Zach Schonfeld

Zach Schonfeld is a freelance journalist and critic based in New York. He was formerly a senior writer at Newsweek. His most recent book, "How Coppola Became Cage," a biography of Nicolas Cage, was published in 2023.

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Joni Mitchell

Springsteen's breakout. Dylan's heartbreak. P-Funk's Mothership. From punk poetry to hot-and-heavy disco, 1975 had something for everyone.

Daft Punk musicians in space suit-looking costumes perform from an elaborate colored-light pyramid above the 2006 Coachella Music Festival stage

The Flaming Lips’ frontman in a bubble. Daft Punk’s pyramid perch. Tupac’s ‘hologram.’ Coachella’s most iconic sets didn’t just wow crowds—they changed what festivals could be.