Andy Hermann

Insomniac Events announced the lineup for the 2015 edition of Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas today, and it's chock full of the usual EDC suspects: Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Hardwell, Kaskade, plus a few old-school stalwarts like Moby and Carl Cox. It should be another epic year at the Las Vegas......

One of the 54 fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People Issue 2015. Before Bei Bei He can play her guzheng, she has to put on her picks. Patiently, the 32-year-old Hacienda Heights resident attaches all eight of them to her fingertips, using cloth medical tape. Each pick is tortoiseshell......

One of the 54 fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People Issue 2015. The son of a Cuban-American mother and a Scottish stepfather, with a biological father reported to be a direct descendent of Buffalo Bill Cody, Canyon Cody seems fated to be drawn to those places where cultures mingle......

Now in its third year, Splash House has established itself as a sophisticated alternative to the summer EDM festival circuit. The poolside dance parties, which return to Palm Springs June 13-14 and August 8-9, announced their 2015 lineups today, and they offer plenty of the usual beachy, tropical vibes, plus......

Singer-songwriter Jon DeRosa marches to the beat of his own drum. After losing most of his hearing in his right ear, the New Jersey native switched from the gothy folk-rock of his acclaimed band Dead Leaves Rising to the ambient soundscapes of his solo project Aarktica, which were based in......

Hard Summer announced its 2015 lineup today, and it looks like another good one. The Weeknd will headline day one of the two-day festival, fresh from blowing people's minds at Coachella by bringing out his buddy Kanye West. Saturday will also feature electronica legends The Chemical Brothers and live sets......

Playing Coachella at 2:30 p.m. on a Saturday is no easy task. Half the attendees aren't even there yet; the ones who are tend to be nursing hangovers from the night before, or conserving their energy for that evening's headliners, or both. It's also hot enough to cause flower crowns......

One of the most-talked about art installations at this year's Coachella has been the Corporate Headquarters, a three-story structure smack-dab in the middle of the festival, with a helicopter perched on top. Inside the structure, actors dressed in office attire and hippo masks work furiously on... well, something. Actually, they......

L.A. Weekly's Coachella team had a blast rocking out to AC/DC, getting our swerve on in the craft beer garden and stepping over passed-out bros in the Sahara tent. But we would have had an even better time if we had gone into the weekend armed with just a little......

It's Saturday night at Coachella, and inside the 145-foot structure nicknamed the "Big Fish," the party is in full swing. Ooah, one-third of electronic group The Glitch Mob, has just taken the decks and is dropping a bass-heavy set that has the eclectic crowd moving. Girls in flowy boho-chic dresses......