Cochella – Indio, California April 25-27 2008

Now this is a festival that I have not gone to or will be going to anytime soon. I would love to go to the festival this year, but I just don’t think it’s going happen. Anyways, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day outdoor festival in Indio, California. If you are planning on checking out the festival be prepared for some nice desert weather. Temperatures can heat up to 100F. The festival involves pretty much any kind of music you could want. There is something for everybody. There are five stages that have live music going continuously throughout the day. I won’t go into the history of the festival because it is long and tedious to write about.Check it out on Wikipedia.

So here are some of the major acts that will be playing at Coachella 2008:

Friday April 25th

• Jack Johnson
• The Verve
• The Raconteurs
• The Breeders
• Fatboy Slim
• The National
• Mum
• Stars
• Les Savy Fav
• Jens Lekman
• Vampire Weekend
• Architecture in Helsinki
• Black Lips
• Rogue Wave

Saturday April 26th

• Portishead
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Rilo Kiley
• Dwight Yoakam
• M.I.A
• Hot Chip
• Cold War Kids
• Animal Collective
• Kate Nash
• Islands
• St. Vincent
• Akron Family
• The Bird and the Bee

Sunday April 27th

• Roger Waters
• My Morning Jacket
• Justice
• Gogol Bordello
• Metric
• Simian Mobile Disco
• The Cool Kids
• Sons & Daughters
• Holy Fuck
• Black Mountain
• Shout Out Louds

It’s not even the full line-up, but could you just look at it! There are so many good bands playing, it’s insane! For a complete line-up check out http://www.coachella.com/

I didn’t even know the Verve was back together. I would love to see the Breeders live, just to see Kim Deal kick some ass! Also M.I.A. and Justice two of the greatest new artists out there. And who wouldn’t want to see Roger Waters live?

I am very jealous of anyone that gets to go. If you are going let me know or if you have ever been to a Coachella festival in the past tell me how it went.

Cheers!