Coachella

Yesterday, April 15, is the first day of 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Now is the second day so make sure to catch it!



The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, commonly known as Coachella or Coachella Festival, is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day) annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice  and held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley. The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, indie, and electronic music as well as large sculptural art. The event has several stages/tents set-up throughout the grounds, each playing live music continuously. The main stages are: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, and the Sahara Tent.

The Coachella Music Festival has a desert setting (the city of Indio is a part of the California Desert), with daytime temperatures frequently rising to over 100 °F (38 °C). The festival enjoys little cloud cover or shade. The temperature drops drastically after sunset.

The line up for this year is the best!



April 15, 2011

Channel 1

• 4:10PM• The Drums


• 4:55PM• Cee Lo Green


• 5:45PM• Moving Units


• 6:30PM• Ozomatli


• 7:25PM• Interpol


• 8:35PM• Ms. Lauryn Hill


• 9:55PM• Kings of Leon


• 11:15PM• The Black Keys


• 12:05AM• Gayngs

Channel 2

• 4:00PM• !!!


• 4:50PM• Warpaint


• 5:35PM• Cold Cave


• 6:25PM• YACHT


• 7:10PM• Cold War Kids


• 8:00PM• Titus Andronicus


• 9:00PM• The Pains Of Being Pure At Hea...


• 10:00PM• Tame Impala


• 10:55PM• Monarchy


• 12:00AM• Flogging Molly

Channel 3

• 4:30PM• The Morning Benders


• 5:45PM• Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti


• 7:25PM• Interpol - Under Surveillance


• 8:20PM• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez


• 12:00AM• Scala & Kolacny Bros

April 16, 2011

Channel 1

• 4:00PM• Freelance Whales


• 4:50PM• Erykah Badu


• 6:05PM• Broken Social Scene


• 6:55PM• Here We Go Magic


• 7:40PM• Gogol Bordello


• 8:30PM• Mumford & Sons


• 9:25PM• The Swell Season


• 10:20PM• Bright Eyes


• 11:20PM• Arcade Fire

Channel 2

• 4:30PM• Two Door Cinema Club


• 5:20PM• Cage The Elephant


• 6:10PM• The Foals


• 7:00PM• The New Pornographers


• 7:55PM• The Kills


• 9:05PM• Big Audio Dynamite


• 10:05PM• Elbow


• 11:00PM• Raphael Saadiq


• 11:55PM• Scissor Sisters

Channel 3

• 4:00PM• Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybea...


• 4:55PM• Behind-the-Scenes


• 5:45PM• Jenny and Johnny


• 6:35PM• Yelle


• 7:30PM• Brandt Brauer Frick


• 8:30PM• ENCORE - Interpol


• 10:25PM• Empire Of The Sun


• 11:30PM• ENCORE - Flogging Molly

April 17, 2011

Channel 1

• 4:00PM• Wiz Khalifa


• 5:00PM• Nas & Damian Marley


• 6:10PM• Death from Above 1979


• 7:25PM• The National


• 8:30PM• Ratatat


• 8:55PM• The Strokes

Channel 2

• 4:00PM• Jack's Mannequin


• 4:50PM• Jimmy Eat World


• 5:55PM• Fistful of Mercy


• 7:25PM• Duran Duran


• 8:35PM• Chromeo


• 9:45PM• PJ Harvey


• 11:05PM• She Wants Revenge

Channel 3

• 4:00PM• Angus & Julia Stone


• 4:45PM• HEALTH


• 5:35PM• MEN


• 6:05PM• Best Coast


• 6:55PM• Foster the People


• 7:40PM• Ellie Goulding


• 8:30PM• ENCORE PERFORMANCES

As I'm typing this post I am watching Arcade Fires' last song SPRAWL II on YouTube, I love Arcade Fire so much that makes me wanna go to Coachella right now, I know I can't. Thank you to 5 Gum for making this possible. 5 Gum, the exclusive sponsor of the Coachella live Webcast, set out to bring their fans the best music in the world.

By the way, Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. Arcade Fire came to prominence when they released their debut album Funeral in 2004 to critical acclaim. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy.



Their set for today consists of some of my favorites, Month of May, No cars go, Haiti, Sprawl II, etc.









Of course aside from Arcade Fire, early morning, Erykah Badus' set is also the best! Badu was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films. In case you still don't know her, on Sesame Street, she sang "We're All Friends" with Elmo, Baby Bear, Rosita, and Zoe.

I love her! She played all my favorites!

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2 years from now I want to be in Coachella, that time would allow me to save up. :) Haha! I will surely mark my calendar when I promise this!

Since 5 Gum made possible Coachella's webcast this year, I will surely buy one. Chos! HAHA



Check Coachella's website for updates.

XOXO