Coachella 2014

Lineup announced.

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damn was hoping for a Ned thread again this year.

With a tweet suggesting fans "share it like a polaroid picture," the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival sent out this year's highly anticipated lineup late on Wednesday. As previously reported, long-dormant rap duo Outkast will reunite at the Goldenvoice-organized gathering, being held over two weekends April 11-13 and April 18-20 in Indio, Calif.

Outkast will headline on Friday April 11 and 18; Muse on Saturday April 12 and 19; and Arcade Fire on Sunday April 13 and 20. Other major names include Queens of the Stone Age, Beck, Lorde, HAIM, Ellie Goulding, Pet Shop Boys, The Replacements, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lana Del Rey, MGMT, and a previously announced set by rock legends Motorhead.

Some of the many fine-print highlights include Solange, ZZ Ward, Blood Orange, AlunaGeorge and John Newman, along with noted veteran acts Dismemberment Plan, Superchunk, Fishbone, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

But the buzz around the Empire Polo Club come April will surely have a lot to do with Andre "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, who put their Grammy-winning duo on hiatus in 2007 after scoring hits like "Ms Jackson," "So Fresh, So Clean" and "Hey Ya!".

Over the course of its 14-year run, Coachella has hosted numerous memorable artist reunions, from the Pixies in 2004 to Rage Against The Machine in 2007 to Pavement in 2010. Last year's headliners included the Stone Roses and Blur, who made Coachella's two weekends their only U.S. dates of their recent reunion runs.

Billboard

Because the Coachella crowd would be the perfect crowd to appreciate "large-scale art installations" (are those two artists well-known? idk).

The Knife is the most interesting thing to me this year. Pet Shop Boys, the Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beck, the Cult, the Afghan Whigs, Mogwai and Bryan Ferry should also be fun.

damn was hoping for a Ned thread again this year

Breaks happen.

But the buzz around the Empire Polo Club come April will surely have a lot to do with Andre "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, who put their Grammy-winning duo on hiatus in 2007 after scoring hits like

If you're counting dates, the more relevant point is that they haven't played live since... the 20th century? Didn't Andre drop out of touring Stankonia?

Day one looks awesome: Outkast, Mats, Knife, Haim, Ferry, Whigs. Nothing else looks remotely interesting in this setting.

I def saw outkast sometime in 2001 when they were on tour for stankonia.. at the shoreline with lauryn hill, the roots, etc. fuckin ridic.

Motorhead!

I love Motorhead, but people always make a big deal about Motorhead even though Motorhead tours all the time, with everyone. And yet few ever go to see Motorhead (maybe because they tour all the time, with everyone). I've seen Motorhead at least three times, once at this place with, like, 100 people and a ton of empty space, once with Megadeth and once at Ozzfest, where the band went on I want to say at 11:30 am. On the way there my friend gave me a Motorhead shirt to throw on, and all day people would flash the devil horns at me, yell "Motorhead!" then ask when they were playing. Um, five hours ago?

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Bookman should be headlining.

Motorhead stands out in this setting though. Certainly among the bands with the just-under-the-headliner-sized font.

Bryan Ferry!

Can anyone in American explain why Toy Dolls appear to be high up on Sunday's bill?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA

it might be critical bubbles but man solange is much farther down the list than I would expect

My anecdotal experience shows that everyone in their late 20s-30s who grew up in Southern California are really only excited by the Toy Dolls being on that bill. Not that any of them will actually go to Coachella, though.

The fuck, no single day tix and each pass costs $375 pre tax and fees? Fuck that.

Why is it Krame?

i guess i'm interested in bombino and factory floor. maybe the knife. shrug.

SOLD OUT

heard that via KROQ toady, only way to get tickets is to win them.

It was pretty much already sold out last year, they just hold onto a bank until the final announcement and then they go like crazy after that.

