Festival Features

Be sure to make your own, customized Coachella schedule in advance. There are tons of acts and you want to plan ahead, so head over to the festival site and take advantage of the Coachoooser. Use the interactive functionality to plot who you want to see, and where you need to be and when...

An annual performer at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Benny Benassi was scoring hits like 2002's Gold-certified 'Satisfaction' long before anybody was using the genre term "EDM." In addition to his pulse-pounding live concerts, Benassi is also well-known for his remixes and production work...

It’s hard to believe Pusha T still hasn’t released a solo album. He’s got some mixtapes, EPs, and collaborative efforts, but the 35-year-old rhyme-slinger won’t be dropping his official debut, ‘My Name Is My Name,’ until May 2013...

From Bjork to Sigur Ros, Iceland keeps pumping out quirky pop artists. The latest such act is Of Monsters and Men, a five-piece band whose single ‘Little Talks’ was one of the most infectious songs of 2012. The horn-heavy track sold more than 2 million digital downloads and put the band in the unlikely position of being nominated for an MTV Video Music Award against Katy Perry...

After a couple years away, English electropop duo La Roux are back on the music festival circuit, hitting up Coachella and a number of European events. This will be the second Coachella appearance for Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid, who took the stage in 2010 to promote their self-titled debut album, which went on to achieve big success worldwide...

Like Alex Clare, the Lumineers got a big boost from a television commercial, but with its catchy tune and folksy appeal, ‘Ho Hey’ likely would have become a hit even without the added exposure. After all, as founding member Jeremiah Fraites says, “Great music is like a fungus; once it grows on you it’s hard to get it off...

Many critics have called British songbird Jessie Ware the next Adele or Sade. If that alone isn’t enough reason to catch her set at Coachella, consider that she’s been nominated for MOBO and BRIT Awards, as well as the Mercury Music Prize, for her acclaimed debut, ‘Devotion...

“And it feels like I am just too close to love you!” Those words initially caught listeners’ attention in an Internet Explorer commercial, before fans eventually located the full song on iTunes and began furiously downloading it. The track, ‘Too Close’ by Alex Clare, rose up the charts for months before finally reaching No...

Georgia rapper 2 Chainz seemingly came out of nowhere last year to take his place among today’s most successful hip-hop artists. In fact, MTV placed him at No. 2 on its list of the Hottest MCs in the Game, due to his impressive live performances, creative style, personal appeal, self-assurance, and ability to speak to the masses...

It’s been ten years since indie heroes Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel, teamed up for a side project called the Postal Service. Joined by Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley, the group released a brilliant electropop album called ‘Give Up,’ went on a brief tour, and then went back to their original groups, leaving fans of the record aching for a reunion or follow-up album