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I think these are the right top three. Both Juggs and Pablo did a great job with their lineups with high quality acts. However I think the lineup that best represents the current spirit of Coachella is mine.
I represented the categories that define the current coachella the best (relevant/zoomer/tiktok, international, and rare). As well as inforoo favorites and heavy-hitters.
Relevant/Zoomer acts:Bad Bunny, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Anderson Paak, Rex OC, Clairo, Omar Apollo, Sophie, Sales
International acts:Bad Bunny, Natalia Lafourcade, Fatoumata Diawara, Epik High, WizKid
Inforoo Favorites:Radiohead, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Robyn, Grace Jones, Jamie xx, Angel Olsen, Stereolab, Khruangbin, Explosions in the Sky, Moses Sumney, Perfume Genius, Ty Segall, Julia Holter, Mount Kimbie
Headliner-wise, I feel like the board is kinda desensitized to Radiohead after so many drafts but they’re easily the best headlining show available aside from arguably Daft Punk. Bad Bunny is probably the biggest star in the world right now (most Spotify plays in a year record in 2020) but to further convince everybody of his slot, I coheadlined him with Gorillaz who I think are a strong headliner with their new album.
Additionally I was very intentional with my Sahara and Yuma. For Yuma, I made sure to include superstar DJs (Amelie Lens, Peggy Gou, Maceo Plex, Carl Cox), underground favorites (Talaboman, DJ Python, Erol Alkan), and rising stars (Shanti Celeste, TSHA, Sama’). Pablo’s Yuma is strong but is more on the business techno, burner vibe. Jugg’s is decent but some acts feel a bit out of place.
For my Sahara, I walked the fine line between cheesy and cool for edm/rap acts and I included acts that I think would take advantage of the insane production (Stormzy, Denzel Curry, Sophie, Two Fingers). Pablo’s Sahara is way too mainstream and Jugg’s has some weird placements.
Also I believe I have virtually unbeatable nighttime closing runs out of any of these lineups.
Friday Robyn > Jamie xx / EITS > Radiohead
Saturday Grace Jones > Gorillaz > LCD Soundsystem > Stereolab / Bad Bunny
Post by Larry Farnsworth on Jan 18, 2021 11:50:21 GMT -5
FYI if I was attending my own completely made up festival I'd go see:
Friday: ela minus, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Street Sweeper Social Club, Jayda G, Bright Eyes, Flying Lotus (outdoor sunset motherfuckers), 2manydjs, motherfucking Clipse, the Rolling Stones, the Chemical Brothers. Of course, I'd totally understand if you wanted to see Todd Terje instead of Clipse, or serpentwithfeet>Battles instead of FlyLo, or whatever, because there's nothing but jams in every single timeslot.
Saturday: Curtis Harding, the Professionals (Oh No + Madlib, who released the most slept on rap album of 2020), Fury, the Breeders/NxWorries, At the Drive In > DARKSIDE (outdoor sunset) > the Avalanches, Blur, DJ Koze, Beyonce/How to Destroy Angels. Once again, totally understand if you want to see FKA Twigs instead of Koze, or Jlin or the Rilo Kiley reunion instead of the Avalanches, or Basement Jaxx in the Sahara over Darkside, or Run the Jewels in that same time slot. How you navigate my completely stacked and totally fake festival is up to you!
I think I have the most authentic lineup to what Coachella is going to be doing in the early, foreseeable 2020s, and I think I appeal to the broadest set of demographics, and even demos inside those demos.
My lineup would be appealing to women in their 20s and 30s, because not only does it have Taylor Swift, it has other top female upper card acts that would appeal to a similar demo, like Stevie Nicks subbing for Taylor, as well as Lorde, Blackpink, Ellie Goulding, Ella Mai, and Patti Smith. I also have a lot of modern pop/hip-hop/EDM like DaBaby, Big Sean, French Montana, 6lack, Blackbear, Zedd, Jai Wolf, Swae Lee, etc. that would appeal to another kind of Taylor fan. Then I have more sparse singer-songwriter stuff for people those that were really into folklore, like a Lily Allen > AURORA > First Aid Kit > Regina Spektor > Soccer Mommy run in Gobi, or Andrew Bird, or maybe those fans like Imogen Heap, Yann Tiersen, Belle and Sebastian. So even just among Taylor fans, I don't have a run to give anyone. There are multiple dimensions to it.
