SEE AND BE SEEN
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Before I head out for the final installment of Coachella 2008 this afternoon, I have to talk about some of the amazing acts from yesterday’s performances.
Kicking off with the swooning electronic melodies of MGMT, my day could not have began any better! For their final song, “Time to Pretend,” the recent Wesleyan grads jumped off the stage and started running through the audience. After the stint I met one of the founding members Andrew VanWyngarden, and took his picture (see below).
When the final beats of MGMT came to a soft hum, Kate Nash was quick to take the stage of Coachella’s Mojave tent. Sporting a plaid baby doll dress and black Oxfords, this fast-talking red-head captivated the sun-soaked crowd.
Later was Death Cab for Cutie on the Coachella main-stage, whose lyrics instantly reminded me of being a high school sophomore in Los Angeles. After Death Cab I headed over to Coachella’s largest tent — the Sahara tent — to get a good spot for M.I.A.. While claiming my spot on the edge of the press pit, I caught the tail-end of the Junkie XL performance. WOW!!! Now this is the right way to amp up the crowd before an international dance-electro superstar takes the stage (whoever planned the lineup for the Sahara tent on Saturday is my new best friend). Before the neon lights of M.I.A. had even begun to glow, Junkie XL had the entire crowd lost in one gigantic rave. (For an inside on the M.I.A. performance — which, in my opinion was the best performance of the weekend — read my next post).
After M.I.A.’s mind-blowing set, I watched the end of the more mellow Animal Collective set before setting up camp for the Yelle show. Another favorite of the day, Yelle, an electro-pop singer from France, lit up the Gobi tent — dressed up in an amazing sequined skeleton-print dress. Half-way through the Yelle show I walked across the Polo Field to see the end of Portishead and get good seats for Prince.
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While it is hard to deny how much I enjoyed hearing The Verve performing “Bittersweet Symphony” at Coachella, there was one other performance from a new performer, SANTOGOLD, that I refuse to shake from my memory.
It is four-o’clock in the afternoon and still 100 degrees. I open the front door to my hotel room and am instantly hit with an uncomfortable blast of hot, thick air. For three days, artists, executives, socialites and LA kids with lots of spare change will reside in the air-conditioned villas of La Quinta Spa & Resort as an escape from the insanity that is the Coachella campsite.
LAer Ace Norton, who has been featured in NYLON for directing many cool music videos, recently created this fun flick for French musician Sebastien Tellier’s song “Divine”.
It’s now officially Spring, which makes shopping tricky: While it’s finally okay to buy those sundresses you’ve been coveting, it’s also the season of massive coat sales.
Yooo guyz! So when I started interning at NYLON almost 2 years ago, we had the best batch of interns I have ever seen (no offense new interns, I’m sure you are great too). To prove myself right, take old NYLON intern Chase Kohl and her new amazing line of headbands that she just launched, Littledoe is love. Chase hand makes every single headband, each having their own special style. From flowers to feathers, the feel reminds me of a cross between a hippie flower child and Pocahontas. You can’t get two better style icons than that, in my opinion. The moment Chase showed me her creations, I knew it was going to have to be my summer look. Now I have to decide which piece of beauty to rock! Not to mention, you might come across some Littledoe is love while reading the tabloids. Some really rad celebs have been interested in these lovely headbands. Check out 
LA based Katy Perry is an up and coming singer who will be featured in our Myspace summer music issue so when I heard she was playing a small acoustic set, I went to check out her performance.
