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One hundred days until Coachella, but what do we know?

09:25 AM PT, Jan 16 2007

Do Peaches and Peppers go together?

Well, maybe in the spring, in the desert, on a polo field ... at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Yes, 'tis the season. The Coachella website hasn't even started the countdown to this year's expanded, three-day shindig in Indio -- for the record, it's 100 days away -- but already fans are speculating about the lineup. The maven(ists?) at LAist are liking Gwen Stefani's chances, which might fit; the last generation's Madonna played last year's Coachella, so why not the next generation's at this year's? And Idolator names a handful of bands who jumped the gun and announced their gigs on their website.

I'm betting on the Red Hot Chili Peppers to be tabbed as a reliable draw for one of the days. Peaches, !!! (Chk Chk Chk) and LCD Soundsystem sound good too. The Arcade Fire will be be there, touring behind what appears to be a monster sophomore album. And I'm also thinking that the annual convoy of fine British acts will be anchored by the Arctic Monkeys (or maybe this year's Arctic Monkeys, the View -- hey, invite both and we can have a battle of the bands) and the Kaiser Chiefs.

And is there a Straight Outta Silver Lake Stage? Save me a spot for Silversun Pickups.

When I figure out whether the "big reunion" rumors hold any water, you'll be the first to know.

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Tonight's touts: Shiny Toy Guns play a late show at the Viper Room. ...  Mia Doi Todd plays the Silverlake Lounge, and down Sunset Boulevard at El Cid it's Ronnie Mack's 19th Anniversary Barndance, with, among others, Russell Scott & the Red Hots; Mike Stinson; Randy Weeks, the Barry Holdship Four and Kathy Robertson.

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Kevin Bronson
Kevin Bronson has covered emerging and indie music since 2002 in his weekly Buzz Bands column in the Calendar Weekend section of the L.A. Times. He adores caffeine, judicious use of falsetto and the 6-4-3 double play. He abhors exclamation points, modern country and any notion that New York City is the center of the cultural universe. He's older than any music blogger he knows but has been known to pogo. He'll try not to pretend.

Bronson's Buzz Bands show can be heard Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Pacific time on the Internet radio station LittleRadio.com.

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