The Rumor Mill Is Spinning: Coachella 2011 Predictions/Wishlist

To start this posting off, I would like to make it clear that I do not know the official line-up for Coachella 2011 (April 15-17).  All I can offer are predictions based on my experience in having attended Coachella 7 times and my pseudo-investigation of websites claiming to have inside info.

With that out of the way, the announcement of the 2011 lineup for Coachella will be revealed in the next coming weeks, as it is usually revealed towards the end of January/beginning of February.  This has encouraged enthusiasts of the festival (and in some cases, detractors) from creating the annual slew of fake Coachella Line-Ups.  These are a few of my favorites made up for this year.

These three fake-out posters, in particular, are extremely well-crafted.  The background is the exact template of past Coachella posters.  Headliners and lesser-known acts are placed with care into believable descending order.  There are common bands listed in each of these Coachella posters, included based on the mentions of said bands all over the internet to already be playing the festival; sometimes I believe that the better fake line-ups may influence last-minute add-ons of bands that ultimately perform at Coachella.  The font is practically perfect with the one used on official posters.  Below is the official Line-Up poster for Coachella 2010 for some contrast and comparison:

Every year these fakes get made, and every year I LOVE THEM!!  Why?  To me it's like telling Santa Claus what I want for Christmas.  You let him know what you want and you hope that it's what you get.  The official Coachella line-up is what Santa has left under the tree.  Most of the time it's what you've asked for, and there's always something that you didn't expect that shows up in your stocking (i.e. an impromptu band reunion).  I turn into the kid who opens up his present and it's a Lego set that I never saw coming, my heart bursting with joy!  That's the feeling I get when I look at the final Coachella line-up each year.  My household exploded in disbelief in 2007 when I saw Rage Against The Machine on the bill.

These Coachella prank posters also let me know that there are other people who go as crazy as me for the festival when this time of year rolls around.  I'm not the only one who looks up every band's web page and listens to their tunes so I can rank which bands are the most important for me to see.  That's why I love going to Coachella every year; everyone is there for the same reason - music!!

I've decided to make a prediction/wishlist of who I'd love to see at Coachella 2011.  These choices are made by my personal inclinations and wants.  The list is alphabetical, not ordered by most desired, because that would be almost impossible to do.  Let's begin:

Adele
Against Me!
Al Green
Aloe Blacc
The Aquabats
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
At The Drive-In
The Bad Plus
Bad Religion
Beastie Boys
Beck
Ben Folds (Five)
Best Coast
Billy Bragg
BLK JKS
Bon Iver
Boredoms 
Broken Bells
The Bronx
Cage The Elephant
Cake
Cat Power
Cee Lo
Cibo Matto
Crystal Castles
Cursive
Daft Punk
The Darkness
DeadMau5
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Demetri Martin
Dethklok
Dr. Dog
Elvis Costello
The English Beat
Error
The Faint
Fantomas
Fiona Apple
Fishbone
The Flaming Lips
Flight Of The Conchords
Flogging Molly
Foo Fighters
Gallows
Gogol Bordello
The Hives
IMA Robot
Interpol
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia LIVE!!
Jake Shimabukuro
Janelle Monae
Jenny And Johnny
Joanna Newsom
Kanye West
Local Natives
Man Man
The Mars Volta
Matisyahu
Micachu And The Shapes
Modest Mouse
Mr. Bungle
The New Pornagraphers
Nine Inch Nails
No Doubt
Norah Jones
OutKast
The Pillows
Placebo
Portishead
Primus
The Prodigy
Queens Of The Stone Age
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Refused
Reggie Watts
Regina Spektor
The Roots
Saul Williams
The Strokes
Sublime with Rome
System Of A Down
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Tenacious D
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
Tobacco
Tomahawk
Violent Femmes
Wavves
Weezer
Whirlwind Heat
The White Stripes
The Who
Zee Avi

Yes, I'm sure I left your favorite band off of my list.  I'm admittedly lacking in hip/hop and dance/electronic predictions.

Let me know who you'd love to see at Coachella 2011 and who I moronically left out.

More Coachella posts to come!!  I've got to brag about who I guessed right, don't I?