There are so many artists I never heard of in Coachella’s 2010 line up that I wanted it somehow sorted by popularity. So I wrote a quick script to search those artists on Last.FM and sort the results by number of listeners.
Nothing fancy or accurate, but helped me check if any of the popular ones have slipped under my radar.
Day 1 – Friday, April 16th
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Jay-Z | 992,358 |
| Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American rapper and former president and CEO of Roc A Fella Records. He is more commonly known by a variety of stage names including Jay-Z, S. Carter, Jigga, Hova, J-Hova, Hov, and Young Hov. He is regarded as one of the most prolific and successful American blend artists of the mid-90s and early 2000s and is known for his use of metaphors, freestyling abilities, word play, flow, and blending of street and popular hip hop. | ||
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LCD Soundsystem | 721,862 |
| LCD Soundsystem is the musical side project of producer James Murphy, co-founder of New York City dance-punk label DFA Records. Formed in 2002, the music of LCD Soundsystem can also be described as a mix of alternative dance and post punk, along with elements of disco and other styles. During live performances, Murphy is accompanied by Al Doyle (guitar, percussion — also of Hot Chip), Phil Skarich (bass), Nancy Whang (keyboards) and Pat Mahoney (drums) Previous members include Tyler Pope (!!! / Out Hud) (bass), Phil Mossman (guitar, percussion). | ||
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Vampire Weekend | 623,676 |
| Vampire Weekend is an indie pop band which formed in February 2006 in New York City, New York, United States. The band consists of Ezra Koenig (vocals, guitar), Rostam Batmanglij (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Chris Baio (bass) and Christopher Tomson (drums). The band has released two albums: Their successful 2008 self-titled album and 2010′s “Contra”. The band has gained positive comparisons to such artists as Paul Simon, Haircut 100 and The Walkmen | ||
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Echo & The Bunnymen | 491,136 |
| Echo & the Bunnymen are a British post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch (of The Crucial Three), Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as “Echo”. By the time of their debut album, 1980′s Crocodiles – a moderate UK hit – the drum machine had been replaced by Pete de Freitas. | ||
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Grizzly Bear | 451,037 |
| Grizzly Bear is a four-piece psychedelic/experimental pop band from Brooklyn, New York. Their music utilizes melody and ambiance in conjunction with hazy-eyed choruses, whistles, piano, banjo, and several woodwind instruments. Grizzly Bear was originally the solo project of Edward Droste (vocals/guitar), who recorded his debut album Horn Of Plenty at home. The record was originally meant for his friends, but it eventually circulated and got a proper release in 2004, this time with the help of Christopher Bear (drums/vocals). A re-release with a bonus disc of remixes was issued in 2005. | ||
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Benny Benassi | 434,608 |
| Marco Benassi, better known as Benny Benassi (born in Milan, 13 July 1967) is an Italian disc jockey and a euro house/electroclash artist. He usually works in studio with cousin Alle Benassi. The two also produce tracks together under the name Benassi Bros. The duo started DJing in the late 80s in their hometown, before moving to Larry Pignagnoli’s Off Limits production studio in the mid 90s, creating music for various acts, including Whigfield, J.K. and Ally & Jo. | ||
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The Cribs | 400,574 |
| The Cribs are an English 4-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England which formed in 2001 and consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross . In August 2008 Johnny Marr, former guitarist for The Smiths and current guitarist for Modest Mouse, became the official fourth member of the band. The band has gone on to release 4 albums: self-titled debut “The Cribs” in 2004, follow up “The New Fellas” in 2005, and “Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever” in 2007 and “Ignore the Ignorant” in 2009. | ||
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La Roux | 353,828 |
| La Roux are an English electropop “synth duo” band made up of singer and synth player Elly Jackson and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid from London, England, United Kingdom. Their music is largely influenced by 1980s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Yazoo and Prince. The name “La Roux” is reported to be chosen like this: Jackson found a book of baby names in a bin and in the book was the name “La Roux”. ‘La Roux’ comes from the French for ‘red-haired one’ (‘le roux (masculine) or la rousse (feminine)’) referring to Jackson’s distinctive hairstyle. | ||
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The Specials | 332,974 |
| The Specials are a British ska band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. In 1979, their debut LP hit the shelves and quickly soared into the U.K. Top Five. The album was produced by Elvis Costello and was released under founding member, Jerry Dammer’s record label 2 Tone Records. Following the success of their debut album, Specials, their second and final album, More Specials was released. This expanded the group’s 2 tone sound to include lounge music and other influences. | ||
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Passion Pit | 319,757 |
