Nick Leòn and DJ Python hope to loop in musical elements hailing from the Caribbean and South America, delivering a sound that hits differently than the usual four-on-the-floor beat.
Panda Bear plus Sonic Boom make fever dreams come true, Ela Minus and DJ Python want your sweat, LA producer Bien et Toi taps Biig Piig for a future classic.
Caribou, Waxahatchee, Sons of Kemet, Shatta Wale, Modest Mouse, Belle & Sebastian, George Clinton, Big Freedia, and the unstoppable trio of Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker will all play SummerStage shows this year.
KCRW’s intrepid music staff ventured into the 125,000-person crowd of the polo fields to hand pick Coachella’s can’t-miss musical offerings and gather some key dos and donts for surviving and thriving at the megafest’s great return.