I really had no idea they'd stopped with the single day tickets. As far as destination fests go, is this one, like, 95% Californians? Because I cannot imagine paying $400 for a weekend pass, $400 for plane tix, scrambling for a place to stay and/or a way to get there and justifying dropping a grand on going to a concert in a field with 90% of the acts either touring nationally or no doubt headlining my own local "destination" festival that I generally skip, anyway.

http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2014/01/14/phil-collins-doesnt-know-what-a-coachella-is/

Phil Collins doesn’t want to play Coachella. Mostly, because he’s not exactly sure what it is.

Since 2011, loyal Collins fans have been petitioning to get their favorite singer on the bill of the Indio, California fest. But at the premiere of the Carole King musical, Beautiful on Sunday night (Jan. 12) the “In the Air Tonight” singer admitted to Vulture that he wasn’t privy of the petition or the festival itself. “I don’t know it,” he told the publication.

After Vulture briefly explained what Coachella is to Collins, the singer said he wasn’t interested in playing the festival anytime soon. But as Justin Bieber so wisely said, never say never.

“If ever I come back and do shows, I’ll be thinking about it, rehearsing for it,” Collins explained. “A festival is not the place to go for my first show after I’ve been out for a while.”

http://www.coachella.com/settimes/

special note: The Knife 10:30 PM Pacific tomorrow night. hope that is on the Youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/coachella

so they actually do have the list up and no Knife :-(

i do see Bryan Ferry will be on at 10:00 pm, looking forward to that because of the Roxy Music poll.

Saw Arcade Fire last Sunday. I didn't imagine it would be that good

As far as destination fests go, is this one, like, 95% Californians? Because I cannot imagine paying $400 for a weekend pass, $400 for plane tix, scrambling for a place to stay and/or a way to get there and justifying dropping a grand on going to a concert in a field with 90% of the acts either touring nationally or no doubt headlining my own local "destination" festival that I generally skip, anyway.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 January 2014 14:48 (3 months ago) Permalink

As a Washington resident, the three years I've come down, it's been a mix of great friends joining me, the smorgasbord of acts in a small location, and add'l time spent at Joshua Tree Nat'l Park and Pappy & Harriet's. Well worth the $1500-2000. Lots of good show memories, favorites being Teddybears and Art Brut.

Holy shit, I've been to Coachella and it was a good time but fuck no was it not worth $2000. Then again, I get to see all the bands here, if I want, either touring or often at a whole different (same) festival. But sure, if I lived somewhere where none of these acts play, I can see maybe making a trip out of it. Maybe.

Has anyone ever actually calculated/diagrammed festival overlap, to determine just how many Coachella acts later appear at, say, Lollapalooza?

Having worked most of them, I wouldn't spend money on attending any beta-rock festival-- with the exception of Primavera. But I've been to Coachella twice and both times I had way more fun there than most festis, especially the first time, where I went from DJ Vivo to Wolf Eyes to upside-down-crucified Peter Murphy in 20 minutes. The traffic is the only bummer about the thing, the PAs are big and loud, the line-up is generally good, it's nice to be in the desert, rentals are generally easy and cool, side shows in Joshua Tree are fun to attend, and Californians are underrated.

and Californians are underrated.

thank you!

Yep, my $2K high-end guess included extra nights in Santa Monica and Pioneertown, steak dinners, alcohol, cigars, souvenirs, etc, for a long weekend. Just the festival itself, much less.

Holy shit, I've been to Coachella and it was a good time but fuck no was it not worth $2000. Then again, I get to see all the bands here, if I want, either touring or often at a whole different (same) festival. But sure, if I lived somewhere where none of these acts play, I can see maybe making a trip out of it. Maybe.

Has anyone ever actually calculated/diagrammed festival overlap, to determine just how many Coachella acts later appear at, say, Lollapalooza?

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, April 11, 2014 1:44 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the bullshit about this if you live in southern california goldenvoice forbids coachella performers from playing anywhere in the region the weeks they're here.. totally blows if you want to see someone performing at the festival but would rather cut your balls off than go

has anyone watched anything today.

damn no Haim either.

oh wait i'm wrong they are up next, along with Afghan Whigs.

Watching Goat right now. They're so great.

