"Indie Veterans" Who Have Never Played Coachella

[starrdogg]

Coachella is all over the reunions and the hot bands of the moment, but I feel like sometimes some older bands, many of whom were innovators of the music Coachella is all about, get overlooked for the hot youngsters. Some of these have obviously been discussed in other threads, but I'd like to see any of the following there this year, they all either never broke up or got back together in the last few years with little fanfare:

Lou Reed
Mission of Burma
Wire
The Wedding Present
Dinosaur Jr.
Built to Spill
Devo
Elvis Costello
Bryan Ferry
The B-52s
Paul Weller
They Might Be Giants
Echo and the Bunnymen

Anyone with me?

[PassiveTheory]

Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, YES.

Wire, Mission of Burma, B-52s, Dinosaur Jr., Devo, sure. I'll see that.

Bryan Ferry ONLY if it's fucking Roxy Music. No substitutes.

The rest, whatever, I'm ambivalent.

[starrdogg]

Yeah, the ones I'd really like to see are Wire and Mission of Burma, both of whom were touring this fall, but I was forced to miss both shows due to prior commitments those nights. I'd also love to see Lou Reed and Devo, though not sure when either last toured, I think fairly recently in both cases.

[Young blood]

dogstar.

[zenidogx]

Yo La Tengo
Daniel Johnston
Apples in Stereo

[invisiblerobots]

Shit, I didn't even know that the Lou Reed had broken up.

[starrdogg]

Oh, good call on YLT, I actually think this could be the year for them finally, with a supposed new album out early next year. I think Daniel Johnston might freak out a little at Coachella, and I'm not sure it's a fit for him. I saw him a little while back and I could barely hear him in a little club in DC, I think he'd get drowned out by whatever neighboring act was playing at the same time as him. He and Magnetic Fields just aren't made for festivals, I don't think.

[offyerhead]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is long overdue. As is Yo La Tengo who, according to Ira, have never even been asked to play Coachella!

[Pixiessp]

Yo la Tengo has never been asked?
wow!! well so here is who i would like to see from the list you posted.

Wedding Present
DEVO
Elvis Costello(but only if he played with the Attractions and performed almost all of Get Happy and selections from This Years Model and My Aim Is True)
Bryan Ferry(with Roxy Music)
They Might be Giants
Echo and the Bunnymen

and one not on the list:

Talk Talk

[offyerhead]

Not quite veterans and not even sure if they have or haven't played yet but...Okkervil River.

[rage patton]

For a second I thought this thread was about "indie vegetarians."

[ivankay]

The Pet Shop Boys

Orbital

The The

XTC (that would require as much work as the Smiths)

Tears for Fears

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Erasure

David Bowie

Madness

Duran Duran

David Byrne (preferably with Talking Heads, but he's great solo)

Annie Lennox (same with Eurythmics)

Sinead O' Connor

Peter Gabriel

James

Charlatans UK

Social Distortion


i'll go with those for now.

[offyerhead]

I'll add:

Wonder Stuff
Jazz Butcher
Trashcan Sinatras
Tindersticks
The House of Love
The Fall
The Cramps
the Pastels
Robyn Hitchcock

wandering into reunion territory now...
A full reunion of the Specials with Jerry Dammers
the La's
the Godfathers
Galaxie 500
Woodentops
Screaming Blue Messiahs

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

Yes to Yellow Magic Orchestra!!!!!!

[humanoid]

PJ Harvey

[PassiveTheory]

I actually think an XTC reunion would be harder than the Smiths, what with the disabling affliction and all.

[idrive1life]

The Pet Shop Boys

Orbital

The The

XTC (that would require as much work as the Smiths)

Tears for Fears

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Erasure

David Bowie

Madness

Duran Duran

David Byrne (preferably with Talking Heads, but he's great solo)

Annie Lennox (same with Eurythmics)

Sinead O' Connor

Peter Gabriel

James

Charlatans UK

Social Distortion


i'll go with those for now.

+ infinity

I <3 Mike/ivankay!

[Pixiessp]

Kate Bush

[pancakespancakes]

The Pet Shop Boys

Orbital

The The

XTC (that would require as much work as the Smiths)

Tears for Fears

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Erasure

David Bowie

Madness

Duran Duran

David Byrne (preferably with Talking Heads, but he's great solo)

Annie Lennox (same with Eurythmics)

Sinead O' Connor

Peter Gabriel

James

Charlatans UK

Social Distortion


i'll go with those for now.

ummmm.... indie veterans... did you see the thread title?

[pancakespancakes]

I'll second Yo La Tengo, who sprung to mind as I saw the thread title, and also Dino Jr., one of my favorite bands I've never seen live.

As is Yo La Tengo who, according to Ira, have never even been asked to play Coachella!

This is depressing! I wonder what's up?

[hannibul]

The Replacements

Duh!

[Foucault]

I'll add to the list:

Saint Etienne
The KLF
Soft Cell
Shriekback
Stone Roses
Yaz
808 State

[jazzz]

I'll add to the list:

Saint Etienne
The KLF
Soft Cell
Shriekback
Stone Roses
Yaz
808 State

nice! SHRIEKBACK latest record is great and Andy Partridge is a member now so if we can get him on stage lets do XTC too!

Also
THE CHAMELEONS
THE THE
JAZZ BUTCHER
THE WATERBOYS
JULIAN COPE
THE FALL
KILLING JOKE
MAGAZINE

[thestripe]

they need to get Lou Reed.


MBV
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Suicide
Stone Roses
Pavement
XTC
The Replacements
Bowie
The Talking Heads
the Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen
Wire
the Specials
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
Mission of Burma
Dinosaur Jr.

All the above are on my wish list for future Coachella's

[alpharuin]

[pancakespancakes]

they need to get Lou Reed.


MBV
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Suicide
Stone Roses
Pavement
XTC
The Replacements
Bowie
The Talking Heads
the Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen
Wire
the Specials
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
Mission of Burma
Dinosaur Jr.

All the above are on my wish list for future Coachella's

These are indie veterans?!?! Me so confused.

[thestripe]

No more what I want.

[goatparade]

Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill
Built To Spill

ohh...and Built To Spill

[Boourns]

Pulp...should have played in 99, 01, or 02 back when they were together, but they didn't, so that makes a reunion Coachella set even more essential.

[ivankay]

ummmm.... indie veterans... did you see the thread title?

yes i did. Please explain why i am wrong in my consideration of those artists being "indie veterans".

i'll second the 808 State.