Amazing line up but...

[Proadict]

yeaah waht happend to the killers, muse, modest mouse, the shins, jet, brand new and the mars volta

and maybe angels and airwaves or +44!

[JZ117]

Anyone think the following have a shot at getting added??

The Knife
Tiga
Lindstrom
Booka Shade
Simian Mobile Disco
New Young Pony Club
The Presets
Van She
Linus Loves
Diplo
Cut Copy
M.I.A.
Aphex Twin
Morrissey
Justin Timberlake (a la Madonna's last-year set)
Jay-Z (a la Kanye's last-year set)

No point in reiterating the BOC, MBV, Portishead, etc., wishes I guess ...

[Bornasghosts]

Violent Femmes Man
Tool
Ben Harper
Dresden Dolls

can't imagine a much better line-up though
Rage - Roots - Sonic Youth - i could list so many

[MLieberman27]

Hold Steady. Hold Steady. Hold Steady.

Modest Mouse and Cold War Kids and Matt & Kim and Langhorne Slim would be nice too.

[matsuolost]

i really really hoped sufjan the shins and beirut would be there

[New_Paradigm]

Anyone think the following have a shot at getting added??
Booka Shade

Hell yeah, I was hoping for Booka Shade for months! Also, Simian Mobile Disco would be insane...Actually I'm kind of surprised neither of the two have been announced to be honest. Maybe they'll get added?

[drewoftherushes]

what a shitty thread. i guess it has to exist, but we have the best bands in the world sitting in our laps, and you guys are pissed because a few other very good bands aren't included (but might still be included)

sorry, this isn't a personal attack. but i think you'll all still cream your jeans at coachella, in spite of the absence of some awesome bands.

[depechemodekraftwerk]

AMAZING LINEUP yur high

[chunk]

So it's uncool to like the Killers now? Is it because they are popular? I really hate popular bands.

im sure everybody you have ever spoken to has told you how bad they were since day one.

[CurableOkie]

yeah seriously... where is the portland love?

Aren't the Decemberists from Portland?

[im so indie]

yeah they are, he was referring to the shins, the thermals and a couple others from the area

[Sexecutioner]

I love how you say this, but then right afterwards suggest



Who were in the Sahara tent the very same night RHCP were headlining, and



both of whom played the following year.

i dont consider the bands i listed as headliners. there is 1 headliner each night, and they are on the main stage. headliners shouldnt be recycled that often imho, and the other bands are 2nd tier acts, which usually make appearances more often.

[bradley]

the thermals won't be there, but they're touring the west coast in april anyways...

[ModernManIsUltraQuick]

amazing lineup but...

it would be better with the police!

and since we are bitching and moaning:
"would be nice to have some better, fresher headliners in place of them, like the police! "

underworld
pearl jam
modest mouse
muse
the killers
portishead

would all be cool too.

What about fresh and new = the Police? I finished taking every breath in 1984!

[Britt]

Anyone think the following have a shot at getting added??

The Knife
Tiga
Lindstrom
Booka Shade
Simian Mobile Disco
New Young Pony Club
The Presets
Van She
Linus Loves
Diplo
Cut Copy
M.I.A.
Aphex Twin
Morrissey
Justin Timberlake (a la Madonna's last-year set)
Jay-Z (a la Kanye's last-year set)

No point in reiterating the BOC, MBV, Portishead, etc., wishes I guess ...

I'm seeing Timberlake as an addition, too, and I'd bet money that The Knife will get added.

[chunk]

the thermals won't be there, but they're touring the west coast in april anyways...

link? i dont see them going past denver.

[full on idle]

Why the hell ain't Incubus playing?

[brienmizell]

The Knife
Tiga
Lindstrom
Booka Shade
Simian Mobile Disco
New Young Pony Club
The Presets
Van She
Linus Loves
Diplo
Cut Copy
M.I.A.
Aphex Twin
Morrissey
Justin Timberlake (a la Madonna's last-year set)
Jay-Z (a la Kanye's last-year set)


i would love to whom i made bold added! but none of the others on your list

[Sexecutioner]

What about fresh and new = the Police? I finished taking every breath in 1984!

