When the beat dropped a few minutes into Tinashe’s Friday 7 p.m. set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, I knew it was going to be a good weekend. As golden sunlight slanted into the tent, the R&B star whirled through bass-thumping, heart-wrenching, voice-roaring hits. She also set the standard for one of the festival’s most satisfying surprises: Despite no SZA, the genre’s current standard-bearer and the target of much booking speculation, this year’s Coachella boasted an absolute... Read this story
