Projected Coachella Line-up

“Certainly this is very early to make definite claims about this years festival in the desert, but several artists have confirmed, and there are substantial rumors that some artists will show up.

This year’s event will be 4/17 to 4/19 at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California.

Last year’s full Coachella line up was released January 22nd.

(bolded bands mean I like them, or like something they’ve done)

“CONFIRMED”:
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Bug
Buraka Son Sistema
Crystal Castles
Drop The Lime
Fleet Foxes
Flying Lotus
Girl Talk
The Hold Steady
The Killers
No Age
Noah And The Whale
Late Of The Pier
Los Campesinos!
Peanut Butter Wolf
The Presets
Sébastian Tellier
Themselves
Tinariwen

And now for something a little more speculative, here’s the internet-sanctioned list of rumored artists.

Animal Collective
Basement Jaxx
The Black Keys
Black Lips
Blur
Britney Spears
The Comedians of Comedy
Four Tet
The Gaslight Anthem
Glasvegas
Gui Boratto
Gus Black
Heartless Bastards
Hot Little Pony
José González
Keane
KONGCRETE
Mexican Institute of Sound
Monotonix
Morrissey
Mr. Lif
N.A.S.A.
Neil Young
OutKast
Plump DJs
The Pretenders
The Prodigy
The Replacements
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roni Size Reprazent
The Smiths
The Thermals
Turbonegro
We Are Scientists
White Lies
The White Stripes”

(via current.com)

That’s really exciting.  I’m really happy to see Noah and the Whale on that list.  There’s just one more band I’ll like to see TV on the Radio.