Your most pleasant surprises on the lineup

[JamesMills]

I'm not a fan of the lineup, but I'm really stoked about a few surprises that made it. My top three surprises:

Lauryn Hill
The Drums
The Swell Season

[TallGuyCM]

DFA1979 x 100000000

[iliketurtles]

DFA1979 x 100000000

Totally agreed.

[JamesMills]

I'm not familiar with them, but I like what I've heard so far. Sounds like good festival music, that's for sure.

[TallGuyCM]

Aside from DFA there aren't many bands on the lineup that weren't already heavily speculated. No Leonard Cohen '09, the Specials '10, etc.

[choice cat]

not to say I dislike the line up, but I feel that aside from DFA there were more UNPLEASANT surprises than good ones.

[JamesMills]

Aside from DFA there aren't many bands on the lineup that weren't already heavily speculated. No Leonard Cohen '09, the Specials '10, etc.

I had called for The Drums before, but nobody shared my enthusiasm and I never saw any rumors of them making it. I don't remember any talks about Lauryn either, and who would've guessed The Swell Season?

[iliketurtles]

Bomba Estéreo was a nice add to the festival.
Latin music at its best.

[TallGuyCM]

Without a doubt...

[xxxxxxxxxx]

Big Audio Dynamite
Erykah Badu
Wire

[choice cat]

I am unfamiliar with alot of the music on the line up, so I'm looking forward to some gems that I will inevitably find. Time to get to work.

[Bumblebee]

First stateside SUEDE show in......14(????) years

[iliketurtles]

First stateside SUEDE show in......14(????) years

Yes! This was also a great surprise along with Leftfield.

[unknown]

Mala and Kode9. Joy Orbison too.

[WhyTheLongFace]

Kode9 is there??? What day?

Lil B
Badu
DFA 1979
Kele

[choice cat]

Lil B was actually very pleasant. OFWGKTA also, remembering last time someone had asked them they weren't playing.

[Milky]

This may seem a bit silly, but Freelance Whales was my most pleasant surprise. Mainly because they will never play in Australia (can't even buy their record here).

Also, Gypsy and the Cat. Tiny Aussie band that doesn't get much attention here and yet make it onto the Coachella bill. Their music is pretty average, but I was just stoked to see them on there.

Elbow would be my last one. Surprised to see them so low, but so glad they are there. I am excited to see them.

[WhyTheLongFace]

Big Audio Dynamite

I wanna find out who this is. And why their name is so big

[UpwardsOfUnknown]

Wire

[UpwardsOfUnknown]

I wanna find out who this is. And why their name is so big

It's a reunion show something like 13 years in the making.

[dtamba]

Suede
Leftfield
Wire

[spiggums]

Best surprises:
Hurts (favorite new act from last year, Happiness is an amazing record, and given it's not yet been released in the states I thought this to be a pipe dream)
The Presets (I had a faint hope since I know they're supposed to release new material this year but didn't think it possible)
Leftfield (was hoping for this, but again, didn't think it possible... I fucking loved Leftism when it came out, and Rhythm & Stealth was a great album as well)
Big Audio Dynamite (had no idea they were talking about reforming for shows until earlier today)
The Swell Season (I saw Once in the theater and instantly fell in love with everything about these two. Then, they performed at Virgin Festival in baltimore the other year and it was brilliant. Between Hansard telling a camera guy to get the fuck off stage and then after their set time was done, they just hopped into the crowd and kept playing... just a lot of great personality to go along with some beautiful music)

[mistakenstrangers]

The Radio Dept.

[spiggums]

I wanna find out who this is. And why their name is so big

in a nutshell: post-Clash project from Mick Jones... youtube their singles, odds are you'll recognize quite a few of them

[unknown]

Kode9 is there??? What day?

Sunday! I'm stoked!

[CellarOwl]

Suede, Shpongle and The Presets were nice surprises.

And peeps gon' get laid this year with Lauryn Hill and Badu.

[Cpt. Funkaho]

LEFT. FUCKING. FIELD.

When I put together my fantasy festival in the create-a-festival contest, they were my reunion act. Never in my life did I think I would get to see them.

[Wicked Spork]

Nas & Damien Marley/ Tallest man were both the two performances i saw that surprised me the both. Tallest man is awesome live and i cant wait to see N&D

[Indiomantan]

Omar
The Kills
Death from above
One day as a Lion

[wazdog]

DFA1979 x 100000000

word!