Well, fresh and new to me. I've never seen them live, since I was 7 in 1984. And I'm not that young, either. I'm sure there's a lot of other people who are in the same boat. People that always wish they could have seen them live, but were too young.

[nahzt]

what a shitty thread. i guess it has to exist, but we have the best bands in the world sitting in our laps, and you guys are pissed because a few other very good bands aren't included (but might still be included)

sorry, this isn't a personal attack. but i think you'll all still cream your jeans at coachella, in spite of the absence of some awesome bands.

Yeah, I'm in agreement here. There are some real gems in this line up so far. (junior boys, hot chip, and sparklehorse are a few "smaller tier" bands that I'm juiced about) As in years past there are a ton of bands that I have never heard of. What I enjoy doing is exploring some of the acts that I havn't heard anything about and figuring out if they would be something I'd like to see. I think you guys would get more satisfaction out of the festival if you started to do the same instead of crossing your fingers for your fav band to pop up on the list. (i could definitely see the hold steady jumpin on board though )

[dj_deathskiss]

I was kind of hoping that long-standing rumor of The Smiths (which i've heard every year since the first Coachella) might come true this time.

[brenda]

muse!!!
bellanova!!
incubus!!!
should be added
(ill keep dreamin) but im still excited for cocorosie
blonderedhead! ..ect.

[pliskenbilson]

OK, first Indie is a type of Record Label NOT a type of music. Second, no one can dictate which bands are most important to music. Third, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! I mean, jesus, the political world is in HELL and we need a strong upfront band like Rage to get these hypnotized kids away from the fucking TVs and Flag Waving. Besides, they're going to kick the crap out of every other act I guarantee. Fourth, the only other acts that really should be there are Two Gallants and Joanna Newsom. Bright Eyes and the Shins and Modest Mouse, all of that noise; it's all been done there and again. Variety people, c'mon. I have seen Willie as well and you should all be excited for that! This is the best line-up, in my opinion, to date. Smashing Pumpkins would be dope, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see Ween or the Flaming Lips. But, Two Gallants and Joanna Newsom deserve to be there after their latest albums.

I agree we need some more DJ's or IDM or something. Daft Punk, Squarepusher, the Flashbulb, I donno something. Also some more hip-hop maybe Aesop Rock, Black Star (that'd be amazing), Immortal Technique, or MF Doom? Lupe Fiasco, I donno....

[CiderMouseRules]

I need one more awesome nerd band. Muse, Modest Mouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Henry Rollins... just something else to offset the annoyance of having RHCP perform.

I can appreciate a really solid, commercial act with some artistic integrity (Coldplay or Kanye, for example) but RHCP are so damned manufactured and boring.

That said, on the surface, this year's lineup beats last year's and they haven't even had additions yet.

[hangthedj112]

The Shins are absolutely horrible at festivals. People were literally plugging their ears when I saw them with Modest Mouse at some x-mas radio show.

[hangthedj112]

Editors will release their 2nd album in April. It should be fvcking awesome! @#$@ Editors haters!

Editors > Interpol > She Wants Revenge

Watch them first and let's have discussions!

I have watched them, and thought their music sucked and their lead singer was a complete douche for trying to look like Ian Curtis onstage.

[Sexecutioner]

The Shins are absolutely horrible at festivals. People were literally plugging their ears when I saw them with Modest Mouse at some x-mas radio show.

i saw the shins at street scene. i didnt think they were necessarily bad, but just really BOOORING!

musically they are alright, but have no energy. just not my cup of tea i guess...

[CiderMouseRules]

I walked into Editors' set last year on a whim and was instantly mesmerized.

I saw the Shins open for Belle and Sebastian in LA. They were fine, but they clearly exist to record songs, not play them.

[matt504hrs]

The Killers
Brand New
Portishead
TV On The Radio (yes they played 2006...so what)
A Silver Mt. Zion

silver mt zion are playing ATP in the UK that same weekend..

[C DUB YA]

There are some major acts I thought would show up that didn't. Namely:
Modest Mouse
The Shins
Bright Eyes
Sufjan Stevens
Liars
Clap Your Hands
The Thermals
Islands
Thom Yorke (thought it'd be great to hear the Eraser in the Sahara)

MODEST MOUSE and THE SHINS are BIG omits in my book - they have new records and they both are free to do it.

Hmmmm?