14 artists you don't want to miss at Coachella

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Coachella 2025 is astir upon america — that means it’s clip to excavation into our playlist of artists we can’t hold to spot astatine the Empire Polo Club. And portion Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone are surely portion of that philharmonic menagerie, let’s not hide that it’s the bands that compel america to brave the day godforsaken prima that truly marque this treble play successful Indio peculiar (we’re looking astatine you, Weezer and Ed Sheeran). This year’s harvest of artists bring america a premix of vintage soul, pulsating EDM, Aussie punk swagger, Irish hip-hop and everything successful between. Among the galore artists connected the measure during Weekends 1 and 2, present are 14 names we’re excited to see.

Four guys basal connected steps successful beforehand of a pyramid-like gathering against a bluish sky.

Jimmy Eat World
Saturday, April 12 and 19 astatine Coachella Stage, 4 p.m.

Dismissing Jimmy Eat World arsenic an emo set is simply a mistake. Missing the band’s acceptable this play is simply a bigger one. The group’s show astatine the Outdoor Theatre successful 2011 nether the blazing prima is seared into my caput arsenic a halfway Coachella memory. Jimmy Eat World has consistently enactment retired impeccable powerfulness popular for 30-plus years, with “Clarity” and “Bleed American” among the champion alt-rock records released successful that clip frame. And don’t we each request a large healing sing-along infinitesimal with “The Middle” with the hooky reassurance that everything volition beryllium each right, each right? (Vanessa Franko)

Arca
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Gobi, 8:35p.m.

Crafted for late-night warehouse raves, Arca combines avant-garde electronics, reggaeton beats and cutting-edge melodies into experimental creation anthems. The Venezuelan enigma archetypal got her commencement producing records similar Kanye West’s “Yeezus” and Björk’s “Vulnicura” successful the aboriginal 2010s. Now, the 35-year-old musician, besides known for her mind-bending visuals, is making her godforsaken debut — with 11 albums nether her belt. Though she hasn’t released a full-length grounds since 2021, her show is definite to awesome what’s adjacent for the multimedia artist. (Cerys Davies)

Fcukers
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Mojave Tent, 3 p.m.; besides with Haii Saturday astatine 6 p.m., Quasar

The young New York duo’s set sanction reads similar a spittle-flecked Facebook comment, but the euphony hits with the key-bump licentiousness of ’00s indie sleaze and taunting, haunting post-punk. They’re masters connected the after-hours DJ circuit too, truthful adjacent a trippy chopped similar “Marmite” (which sounds similar the batteries moving retired connected a Discman playing a Ciara CD) is gonna bang, hard. (August Brown)

A marching set performs connected a nightclub signifier with hundreds of fans successful the assemblage

Meute
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Outdoor Theatre, 3:40 p.m.

Meute is simply a techno marching set from Germany. That’s it. That’s my pitch. But if that isn’t capable to pique your interest, the euphony should be. At Coachella, which has not lone been a tastemaker for physics euphony but besides an lawsuit that honors the past and breadth of EDM’s subgenres, Meute offers a twist connected those who came earlier arsenic good arsenic their ain originals. That means you mightiness perceive the radical revamp hits from artists specified arsenic Disclosure, Deadmau5, Laurent Garnier oregon adjacent the decidedly much alt-rock Awolnation (yes, they person covered “Sail”), successful a acceptable that’s typical of the ethos of the festival itself. (Vanessa Franko)

English duo Soft Play is 1 of the artists playing the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Soft Play
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Sonora Tent, 5:20 p.m.

Every truthful often I spot a stone duo play unrecorded astatine Coachella, and it melts my look disconnected successful the champion mode (most notably Japandroids successful 2013 and Royal Blood successful 2015). My gut tells maine to expect that with Soft Play. The punk duo retired of England volition astir apt pull fans of erstwhile Coachella artists similar Turnstile and Idles, and I expect determination volition beryllium immoderate bully mosh-pit enactment for heavier songs specified arsenic “Act Violently” and “Punk’s Dead,” but don’t miss the much mellow “Everything and Nothing” with immoderate beauteous mandolin action. (Vanessa Franko)

The 5 brightly colored Yo Gabba Gabba creatures basal successful beforehand of a rainbow-colored archway

Yo Gabba Gabba!
Saturday, April 12 and 19 astatine Mojave Tent, 4:45p.m.

The past clip the Yo Gabba Gabba! unit had a afloat acceptable astatine Coachella, backmost successful 2010, Muno, Brobee, Foofa, Toodee and Plex took implicit the Sahara Tent for a family-friendly creation party. (However, seeing them palling astir the tract with Danny DeVito and past onstage with the psychedelic store psyche set King Khan and the Shrines, decidedly gave disconnected immoderate fever imagination vibes.) The show, which was created successful portion by Christian Jacobs of the Aquabats, was rebooted past twelvemonth connected Apple TV+ arsenic “Yo Gabba GabbaLand!,” and with the magnitude of stars it attracts, we’re expecting surprises onstage. (Vanessa Franko)

Controversial Irish emcees Moglai Bap and Mo Chara and DJ Provai

Kneecap
Friday, April 11 and 18 astatine Sonora Tent, 6:10 p.m.

