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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: 2003, 2007Recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers have changed quite a bit since the funky rap-punk hybrid of their eponymous 1984 debut, releasing radio-friendly and borderline-bland pop-rock on 2011's I'm With You. No matter how you feel about the new RHCP, who are currently prepping a covers EP, there's no denying singing along when classics like "Give It Away" and "Dani California" come on.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Victoria, Australia
Previously played Coachella: First-timerNick Cave hasn’t lost his flair for the down-and-dirty fury that defined his early work with the Birthday Party, which is evident on his band's latest (though admittedly more subdued) release, Push the Sky Away, as well as at his live shows—can you name another 50-year-old man you’d like to hear describe a case of the “No Pussy Blues”? Hope to hear hell-yea classics like "Stagger Lee" and "Red Right Hand" during his Sunday sets.
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Photograph: © Soren Solkaer Starbird Vampire Weekend
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: New York, NY
Previously played Coachella: 2008, 2010Beloved world-pop preppies Vampire Weekend have no interest in sucking your blood (though we know a few festival-goers who would probably jump at that chance). Pop your collar and channel that chick on the (unauthorized) cover of Contra—the band's addictive second album—to fully enjoy the the restless rockers' Sunday sets.
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Social Distortion
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Fullerton, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAll the punks who got Social D tats back in the early ’80s like to crow about how the band ain't what it used to be. Well, yes, times indeed change, and even if the band's old fans haven't faced up to it, Social D is no longer a punk band—just a kick-ass rock band.
Download Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes on Amazon Download Greatest Hits on Amazon
Wu-Tang Clan
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Staten Island, NY
Previously played Coachella: First-timerCritically and commercially acclaimed, this impossibly influential Staten Island hip-hop collective first emerged from the underground in 1993. What with solo albums and live dates from members GZA, Raekwon and Method Man, there's been a lot of peripheral and fractured Wu activity in recent years, so to have the entire original crew (save for the late Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose son Young Dirty Bastard is sometimes a special guest) back on stage is a treat indeed. Expect much muthafuckin' noise when they drop bombs like "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck."
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Pretty Lights
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Fort Collins, CO
Previously played Coachella: 2010Producer Derek Vincent Smith, better known as Pretty Lights, mixes so many flavors—Portishead atmospherics, early-’90s rave, gangsta rap and big beat, to name a handful—it’s a little like eating 20 different types of candy all at once: pretty awesome, if it doesn't give you a headache.
Download Making Up A Changing Mind on Amazon Download Taking Up Your Precious Time on Amazon
Eric Prydz
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Previously played Coachella: First-timerStockholm-bred, LA-based DJ and producer Eric Prydz (who sometimes goes by Pryda) is a veritable clubland hit machine on the other side of the ocean—and at stateside clubs that like their house beats on the big and brawny side. If that's you too, don't miss his Sunday sets.
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Tame Impala
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Perth, Australia
Previously played Coachella: 2011Tame Impala's celebrated debut LP, Inner Speaker, parlayed fuzz-soaked tidal waves of melodic psych-rock into massive anthems that, dare we say it, channeled John Lennon at times. Its recently arrived successor, Lonerism, extends that winning formula into a sound that's referential but never merely derivative: old-fashioned, newfangled and timeless all at once. Hear songs from both albums during the band's Sunday sets.
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Photograph: Scarlet Page The Lumineers
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Denver, CO
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThese percussive, upbeat folk rockers originally hail from New York but are now based in Denver, where they've gained success that went quickly from local to nationwide. The band’s rootsy debut, The Lumineers, has gone gold, and “Ho Hey” has popped up everywhere from a Bing ad to a trailer for Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook. In its songs and trajectory, the young trio has melded assurance and catchiness to surge, ever so swiftly, to the top.
