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The second weekend of this year&#039;s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival begins Friday in Indio. (Courtesy of Emily Dinh)

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Coachella strays from indie roots, moves toward electronic music

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The sun set on the Empire Polo Club in Indio around 7 p.m. last Sunday. Almost on cue, Jeff Mangum, lead singer of Neutral Milk Hotel, began singing: “What a beautiful face/ I have found in this place/ That is circling all round the sun,” from the song “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.” I’d waited for most of my adolescent life to catch Mangum live in action and, at Coachella, my wish was finally granted.

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Coachella strays from indie roots, moves toward electronic music

By Ishan Rampuria

April 18, 2014 12:30 a.m.