God, to beryllium an Irish rap radical and get the pleasance of decapitating a British king. Must beryllium exhilarating. After a banner twelvemonth erstwhile its shaggy, hilarious eponymous movie won planetary acclaim, and the set emerged arsenic 1 of the astir brash, fearless voices for Gaza, this should beryllium the group’s biggest American level yet arsenic musicians. Given the occurrence hose of insane quality coming retired of Washington, D.C., 1 tin lone ideate the prime words they person successful store for america arsenic well. (August Brown)

Benson Boone
Friday, April 11 and 18 astatine Coachella Stage, 7:10p.m.

His opus “Beautiful Things” was 1 of 2024’s biggest — and his show astatine February’s Grammy Awards undoubtedly the back-flippiest. Now, Boone — who appeared concisely connected “American Idol” successful 2021 earlier dropping retired of the contention to bash his ain happening — is mounting up his forthcoming sophomore medium connected the festival circuit and with a caller single, “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else,” that adds a retro-’80s electro-pop sheen to his theatrical stone balladry. (Mikael Wood)

Band representation with 4 members posing astatine a zoo

Amyl & the Sniffers
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Gobi Tent, 9:55 p.m.

Quick, unfastened up the (deliriously NSFW) euphony video for “Jerkin” by these sleazy Aussie punks. Make definite you’re astatine enactment first. Turn it mode up connected the speakers, and sing on to Amy Taylor’s opening hook of “You’re a dumb c— / You’re an a—.” Now locomotion distant and bask the saccharine merchandise of unemployment. Use the clip to commencement a set fractional arsenic bully arsenic Amyl & the Sniffers.

Ravyn Lenae
Friday, April 11 and 18 astatine Mojave Tent, 2:35p.m.

Chicago-born Lenae makes daring yet breezy alternate R&B successful a lane cleared by the likes of SZA and Solange. Last year’s “Bird’s Eye” LP, which she recorded with shaper Dahi, charmed critics, tastemakers and chap artists, including Rex Orange County, who joined her for a remix of “Love Me Not,” and Sabrina Carpenter, who tapped Lenae to beryllium an opening enactment connected her Short n’ Sweet Tour aboriginal this year. (Mikael Wood)

AG Cook
Friday, April 11 and 18 astatine Gobi Tent, 7p.m.

From the hyperpop oddities connected his statement PC Music to accumulation credits connected Charli XCX’s “Brat” and Beyonce’s “Renaissance,” AG Cook is simply a longtime experimental popular purveyor. In the aforesaid cohort arsenic the precocious Sophie and XCX, the 34-year-old producer/DJ/musician volition bring his edgy synths and earthy vocals disconnected his 3rd solo, workplace medium “Britpop” to the Gobi tent. His acceptable is definite to person the assemblage connected their feet — conscionable arsenic XCX prophesizes connected “360” — singing, “You gon’ leap if AG made it.” (Cerys Davies)

Jessie Murph
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Mojave Tent, 5:25p.m.

This 20-year-old pop-country up-and-comer came to the attraction of galore erstwhile Koe Wetzel recruited her for a duet connected his deed powerfulness ballad “High Road,” which past twelvemonth spent 5 weeks astatine No. 1 connected state radio. For those inactive unacquainted, Murph offers an A+ instauration astatine the apical of her caller azygous “Gucci Mane” (so titled for the song’s illustration from the influential Southern rapper’s “Lemonade”): “I’m from Alabama, I’m ’bout 4’11” / I got a s— father, and I’d similar to spell to heaven.” (Mikael Wood)

Alex Garcia, Sal Samano, and Josh Lane, from left, of Thee Sacred Souls

Thee Sacred Souls
Friday, April 11 and 18 astatine Coachella Stage, 4:20 p.m.

In 2022, this San Diego trio brought a revivalist blend of Chicano soul, doo-wop and funk backmost to music’s forefront. “Can I telephone you Rose?,” from their debut, self-titled album, captured the hearts of many, particularly those connected TikTok. Similar to the remainder of their discography, the set has a knack for creating an authentic vintage feeling — often taking listeners backmost to soul’s highest popularity successful the 1960s. Composed of bassist Sal Samano, drummer Alex Garcia and vocalist Josh Lane, their show is bound to capable the Indio aerial with a retro consciousness of love. (Cerys Davies)

Amaarae
Sunday, April 13 and 20 astatine Gobi Tent, 5 p.m.

Afrobeats is present a default mode of nine euphony successful the U.S. When you’re acceptable to delve deeper and weirder, Amaarae’s instrumentality connected the flashpoint of R&B and alté is incredibly elegant, genuinely bracing for its inventiveness and axenic enactment successful the delivery. 2023’s “Fountain Baby” remains a stunner, but expect overmuch much to travel this year. (August Brown)

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