Sunday looked empty when compared to the thousands of fans who flooded Coachella for last night's Prince extravaganza, but I wasn't worried. Acts like My Morning Jacket, Swervedriver and Autolux all created blissed-out worlds of rock for fans to get lost in, myself included. I also managed to catch stellar performances from Metric, Spiritualized, Stars, Holy F--- and I'm From Barcelona.

Every year we seem to encounter Hacky Sack crews that just can't seem to give up on the '80s, and then there's these dudes.

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco folk-rocker Thao Nguyen, along with her band the Get Down Stay Down, delivered an electric set of indie jams to a full house on Friday night at the Echo. Her impressive stage presence, delivery and openness with the crowd won over just about everybody there.

Raveonettes front man Sune Rose Wagner dropped by Buzznet's offices in L.A. a couple of weeks ago to talk about the noise-pop group's new album, the use of distortion, and their summer tour plans. Later that night I caught the duo with Be Your Own Pet at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre.