Coachella festival lineup announced (PAUL McCARTNEY, The Cure)

[Bennyboy]

FRIDAY APRIL 17

Paul McCartney
Morrissey
Franz Ferdinand
Leonard Cohen
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Beirut
The Black Keys
Girl Talk
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
The Crystal Method
Ghostland Observatory
Crystal Castles
The Airborne Toxic Event
We Are Scientists
N.A.S.A.
Patton & Rahzel
M. Ward
The Presets
The Hold Steady
A Place to Bury Strangers
Felix da Housecat
Buraka Som Sistema
Ryan Bingham
Bajofondo
Peanut Butter Wolf
Noah & the Whale
White Lies
The Bug
Alberta Cross
Los Campesinos!
Craze & Klever
Molotov
Switch
Gui Boratto
Steve Aoki
The Aggrolites
People Under the Stairs
The Courteeners
Cage the Elephant
Dear and the Headlights

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

The Killers
Amy Winehouse
Thievery Corporation
TV on the Radio
Band of Horses
Fleet Foxes
MSTRKRFT
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Atmosphere
Mastodon
TRAV$DJ-AM
Henry Rollins
Crookers
Turbonegro
Hercules and Love Affair
Superchunk
Glasvegas
Dr. Dog
Drive-By Truckers
Booker T & the DBT’s
Amanda Palmer
The Bloody Beetroots
Surkin, Para One (Live)
Calexico
Liars
Bob Mould Band
Zane Lowe
Electric Touch
Blitzen Trapper
James Morrison
Drop the Lime
Glass Candy
Thenewno2
Gang Gang Dance
Billy Talent
Ida Maria
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Zizek
Cloud Cult
Tinariwen

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

The Cure
My Bloody Valentine
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Throbbing Gristle
Lupe Fiasco
Paul Weller
Antony & the Johnsons
X
Roni Size
Public Enemy
Jenny Lewis
Groove Armada
Paolo Nutini
Christopher Lawrence
Lykke Li
The Kills
Okkervil River
M.A.N.D.Y.
Clipse
Sebastien Tellier
Fucked Up
Perry Farrell
The Horrors
Late of the Pier
K’naan
Junior Boys
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Supermayer
No Age
Vivian Girls
Shepard Fairey
Themselves
Gaslight Anthem
The Knux
Mexican Institute of Sound
The Night Marchers

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Some solid acts on those lineups.

[Symarip]

2. THE AGGROLITES!

These guys are the best touring band in America right now. If anyone ever gets a chance to see these guys live, do it. They'll rock your world with a mix of Otis Redding meets Lee Perry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4Ys9CgSfE&feature=channel


/shameless promotion of friends

[Bennyboy]

3. Pretty funky

Best touring band? I think Phish has something to say about that.
But they do have that funky sound I love so much......Where they from?

[Symarip]

4. Phish? Aren't they on their second or third 'last tour ever'?

Anyhow, The Aggrolites are from Los Angeles. I was lucky enough to see them the first night they ever played together in the back of a coffee shop in Carson somewhere around 2001. I was an instant fan. With my bands, I've opened for them probably 4 or 5 times and they have become local hits in San Diego. Their audience and reach has been steadily growing since then. They also arranged and were the house band for Tim Armstrong's (of Rancid) solo release.

And, they're genuinely nice guys (though one is a fundie and a half).

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. What were you doing in Carson?

(I went to school there for a couple of semesters, just interested.)

[Symarip]

7. For the show

Here's how it went down. Derrick Morgan, one of Ska and Reggae's godfathers, was rumored to be in Los Angeles. He threw a secret show at some coffeeshop (the bluebird cafe?). There was maybe 200 people there, at most. Anyhow, The Aggrolites were put together from members of 2 or 3 bands and they backed Derrick. Prior to Derrick making his appearance, the ensemble did about 5 or 6 instrumentals from the Skinhead Reggae era. It was as close to perfection for the genre as I've ever witnessed live. That night they decided to forge forth as a functioning band.

By the way, Derrick Morgan killed it.

[Tektonik]

5. I'm definitely going

Sunday is going to be SICK.

I need to brush up my push myself up to the front of the crowd skillz for MBV.

[Bennyboy]

8. to the top

[Initech]

9. Paul McCartney is fuckin' awesome live.

So is TV On The Radio. And the Black Keys (I caught their set at Coachella 2 years ago when they were on one of the small side stages).

Not a big fan of The Cure or The Killers, and Amy Winehouse would certainly be fun to watch. :popcorn:

[Merrick]

10. Do I need to get my eyes checked, or...

Is that Public Enemy and Perry Farrell listed in tiny little letters beneath the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Throbbing Gristle up there in 16 font?

and Amy Winehouse should be... interesting.

[no name no slogan]

11. MBV and TG > Perry Ferrell

But Public Enemy should be higher up there

[Merrick]

12. I guess that depends on whether he's going to play JA/PFP stuff

if its just his post Janes/Porno whatever, then I guess these other crap bands are just as good.

[no name no slogan]

14. I hope you did not just call MBV and TG crap bands

I can say that, having seen both JA and MBV in their primes in the early 90s, My Bloody Valentine makes Jane's Addiction look like Loverboy by comparison. :)

[Merrick]

15. Well then you my friend, are a perfect jackass

because anybody whose opinion deviates from mine in the slightest is a fucking idiot, and I I hate them.

or maybe I've just spent too much time on internet forum boards in my life.

[no name no slogan]

16. That tears it, dickhead

LET'S RUMBLE.

[crispini]

13. Shepherd Fairey?

Last I checked he was a graphic design artist? The Obama guy? Or perhaps he is also a musician?

[Radical Activist]

17. Nice lineup, but

I'd still rather go to Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza. You can hear most of the same bands but don't have to put up with as many California douchebags.

"Dude was ballin!"

[Tektonik]

19. Dealing with CA dbags is always worth the superior lineups Coachella has

Anyhow this is a prelim lineup, Winehouse would have to be allowed into the US, and they will be adding even more bands (especially to the dance tent).

Also Goldenvoice is offering a layaway program for the ticket packages.

[Radical Activist]

23. layaway is nice.

I wouldn't call the lineup superior. The top headline acts aren't too impressive. Most of the bands I'd like to see on that list I've already seen at Lolla or Bonnaroo in the last two years.

[Tektonik]

28. it's a prelim lineup

The final Coachella lineups have always been better than Lolla and Bonnaroo.

[Tikki]

18. Sunday the 19th lineup works for me....

Tikki

[harmonicon]

20. my god.... I would actually go to that

[Bennyboy]

21. back up

[Kat45]

22. Interesting mix, a variety of genres. nt

[XemaSab]

24. Once again, the Coachella lineup looks like THE SHIT

and once again, the thought of sitting in 110 degree heat for three days with 20,000 of my closest friends sounds WEAK.

[LeftyMom]

25. You don't want to spend an exciting weekend in scenic Indio?

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

26. The last time I spent an exciting weekend in scenic Indio...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2049912

[Iggo]

27. Mastodon?

This ain't the OzzFest, boys.