Insert Foot asks, “What is the purpose of Coachella?” Original photo courtesy Coachella. An editor and I had our weekly chat about what we care about this week, and he mentioned Coachella is happening in Southern California, and suggested I take a deeper dive into what’s happening at the…

INSERT FOOT is into the post-apocalypse, post-rock and post-metal, but he’s not over Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly. I wince when someone attaches the word “post” to a noun. Except for maybe “apocalypse,” which is pretty clear, as there’s probably not much margin around an apocalypse. “Post-modern” was…

Art installations at Coachella 2014, Courtesy: Sam Howzit/Wikiicommons. The rescheduled Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, which had been postponed from April to October, have again been postponed. “Under the continuing health guidance of the County of Riverside, Coachella and Stagecoach 2020 will not take place this October as previously…

Whitney Houston’s hologram has performed so flawlessly on its (her?) European tour that it’s getting its own Las Vegas residency. No, no … I’m very serious, and it’s no laughing matter. There hasn’t been anything remotely funny about Whitney Houston since she said Bobby Brown was the king of…

Blossoms may be one of the hardest-working bands in the business right now. The indie rock quintet from Stockport, a blue-collar city on the outskirts of Manchester, has been touring relentlessly since releasing their full-length self-titled debut album in 2016. The album, coincidentally, was the only one that held…

Photos: Ian Young By all accounts 2016 was a shitty year. But amid the chaos were much needed distractions in the form of live music. This year I traveled to Iceland, Chicago, Indio, Los Angeles and Seattle to attend 110 shows and eight festivals, watching and photographing more than 250 bands. Here’s…

Jessie Ware performs at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. After I finished chatting with Jessie Ware at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco two weeks ago, I walked out of her trailer only to have her chase me down and tell…