Looks like our bartering boys in the campgrounds made it out just fine from their first Coachella experience. They closed out the end of night three by trading one of their last pairs of slip-ons to the paella stand dude, hanging with s man in an LED suit, and working their way into the photo pit to shoot Wu-Tang Clan. Way to go dudes. Catch up on all of Nick & Brian’s photos from the weekend if you missed out. They will see ya next year, Indio… We might let them stay in the house though. -amanda
Vans Skate’s Johnny Layton checks in for the last day of Coachella via iPhone. Here’s what he got into, super bummed I missed Ghost after seeing these photos. Looks epic. You can catch up on all the rest of his posts from this weekend now, too. -amanda
It’s so hard to say goodbye! I know festival life isn’t for everyone, but it’s always on Sunday when I realize how special it is to be immersed in this music culture. I lurked around the grounds to find people in their true element, lounging and raging all at once. I also took some time to ogle Kurt Vile from the front row. What a dreamboat. Note to self: never walk aimlessly into the DoLab, you will get hosed. -kathy
It was so awesome being able to bargain with people and by the last day we had a bunch of shoes left so we started to find some fun but less essential things. We needed to decorate our tent area and at the Coachella Arts Studio we made a sweet trade for a banner to hang up! We got some more good food, and hit up this homemade slip-n-slide. Then these people didn’t believe us when we said we would trade shoes to get our camping neighbor to do a beer bong. Our rapping neighbor WordSm!th couldn’t hold it all together, it was classic. -brian
Coachella Day 3 was kind of a tough one for our crew. We got there in the late afternoon just in time for the winds to kick up and the start of what was going to turn into an insane dust storm by the time the WU Clan took the stage. I couldn’t even shoot really because so much dust was coating my lens between shots. So bummed on that! Here’s a few before the madness. It was such a great weekend overall, thanks as always Coachella. -amanda
There were so many good sets on Sunday. Running from stage to stage we were able to check out more of the art scattered throughout Coachella. Recyclasaurus Rex stalked the terrace as we made our way to the Yuma tent. You can thank Johny Amerika for him. We also spotted a few more Project Inheritance x Coachella TRASHed bins. So cool! Lying under the Mirage (by Paul Clemente) and Empire of Love 333 (by Shrine) between sets on the big stages kept us cool but they had such a glow at night. The last piece, A Site for Dry Eyes (by Raices Cultura), greeted us at the exit as we wrapped up the weekend. Thanks for everything Coachella, see you next year. -duran
Saturday afternoon was pretty succesful for Brian & Nick in the campgrounds at Coachella. Beers, eats, rides, and some dude that loves unicorns all traded for free Vans. Actually… I’m not sure if the unicorn dude had anything to trade but he just looks awesome. More from the campgrounds here. -amanda
The dudes in the campgrounds, Brian & Nick, also got a few rad shots of the bands they saw Saturday at Coachella like The Wombats, The XX, and 2 Chainz. -amanda
Here’s some more scenes from Saturday from Brian & Nick. See what else they’ve been up to all weekend in the campgrounds. -amanda
Here’s some more photos from Saturday in the campgrounds as our friends Brian & Nick made their way through the weekend at Coachella bartering pairs of Vans for whatever they needed. Stay tuned for more! -amanda
Checking in with Brian & Nick from the campgrounds again, and it looks like Saturday was a killer day for those two. Looks like they were able to trade shoes for some coffee, and premium viewing spots for Earl Sweatshirt, The Wombats, Violent Femmes, and The XX. Brian said one of his favorite trades was for a fake mustache haha. Check out their shots from Friday here & here. -amanda
On our style search, we ran into our sweet friend Chloe from HollywoodLife. She’s at Coachella for the first time this year and we were psyched to capture her festival style. She was really excited to catch 2 Chainz and Postal Service. Style-wise she was digging all the fringe bikinis and booty shorts, which were indeed running rampant all day. Follow her tweets from Coachella @chloe_melas. -kathy
Here’s Coachella Day 2 Part 2 via Johnny Layton. Vans Skate’s Ray Barbee is also out here with us and will have some photos up here tomorrow. See more festival snaps from JLay here. -amanda
The great thing about Saturday is acclimation. Everyone’s locked into vacation mode and the hype mellows out so the crowd just looks like they all got free massages (which, in some cases, is true.) I was feeling very blessed by the music gods yesterday as not many can say they started out the day with Violent Femmes and ended it with New Order. Oh and dare I forget Moby, who I’ve now dubbed “Bald Jesus” after his set in the Sahara tent. Now, that was an Experience. -kathy
We’re getting #TRASHed at Coachella. The TRASHed project is a collaborative effort between Global Inheritance and the Coachella folks to promote recycling. Several different artists including Liss, Amanda Glover, Ashley Macias, Dylan Bradshaw, Jacob Livengood, Bradford Lynn, Cesar Torres, Malik Girley and Katy Harrison customized recycling bins for the festival. Feed them bottles and cans if you see them around. -duran
