DAY THREE:
11. Lykke Li
The DNA: The Concretes + Diana Ross + Peter Bjorn and John
Lykke Li feels like a throw back to a simpler time when a woman could have a heartfelt voice without needing to belt it like Mariah Carey. Even though her voice evokes the feeling of the 1960s, her songs manage to still feel contemporary. She might not be the most rocking act on the bill, but if you just want to see a Swedish woman (read: really, really cute) with a great voice sing some melancholy pop songs, then you should check her out.
Songs That We Demand They Play: "Dance Dance Dance," "I'm Good, I'm Gone," "Tonight"
Song Your Hipster Friend Will Demand They Play: Her cover of Rick Ross' "Hustlin"
People Not to Bring to Watch: Your boyfriend because he might fall in love after hearing her voice
12. No Age
The DNA: distortion + pogoing 14-year-old hipsters
If you live in L.A., you've probably seen No Age before, since they seem to play weekly when they're not touring. If not, here's what you need to know: Two guys in their early twenties make the best lo-fi noise rock in all of L.A.; they become the kings of all-ages club The Smell (20 bucks says fellow Smell rockers Mika Miko play Coachella next year). Yeah, they might be adored by Pitchfork, but you'll know that love is entirely justified once you see them live.
Songs That We Demand They Play: "Eraser," "Things I Did When I Was Dead," "Every Artist Needs a Tragedy"
Song Your Hipster Friend Will Demand They Play: That new song they heard them play at The Smell last week.
13. Public Enemy
The DNA: NWA + poli-sci classes + Flavor Flav
Everyone knows Flavor Flav from his crazy appearances on various VH1 reality-TV shows, but before that, he was a part of one of the most politically active hip-hop groups of all time. Public Enemy is really Chuck D's baby but Flav helps give us some humor to go along with Chuck's politics.
Songs That We Demand They Play: "Don't Believe the Hype," "Welcome to the terrordome"
Song Your Hipster Friend Will Demand They Play: "He Got Game," just to be ironic
Mind the Skanks: Watch out for Flavor of Lovers milling about in the crowd.
14: The Kills
The DNA: The White Stripes – garage rock + PJ Harvey
Sadly, The White Stripes didn't reunite for Coachella this year (I guess only Conan O'Brien has the power to bring them together these days), but despite their absence, go check out the second best guy/girl rock duo in indie rock (sorry, Raveonettes). Like Stripes, The Kills make great music, but they drop the garage-rock shtick and amp up the sex factor. Their album Midnight Boom was definitely an underrated album of 2008 and features better beats than Meg White could ever bang out.
Songs That We Demand They Play: "U.R.A. Fever," "Tape Song," "Last Day of Magic"
Song Your Hipster Friend Will Demand They Play: anything they put out under their original name of VV and Hotel.
OK, Maybe They Are Like The White Stripes: Kills singer Alison Mosshart is the vocalist of Jack White's latest supergroup Dead Weather. Maybe Meg White and Kills guitarist Jamie Hince will start their own group next.
15. My Bloody Valentine
The DNA: The Jesus and Mary Chain + Ride + a ton of effects pedals
Haven't heard of My Bloody Valentine? Well, shame on you for not knowing about the shoegaze legends that made one of the classic albums of the '90s. Nothing seems like a better way to wind down the last day of Coachella than watching Kevin Shields pile layer and layer of dreamy guitars on top of each other, while trying to make your ears bleed. Coachella blew it last year by not getting the reunited MBV to play the festival, so it's nice to see they made good on that mistake by getting them for oh-nine.
Songs That We Demand They Play: Loveless, the entire album, straight through
Songs Your Hipster Friend Will Demand They Play: Loveless, the entire album, straight through
Random Tip: Wear earplugs. Seriously, wear earplugs.
Bonus WTF Artist: Shepard Fairey
The guy who made the iconic Obama "Hope" poster comes to Coachella to paint? Deejay? Lecture? Who knows what he's doing, but it'd be best to go check out what will surely be the hottest set at Coachella since Sean Penn "played" last year and told a bunch a kids to get on a bus.
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