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Photograph: Jay Brooks Dead Can Dance
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Melbourne, Australia
Previously played Coachella: First-timerSome might pigeonhole the Aussie dyad’s exotic refrains as music consumed only by tortured souls brooding over black coffee. Listen more carefully, and you’ll find that its sound is unbounded by time or genre. How can one categorize Lisa Gerrard’s eerie warbles, which have ripened with age; Brendan Perry’s elegant vocals, ornamented with nonsense syllables; or the duo’s ritualistic tribal drums and mournful instrumentals? Tormented by creative spirits, the fiftysomething artists may have had their heyday three decades ago. But Dead Can Dance has not lost its aptitude for hauntingly beautiful compositions, as we'll hopefully see this April.
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Photograph: © Andrew Whitton La Roux
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: 2010As with many of today’s gifted pop starlets (we’re looking at you, Gaga), La Roux frontwoman Elly Jackson has cultivated an image that seems carefully designed to overshadow her catchy if rather conventional music—in this case: chilly, retro synth-pop. Still, behind the gravity-defying red tresses and androgynous getups is a very human performer with a powerhouse voice.
Photograph: Courtesy Universal Republic Records James Blake
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAs he's yet to release a follow-up to 2011's hotly debated debut, 24-year-old Brit James Blake will most likely perform a set of his trademark sparse, dubstep-wobbled falsetto soul, plus—we hope—new material. His recent single "Confidence Boost," with MC Trim, suggests a darker, more aggressive direction.
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Excision
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Kelowna, Canada
Previously played Coachella: 2011This dubstep DJ and music producer from British Columbia, who also goes by his given name of Jeff Abel, put out his first release in 2007. "No Escape" (put out on his own record label, Rottun Recordings) immediately sold out and was re-pressed, and he's been steadily touring ever since.
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Photograph: John Londono Grimes
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Montreal, Canada
Previously played Coachella: First-timerDon't be fooled by Claire Boucher's alias, Grimes—far from sordid, her output tends toward dreamy, floaty, dancey soundscapes, especially when her sighing voice comes in. Aside from her fastidiously fractured synth-pop (check out Visions, a widely acclaimed recent effort on 4AD), this Montreal auteur is active in dance, film and visual art. Should make for an extremely au courant and compelling live show.
Photograph: Danny Clinch The Gaslight Anthem
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: New Brunswick, NJ
Previously played Coachella: 2009This Jersey quartet is riding very high indeed with their soulful, gritty and gusty alt-rock take on Springsteen. Anticipate cuts from 2012's Handwritten, an LP that keeps true to the classic rock & roll and punk sensibilities that have driven the group since it formed in 2006.
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Photograph: Bill Sitzmann The Faint
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Omaha, NE
Previously played Coachella: 2005The Faint has always occupied a weird spot in music. Within the larger indie-rock scene, the Faint remained outsiders: too enamored of synths for the so-called garage-rock revival led by the Strokes and the White Stripes, too rock-oriented to be part of the budding electroclash movement. But that might be why their music holds up as well as it does: Their dark, pulsating tunes are as danceable as ever, with songs like “Agenda Suicide”—featuring lyrics about grinding yourself down at a soulless job “to get that pretty little home”—remaining relevant a decade later. And the group’s electropunk ethos comes alive during a gig, which is often a sweaty, glorious mess of music and frenetic dancing (both from the band and the audience).
Download Danse Macabre on Amazon Download Wet From Birth on Amazon
Hardwell
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Breda, Netherlands
Previously played Coachella: First-timerYoung Dutch phenom Hardwell, a progressive and electro-house DJ and music producer at the wee age of just 25, nowadays seems to spend most of his time spinning his populist version of big-room house in Vegas—but come April, he'll be banging out the big beats in Indio.
Download "Spaceman" on Amazon Download "Cobra - Official Energy Anthem 2012" on Amazon
Paul Oakenfold
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: 2001, 2002, 2006Before there was Skrillex, there was Paul Oakenfold. The three-time Grammy-nominated artist paved the progressive house dance genre for dozens of DJs after him, from which seemingly endless subgenres of electronic dance music spawned. In addition to playing at some of the most notorious clubs in the world and signing artists like Will Smith and Salt-n-Pepa through his record label, Perfecto, Oakenfold has toured with Madonna and U2, and has done scores for movies such as The Bourne Identity and The Matrix Reloaded.
Download Greatest Hits & Remixes on Amazon Download "Ready, Steady, Go" on Amazon
Photograph: Brantley Gutierrez Dinosaur Jr.
