Your top 5 performances from 2012 (weekend one edition)

[tharris]

1. Pulp (The main reason I came and they didn't disappoint)
2. Radiohead (Always great, even though I saw them 3 weeks earlier)
3. St Vincent (Man, was she stoked to be there. I was right in her face when she jumped into the crowd. My third time seeing her and was still blown away)
4. Flying Lotus (Everyone just lost it at his show. His smile was ear to ear the entire time)
5. Amon Tobin (Perfect set at the perfect time. At least half the crowd left in the first 15 minutes when they figured out it wasn't dance music. Coachella needs more acts like this).

and just because I can't leave them out:

6. Girls (The performance of Vomit was my single favorite song of the weekend. Gave me chills)

[Don't gape me, bro]

1.) Dre and Snoop. Never seen so many people singing and moving together in one place before.
2.) Girl Talk. What a fucking party.
3.) St. Vincent. Awesome performance and the crowd surfing was completely unexpected by me.
4.) Modeselektor. A lot of people missed a great set in the Mojave.
5.) Death Grips. I am honestly not a huge fan of the music but this performace had crazy energy.

[lesswesay]

In no particular order:

Dre/Snoop & Friends
Black Angels
Pulp
Modeselektor
St. Vincent

[Rolwolf]

Yep, Dre and Snoop was the best set I've ever seen at Coachella. I really did not expect to enjoy it THAT much.

1. Dre and Snoop
2. Santigold
3. Pulp
4. The Shins
5. Bon Iver

HM: Radiohead, Weeknd, First Aid Kit, Fanfarlo, Girl Talk.

[HotHamWater]

6. Girls (The performance of Vomit was my single favorite song of the weekend. Gave me chills)

This was the song they closed with, right? It was one of the best songs I heard all weekend. Gave me chills, as well, and I wasn't even a GIRLS fan coming into the weekend. In fact, I hated their first album and didn't give the newest one a chance. I just sort of walked to their set because I had nothing to do. It was jaw dropping.

[Lynn163]

1. Madness
2. Pulp
3. Buzzcocks
4.Jimmy Cliff (This was the perfect set to start our weekend...just beautiful!)
5.fIREHOSE

What an amazing weekend!

[pachucasunrise]

1. Refused
2. Dre & Snoop
3. Bon Iver
4. Pulp
5. Jeff Mangum

[Dustin da DnB Soulja]

1. The Hives (one of my favorite sets of all the Coachella's I been to)
2. Dre & Snoop
3. Santigold
4. NOISIA
5. Modeselektor

[tharris]

This was the song they closed with, right? It was one of the best songs I heard all weekend. Gave me chills, as well, and I wasn't even a GIRLS fan coming into the weekend. In fact, I hated their first album and didn't give the newest one a chance. I just sort of walked to their set because I had nothing to do. It was jaw dropping.

Yup, the final song. And you should give their new album a chance as well as the EP they released before it. Completely different from their debut album (which I'm not a fan of either)

[syrrus101]

[1] M83
[2] At The Drive In
[3] Kaskade
[4] Swedish House Mafia
[5] Justice

Neon Indian rocked as well, though they had a shitty spot

[Deputy]

1. Buzzcocks
2. Les Butcherettes
3. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
4. Pulp
5. Dre & Snoop

Honorable Mention: Gary Clark Jr. I only caught one of his songs but it blew my mind

[IceyHotshot]

1. Dre & Snoop
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. Andrew Bird
4. Refused
5. Jeff Mangum

Honorable mentions: At the Drive-In, Destroyer, The Rapture, Flying Lotus, Real Estate, M. Ward

Three observations: M. Ward never really clicked for me until I saw him live, but he was very good. Wish I could have stayed for his whole st. Also, Beirut put on a great show, which I was doubting because I saw them at the Greek in October and was extremely underwhelmed (seemed like Zach mailed it in). Not the case at Coachella. They were spot on. I still miss the strings though...

Finally, Real Estate were great! I was surprised because I did not like the album at all. Time to revisit it.

