The festival of all festivals has announced its 2012 lineup. After months of speculation and deliberation from No Doubt headlining to a Daft Punk set, it has finally been released, and there are definitely some surprises.
Headliners The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg lead what could be considered the best lineup of any festival of 2012, seeing as Glastonbury is taking a year off. However Snoop Dogg’s appearance may be hindered by his recent arrest. Sub-headliners Swedish House Mafia, Bon Iver, At The Drive In, and Pulp reinforce the lineup. However there are a few surprises. If you squint your eyes hard enough, you may just be able to see in the fine print bands like Kasabian and Kaiser Chiefs. Bands who have headlined or are headlining festivals in Australia within the past year. Staying true to their name, Coachella have piled in possibly every genre known to man. Representing the Indie kids are SBTRKT, The Big Pink, We Are Augustines and Australian favourite Gotye while the bands like Refused are keeping the metal heads happy. As always; Electro-House is dominate with acts such as Alesso, Sebastian Ingrosso and Avicii manning the DJ decks all night long
Coachella will be held over two weekends this year instead of the normal one weekend, spanning from Friday 13th April until 22nd April, with the festival closing over the week in-between.
Coachella 2012 Full Lineup
Friday April 13 & 20
LA Riots
The Sheepdogs
Hello Seahorse!
Honeyhoney
The Dear Hunter
Kendrick Lamar
Ximena Sarinana ?
EMA
The Midnight Beast
Wolf Gang
R3hab
Band Of Skulls
Other Lives
GIVERS
Feed Me
Atari Teenage Riot
Breakbot
WU LYF
Death Grips
The Black Angels
Dawes
Neon Indian
Yuck
Datsik
SebatiAn
Alesso
James
Frank Ocean
The Horrors
M.Ward
Maddeon
Saturday April 14 and 21
The Rapture
GIRLS
Jimmy Cliff & Tim Armstrong
Maddness
Catpower
Amon Tobin
M83
Explosions In The Sky
Afro Jack
Mazzy Star
Arctic Monkeys
Refused
Pulp
Sweedish House Mafia
The Black Keys
Radiohead
Bon Iver
The Shins
David Guetta
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Cascade
Miike Snow
Jeff Mangum
Sebastion Ingrosso
Andrew Bird
Fiest
fIREHOUSE
God Speed You! Black Emperor
St. Vincent
Martin Solveig
Sub Focus
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
Zeds Dead
Grouplove
Jacques Lu Cont
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Garry Clarke Jr.
Borgore
Dragonette
We Are Augustines
Mt. Eden
Destructo
Suede Head
Keep Shelley In Athens
Pure Filth Sound
Sunday April 15 and 22
Dr. Dre + Snoop Dogg
At The Drive In
Justice
Florence + The Machine
AVICII
Laroux
Beirut
The Weekend
Girl Talk
The Hives
DJ Shadow
Calvin Harris
Nero
Wild Flag
Modeselektor
Data Life
Porter Robinson
Santigold
Flux Pavilion and Dr. P
Gotye
Sean Kuit and Egypt 80
Beats Antique
Fitz And The Tantrums
araab MUZIK
Company Flow
Real Estate
Zedd Le Butcherettes
Greg Ginn
The Growlers
NOISIA
Morgan Page
The Gaslamp Killer
First Aid Kit
Oberhofer
Lissie
Thunder Cat
Metronomy
Wild Beats
Housse De Racket
Fan Farlo
Spector
Gardens and Villa
Airplane Boys
Sleeper Agent
