Domino Records’ Lightspeed Champion, who you can check out above and also here. Pretty much everything you need to know is in the headline. So if you or someone you know is four girls who can dress up in tribal [...]
