Who’s making the trip to California this weekend and next for Coachella? Not me! I have school and so do you! This is sad. Coachella is one of the best music festivals around and there are literally too many great artists to choose from, which leads to programming conflicts. The good news is that YouTube.com is streaming the festival for a third straight year! There will be footage from all five stages, so here are my priorities for each:
FRIDAY APRIL 12 & 19
- Beach House
- Lou Reed
- Modest Mouse
- Youth Lagoon*
- Local Natives*
Other Notables: The Stone Roses, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blur, Teagan and Sarah, Band of Horses*, Of Monsters and Men*, Earl Sweatshirt, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Lord Huron*
SATURDAY APRIL 13 & 20:
- Grizzly Bear*
- Kurt Vile*
- Wild Nothing*
- New Oder
- Foals*
Other Notables: Phoenix*, the XX, Postal Service*, Sigur Ros*, Two Door Cinema Club*, Spiritualized, Shovel & Rope*
SUNDAY APRIL 14 & 21:
- Dinosaur Jr.*
- Tame Impala*
- Thee Oh Sees*
- Wu Tang Clan
- Smith Westerns
Other Notables: Red Hot Chili Peppers*, Vampire Weekend*, the Lumineers*, James Blake*, Father John Misty, Rodriguez, Jeff The Brotherhood*, DIIV, Little Green Cars*, Wild Belle*
* = featured on KTXT