Rumours abound, but all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not predict the awesomeness to be contained in this year’s lineup for Coachella.


Coachella reigns supreme as the ultimate in US-based music festivals with a lineup that could not be disavowed by even the most particular of musical tastes. Though they’ve played with our hearts the past couple of weeks with hints released through various social media outlets, this official lineup has been announced mercifully early (last year’s wasn’t announced until January 24th). The traditional fraudulent posters eased our collective minds in the meantime, but only the official announcement could reassure that they indeed know what they’re doing over at the Coachella planning offices. This year’s festival will take place over two separate weekends, April 11-13 and April 18-20. Plenty of time to make the best of a truly once-in-a-lifetime lineup.

Outkast, I repeat, Outkast are ending their hiatus for Coachella, as speculated earlier this year, despite Andre’s declaration that no new Outkast album was in the works. Things could not get better (though they do). Muse is to headline the second day of the festival after news of a brand-spankin new album in the works that is to ditch some of their newly found propensity for electronic and symphonic embellishments. Rounding out the holy trinity of headlining acts this year is Arcade Fire, or Reflektor, as they’re known on their current tour in support of their latest album.

To continue to the tone joyous tone, Beck has recovered significantly in recent time and shared material from his upcoming album. In a slightly different state of renewal is Neutral Milk Hotel, after a decade-plus long hiatus, the band is ready to kick ass and leave scorched earth in their path.

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister returns from his pacemaker insertion in the manner that only he could, ready to destroy any audience that intersects his path. For a man that’s downed a fifth of Jack every day since age 30, he’s doing pretty damn well.

Buy your tickets. NOW.

Coachella 2014 Lineup

Friday April 11 & 18
Outkast
The Knife
The Replacements
Broken Bells
Zedd
Girl Talk
Ellie Goulding
Chromeo
HAIM
Neko Case
AFI
Martin Garrix
Bonobo
Bryan Ferry
The Gitch Mob
The Afghan Whigs
The Cult
Bastille
Flume Aloe Blacc
Jagwar Ma
A$AP Ferg
Grouplove
Woodkid
Carnage
Shlohmo
Gareth Emery
Michael Brun
MS MR
Kate Nash
Hot Since 82
Damian Lazarus
GOAT
Nina Kraviz
Anthony Green
Duke Dumont
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Solomun
ZZ Ward
Anti-Flag
Caravan Palace
Flabush Zombies
Deorro
Waxahatchee
Title Flight
Davide Squillace
DJ Falcon
Dum Dum Girls
Austra
Tom Odell
Dixon
Wye Oak
Crosses
Mako
The Preatures
The Bots
Gabba Gabba Heys

Saturday April 12 & 19
Muse
Queens of the Stone Age
Skrillex
Pharrell Williams
Lorde
Foster the People
Pet Shop Boys
MGMT
Empire of the Sun
Fatboy Slim
Nas
Kid Kudi
The Head and the Heart
Sleigh Bells
Cage the Elephant
City and Colour
Chvrches
Dillon Francis
Capital Cities
The Naked and Famous
Temples
Mogwai
Warpaint
Solange
Washed Out
Future Islands
Ty Segall
DARKSIDE
Banks
Tiga
Bombay Bicycle Club
Holy Ghost!
Netsky
RL Grime
Galantis
Foxygen
White Lies
Graveyard
The Internet
Laura Mvula
The Dismemberment Plan
Headhunterz
Blood Orange
GTA
TJR
Cajmere
Guy Gerher
Nicole Moudaher
MAKJ
Bear Hands
The Magician
Young & Sick
Unlocking the Truth
Saints of Valory
Carbon Airways
UZ
Syd Arthur
Bycep
Drowners

Sunday April 13 & 20
Arcade Fire
Beck
Calvin Harris
Neutral Milk Hotel
Disclosure
Lana Del Ray
Motorhead
Alesso
Duck Sauce
Little Dragon
Beady Eye
Flosstradamus
The Toy Dolls
The 1975
Adventure Club
Big Gigantic
Chance the Rapper
Laurent Garnier
Krewella
Rudimental
STRKFKR
Fishbone
Trombone Shorty
AlunaGeorge
Art Department
Flight Facilities
Frank Turner
John Newman
Maceo Plex
Superchunk
Bombino
Daughter
Bad Manners
Surfer Blood
Lee Burridge
Poolside
Classixx
Showtek
James Vincent McMorrow
Bo Ningen
Aeroplane
Ratking
Jhene Aiko
J. Roddy Walston & the Business
Factory Floor
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Anna Lunoe
The Martinez Brothers
Scuba
John Beaver