CoachellAltDelight brings attention to special artists that will be featured in Indio come April.
Some we love. Some we just discovered. All essential.
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34/41 Days

When Robert DeLong‘s name popped up on the Coachella lineup, I was nothing short of ecstatic. The track that caught my attention was “Happy” when he opened for Dillon Francis a year ago. Since then, he’s been making waves across the entire music industry, which is no surprise considering his incredible musical talent. His debut album Just Movement has been receiving a lot of attention since it came out in early February. Every song on the album is different – which is refreshing. He mixes melodic pop/dance with driving electronic beats that are guaranteed to get you going. Especially live, but I’ll get to that. Even more spectacular and unique are the existentially spiritual musings; which, unexpectedly, blend perfectly within each song.

Robert DeLong – Happy

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CoachellAltDelight brings attention to special artists that will be featured in Indio come April.
Some we love. Some we just discovered. All essential.
Click here for more from this series.
72/79 Days

Some good things go away and never come back. Some good things go away and come back more powerful than before. I thought indie rock essentials Spoon were gone for good, until listening to a song a friend recommended recently. I recognized the voice, the unmistakable voice of Britt Daniel. Years after Spoon broke up, Daniel got together with Dan Boekner of Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade and made one good looking baby. That baby–Divine Fits–is really something beautiful and probably a force to be reckoned with live. If you look at the fine print of the Coachella ’13 lineup, you’ll see their name. That font should be bigger. It’s guaranteed to be an amazing show. Don’t miss them. You won’t regret it.

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