Coachella 2008

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

If you read Jason's post on the Spiritualized website, it looks like a Spirtualized (Acoustic Mainlines) appearance at Coachella as he mentions a short tour from Vancouver to Palm Springs.

[ayates]

I believe that listed on brooklynvegan to be total bullshit.  It may be 50% correct, but probably more like 30%.

[sweetcell]

no must-see acts, but overall i'd be satisfied with that lineup.  although it was a few big names that put me on a plane last year, i got immense pleasure from running from tent to tent early in the day sampling new bands and stopping when i found a gem, which was quite often (ok, running around in 106 degree heat wasn't THAT pleasurable, but the music made up for it).  
 
 above-mentioned acts that i'd be very psyched to see:
 
 Pulp
 the Chemical Brothers
 Death Cab for Cutie
 Feist
 Broken Social Scene
 Magnetic Fields
 Swervedriver
 Supergrass
 R.E.M.
 A Tribe Called Quest
 Underworld
 the Verve
 Sufjan Stevens
 Goldfrapp
 Metric
 Rabbit in the Moon
 Portishead
 Aphex Twin
 Justice
 Nas
 Royksopp
 Mogwai
 Simian Mobile Disco
 Hot Chip
 Islands
 
 dunno, seems pretty solid to me.  throw in a few pleasant surprises and you have one happy camper.
 
   

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  But during RHCP last year, the rest of the stages were either dead or had someone playing on them that I didn't care to see.

either your memory fails you, or your taste in music did.  during the RHCP/tiesto fiasco, you had the opportunity to catch:
 blond redhead
 G,B & Q
 justice
 lcd (wasn't impressive, tho)
 sparklehorse
 black keys
 girl talk
 cornelius
 the rapture
 
 i caught most of the rapture, and it was a highlight of the festie for me.

[azaghal1981]

You're right; a case of my memory failing me.
 
 
 Cornelius and GBQ were both later on in the night (up against tiesto). I did see parts of LCD and Girl Talk but wasn't too thrilled by either.
 
 
 I thought blond redhead was earlier that night but could be wrong. For some odd reason, both the friend I was with and I  thought Justice were playing on sunday until it was too late and we'd missed them.  

[starrdogg92]

Just for the record, an updated list of confirmed and highly likely bands for you all:
 
 Confirmed:
 The Breeders
 Death Cab for Cutie
 Goldfrapp
 Spiritualized
 Cold War Kids
 Kid Sister
 VHS or Beta
 Akron/Family
 Dwight Yoakam
 Autolux
 Chromeo
 Sons & Daughters
 Dredg
 Duffy
 Heidi Vogel & The Cinematic Orchestra
 Electric Touch
 Austin TV
 
 Very Likely:
 Portishead
 The Verve
 Hot Chip
 Simian Mobile Disco
 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
 Islands
 Del the Funky Homosapien (possibly with Deltron 3030)
 Cut Copy
 Rabbit in the Moon
 Turbonegro

[starrdogg92]

Also, in addition to the bands I mentioned above, there apparently was some sort of announcement yesterday on KROQ in LA about Muse playing and possibly headlining one day of Coachella. Are they really big enough to headline? I mean, to me they seem like a very strong #2 act, but not necessarily a headliner (kinda like Interpol, Arcade Fire and Manu Chao were last year).

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by starrdogg92:
  Also, in addition to the bands I mentioned above, there apparently was some sort of announcement yesterday on KROQ in LA about Muse playing and possibly headlining one day of Coachella. Are they really big enough to headline? I mean, to me they seem like a very strong #2 act, but not necessarily a headliner (kinda like Interpol, Arcade Fire and Manu Chao were last year).

I agree that they are not that big in America but they are HUGE in England.  They sold out two nights at the new Wembley.  That's 90,000 a night, folks.  For Coachella they should just have Matt Bellamy play guitar and have Mika do vocals and do a solid 90-minute set of Queen songs.
 
 Brian

[eros]

Originally posted by starrdogg92:
  Also, in addition to the bands I mentioned above, there apparently was some sort of announcement yesterday on KROQ in LA about Muse playing and possibly headlining one day of Coachella. Are they really big enough to headline? I mean, to me they seem like a very strong #2 act, but not necessarily a headliner (kinda like Interpol, Arcade Fire and Manu Chao were last year).

They did (co-)headline Saturday night at Lollapalooza last year and I think they sold out MSG shortly thereafter...

[starrdogg92]

Since my last post of the confirmed acts, the following bands have added to the lineup:
 
 Animal Collective
 Simian Mobile Disco
 Man Man
 Kavinsky
 Sia

[K8teebug]

Muse played in 2004 during the day, and there were people who had flown from Japan just to see them.  I think they could definitely headline.

[Cali]

so far nothing to make me jump on a plane. i'd consider it if rem, verve, portishead, tribe, are confirmed.

[Vas Deferens]

Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley, My Morning Jacket, and the Verve are all playing.
 
 They will announce the rest of the lineup today!

[Vas Deferens]

Peter Gabriel is rumoured to be playing  

[azaghal1981]

Portishead confirmed as saturday headliner supposedly.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Jack Johnson confirmed.