The Martinez Brothers’ Coachella Photo Diary
Always busy, the Bronx-born Martinez Brothers spent the month of April traveling the world, playing gigs everywhere from Italy to Guatemala and Austria to the U.K. Coachella, though, provided a U.S. homecoming, and the pair — which RS recently named Hot DJs — spent two weekends bringing their East Coast house music to sunny Southern California. While there, they documented their experience for Rolling Stone, providing captions for behind-the-scenes photos.
Of this one, they explained, "The room gets turnt upside down before every gig — before we get turned up!"
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"My man, the Lord of No Rings. Patrick Ewing. Forever in our hearts."
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"The Five-Foot Giant, talking smack before the gig. (Wuddup Fil!)"
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"OBEY. On our way to the fest at last."
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"From the favelas to Coachella. So New York."
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"Trailer scenes. Someone just got annihilated!"
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"Those beginning moments … and that Yuma disco shark."
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"We are so blessed."
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"Oh, so we're going from small talk to medium talk now."
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"Girl down front pullin' the 'I can't believe I'm in Coachells' face."
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"Thought we balled for the Lakers. Ha!"
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"Puerto Ricans laying down that sazon!"
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"Stevie and Will cooling off. Desert heat is real!"
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"Welcome to my crib!"
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"Our boys backstage, ill Will and Filly Fill."
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"We used to do this same walk in high school. Dre!"
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"Our track came on at the Do Lab."
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"Thank you God for this food. Mmm, food."
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"If the Bronx had Palm trees…"