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However, I am surprised and pleased to see the likes of Glass Candy and A Place to Bury Strangers among the names listed, not to mention one of my new favorite underground noisemakers, Late of the Pier.

This year’s Coachella Festival line-up has a line-up to singe the derriere. There might be no return of Ziggy Stardust, but those who make it to a very hot piece of Californian turf this April will be treated by performances by the likes of… deep breath… The Cure, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen, Throbbing Gristle, Liars, Public Enemy, My Bloody Valentine, A Place To Bury Strangers, Franz Ferdinand, Felix Da Housecat, The Killers, Henry Rollins, Turbonegro, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Late of the Pier, Brian Jonestown Massacre, an emaciated crackhead from Camden and some bloke who used to be in the Beatles.

The line-up for this year’s COACHELLA (as of 1/30) is as follows:
FRIDAY APRIL 17: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.

Coachella Spotlight: A Place To Bury Strangers
Today’s edition of Coachellapedia is focusing on the New York-based trio A Place To Bury Strangers.

FRIDAY APRIL 17:
Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.

Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers

After the jump, a condensed list of who I am initially excited about. Unlike the unbalanced 2008 edition, each day seems pretty solid this time around. 

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FRIDAY APRIL 17: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Beirut, Girl Talk, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Crystal Castles, A Place to Bury Strangers, Los Campesinos!, Gui Boratto

Still, you cannot beat the Woodstock-y atmosphere of everyone needing to camp in the same location, somewhere in the middle between L.A. and Las Vegas.