Idolator
So we're only a few weeks away from the announcement of this year's Coachella Festival, which is like the Burning Man for people who own Treos and name their pets after Radiohead songs. A handful of acts have already announced they're playing (including Air, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, and Lupe Fiasco), but perhaps we should go in for one more guessing game before everything's official. To come up with the following names, we broke acts down into now-established Coachella archetypes, factored in some outside-force variables (i.e. whether they have an album coming at around the same time, whether they've been rumored before), and glanced at our record collection. After the click-through, our barely educated guesses:
COACHELLA 2007 POSSIBILITIES
THE ACT WE ARE NINETY-NINE PERCENT SURE IS PLAYING
The Arcade Fire
THE BIG-NAME RETURNING HEADLINER
Beck
Modest Mouse
Morrissey
THE '80s ALT-ROCK REUNION
Hüsker Dü
The Replacements
The Smiths
THE '90s ALT-ROCK REUNION
Jawbreaker
Rage Against The Machine
Smashing Pumpkins
THE '00s ALT-ROCK REUNION
Danger Mouse & Gemini (not rock, but still)
The Libertines
The Postal Service
THE MID-TIER MODERN-ROCK GROUP WHO WILL FEEL VALIDATED BY THEIR INCLUSION, BUT ARE ONLY THERE BECAUSE OF MAJOR-LABEL MOOLAH
Louis XIV
The Sun
Morningwood
THE WHITE GUY THAT ONLY THE PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA WILL CARE ABOUT
Jack Johnson
G. Love & Special Sauce
Pete Yorn
THE BIG-NAME MAD GENIUS WHO'S BEEN RUMORED BEFORE BUT NEVER PLAYED
Prince
Brian Wilson
Neil Young
THE ELECTRONICA-ERA HOLDOVER
The Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
The Prodigy
THE BRITISH GUITAR-ROCK ACT THAT WILL PLAY TOO EARLY ON THE BILL FOR ANYONE TO SEE
The Fratellis
The Horrors
The View
THE SEMI-FAMOUS SPOKEN-WORD ARTIST THAT EVERYONE WILL POLITELY LISTEN TO FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE BUYING A CORNDOG
A.Song
Tatty Tatz
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Seems like a pretty accurate overview. So I'll be skipping this year again, then.
Ned's just waiting for the long rumored Kevin Shields appearance, and no amount of Minneapolis based rock bands reuniting will sway him!
The Replacements might tip the scales for me this year, although I don't own a Treo or a dog, I've found Coachella very entertaining on several occasions.
Ned's just waiting for the long rumored Kevin Shields appearance, and no amount of Minneapolis based rock bands reuniting will sway him!
DAMN STRAIGHT. Besides, it's usually on the weekend of the EMP Pop Conference, I've noticed, so if that's the case again this year...
I think we can take the 'Mats off the list after Paul Westerburg's screwdriver/candle incident of late.
Bummer.
How about the country version the week following? Would George Strait be something you might be interested in?
Actually the EMP deal is the weekend prior, so you don't have to make that brutal decision when the MBV reunion finally comes through.
For any EBM/Industrial fans, VNV Nation have confirmed on their MySpace page that they are performing at Coachella. It will be interesting to see them perform before a broad, US audience.
And Nitzer Ebb are rumored... having just reunited last year and released a greatest hits package.
90's reunion acts stage
- Jordy
- The Farm
- Transvision Vamp
band people put on their ipod but don't really like stage
- Peaches
- Scissor Sisters
- Joanna Newsom
Dude, if Husker Du get back together, I may just have to break my vow to never attend Coachella. Seriously.
Why would you make such a silly, silly vow?
What exactly gives you the idea that people don't actually like the Scissor Sisters, Husky Butch?
Still holding out for Portishead, Boards of Canada, and Tom Waits
"Rumor" has it that Prince, Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead are pretty much locked as headliners. Figured headliners (at least one or 2) could be confirmed by now?
Im going to throw out Primal Scream as a headliner just for the hell of it. Much rather see them play than Morrissey.
With Coachella, the rumor mill seems to always be wrong. You can only hope that it's a pleasant surprise (Pixies as headliner) and not an unpleasant one (Red Hot Chili Peppers).
The Replacements won't be there due to Paul Westerberg stabbing himself in the hand.
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