Coachella announced “Next Week” cryptically on Twitter last Friday, January 6. Luckily we only had to wait until January 9 to have the full Coachell lineup.
The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg will be headlining the newly expanded two weekend festival. The Black Keys will headline Friday, Radiohead on Saturday, Dre and Snoop on Sunday.
Coachella will run from April 13 – 15 and April 20 – 22. All bands will play both weekends.
In addition to that fun, Coachella will bring Swedish House Mafia, Pulp, the just reunited At the Drive-In, Bon Iver, Miike Snow, Arctic Monkeys, Refused, Mazzy Star, The Shins, David Guetta, Justice, Florence and the Machine, Avicii,Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Kaskade to Indio as sub-headliners.
Other noteworthy acts include Jeff Mangum, M83, Explosions in the Sky, The Weeknd, Beirut, La Roux, The Hives, Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, Feist, Cat Power, St. Vincent, Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Andrew Bird.
It seems like there is something for everyone here. As you keep digging there is plenty of gold to be found. Electronic acts are well covered with the aforementioned SHM, Justice et al as well as Neon Indian, SebAstian, Dragonette, Martin Solveig, Calvin Harris, Dada Life, SBTRKT and plenty more.
Coachella has always featured plenty of UK acts and 2012 is no exception. The Horrors, The Big Pink, Kasabian, The Vaccines, Metronomy, Band of Skulls, Wild Beasts, Kaiser Chiefs, Fanfarlo and Squeeze join fellow acts Radiohead and Florence and the Machine.
I’m excited to see such depth, acts like Santigold will be fun to catch as would Wild Flag, Jimmy Cliff, Destroyer, Wu Lyf, araabMUZIK, Fitz and the Tantrums, Black Lips, tUnE-yArDs, Childish Gambino, Neon Indian, Yuck and Atari Teenage Riot.
So does Coachella 2012 live up to years past? Full artist lineup after the jump.
Coachella Friday April 13 and 20
The Black Keys
Swedish House Mafia
Pulp
Refused
Arctic Monkeys
Mazzy Star
Afrojack
Explosions in the Sky
M83
Amon Tobin
Cat Power
Madness
Jimmy Cliff
Tim Armstrong
Girls
The Rapture
Madeon
M. Ward
The Horrors
Frank Ocean
James Alesso
Sebastien
Yuck
Neon Indian
Dawes
Black Angels
Deathgrips
Wu Lyf
Breakbot
Atari Teenage Riot
Feed Me
Givers
Other Lives
Band of Skulls
R3hab
Wolfgang
Midnight Beast
EMA
Ximena Sarinana
Kendrick Lamar
The Dear Hunter
Honeyhoney
Hello Seahorse!
Sheepdogs
LA Riots
Coachella Saturday, April 14 and 21
Radiohead
Bon Iver
The Shins
David Guetta
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Kaskade
Miike Snow
Jeff Mangum
Sebastian Ingrosso
Andrew Bird
Feist
Firehose
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
St. Vincent
Martin Solveig
Subfocus
Sbtrkt
Flying Lotus
Manchester Orchestra
Kasabian
AWOL Nation
Azealia Banks
Squeeze
A$AP Rocky
Buzzcocks
Kaiser Chiefs
Destroyer
The Head and the Heart
Laura Marling
TUnE-yArDs
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Black Lips
The Big Pink
Childish Gambino
The Vaccines
Zed’s Dead
Grouplove
Jacques Lu Cont
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Gary Clark Jr.
Borgore
Dragonette
We Are Augustines
Mt. Eden
Destructo
Suedehead
Keep Shelley in Athens
Pure Filth Sound
Coachella Sunday, April 15 and 22
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
At the Drive-In
Justice
Florence and the Machine
AVICII
La Roux
Beirut
The Weeknd
Girl Talk
The Hives
DJ Shadow
Calvin Harris
Nero
Wild Flag
Modeselektor
Dada Life
Porter Robinson
Santigold
Flux Pavilion
Dr. P
Gotye
Seun Keti
Egypt 80
Beats Antique
Fitz and the Tantrums
Araabmuzik
Company Flow
Real Estate
Zed
Le Bucherettes
Greg Ginn
The Growlers
Noisia
Morgan Page
Gaslamp Killer
First Aid Kit
Oberhofer
Lissie
Thundercat
Metronomy
Wild Beasts
Housse de Racket
Fanfarlo
Spector
Gardens & Villa
Airplane Boys
Sleeper Agent