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Amherst, MA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe beloved alternative rock band once simply known as Dinosaur, before legal issues forced the addition of "Jr.," are still rocking thirty years later. They've done the festival circuit before, playing Lollapalooza and LA's Fuck Yea Fest, but this will be their first time playing the sweaty desert at Coachella.
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Raider Klan
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Miami, FL
Previously played Coachella: First-timer21-year-old SpaceGhostPurrp, a rapper and producer from Miami, Florida, is a founding member of this underground rap group, which is sometimes stylized as RVIDXR KLVN in what SpaceGhostPurrp calls "Raider Hieroglyphics." Fun fact: SGP and A$AP Rocky are frenemies, even though their music sounds amusingly alike.
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OMD
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Wirral Peninsula, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAndy McCluskey and his Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark celebrate over 30 years in the business of making intelligent synth pop, once again reunited with Humphreys, Holmes and Cooper, who quit in 1989 but rejoined a few years ago. While waiting to shimmy to Pretty in Pink classic "If You Leave," expect to hear tunes from the band's twelfth studio album, English Electric, due to hit the airwaves this April.
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Roni Size & Dynamite MC
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Bristol, England
Previously played Coachella: 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009Drum ’n’ bass kingpin Roni Size jets over from his Bristol, U.K. home to spin his impossibly funky rhythms—a confluence of hip hop, funk, soul and house. The godfather of jungle deftly melds his beats with live drums and double bass, which makes for a larger than life sound, especially during live shows. Grab your glow sticks and your brown paper bags, it's rave time.
Photograph: Autumn DeWilde The Airborne Toxic Event
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: 2009Whether you consider the Airborne Toxic Event to be LA’s answer to Coldplay or art-rock usurpers of the Killers and Silversun Pickups, frontman Mikel Jollett's voice—an offbeat and weirdly compelling mix of Iggy Pop and Billy Joel—is just too strong to be denied. Expect to hear from the band's upcoming third album, Such Hot Blood.
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Photograph: Maximilla Lukacs Father John Misty
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Baltimore, MD
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe buzzy aura surrounding Father John Misty extends beyond his past life as a Fleet Foxes member under his given name, J. Tillman, to the music he is now releasing as a solo artist: soaring, soulful folk-rock that's spiked with an energy and cleverness that's absent from the Seattle group's milky work. Be sure to check out his Sunday sets.
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Photograph: Shawn Brackbill Tanlines
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: New York, NY
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAt first listen, Mixed Emotions, the debut full-length from Tanlines, sounds like a straightforwardly good-time album: honest pop with swelling synths and giddy arrangements. But as you delve deeper, dark undercurrents emerge and wonderfully anthemic choruses begin to convey lostness and uncertainty. Likewise, the band members engage in multiple identities: Brooklyn indie entertainers who make lighthearted synth-rock, and complex, introspective artists who disclose further depth with each album spin.
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Photograph: Hal Wilson Rodriguez
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Detroit, MI
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis Mexican-American singer-songwriter cut just two albums in 1970 and 1971, before veering off the radar when his career stalled. (Playing an industry showcase with his back to the crowd probably didn’t help.) The Detroit native popped up again briefly to tour Australia in the late ’70s, but after that—zip. Rodriguez was gone, leaving only his music as proof of his existence. In the meantime, Cold Fact, Rodriguez’s debut, became huge in South Africa, which turned Rodriguez—or at least the idea of Rodriguez—into a counterculture hero. Stories sprang up concerning the musician’s fate: Some said he died after setting himself alight onstage; others, that he had murdered his girlfriend and ended up in a mental hospital. In 1996, journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom began a search for the cult singer, now chronicled in a great Oscar-winning documentary, Searching for Sugar Man. Suffice to say, Rodriguez was found alive and well in Michigan, somewhat surprised to hear of his popularity on the other side of the world. Having at last toured South Africa, where his fans are truly adoring, Rodriguez is finally getting another crack at America. Color us very curious to see the man in action.
