Coachella-goers: by now, hopefully, you've got yourself together. You're dressed, ready, you've studied the setlist, maybe you're even at the gates already. But, tragic as it is to admit, you can't be everywhere at once, so you've still got some tough choices to make. Well don't worry, we cover Coachella year-round around these parts, and that means we've already prepared a day-by-day breakdown of our top picks for unmissable shows– some headliners and some more obscure. More»

If you're waking up this morning at a campground, hotel or rented party house (lucky you!) in the Greater Palm Springs Area, then you woke up just in time. And if you're still in the car, you should probably step on the gas. Why? Because in less than an hour from when this sentence is currently being typed, the festival gates at the Empire Polo Club will be thrown open, with the very first act of the weekend (DJ Méa, in the Sahara tent) starting at 11:20 a.m. sharp. But, well, you'd already know that if you'd been looking at the set list, wouldn't you? MORE>>

Good news for all you Dad types who stockpile mounds of batteries and get to the airport three hours early, "just in case": Goldenvoice understands your neurotic need to pre-plan. That's why, hot on the heels of releasing the set list and times this morning, they've now released the official Venue Map this afternoon, complete with the locations of all the stages, beer gardens, ATMs, and everything else you need to make sure that your weekend in the desert is as smooth and productive as possible. We have the full map after the jump, so start planning your bathroom breaks now! More»

In typical Goldenvoice fashion, with less than 61 hours until the festival grounds open for Coachella 2012, they threw us a bone and posted the show set times for each of the three days of Weekend 1, indicating who will be playing which stages when. As with every year before set times are released, I've been getting a daily dose of anxiety over potential conflicting shows of the artists I most want to see. God forbid I'd have to choose between Pulp and M83... I mean, no question Pulp would win but I've been listening to Hurry Up, We're Dreaming a lot recently in anticipation of that show so missing it would be très lame and sad. But you'll sleep better tonight knowing I've gotten some relief now that the weekend show schedule is out because I know you were starting to get concerned about me. More»

In a sense, the third and final day of Coachella is the trickiest for both the schedulers and the festival-goers themselves. With two straight days of desert heat, nonstop music, killer parties, and whatever, um, extracurricular activities you may be getting into under the belt, it may feel like a challenge to maintain a third full of day of music. But Goldenvoice isn't exactly going easy on us with the Day 3 lineup this year, having put together a collection of highly energetic, much anticipated acts that will challenge you to get your weight up for one last day and make the most of your time in the desert. More»

Holy crap, you guys, Coachella is one day closer than it was yesterday! Okay, maybe counting down to April one day at a time is slightly extreme, but as we continue on with our day-by-day look at some of the bands we're most excited to see (go HERE if you missed our look at Day 1), it's hard to think that anything happening between now and then could possibly live up to the awesomeness. More»

The blogosphere and social media platforms collectively took a giant shidoobee in their cyber panties yesterday afternoon at the announcement of the highly speculated Coachella 2012 lineup. Would the fact that this year's festival expanding to two consecutive weekends featuring the same lineup and set schedule preclude certain artists from being able to play? I guess we'll never know, but it doesn't seem to have thrown too much of a wrench in getting dope musical acts on the bill, even though Daft Punk and David Bowie are once again absent from the list (Goldenvoice, how many times do I have to ask you to make that happen?). More»

Goldenvoice dropped a major bomb this afternoon known as the OFFICIAL Coachella 2012 lineup. Check it. Worship it. Memorize it. And, as we had presumed, that "leaked" one we analyzed was clearly not it at all, and now we can stop the insane guessing game with the official bill of artists here for all to see. The best part of it all, Radiohead is headlining! MORE>>