Daft Punk fans have a ton of roots and hip electronic stuff to keep them occupied, like Kraftwerk, Moderat, The Orb, Giorgio Moroder, Carl Craig, Green Velvet, Garnier, Art of Noise, Leftfield. Or maybe they like more mainstream stuff like some of the stuff I mentioned with Taylor's fans, as well as Tiesto, Dixon, Kolsch, What So Not, Rusko and Floss. Maybe they're more of a hipster-y, Pitchfork-type indie rocker who wants to see Pixies, BSS, Sonic Youth, Sigur Ros (sunset Outdoor, babyyyy), Cut Copy, Chic, TVOTR, Rapture, Zero 7, M83, Flaming Lips, Passion Pit, etc. And Nine Inch Nails is their lead-in. NIN > Daft Punk is great! And if someone is mainly there to see NIN and doesn't like Daft Punk, they might be the first or third type, so they have all that, along with Numan if they want to skip Daft Punk. They have Siouxsie, so they can check her out, or maybe they like Primal Scream better, along with SY, Patti Smith, etc. They also have Death Grips, a former opener for NIN, and Love and Rockets, and Saul Williams.
Dr. Dre, who is alive, is never not going to be a huge deal at Coachella. For his fans there's the more modern hip-hop I mentioned, but also older stuff like Just Blaze, E-40 & Too Short, Ginuwine, Eve, Busta, DJ Mustard..
What I'm saying in so many words is that I think my lineup appeals to many different kinds of music fans, specifically the kinds that attend Coachella, and, for the most part, I think I did a very good job of giving people something to do at all times, still with some variety and choices to make, and yet very few straight-up conflicts between two things a person is likely to have in their top five. A lot of my acts support my other acts. Too many combinations to list them all (though it seems like I tried). I have big time reunions like Sonic Youth, Siouxsie, and Zero 7 (and Daft Punk). I have pop, hip-hop, rock, dance, along with some reggae, jazz, R&B, and folk to spice things up. Mainstream and alternative. Coachella would absolutely do Taylor Swift-Daft Punk if they could in 2021/22. I think I covered my bases really well. I think Paul Tollett would cream his jeans.
And just to address Truevine's slander real quick: my Yuma is Burner heavy? That's what Coachella did in 2020. Monolink and Bedouin are on that lineup. So is Dixon, who I guess is what you're calling "business techno" now (not really sure, because the article posted was vague and the tone strongly suggested that they thought the term was silly anyway). Just like how in 2019 they packed the Sahara full of massive hip-hop acts like Cudi, Wiz, Juice, Gucci Gang, YG, Carti. If anything, my Sahara might not be big enough, despite having Big Sean, blackbear, 6lack, Swae, Boogie, French Montana, but it's a reasonable approximation.
Business techno is just a fancy word for big names in techno and in a format like this, there's nothing wrong with that cause the point of this all was to curate a Coachella XL and could be applied to other stages like Sonora aswell. If anything, I think you could've picked a couple bigger names in your Sahara, f.e. Julie. And there's other stages that feel just like your line-up could be just a regular-sized line up (like your Yuma) in comparison to what Juggs and Pablo have done. Could've used a bit more starpower imo.
I think on just consistent through the day runs, I'd probably go truevine, but he's missing a big name compared to the others. juggs just missing women acts, and that is not very Coachella atm, also has my least favorite conflicts.
gonna go pablo here because it's good throughout and hits the gaps in the others better.
Business techno is just a fancy word for big names in techno and in a format like this, there's nothing wrong with that cause the point of this all was to curate a Coachella XL and could be applied to other stages like Sonora aswell. If anything, I think you could've picked a couple bigger names in your Sahara, f.e. Julie. And there's other stages that feel just like your line-up could be just a regular-sized line up (like your Yuma) in comparison to what Juggs and Pablo have done. Could've used a bit more starpower imo.
There’s nothing in the rules about making a “Coachella XL”
I think on just consistent through the day runs, I'd probably go truevine, but he's missing a big name compared to the others. juggs just missing women acts, and that is not very Coachella atm, also has my least favorite conflicts.
gonna go pablo here because it's good throughout and hits the gaps in the others better.
for the record I have 7 more female acts than Pablo. He has 24, I have 31. Truevine has 22. I just don't have as many in large font, is all.
I think on just consistent through the day runs, I'd probably go truevine, but he's missing a big name compared to the others. juggs just missing women acts, and that is not very Coachella atm, also has my least favorite conflicts.
gonna go pablo here because it's good throughout and hits the gaps in the others better.
for the record I have 7 more female acts than Pablo. He has 24, I have 31. Truevine has 22. I just don't have as many in large font, is all.
Business techno is just a fancy word for big names in techno and in a format like this, there's nothing wrong with that cause the point of this all was to curate a Coachella XL and could be applied to other stages like Sonora aswell. If anything, I think you could've picked a couple bigger names in your Sahara, f.e. Julie . And there's other stages that feel just like your line-up could be just a regular-sized line up (like your Yuma) in comparison to what Juggs and Pablo have done. Could've used a bit more starpower imo.
There’s nothing in the rules about making a “Coachella XL”
Post by Larry Farnsworth on Jan 19, 2021 15:31:58 GMT -5
I actually think the supersized thing works against Pablo. The idea of Taylor Swift opening for Dre & Snoop is just weird. It would have been better if you didn't draft one of them.
