Well everyone, I am back home after one of the greatest weekends of my life @ Coachella. There were some amazing performances, and definitely some disappointments (cough cough, Bon Iver, someone had to say it).

Since I know a lot of my friends (and maybe myself????) are going to Coachella weekend 2, I decided it would be wise to make a list of must-sees according to me and other people at the festival that I eavesdropped on.

FRIDAY –

SNBRN – Okay so I wasn’t much of a fan before this weekend, don’t ask me why. He was absolutely amazing and I HIGHLY recommend seeing him. He is pretty early in the day (2:10) but it’s the first day so you’ll have a lot of energy to PARTAY.

Big Gigantic – Because you can never spend too much time in Sahara and they have a full on brass band on stage (well, kinda) such a fun vibe every time I’ve seen them and I know you’ll love them too!

Steve Angello – Had to include him because he was once a part of Swedish House Mafia. I honestly did not love his performance but I know a lot of people did. To me, his performance seemed a little conceited and like he was showing off, never really addressed the crowd and wasn’t particularly fun. I also just love Axwell x Ingrosso more. GO TO HIS PERFORMANCE IF YOU WANT TO GET FIRED UP IN A WEIRD CULT-ISH WAY.

The XX – SUCH AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE! Their new album nearly brought me to tears. I sat towards the back and chilled. They bring such a unique and epic sound it would be a bummmmmmmer to miss them, OUTDOOR STAGE @ 8:50.

Empire of the Sun – Always fun to see them because they have dancers in sick costumes and the feel-good music makes you never want to leave Coachella ever, EVER.

Dillon Francis – Ok I know I’ve been hyping up all these bands besides Steve and Bon Iver (lol), buuuut Dillon’s performance absolutely blew the entire audience out of the water. But an OMG moment was when he brought out the soloist, Will Heard, for “Anywhere”…..the guy straight up forgot all the words and it was the most awkward 4 minutes of everyones lives. His visuals are straight up the best in the game and he wore A FREAKING TUXEDO ON STAGE. I absolutely love him. If you like to have fun, see him. SAHARA!!

 

Saturday –

Gryffin- Another great DJ playing a golden hour set in Sahara, a must see in my opinion. If I were you, I would head to the beer garden before his show and get some liquid courage for Sahara so you don’t get upset about being tossed around like salad.

Tycho – Very chill vibes during sunset at Outdoor. Bring a blanket and hang in the back on the grass, v fun.

Future – Main stage obv. Brought out Drake which was dope. Seems like a cool guy, I’d be d to be friends with him.

DJ Snake – I went for like 20 minutes and enjoyed the music but I was a mile away from the stage and almost got punched like three times. Be careful there.

SUNDAY –

Tourist – Sadly did not get the chance to see him play :(….. buuuut still recommend seeing him because I’ve heard he is awesome live and has some amazing songs I’m sure you would love.

Grouplove – Always great seeing them, super energetic performance and got the crowd up and dancing within a matter of seconds. Also fun to see what color hair the lead singers will be rocking that day.

Future Islands – Freaking love them right now, lead singer has a really cool voice. Discovered their music through one of the Outside Lands promo videos and fell in love. See them if your schedule allows it at the Outdoor Stage.

Porter Robinson & Madeon – Two super talented, young DJ’s who met when they were 12 and 14 years old… pretty crazy. This will be there last performance together on their tour. They both have amazing voices too and sing over their tracks. See them at the Main Stage.

Real Estate – I saw them over the summer in San Francisco at a small venue and they were awesome. Just came out with a new album a little over a month ago and it rocks. See them if you enjoy chill indie rock and need a break from people running into you.

Lorde – Second time performing at Coachella and she effing killed it. Totally changed her look and sound, her new album is amazing and I cannot WAIT for it to come out in June. She’s also funny AF and was cracking jokes like the entire time. Who doesn’t like a funny person??? Check her out at the Main Stage.

Marshmello – Last Sahara performance of the weekend, why wouldn’t you go???

What So Not – I got to go to his set for the last 30 minutes or so and it was AWESOME. He dropped a ton of new songs and the Gobi tent was a nice change of pace. Although it was packed because he was the last performance at Coachella, it was cool because there were disco balls everywhere and his visuals were really cool as well. Everyone was really sad after though because you know…. Coachella was officially OVER.

If you’ve made it this far in my post, I thank you for reading all of it. As you can tell, I had a really nice, relaxing weekend at Coachella and am looking forward to hearing what you have to say about my Coachella Hot List!!!!!

Here are some of my favorite songs from these bands:

 

 

LOVE Y’ALL,

Bailey