Name: Felix Da Housecat
Genre: Electronic
Day: Friday

Wikipedia sez: Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings in Detroit, Michigan) is a House music DJ and record producer. Felix is regarded as a member of the second wave of Chicago house. He entered the dance music elite not only via his recordings (under a number of aliases, including Thee Maddkatt Courtship, Aphrohead and Sharkimaxx), but also for his ownership of Radikal Fear Records, one of the premiere Chicago labels of the 1990s.

For some reason I thought Felix was a hip-hop producer, despite the name giving away what genre he works in. His music sounds okay to me (I’m not a major house fan by any means), but I think I won’t be seeing him only due to clashing. All I will say about his music is, that it sounds like something you’d hear as you drive along in Need For Speed: Underground.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella:? Doubt it.

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Name: Faithless
Genre: Dance
Day: Friday

Wikipedia sez: “Faithless are a UK group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band as a cross between hip-hop and dance. While they are mostly famous for their dance songs (”Insomnia” “God Is A DJ” and “We Come 1″), they try to produce albums which offer a blend of styles. The three principal members of Faithless are Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. Jazz acts as a vocalist mostly rapping and elevates the euphoric, ambient music to a spiritual and socio-political level with many of his lyrics; Bliss, as arguably the most popular female DJ not to mention her talents in playing the piano, violin, saxophone and bass, constructs most of the music while Rollo heads and produces the band’s genre-defying sound. Lead female vocals for many of their songs are performed by Pauline Taylor.”

I honestly thought Faithless broke up, so to have them together and performing at Coachella will be a special treat. I’ve never seen Faithless live despite being a fan of their music (It really doesn’t get much better then We Come 1 or Muhammad Ali) so I look forward to seeing Maxi Jazz and crew belt out an amazing live performance. Faithless really mix it up, with nightclub friendly dance (Insomnia) to soulful hip-hop (Muhammad Ali) to sample based trip-hop (Weapons of Mass Destruction). I regretted not seeing them the last few times they have been out (especially a few years back when there were at one of the better Big Day Out lineups), so I can’t wait to see them at Coachella.? Here’s hoping they don’t clash with anyone else.
Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella:? Definitely, barring a clash.

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Name: Fair To Midland
Genre: Rock
Day: Sunday

Wikipedia sez: “Fair to Midland is a United States rock band formed in 1998. As of January 2007, the group has released two albums and an EP, with a third full-length record announced for June 12. The band has just finished up a tour, opening along side Bleed the Dream, for Dir en grey”

Fair to Midland doesn’t sound like a Coachella band. They make music with slightly jazzy, harmonic structures and the lead singer sounds like an absolute wuss (comments like these will lead me to be beaten to a pulp, I’m sure of it). Really soft sounding rock music suited to mainstream adult/contemporary radio imo, not my kind of scene.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Nope!

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