The rise of the outdoor rock festival into the indie equivalent of the Hollywood blockbuster —the tentpole event around which the rest of the release schedule revolves— has been surely, eternally symbolized by Coachella, 2012. After all, Hollywood loves nothing more than a sequel, and this year Coachella will run from April 13-15, then return to the Empire Polo Club a week later to do it all again. Same festival, same times, same bands.Oh, and, the bands. The many, many bands. They'll be performing in their dozens upon dozens, for the sunburnt thousands. There'll be '90s revivalists (Pulp, Mazzy Star, At the Drive-in, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), alt-rock heavy-hitters (The Shins, Bon Iver, Radiohead), and even a handful of charmed unknowns (like Keep Shelly in Athens (pictured!)).
But there's only ten bands who've been enshrined, for all eternity, on my 10 Acts to Catch at Coachella 2012 list...
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