Desert Daze 2018 Was An Oasis Among American Festivals
(WorldNews Music)

For years now, Desert Daze has arrived in October like a mirage in the landscape to which it owes its name. It’s a sudden oasis, where psych-rock bands and artists and stoners and adventurous music fans have gathered, culminating in what founder (and JJUUJJUU leader) Phil Pirrone has deemed an `anti-festival.` And while Desert Daze might have some of the familiar trappings and production values of a typical mainstream American festival, Pirrone’s assertion isn’t far off. In the over-crowded festival market these days, in which so many of the bigger-name US festivals race to a sort of crowd-pleasing attempt in the middle, Desert Daze is the rare example that has fervently...