| Passion Pit is an electronic band that formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit was a vocab word used in a class Mike took in school. It’s a slang word for a drive-in movie theatre where kids used to go to make out. | ||
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The Whitest Boy Alive | 309,722 |
| The Whitest Boy Alive is a musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, who is also a member of the band Kings of Convenience, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano and Crumar. Erlend Øye is from Norway, while the rest of the band is German. They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Their German record label is Bubbles. Their debut album Dreams was released on June 21, 2006 in Germany. | ||
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Fever Ray | 243,795 |
| Fever Ray is the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson, who is one half of the Swedish electro act The Knife (the other half is her brother Olof Dreijer). Andersson was also the lead singer and guitarist for the defunct indie pop group Honey is Cool. The first, self-titled Fever Ray record was released digitally on January 13, 2009 and its first single “If I Had A Heart” was released on December 15, 2008. | ||
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Ra Ra Riot | 233,994 |
| Ra Ra Riot is an indie rock band which formed in Syracuse, New York, United States in 2006. The band consists of Wes Miles (vocals), Milo Bonacci (guitar), Matthieu Santos (bass), Alexandra Lawn (cello), Rebecca Zeller (violin) and Gabriel Duquette (drums). The band’s original drummer, John Pike died in Fairhaven, Massachusetts on June 3, 2007, drowning in Buzzards Bay shortly after a show in Providence, Rhode Island. The band continued on and released their debut full length album “The Rhumb Line” in 2008. | ||
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The Dillinger Escape Plan | 214,921 |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan is a band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The band performs a fast-tempo, technically proficient style of music popularly known as mathcore. The band recorded their second EP with Relapse Records in 1998 entitled Under the Running Board. A year later, this was followed with the album Calculating Infinity, which was met with great acclaim from both underground and mainstream press. | ||
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Deadmau5 | 195,785 |
| Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Canada, Joel Zimmerman (aka “deadmau5″ or “Halcyon441″) has become one of the most sought-after artists on the electronic music scene. He first started his career as co-producer of the Niagara Falls radio show “The Party Revolution” (101.1 The Planet). After gaining exposure to all the many facets of electronic music, Joel then moved on to collaborate with many other artists and record labels in many studios throughout the globe. | ||
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Yeasayer | 188,936 |
| Yeasayer (pronounced “yay-sayer” /’jeɪseɪ.ər/) is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York. Live performances sometimes include trippy, psychedelic visuals projected in the background. The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton. They describe their music as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel”. Yeasayer recently revealed in an interview with Pitchfork that they had finished their sophomore album and it would be released on February 9, 2010. On October 30th, 2009 Yeasayer revealed details for the first single release from “Odd Blood” entitled “Ambling Alp”. |
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Grace Jones | 173,896 |
| Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress. Raised in Syracuse, New York, she found success in the 70s as a model, working in New York and Paris (where she shared an apartment with Jerry Hall), before rising to public prominence as a singer and personality. Jones secured a record deal with Island Records, which resulted in a string of club hits. | ||
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Wale | 170,937 |
| Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 24 1984 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper and producer. Fusing DC’s homegrown go-go genre with a streetwise Northern hip-hop sensibility, he takes samples from all genres and blends them together with lyrical dexterity. In 2005 he released his debut mixtape, Paint a Picture, and has since released four more. His debut album, Attention Deficit, was released November 10, 2009. | ||
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White Rabbits | 165,828 |
| White Rabbits come to New York via the arid plains of the Mid West. For their first record, they managed to catch the attention of Say Hey Records and producer Chris Zane (Shy Child, Asobi Seksu, Les Savy Fav). Their second album, “It’s Frightening,” was produced by Brit Daniel (Spoon). Lead by dual vocalists, Greg Roberts (Guitar / Vox) and Steve Patterson (Piano / Vox), the 6 piece is rounded out by Alex Even (Guitar / Vox), Brian Betancourt (Bass), Matt “The Duck” Clark (Drums) and Jamie Levinson (Drums). | ||
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She & Him | 144,179 |
| She & Him is an American indie folk band consisting of actress Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward. The pair first met in 2006 for a movie soundtrack project for the film ‘The Go-Getter’ in which they recorded a version of Richard and Linda Thompson’s “When I Get To The Border”. Their first studio album, Volume One, was released in March of 2008 on Merge Records. Their second studio album, Volume Two, will be released March 23, 2010 which is just over two years since the release of Volume One. | ||