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Photograph: Jon Baker Alex Clare
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerWhat a glorious change of fortune. Having been hyped to the hills but with little chart success last year, blue-eyed soul singer Alex Clare moved to Israel and gave up the biz. It was only then that his track "Too Close" was featured on a worldwide Microsoft advert, leading to this renewal of interest in the Diplo and Switch-produced modern soulster (and former paramour of Amy Winehouse).
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Photograph: © Pola Sieverding Paul Kalkbrenner
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Berlin, Germany
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis German techno/electro DJ and producer will play to promote his fifth album, Icke Wieder, which he described as "old times" for its lack of vocals, bells and whistles. He's had more than 17 years of experience as a producer and live act, which means his Sunday sets are sure to please.
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Photograph: James Moriarty Jessie Ware
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Oban, Scotland
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis pretty British singer-songwriter has been likened to Adele and Sade, and many call her debut album, Devotion, one of the best of 2012. Unfortunately, she may be better known for her illegal sampling of rap legend Big Pun's track "100%," which she has since had to remove from her work. Oops.
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Loco Dice
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Dusseldorf, Germany
Previously played Coachella: First-timerGerman producer and Desolat label founder Loco Dice's chunky house grooves and minimal techy melodies will no doubt go over well with the festival's crowd of dedicated LD fans and general beat-heads alike. Ever the entrepreneur, he's collaborated with a cosmetic brand to release a nail polish along with a special music mix, tracks from which you just may hear during his Sunday sets.
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Jamie Jones
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerLondon-based rave-lover Jamie Jones is a man who's rapidly become (both solo and in the duo Hot Natured) one of electronic dance music's biggest stars via a series of stunningly good releases on the Hot Creations label and other name-drop-worthy imprints.
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The Three O'Clock
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis alt-rock group is associated with LA's 1980s Paisley Underground scene (think the Bangles or Dream Syndicate). Expect to hear psychedelic pop rock with a punk energy—a sound that may have been more original in the '80s, but is still pretty fun today.
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Disclosure
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Surrey, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis pair of studio-based producers (brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence) put out a garage/house remix of Jessie Ware's "Running" that basically owned 2012. Ware began playing with them, helping to launch them to success, and now you can see Disclosure take it to the stage this April during their Sunday sets.
Download "Running (Disclosure Remix)" by Jessie Ware on Amazon Download The Face EP on Amazon
Mimosa
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Oakland, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerOakland-based Tigran Mimosa has recently become a festival fave, largely due to a diverse sound that ranges from drum 'n' bass to dubstep to, on latest single “SWRV," trap. A first-timer at Coachella, Mimosa is sure to bust out fan favorite "Drippin" and the odd-but-we-like-it "Fluorescence."
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Photograph: Ryan Manning Cloud Nothings
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Cleveland, OH
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe precocious Ohio foursome have outgrown their prolific lo-fi power-pop beginnings and honed a dry, personal kind of alterno on their third LP, 2012's Attack on Memory. The album was well-received, and you can probably plan to hear most of it during the band's Sunday sets.
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Parov Stelar Band
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Linz, Austria
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAustrian musician and DJ Stelar combines house, breakbeat, jazz and pop with his electro-swing band. Parov Stelar's tracks have been used on countless compilations and in many commercials; his sound is well-known and widespread, and his live set will probably sound familiar, even if you've never heard of him.
Photograph: Courtesy the Dog & Pony Show Julio Bashmore
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Bristol, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerProducer and DJ Julio Bashmore made his name in house music in an interesting way—by sequestering himself away from his hometown and bass hotbed of Bristol. Staying on the edge of the scene allowed Bashmore to create a unique take on the genre, which you can hear for yourself during his Sunday sets.
Download "Battle For Middle You (Maurice Donovan Dub)" on Amazon Download "Husk" on Amazon
Thee Oh Sees
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: San Francisco, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe San Francisco-based pyschedelic garage rock act—known for their prolific album releases, energetic live shows and a strange visual aesthetic (think whimsical cartoons spliced with horror imagery)—heads south for Coachella, where they're sure to weird everyone out (in a good way).
