Coachella 2011: Digging into the Line-Up

Goldenvoice has announced the line-up for 2011's 12th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival set for Friday, April 15, Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA.  Most news just focuses on the headliners - Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon.  Plus some of the reunions and next tier performers, such as  Duran Duran, Big Audio Dynamite, The Black Keys, Interpol, The National, The Strokes, Cee Lo Green, Brandon Flowers of the Killers and so on.

But while the "big-name" headliners surely bring in thousands, many others come for performers lower on the bill, just as and in some cases even more vital.  And this year is fully loaded:  Music News That Matters picks would include the return of Bright Eyes, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Delta Spirit, Flogging Molly, (always great live), Gogol Bordello (ever the whirlwind of gypsy punk on stage),  Klaxons, Mumford & Sons, The New Pornographers, another reunion in The London Suede,
And let's not forget its not just a music, but an arts festival every year. In 2011, Coachella will partner with The Creators Project, which supports leading and emerging artists across the globe who use technology to turn their artistic visions into reality. By incorporating technology and visual art, the partnership adds another layer of creative expression to the festival.   Additional information is available at www.thecreatorsproject.com.
There's also the online and physical Coachella community from message boards to the friendships formed annually at the onsite campgrounds.  This year's onsite camping will include a Farmer’s Market, a 24-hour general store, a roller skating rink and free shuttle service to a local grocery store.
Three-day weekend passes, along with camping passes for Coachella go on sale Friday, January 21 at 10:00 AM (PT) through Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at www.coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges and camping passes are $75.00.  More details on layaway, camping options and up-to-the minute information, can be found at www.coachella.com.

Coachella 2011 artist line-up:

12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran, EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision, , Fat Freddy's Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun., G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack's Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9,  Kyle Hall, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil' B, Lorn, Los Bunkers, Magnetic Man, , Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing, OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B, Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath, Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle and Zed Bias.