Coachella 2009 Lineup Announced

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After much consternation from Coachella, with the usual fake announcements and announcements that should have been but never were, finally the lineup has been announced to all. Now on first glance there aren’t too many ‘holy shit’ names at the top of the main poster, but as I was scanning this on my iphone I came across a personal nuclear bomb on the lineup, namely Superchunk. Yes, my beloved Superchunk will be playing Saturday afternoon at this thing so I may very well have to bite the bullet and go. They haven’t toured hardly at all since like 2003 so any chance you have to see them may be your last, so I feel like this may have to happen.

Looking at the headliners the big one is obviously Paul McCartney, and I would assume he will be playing unopposed on Friday night. It would be kind of cool to see him, I can just imagine 100,000 people singing ‘Hey Jude’ in the middle of a field in the California desert. The other Friday night hitters are actually really good with Franz and Moz double teaming it. The rest of Friday is pretty stacked as well with Los Campesinos! (yes!), Hold Steady, Girl Talk, Black Keys, the Presets, the Ting Tings. Also Leonard Cohen! This thing is kind of loaded. Also I *really* want to see N.A.S.A. on Friday, that would be cool as shit.

Saturday has the weakest headliners in my book as I could really do without both Amy Winehouse and the Killers. Once you get below that tragedy of music you get to some other incredible day bands. Of course Superchunk, whom I’ve already mentioned, TVOTR, Fleet Foxes (!), Dr. Dog, Hercules and Love Affair, Glasvegas, Blitzen Trapper. Another fairly full day there. And is that Booker T minus the MG’s I see there?

Sunday has a more off-beat day lineup, but it also has some of the more incredible names that really make this a solid lineup. The big one on there is My Bloody Valentine, with their ear shattering volumes of sound. The Cure is a band I’ve always liked but never seen, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs should supposedly have a new album out at some point (I think?). Lupe Fiasco rules, as does Peter, Bjorn and John. Then of course you have Public Enemy, awesome. Lykke Li and Okkervil River, two favorites, sneak in there along with some incredibly solid lesser knowns like No Age and Friendly Fires.

The show has a great mix of current indie bands and legendary late 80s/early 90s acts, should be good stuff. The full list:

Friday, April 17th
A Place To Bury Strangers
Alberta Cross
Bajofondo
Beirut
Buraka Som Sistema
Cage the Elephant
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Craze and Klever
Crystal Castles
Dear and the Headlights
Felix da Housecat
Franz Ferdinand
Genghis Tron
Ghostland Observatory
Girl Talk
Gui Boratto
Leonard Cohen
Los Campesinos!
M. Ward
Molotov
Morrissey
N.A.S.A.
Noah and the Whale
Patton & Rahzel
Paul McCartney
Peanut Butter Wolf
People Under the Stairs
Ryan Bingham
Silversun Pickups
Steve Aoki
Switch
The Crystal Method
The Aggrolites
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
The Bug
The Courteeners
The Hold Steady
The Knux
The Presets
The Ting Tings
We Are Scientists
White Lies

Saturday, April 18th
Amanda Palmer
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Atmosphere
Band Of Horses
Billy Talent
Blitzen Trapper
Bob Mould Band
Booker T
Calexico
Cloud Cult
Crookers
Dr. Dog
Drive By Truckers
Drop The Lime
Electric Touch
Fleet Foxes
Gang Gang Dance
Glass Candy
Glasvegas
Henry Rollins
Hercules and Love Affair
Ida Maria
James Morrison
Liars
Mastodon
Michael Franti & Spearhead
MSTRKRFT
Surkin, Para One (Live)
Superchunk
The Bloody Beetroots
The Killers
Thenewno2
Thievery Corporation
Tinariwen
TRAV$DJ-AM
Turbonegro
TV On The Radio
Zane Lowe
Zizek

Sunday, April 19th
Antony and the Johnsons
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Christopher Lawrence
Clipse
Friendly Fires
Fucked Up
Gaslight Anthem
Groove Armada (DJ Set)
Jenny Lewis
Junior Boys
K’naan
Late of the Pier
Lupe Fiasco
Lykke Li
M.A.N.D.Y.
Marshall Barnes
Mexican Institute of Sound
My Bloody Valentine
No Age
Okkervil River
Paolo Nutini
Paul Weller
Perry Farrell
Peter Bjorn and John
Public Enemy
Roni Size
Sebastien Tellier
Shepard Fairey
Supermayer
The Cure
The Horrors
The Kills
The Night Marchers
Themselves
Throbbing Gristle
Vivian Girls
X
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s

Superchunk – Hyper Enough – From Here’s Where the Strings Come In
The Cure – Disintegration – From Disintegration
Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause – From It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Blitzen Trapper – Furr – From Furr
Girl Talk – Play Your Part (Pt. 2) – From Feed The Animals