Vampire Weekend performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on Sunday, April 14, 2013. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)
As next year’s touring schedules start to trickle out there is more Coachella 2014 prognostication to be had.
Did Mogwai end up on “The Island” in “Lost”? (Contributed Image)
Scottish post-rockers Mogwai announced upcoming tour dates this week and there’s a mysterious gap in the first half of April. The band will wrap up a European tour in France on April 3 and pick up in the U.S. in New Mexico on April 21.
The 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will take place April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The band doesn’t have any Southwestern U.S. dates listed beyond New Mexico and the only West Coast dates announced are Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, Canada, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix and more in that week between the twin Coachellas, should Mogwai be there.
Mogwai previously performed at the festival in 2004 and 2006.
They also have a new album, “Rave Tapes,” coming out soon. New material is one way to get on the lineup.
The Dismemberment Plan is from Washington D.C., which might explain why they have Thor’s crab mallet in this promo photo. (Contributed Image)
Another band that has new music that I’m really hoping to see at the Empire Polo Club is The Dismemberment Plan.
The indie rockers hail from Washington D.C. and their album “Emergency & I” is still one of my favorites. I was at their farewell show in 2003 at the 9:30 Club and it was fantastic.
Admittedly, this is a band that is on my Coachella Wish List, but I think there’s a chance The D-Plan could head west.
They’ve been back together for a little while, but only released a new album, “Uncanney Valley,” in mid-October. They also played Riot Fest this year. The band is playing a Los Angeles date (at the Goldenvoice-run Fonda) in December, but hopefully they’ll swing back to Indio in the spring.
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Oct. 25, 2013: Arcade Fire, The Naked and Famous
Oct. 7, 2013: The Pixies
Oct. 2, 2013: Paul McCartney, Luscious Jackson
Aug. 2, 2013: Neutral Milk Hotel
June 16, 2013: The Replacements