Each week, The Daily Beast sifts through the cultural landscape to choose three top picks. This week, California preps for a musical overdose, the Scream series resurfaces, and the dire consequences of highly political art.
What's Hot at Coachella
Over the past decade, the event has become a beacon for hot times in the low Southern Californian desert—the mellifluous syllables of its name synonymous with washes of electric guitar and wave upon wave of resplendent hipsterdom. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which kicked off this Friday, stands as America's preeminent indie music festival, a sprawling three-day extravaganza of alt-rock, hip-hop and electronica that has hosted as many as 180,000 revelers in a single weekend. But in an unprecedented move, Coachella is serving as an opening act for its lucrative two-day country music counterpart (headlined this year by Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood) and a heavy metal round-up featuring Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth. Is it possible for all these genres to live in harmony in Indio, California? Chris Lee previews the line-up for those lucky enough to score the sold-out tickets.
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