Download Putrifiers II on Amazon Download Carrion Crawler / The Dream on Amazon
Dub FX
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Melbourne, Australia
Previously played Coachella: First-timerSince establishing himself, Dub FX has gained a huge following, thanks to his amazing beat boxing skills, which he matches up with hip-hop, drum 'n' bass, and reggae beats. Watch as he brings a street-like performance to the festival: Using only his vocals and live looping and pedal effects, it’ll surely be astounding.
Download A Crossworlds on Amazon Download "So Please" on Amazon
Photograph: Mads Perch Maya Jane Coles
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: London, England
Previously played Coachella: First-timerLondon's Maya Jane Coles doesn't have the star power of the many headliners in this fest's lineup. Yet. The talk of the scene, for those bowled over by her heavy-hitting deep tech-house offerings, she's easily one of electronic music's most rapidly ascending stars.
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JEFF the Brotherhood
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Nashville, TN
Previously played Coachella: First-timerNashville duo JEFF the Brotherhood are sure to woo with their garage rock tunes (sometimes described as psychedelic, sometimes as punk, sometimes as pop rock) and good looks. They've done splits with such big names as Ty Segall and Best Coast, which should speak to their musical chops.
Download Hypnotic Nights on Amazon Download We Are The Champions on Amazon
Smith Westerns
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Chicago, IL
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAudiences just can't resist the knack of Chicago's indie outfit Smith Westerns for melody and keen retro grooves, a garage-rock thunderstorm rife with nods to T. Rex, David Bowie and other psych and glam touch points. Catch the Coachella first-timers' Sunday sets.
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Kurt Vile and the Violators
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Philadelphia, PA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe Philadelphian troubadour—and The War On Drugs collaborator—and his crew play Sunday sets, peddling lo-fi psych and an echo-sodden, agreeably eccentric blend of folk and rock, as per recent album Smoke Ring for My Halo. Expect to hear new tunes from Vile's April release, Walkin on a Pretty Daze.
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Dirtyphonics
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Paris, France
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThe Parisian group, started in 2004, is a team of electronic drum 'n' bass producers who have worked with the likes of Skrillex, Marilyn Manson and NERO. The Dirtyphonics, whose members all have backgrounds in metal and rock bands, will heat up the last day of the festival.
Download Dirty on Amazon Download The Tarantino EP on Amazon
Photograph: Krijn Van Noordwijk Joris Voorn
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Previously played Coachella: First-timerDutch DJ, producer, remixer and rejected label head Joris Voorn, based in Amsterdam, has come out of nowhere in the past half decade to become one of the world's top makers and spinners of rather twisted electronic house, which you can hear during his Sunday sets.
Download Future History on Amazon Download "Revelation" on Amazon
Hanni El Khatib
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerOne-man band HeK is an LA resident of Filipino-Palestinian parentage whose debut single, a rowdy, punked-up blues take on Funkadelic's "I Got A Thing," soundtracked a recent Nike ad campaign. Expect to hear that, plus cuts from his debut album, Will the Guns Come Out.
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Photograph: Georg Roske Danny Avila
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Madrid, Spain
Previously played Coachella: First-timerDubbed "the Spanish super talent" by Tiësto at a mere 17 years old, Spanish powerhouse Danny Avila has already put himself on the map. Inspired by the likes of Afrojack and David Guetta, he started out playing friends’ parties, moving swiftly on to charting on the Beatport Top Ten, and then winning "Best Newcomer DJ" at the 2011 Vicious Music Awards. Since then, the electro house whiz has scored headline slots with Fedde Le Grand, Martin Solveig, David Guetta and the Black Eyed Peas. Recently, Avila’s debut single "Breaking Your Fall" has attracted attention from major labels and become an internet sensation—we’re hoping to hear it at the festival.
Download "Breaking Your Fall" on Amazon Download Breaking Your Fall (Remixes) on Amazon
Photograph: Ester Segarra Ghost B.C.
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Sweden
Previously played Coachella: First-timerGhost B.C. (a.k.a. Ghost) are an anonymous, underground Swedish metal band. They gained a serious amount of cred with their first album, Opus Eponymous, and the hype has only increased since the release of their sophomore Infestissumam, tracks off which you'll hear during their Sunday sets.
