The Coachella 2007 lineup was posted today, with some especially surprising news that Rage Against The Machine, who broke up in 2000, will be headlining on Sunday, April 29, the last of three days of musical mayhem.

Apparently it will only be for this one show, but I still wonder about the possibilities. Obviously enough reconciliation has happened that vocalist Zach De La Rocha is willing to share the stage with his former band mates (now known as the non-vocal portion of radio rockers Audioslave), so it doesn’t seem too far a stretch for them to realize how much chemistry they had on stage, and that maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to miss it. Hey, let me dream, OK?

Other notable Coachella confirmations (aka the ones I really care about) include: Björk, Interpol, Explosions In The Sky, The Jesus And Mary Chain (whaa?), Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Sonic Youth, Nickel Creek, Damien Rice, We Are Scientists, Comedians Of Comedy, Circa Survive, Gillian Welch, Kings Of Leon, The New Pornographers, The Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, !!!, Regina Spektor, Jack’s Mannequin, The Nightwatchman, Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, Amos Lee, Ratatat and Anathallo.

Others festivals are on the horizon as well. I previously mentioned SXSW, and the Pitchfork Music Festival was recently announced to be taking place mid-July in Chicago.

This onslaught of news kinda makes me wish I were independently wealthy and could travel anywhere at any time.

As was suspected by some of the more clever indie folk on the scene, Sufjan and Rosie are not having a baby.

But there is good news: Sufjan is releasing yet another new album! But there is bad news about the good news: it’s not the next state in the 50 States Project. The album is called The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album. So there’s that.

Read the article at Pitchfork for more details on the faux-pregnancy and Sufjan’s upcoming album, including a wonderful-looking track listing.

Sorry to all you single-and-looking indie girls. It looks as though Sufjan Stevens’ recent collaboration with former Sub Pop-er Rosie Thomas produced more than just music. Yes, that’s right. Sufjan and Rosie have a little indie bun in the oven.

No news about any wedding plans, which may come as a surprise to many considering Stevens’ Christian roots. Or maybe they’ve just kept a very good secret from us.

Prepare to be bombarded with music-ingrained cuteness in about nine months. Or maybe sooner…

Oh, and Denison Witmer collaborated too. But just on the music part.

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Update: According to a Buzzgrinder reader who was at a recent Denison Witmer concert, this may have been an April Fool’s joke that Sufjan, Rosie and Denison decided to play on Pitchfork (and the entire indie world, it seems). Only time will tell.