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Little Dragon | 116,470 |
| Little Dragon is a music group based in Gothenburg, Sweden. YUKIMI NAGANO on vocals together with her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Källgren (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards), Little Dragon’s first release was a double-A-side 7″ single on Off The Wall and then signed to Peacefrog (home to José and Findlay Brown), “Twice” / “Test“. Nagano was born and raised in Gothenburg to a Japanese father and American mother; she grew up listening to American folk because of her mother, but always had an affinity for r and b. | ||
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Them Crooked Vultures | 116,438 |
| Them Crooked Vultures (abbreviated as TCV or ‘The Vultures’) is a hard rock music group that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. Comprised of drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss) and bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), the band also features Alain Johannes (What Is This?, Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age) as a live rhythm guitarist. | ||
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As Tall as Lions | 108,837 |
| After coming off the road in mid-2005, following months of touring in support of their Triple Crown debut, Lafcadio, from Long Island, New York, United States the band As Tall As Lions – vocalist/guitarist Daniel Nigro, guitarist Saen Fitzgerald, bassist Julio Tavarez and drummer Cliff Sarcona – spent more than half a year channeling their energies into crafting an album that would not only realize the lofty ambitions of these four young men but define them as a band, once and for all. | ||
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Deer Tick | 97,816 |
| Deer Tick is a folk rock band which formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 2004. The band consists of John McCauley III (vocals, guitar), Andrew Tobiasse (guitar), Christopher Ryan (bass) and Dennis Ryan (drums). bassist Christopher Dale Ryan and drummer Dennis Ryan became official members of Deer Tick in mid-2007 while guitarist Andrew Tobiasse joined the band in August 2008. Keyboardist James Falzone played with Deer Tick off and on from 2006 to 2007 and Paul Marandola drummed from 2005 to 2007. | ||
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The Avett Brothers | 92,041 |
| The Avett Brothers are a non-traditional bluegrass band that originated in Concord, North Carolina. The two brothers, Seth and Scott, formed the group after the breakup of the former rock band, Nemo, adding a third member, Bob Crawford. More recently, they have been joined by cellist Joe Kwon. The Avett Brothers combine old-time country, bluegrass, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the Washington Post as “post civil-war modern rock”, or by other reviewers as “grungegrass”. | ||
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Calle 13 | 88,987 |
| Calle 13 is a ten-time Latin Grammy Award and one time Grammy Award-winning hip hop and alternative-reggaeton duo from San Juan, Puerto Rico, formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born on February 23, 1978), who calls himself Residente (lead singer, writer) and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez (born on September 10, 1978) who calls himself Visitante (multi-instrumentalist, particularly keyboards, vocals, beat producer) in 2005. | ||
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Baroness | 68,546 |
| Baroness plays an eclectic brand of heavy metal, embracing the ferocity and sharp technique of new-millennium metal but with melodic accents and intelligent guitar work that suggests the influence of sludge and post-punk bands. The forceful BARONESS formed in the Summer 2003 in Savannah, GA with all members, past and present, hailing from Lexington, VA in the foothills of the mighty Blue Ridge Mountains . | ||
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Lucero | 62,605 |
| There are two artists known as Lucero, an alt-country band from the U.S., and a pop-regional female singer from Mexico. 1) Lucero is a alt-country band formed in Memphis, USA in 2001. Formed by vocalist/guitarist Ben Nichols and guitarist Brian Venable, the band has released seven albums and played between 100-200 shows a year since their start. Traditionally delivering well-written, rock and twang with a sound familiar to fans of Jason and the Scorchers and Slobberbone, their recent album 1372 Overton Park heavily featured horn arrangements. This gave the album a classic r&b feel. | ||
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Hockey | 61,196 |
| Hockey is an alternative dance group which formed in 2007 in Portland, Oregon, United States. They consist of Ben Grubin (vocals), Brian White (guitar), Jeremy Reynolds (bass) and Anthony Stassi (drums). The group’s debut album “Mind Chaos” was issued on September 28, 2009. It contains the singles “Too Fake” and “Song Away“. | ||
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Proxy | 51,215 |
| There are three artists/bands named Proxy. The first: Russian electronic/techno DJ & producer ‘THE PROXY . The Proxy releases on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings (‘Destroy’ EP, ‘Decoy’ EP, ‘Dance in Dark’ EP in 2008 and ‘Who are you/8000′ EP in 2009). His debut LP is announced for 2010. His Myspace is http://www.myspace.com/useproxy The second: an Edinburgh-based three piece pop-punk band, gigging regularly since 2004. The band released a 4 track EP (Tigershaped) in 2005 and are recording a full length album to be released in 2009. |
