JAMES MERCER
April 21, 2012
Coachella Stage
Indio, CA
Photo by Lindsey Best
Taking on the main stage to play their
first-ever Coachella performance on
the festival’s new-for-2012 second
weekend, the Shins’ lead singer and
guitarist gets the Saturday evening in
the desert started. Hot on the heels of
the indie heroes’ first studio release in
five years, Mercer carries his favorite
axe—a 2003 Gibson Les Paul Special
double-cutaway outfitted with a pair
of Lindy Fralin P-90s.
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