[InF3cT10uZ]

1) Dre and Snoop
2) Amon Tobin
3) Modeselektor
4) Zeds Dead
5) Miike Snow

HM: Flying Lotus and Stephan Jacobs (epic-sax-guy guest appearance)

[Mr. Porter]

In no particular order:

Dre and Snoop (possibly number one)
M83
Kaskade
Flying Lotus
The Weeknd

[wompwomp]

1. Dre and Snoop
2. Miike Snow
3. Swedish House LAZERS
4. Calvin Harris
5. The Rapture/The Weeknd (tie)

[paulb]

1. Dr Dre/Snoop Dogg
2. Jeff Mangum
3. NERO
4. At The Drive In
5. Azelia Banks

HM: Grouplove, SebastiAn, Justice, M83, Refused, Pulp, Black Lips, Buzzcocks, Santigold, First Aid Kit

Too many great sets over the weekend!

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Bon Iver
Radiohead
Jeff Mangum
The Hives
Pulp

honorable mention:
Dre/Snoop spectacle. I'll go on record as saying that I didn't not like their set as much as the consensus here, but I can appreciate what it was a fucking spectacle not seen since Roger Waters (and honestly everything I thought the Gorillaz would've been). The set was everything that the Coachella weekend was/is: distasteful, weird, interesting, mind-blowing and amazing all at once. I'd never thought I'd see/hear In Da Club or Eminem in the Polo Fields and throughly enjoy it. And goddamn was it loud. But the hologram? Dre performing like 4 of his songs? Not really a performance but a show. Still, I'm fortunate and satisfied I got to witness it.

[JustSteve]

Kasabian
Dre and Snoop
Hives
Noel G.
Arctic Monkeys
Refused

Another year and not one foot stepped in the Sahara or near it, except for Thursday night when all was peaceful and quiet to check out the lighting.

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

the sahara was really shit show this year.

[roberto73]

Something like this:

1) James
2) Squeeze
3) Pulp
4) Buzzcocks
5) We Were Promised Jetpacks

[Nicksomuch]

In no Order

1: Sebastian
2: The Rapture
3: Buzzcocks
4: Radiohead
5: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

[sbjungle]

(in no order)
Radiohead
Flying Lotus
Modeselektor
Girl Talk
Radiohead

HM: M83, St. Vincent, Dre/Snoop, the Hives, NERO, Death Grips.

[sbjungle]

^whoops, wrote Radiohead twice...brain still fried.

[Moonraker]

Kasabian (also went last night and their Fillmore performance was even better than Coachella
M83
Radiohead
Gotye (Gotye = incredible, Gotye audience = super lame, honestly who tries to crowdsurf to Somebody I Used To Know???)
Dr. Dre & Snoop

[kroqken]

1. Pulp
2. Radiohead
3. The Shins
4. Wild Flag
5. Kaiser Chiefs
Other good performances were from Florence + the Machine, the Growlers, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Bon Iver, Metronomy, James, the Black Keys and the Arctic Monkeys. On Week 2, I will see completely different bands.

[LongshotJoe]

Florence + The Machine
Dre + Snoop
Gotye
Dragonette
Rapture

[nbvcide]

1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg & Eminem & 50 Cent & Warren G & 2Pac
3. Refused
4. Girl Talk
5. At The Drive-In

honorable mention:
Empire Strikes Back!, Do Lab (curfew busting middle finger)

[digitaldragon03]

1) Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
2) Radiohead
3) Madness
4) The Hives
5) Santigold

[Bons222000]

Gotta say I think a lot of you are overrating Dre and Snoop. It was better than I was expecting but it was still silly, I still had to listen to some really DUMB songs that are hits for Snoop. When said songs came on it was just like being in an LA club. I had a good time there but I think artistically just parading out guest spot after guest spot, the hologram, singing ten songs about weed...meh just doesn't do it for me.

This is subject to change, and aren't in any order:

Modeselektor (easily the best of the weekend, too bad the tent was so empty)
At the Drive-In
Radiohead
Explosions in the Sky
SHM (swinging back and forth on this one...I had fun but retrospectively the whole thing was just a build up, a drop, a build up, a drop...I think I enjoyed it so much because it warmed me up after Friday's rainy buzzkill)

[swhite423]

Radiohead
The Black Keys
Dre Snoop and friends
Pulp
Refused
honorable mentions:weeknd, Jeff Mangum, Girls

but honestly, everyone was fucking incredible I saw this weekend, even if Justice was however late they were.