As FOMO well and truly sets in about this weekend’s festivities happening in Palm Springs right now, Coachella is currently underway. Whether you’ve sworn off social media for the whole weekend to ease the pain of not being there, or you’re trawling through Twitter feeds to keep up with what’s going down, Coachella knows what you’re going through – and they’re here to help.
Returning this year is the Live Stream, so you can watch everything from the comfort of your own home. Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, but I will be glued to this stream over the next two weekends.
Today sees the likes of Porter Robinson, Tame Impala, Keys n Krates, Action Bronson, Azealia Banks, Lykke Li, Nero, Todd Terje & The Olsons, and The War on Drugs. Tomorrow will have Jack White, Flosstradamus, Alt-J, Hozier, Run The Jewels, Tyler, The Creator and FKA twigs whilst Sunday will feature St Vincent, ODESZA, Jamie xx, Kygo, Florence & The Machine and Mac DeMarco. God. Damn.
The feed also features a live Instagram and Twitter feed, in case that wasn’t enough to tip you over the edge. Click HERE to submerge yourself in all things Coachella now!
Do normal people actually use these?
If you do and were planning to bring a selfie stick to Coachella or Lollapalooza this year, you can’t. They have been included on both of their lists of banned items on their websites.
Lollapalooza classed the selfie stick as a GoPro attachment, while Coachella, simply says “No selfie sticks / Narcissistics.” They have done this in an effort to stop the unauthorized recording of performances over people’s heads, as well as because they’re just really annoying to others. Fair enough.
We can only assume (and hope) that many other festivals throughout the year will share the same ban.
Sorry kids, you’ll have to leave your toys at home and just enjoy the music.
As we are all very aware of right now, the Coachella lineup dropped last week. Divisive as ever, you either love it or you hate it. If you still don’t know who’s on it, who better to read it out to you than god damn Lil Jon. Although I’m still trying to get over that whole Red Foo incident last year (NO ONE has forgotten that), I do have a soft spot for Lil Jon. His consistency with wearing grillz is something that should be admired, as should his signature yelling/shouting. Also, who could forget the golden days when he was with The Eastside Boyz…
Clean version tho :'(
Lil Jon has now tried to remain relevant by drinking green tea (??), reading off a sheet of paper and proceeding to make jokes and puns at the artists on the lineup. Can’t help but notice you’re not on there Lil Jon, perhaps Literally, You Can’t.
Some of my favourite parts of this video include:
“Cloud Nothings – isn’t that where you store your contacts on your iPhone?”
As well as:
“Panda Bear! Coachella is NO place for a motherfucking panda bear!”
See the whole video below!
Over the last few years two things have grown increasingly apparent: that Australian music is making its mark on the world at large, and that the world’s big artists are paying attention to Australia. Now more than ever, we’re proudly sitting atop the world’s biggest festivals and arenas, and we’re up to speed with the rest of the world. The Coachella lineup announcement is only testament to that.
The lineup is, obviously, epic and brilliant. Headlined by Aussies AC/DC, Jack White and Drake, basically every single one of my personal current favourites are on this list: Odesza, Gesaffelstein, Run The Jewels, Alt-J, The Weeknd, Glass Animals and Royal Blood, to name a few.
First and foremost, I am so proud and impressed by the calibre of Australian artists on the bill: AC/DC, Tame Impala, Chet Faker, What So Not, Angus & Julia Stone, Kimbra, Alison Wonderland and Vance Joy lead the way, in an incredibly strong selection of Australia’s finest.
My second point is this: there’s almost no acts on this lineup that haven’t recently been to Aus, or aren’t about to play here. Sure, Coachella condenses it all into a pretty crazy few days, but the vast majority of the lineup have been, or will be gracing our shores within the past few months. Future Music will see headliner Drake alongside Kiesza and Gorgon City, Laneway is bringing over FlyLo, St Vincent, FKA Twigs, Caribou, Vic Mensa, Benjamin Booker, Mac DeMarco, Jungle and more. Falls just covered Run The Jewels, Vance Joy, Alt-J, Milky Chance, SBTRKT, Tycho, Todd Terje and Jamie xx. And there’s plenty more who have recently visited us/are about to visit us too… Ghostface Killah, War On Drugs, Bell & Sebastian, Kaytranada, Parquet Courts, Porter Robinson, George Ezra, Interpol…….
The point is, don’t get that FOMO, ‘cos you don’t need to. And really, there’s probably no point spending all that money on a flight and tickets and stuff to actually be there. Australia is on the map now. Everyone on this list will be here soon, if they haven’t already.
……..Or maybe I’m just trying to talk myself out of white hot jealous. Shhhh.
Side note, Steely Dan would be really cool. And Jack White better hurry the fuck up and get down to Aus now.