Chicago's 'biggest' outdoor music festival of the year (i say that in pure size only, not necessarily in anticipation) has finally announced their lineup. Three days and nights of rock, folk, indie, hip hop and electro. And well... I'd have to say its a bit underwhelming.
At least underwhelming in regards to the closing acts. No Daft Punk, no Radiohead, no Rage... just The Killers (tic). Seriously not into listening to Depeche Mode promote their new album, never liked Tool, the Killers are sell outs, Jane's Addiction hasn't been relevant in 15 years, Kings of Leon frickin played a 4pm set two years ago and are now headlining? No thanks... Beastie Boys are the only interesting ones.
But to be honest, it's never the headliners that make this festival successful. It's the day acts that makes the cost of your ticket worthwhile. And there are PLENTY of good ones this year. Out and about spread thru the three days are dozens of rock/folk/indie staples in many of your playlists. Arctic Monkeys, Crystal Castles, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Hey Champ, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, etc.
But then there's the ever growing and ever more popular Perry's Tent (for this blogs' readers). Here you'll find some of electronica's biggest names and acts: MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, Deadmau5, Boys Noize, Crookers, A-Trak, Bloody Beetroots, LA Riots, and a dozen more. I'll be spending most of my time here as its like our own Ultra Festival w/o the $500 plane ticket during spring break season.
[full Lolla 2009 lineup]
Apr 21, 2009
Lollapalooza Lineup Announced!
Jun 17, 2008
Lollapalooza Schedule Finally Released...
I mean seriously... why the hell did it take this long for the Lolla schedule to come out. The festival is less than 5 weeks away, and some people need to schedule vacation days. Looking at the band list at first glance seems pretty sweet, I mean there are a LOT of awesome acts playing across the three days. But that's the problem, it's across 3 days, and that's a lot of Chicago heat/humidity and money to be spending ($190 advance, $205 for 3-day pass) for a watered down set list. I really cant decide what day/s to go to. Not that there are so many good bands, but no one day seems really interesting.
Day 1 for some reason has Radiohead closing, when I originally had them penned in with permanent marker to close the festival out on Sunday (a la Pearl Jam 2007). Saturday you have Wilco and Rage closing, which kicks ass, and with the acts before them, might actually be the best day. Sunday looks like crap, with Kanye and Reznor closing the doors (sorry, just not the biggest fan).
But here's the problem, you only see one closing band, so you better have enough good acts throughout the day to constitute an $80 ticket. In my opinion, that only day is Saturday. As much as I'd like to see Radiohead, that would mean another vacation day (which I already dont have many left), and nothing else really catches my eye that day.
Here are your links:
Lollapalooza Day Schedules [direct link]
Create a Custom Schedule [link]
Download the PDF file [right click to save]
Get your tickets now [buy here]
Apr 6, 2008
Lollapalooza 08 lineup 'officially' revealed
Last Thursday, our friends at the Chicago Sun-Times thought that we all deserved a bit of info ahead of schedule. For those that couldn't wait the extra few days until the lineup was 'officially' revealed, Jim DeRogatis (the same el douche who dislikes Vampire Weekend because they were wearing sweaters at SXSW in 92 degree weather, and takes compliment of being called Pepe LePew because quote 'Pepe gets all the girls') wrote in his column a list of headliners and other high profile artists coming to Chicago this August. The 'official' official list comes out tomorrow, but Jim DeRogatis felt like pissing Perry Farrell off even more by releasing the full list to us today. Thanks Jim... dick.
So on to the nitty gritty, bands that will be making an appearance...
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Wilco
The Raconteurs
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets
Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Cat Power
The National
G. Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Explosions in the Sky
Brand New
Gogol Bordello
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Dierks Bentley
Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Girl Talk
Your Vegas
CSS
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves
Battles
Steel Train
Jamie Lidell
Bang Camaro
Butch Walker
The Blakes
Mates of State
Tally Hall
Spank Rock
White Lies
Brazilian Girls
Magic Wands
Chromeo
Electric Touch
Duffy
Innerpartysystem
The Kills
The Postelles
Rogue Wave
The Parlor Mob
The Go! Team
Bald Eagle
Mason Jennings
Krista
The Gutter Twins
Ha Ha Tonka
Yeasayer
Witchcraft
Grizzly Bear
We Go To 11
MGMT
Sofia Talvik
The Weakerthans
Booka Shade
Santogold
Black Kids
Black Lips
Dr. Dog
Nicole Atkins & the Sea
The Ting Tings
Kid Sister
Office
The Cool Kids
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra
Foals
Uffie
The Octopus Project
Cadence Weapon
Ferras
De Novo Dahl
Noah and the Whale
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
K’NAAN
Serena Ryder
Newton Faulkner
I'm most looking forward to, obviously, Radiohead, Rage, and Wilco. The Go! Team I've only heard good things about having never seen them live. Bloc Party is HUGE. I like seeing CSS, MGMT, Chromeo, and Uffie on the list (maybe not Uffie, but if Feadz is with her, it'll be bangin beats at the very least. And Office is probably my favorite local flavor on the list. If you haven't heard any Office yet, please remedy that now.
Optic
Office "Oh My" [youtube]
Phonic
Office "The Ritz"