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P.O.S. | 47,726 |
| There are currently four artists using this name: 1) American alternative hip-hop musician. 2) Finnish trance artist. 3) Australian speedcore band 4) Belgian Hardcore/Punk Band 1) P.O.S. (born Stefon Alexander) is an alternative hip-hop musician from Minnesota. He is a also a member of the alternative rap collective Doomtree. His rapping style is heavily influenced by punk bands such as Kid Dynamite and Fugazi. |
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Iglu & Hartly | 46,677 |
| Iglu & Hartly are an American band from California signed to Mercury Records in the UK. The band is composed of Jarvis Anderson (vocals, keys), Sam Martin (vocals, keys), Simon Katz (guitar), Luis Rosiles (drums), and Michael Bucher (bass). Jarvis Anderson, Sam Martin, and Simon Katz met at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado (USA) Before long, the 3 of them quit school and moved to Echo Park, California to pursue their passion for music. | ||
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Wolfgang Gartner | 33,092 |
| He’s been called the next Deadmau5. Pretty much every track he’s released in the past year has dominated the Beatport charts. DJs and producers are dissecting his production style and attempting to emulate it. He’s been 2008′s and 09’s “It” boy. And he’s been working under a pseudonym all this time. Now, in conjunction with the release of his latest single, ‘Bounce/Get It’, Wolfgang Gartner from USA is revealing his true identity – Wolfgang Gartner is actually the acclaimed house producer, Joey Youngman. |
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Kate Miller-Heidke | 30,080 |
| Kate Miller-Heidke is a singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Australia. Although trained as an opera singer, she has followed a career in quirky pop music. In June 2004, she independently released her first seven-track EP, “Telegram”. It was followed in April 2006 by “Circular Breathing” EP. Kate released her debut album Little Eve on 15 June 2007 (produced by Magoo). The album entered the charts at #11 and received four ARIA award nominations. | ||
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Erol Alkan | 22,659 |
| Erol Alkan is a London-based Turkish electro DJ. He was resident DJ and co-founder of London club Trash, and still has a hand in the running of its successor Durrr. He released a series of mash-ups using the alias Kurtis Rush in the early 2000s. Erol also uses the alias Mustapha 3000, and is half of the psychedelic rock act Beyond The Wizards Sleeve. Erol Alkan has remixed tracks from artists including Franz Ferdinand, Justice, Mylo, Interpol, Bloc Party, Daft Punk, Hot Chip… | ||
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Aeroplane | 22,054 |
| There are several artists known as Aeroplane: 1) Aeroplane / Bio Today’s electronic dance culture is due for a melodic transcendence from the shadowy, industrial electro that has been hammering away at the scene. As dance floors begin to buckle under such weighty beats, the Belgium-based band aptly named Aeroplane is dedicated to elevating its fans toward a higher musical space undefined by standardized genres. | ||
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Alana Grace | 14,018 |
| Alana Grace is a 19-year-old singer. One of her songs, “Black Roses Red” appeared on the soundtrack for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie. She is signed to Columbia Records, and will release her debut album Break The Silence in early 2007. Visit her website at www.alanagrace.com. There you can also sample her other songs such as “The Other Side” and “Domino”. | ||
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Public Image Limited | 13,446 |
| Public Image Ltd. (PiL) are an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, guitarist Keith Levene, and bassist Jah Wobble. Rising from the ashes of the pivotal punk rock group the Sex Pistols, PiL branched out to a more experimental sound, and their early work is often regarded as some of the most challenging and innovative music of the post-punk era: the NME[1] described PiL as “Arguably the first post-rock group”. | ||
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SLEIGH BELLS | 9,036 |
| The initial meeting between Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells sounds almost like a scene out of a movie: He was working at a Brooklyn restaurant during the summer; she, a fifth grade public school teacher, was one of his customers and by chance they started talking about music. A mere week later they were recording together and thus, Sleigh Bells were formed. To make matters even more interesting, the two come from very different musical backgrounds, with Derek playing hardcore and Alexis being part of a pop group during her teens. | ||
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Jets Overhead | 9,030 |
| Since forming Jets Overhead in 2003, this five piece from Victoria, BC has mesmerized crowds at home and abroad with their hypnotic take on trance rock. Having shared the stage with The Stills, The Dandy Warhols, Stars, Our Lady Peace, Tegan and Sara, Powderfinger and 54*40, the self-managed band took time out of their touring schedule last year to record their first full-length, Bridges. The distinctive LP was produced by Neil Osborne, longtime singer from Canadian rock luminaries 54*40, in his first official production role beyond his own band’s duties. | ||
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Pablo Hassan | 9 |
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DJ Lance Rock | 7 |
Keep reading to check the other days of the event.
