Coachella Set Times Announced

Ok, festival kids, the Coachella set times are now up, and the inevitable queasy feeling in your stomach can now begin as you decide which favorite acts you’ll be missing, or only catching a part of, in order to watch MGMT suck for 50 minutes (kidding, kidding—but not really, as MGMT really do suck, guys).  Owing to a slightly more spread-out schedule than in recent years, with (for myself anyway) fewer must-see bands clumped together, there aren’t as many conflicts as one might think.

The most heinous conflict?  The reunited Pavement, French hotshots Phoenix, Gary Numan, and Sly and the Family Stone will all be performing overlapping sets, which is more than a minor downer, as they are four of the definitive MUST SEE acts on Sunday night (at least Pavement’s set cuts off five minutes prior to Thome Yorke’s, which gives you just enough time to sprint breathlessly from stage to stage).

A few other conflicts (like Spoon vs. Jonsi of Sigur Ros vs. Charlotte Gainsbourg vs. Julian Casablancas on Sunday, or Girls vs. Camera Obscura on Saturday, or LCD Soundsystem vs. Echo and the Bunnymen vs. Grizzly Bear on Friday) are also a bit of a hassle, but nowhere near as bad as Sunday’s heartbreakers.  Oh, well—at least you’ll be able to snooze during the headliners this year (rimshot).

What do you think of the Coachella set times?