Download Opus Eponymous on Amazon Download "Secular Haze" on Amazon
DIIV
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: New York, NY
Previously played Coachella: First-timerLet’s hear it for reverb. Let’s hear it for the sound of long summer nights, only half-remembered, that were probably the best times of your life. Let’s hear it for Polaroids and girlfriends, flowers and drugs, cassettes and sunsets. In other words, let’s hear it for DIIV. The band is the project of Zachary Cole Smith, a guitarist with the excellent dream-pop group Beach Fossils. The guitar lines have barely skipped a beat between the two bands, with Cole Smith picking out exquisite, ear-pleasing melodies on his six string like floating seeds on the summer breeze. Lyrics are used sparingly, and when they are, they’re simple, murmur-along refrains. Their songs, you could argue, all sound kind of the same. But they also all sound kind of great—guitar hooks spinning round and round in your mind, forever, forever, forever, forever...
Little Green Cars
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Dublin, Ireland
Previously played Coachella: First-timerIrish country-rock crew Little Green Cars, a five-piece outfit signed to Glassnote, will preview tunes from their forthcoming debut, Absolute Zero, out May 13. The LP boasts production from Markus Dravs, who has produced Arcade Fire records, as well as the reigning Grammy Album of the Year, Mumford & Sons' Babel.
Download "The John Wayne" on Amazon Download "Witching Hour" on Amazon
Mord Fustang
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Tallinn, Estonia
Previously played Coachella: First-timerEstonia's Mord Fustang, who makes and plays a circus-rave version of bass music, follows the electronic-music tradition of switching around the first letters of familiar names (raise your hand, Com Truise). Hope to hear Fustang's smash hit "Lick the Rainbow."
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Robert DeLong
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThink of Angeleno dance music artist Robert DeLong as an electro-singer-songsmith, kind of like an edgier, more fun Owl City. He'll play the festival in support of a bangin' new LP, Just Movement. His nerdy habit of hacking video game controllers into instruments will set his music apart at the festival.
Download Just Movement on Amazon Download Global Concepts - EP on Amazon
White Arrows
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerDry Land is Not a Myth is the debut album of LA's psychedelic electronic pop outfit White Arrows, and it sweetly melds glitchy synths, pop sensibilities and tribal instrumentation into a potent, gleeful blend (not unlike Givers, with whom the band has toured).
Download Dry Land Is Not A Myth on Amazon Download Fireworks of the Sea on Amazon
Deap Vally
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Previously played Coachella: First-timerThis female rock duo met in a needlework class in Silver Lake, hit it off, and now produce bluesy, alt garage rock that sounds a bit like the music of Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Jack White of the White Stripes—if Dan and Jack bonded over fiber arts, that is.
Download "Gonna Make My Own Money" on Amazon Download "Ain't Fair" on Amazon
Photograph: Jennifer Tzar Wild Belle
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Chicago, IL
Previously played Coachella: First-timerSiblings Elliot and Natalie Bergman make up this Chicago pop rock band, whose sound volleys from psychedelic pop to ska, reggae, funk and jazz. They do a little bit of everything, which you'll hear on this year's release Isles, as well as during their Sunday sets.
Photograph: Mikael Dahl Adrian Lux
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: Sweden
Previously played Coachella: First-timerAdrian Lux is a Swedish producer of trance-poppy, synth-riff-heavy sounds; he scored big with that "Teenage Crime" track from a few years back, which he's sure to play during his Sunday sets, along with other crowdpleasers such as "Can't Sleep" and "Strawberry."
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Ladies Night
Sundays April 14 and 21Origin: New York, NY
Previously played Coachella: First-timerProducer Liv Spencer and musician Geoff Renaud combined their talents in late 2012 with breakout DJ sets across downtown NYC . Their performance on SS Coachella's maiden voyage cemented their reputation as purveyors of raucous quality dancefloor vibes, which you can experience for yourself during their Sunday sets.
Coachella 2013 lineup: Sunday bands (slide show)
Check out all the bands playing Sunday sets—on April 14 and April 21—at the Coachella 2013 festival.
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