LOS ANGELES — Whenever Michael Milano first parts the gates at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the 30-year-old from San Francisco heads straight to the Sahara Tent.
"One of the most exciting things going in is seeing all the new stuff in there," Milano said. The musician grew up in L.A. and has been to every Coachella since 2007. He once played an opening DJ gig on a tiny side stage back in 2011. For him, nothing quite compares to the LED temple where Coachella's biggest DJ-driven acts, from EDM to hip-hop and K-pop, perform to tens of thousands.
"Every year, they step it up," Milano said. "The production is its own art piece. Even if the masses come for the pop music, they'll stay for harder, cooler stuff in there."
