December 16, 2005

Coachella Rumors are Flying

Besides being the time of year for best of lists, this is the time of year when the dreamers come out of the woods and build their dream bill for the Coachella fest. Scheduled for the weekend of April 29 and 30th this one should again be memorable -- if only for the heat, the crowd, and the struggle for a hotel room (smart folks are already looking/booking). Here is the early draft of the rumor mill:

April 29 - Depeche Mode (confirmed), The Strokes, Portishead, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack (I heard they said no), Royksopp, Kings of Leon, Doves, Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, Atmosphere, Blackalicious, Super Furry Animals, The Buzzcocks, Primal Scream, Supergrass, Ladytron, DJ Peretz, The Shins, Dieselboy, Tortoise, Sleater Kinney, Richard Hawley, Grooverider, Death From Above 1979, Yesterday's New Quintet, The Walkmen, Son Volt, Will Oldham, The Clientele, Lightning Bolt, Cage, The Crimea, OK Go, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (confirmed), John Kelly

April 30 - The White Stripes, Roxy Music (featuring Brian Eno), The Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Boards of Canada, Underworld, Ween, Death Cab for Cutie, Armin Van Buuren, Built to Spill, De La Soul, Big Star, Iron & Wine, Uberzone, Happy Mondays, Dinosaur Jr, TV on the Radio, Elbow, Eagles of Death Metal, The Tears, Esthero, T. Rauschmiere, Cat Power, The New Pornographers, Carl Cox, Grandaddy, Calexico, Explosions in the Sky, The Wedding Present, Andy C, Fatlip, DJ Icey, The Notwist and Themselves preforming as 13 & God, Devendra Banhart, The Coral, Stateless, 65 Days of Static

Other names in the mill: The Smiths (or at least Morrissey and Marr), Cocteau Twins, Pearl Jam, Matt Costa

Judging by the release schedules, that have a lot of these bands scheduled for new releases about the right time, it's at least a somewhat well thought out list.