Every day the buzz keeps building about the forthcoming 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup.
The fest, which is set for the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 11-13 and April 18-20, traditionally announces its lineup in January after much wild speculation and careful Coachella prognostication. I like to consider these blogs part of the latter.
Neko Case looks likely for Coachella 2014. (Emily Shur/Contributed Image)
Up first today is Neko Case, who last appeared at the polo fields as a solo artist for the inaugural Stagecoach Country Music Festival back in 2007. Thanks to reader Nate Hutchinson for sending me a link to Case’s tour schedule.
Her tour that starts in January hits mostly the middle of the U.S. before she takes off for Australia and New Zealand.
Case’s U.S. tour resumes on April 12 in Tucson, Ariz. and then in Flagstaff on April 13, with no other dates listed.
Due to the big gap and the proximity of Arizona to California, I think it’s safe to say we will see her on April 11 and April 18 at Coachella 2014.
She’s been nominated for a Grammy and released a new album, “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You,” in September.
Chromeo looks likely for Coachella 2014. (Contributed Image)
Another group that looks likely for a return to Indio is Chromeo.
The electro duo is releasing new music this year and has some suspicious tour dates, much like Case. They are playing San Francisco April 12 and Portland, Ore. on April 14 and going up to Seattle before swinging back down to Phoenix on April 19.
Here’s Chromeo’s latest track, “Come Alive.”
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Below is a timeline of all of the Coachella 2014 predictions I’ve posted so far. I call it Coachellaology.
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Jan. 4, 2014: The Glitch Mob, The Magician, The Internet
Jan. 4, 2014: When will the Coachella lineup be released?
Jan. 3, 2014: Will the British Invasion invade Indio?
Dec. 7, 2013: Bastille
Dec. 2, 2013: Grouplove
Dec. 2, 2013: The 1975, Chvrches
Nov. 27, 2013: Ellie Goulding, Broken Bells
Nov. 20, 2013: Will Outkast reunion dominate lineup?
Nov. 19, 2013: FLAG, Haim
Nov. 14, 2013: Can we all just agree that Arcade Fire will headline?
Nov. 14, 2013: Lorde, Flogging Molly
Nov. 5, 2013: Mogwai, The Dismemberment Plan
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