Haim are on i'm so excited.

"Falling"

If I Could Change Your Mind

the bass playing haim is making some hilarious faces.

yeah she's great. want to watch Afghan Whigs but can't take my eyes off of Haim.

"The Wire"

oh sorry "Song 5"

they have been pretty funny saying they are sweating their balls off, show me your balls

"Forever"

so they were okay, they had fun.

Neko Case is next.

will be back to watch Bryan Ferry at 10, yes!

Mr. Bryan Ferry

"Re-Make/Re-Model"

YEAH

"Kiss And Tell" now

loved their set, much better than Haim yesterday.

so tonight i will be interested in these:

Lorde 7:55 PM
Pixies 9:00
Queens of the Stone Age 9:40
MGMT 9:50
Pet Shop Boys 11:35

hope i'm not being annoying.

PSB goes on at 11:35!?!

yeap. i will be here!

sort of looking forward to Lorde.

have no idea what to expect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbn6o5tiPds

I was just watching Future Islands who were great. Would like to stay up to see Pet Shop Boys but don't think I'll last that long.

http://wfiles.brothersoft.com/d/death-to-the-pixies_112019-1400x1050.jpg

fuck yeah

"Gouge Away"

after "Head On" nice.

Pixies probably couldn't sound any more raw or powerful.

"Where Is My Mind?"

ask that to myself a bit too much.

i saw the Pixies in 1989, we both have changed a lot since then.

I said I’m human, but you know I lie.
I'm only visiting this shore.
I'll soon be leaving in the outbound tide
I pray again we will meet.

the Pixies rule, no two ways about it.

WOW

so Queens of the Stone Age or MGMT?

I'm doing QOTSA, but will probably switch between.

Joey really Ira Kaplan-ed the hell out of the Pixies last song.

yeah, they absolutely killed it.

chose MGMT because i'm in that mood tonight.

"Time To Pretend"

MGMT are like the modern day Flaming Lips. they are going to do alright for themselves.

so Pharrell Williams

MGMT are a great band. they put on such a good show today.

today I watched (more like listened to with an eye on) Washed Out, Future Islands, Lorde, Chvrches and a little of Foxygen, Pharrell and The Head & The Heart. pretty much everyone was good except Pharrell and what is up with that Foxygen dude.

agree that Chvrches were great, tho.

wish they would replay Goat.

A lot of these are showing up on youtube as full sets, so check there.

PET

SHOP

BOYS

"One More Chance"

and now

"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"

rent
it's a sin
domino dancing

and not you were always on my mind

took a while to warm up but i'm there now

now, i mean

...and it's over

hope i'm not being annoying.

not at all! the bimble comment was about me forgetting how to be present and enjoy the things i like and how great it is to see someone able to just zoom in and be there when something's happening

they are replaying Neko Case's set right now, and if you haven't already seen it, worth doing so ... i'm not a super-fan, but she and her band sound great.

oh wait, it just ended ... well anyway, one worth catching if you can.

Even a mask can't disguise DiCaprio's immense charisma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDSpbu4CzUk

wow that makes everything worth it

Watching the Beck set from last night. He's having fun!

Ahh man, that was a good set.

are these archived?

sad that no one posted in my place for Sundays set.

some of it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpFeb-pnATE

No idea why Beck's drummer is playing that busy beat during "Devil's Haircut".

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2014/04/14/302995194/reunited-and-it-feels-a-little-awkward-outkast-at-coachella

NPR rap and r'n'b writer who remembers Outkast well is shocked for some reason that the kids at Coachella are not as enthusiastic and don't know all the lyrics

The funny thing about waiting 10 years between shows is that your fans get 10 years older, and everyone else has 10 years to move on/forget about you/be born/like something else. It's so weird.

http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/04/20/coachella-cabbies-and-their-amazing-stories

http://m.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/50-best-things-we-saw-at-coachella-2014-20140414/best-security-censorship-moment-what-happened-to-this-guy-0819288

pretty generous definition of "amazing stories" there

coachella had its first death this year..