Too much rock for one hand
Everyone who's been to Lollapalooza before knows that it is impossible to see everything. It's impossible to see half the bands. You might be able to see a third of it if you tried really hard. But that doesn't matter. There is so much good stuff that you'll always leave happy.
People have complained that this year's lineup doesn't live up to prior years', but in terms of mid-level, all-day talent, I think it's as strong as any year I've attended. Sure the headliners don't live up to last year's Radiohead-Rage-Kanye/NIN monster, but if you were hoping for Coldplay this year, you and I aren't on the same page.
So with that said, here's a whole ton of music that will be featured (it's even chronological!). The bands below represent my personal choices of bands to see. There are many more, and I welcome any additional suggestions.
Friday:
Hey Champ - Cold Dust Girl
The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
Dark Wave Disco - Trancid GWD Mix
Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Rent
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Thievery Corporation - Cosmic Gate
Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes
Kings of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Saturday:
Miike Snow - Animal
Atmosphere - Free or Dead
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
Santigold - You'll Find a Way Player
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
Ben Harper and Relentless7 - Keep it Together
Tool - Lateralus
Sunday:
Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine
Portugal. The Man - People Say
Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Dan Deacon - Of the Mountains
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Jane's Addiction - Just Because
See you out there
Quite the overwhelming list of bands to choose from...A few additional bands that are playing that I'd like to see would be....Dan Auerbach, Davy Knowles, Airborne Toxic Event, Cold War Kids, Bon Iver, and the Decemberists. It really doesn't look like you can go wrong though...Band of Skulls sounds pretty bad a$$...So does Care Bears on Fire; I'd go see either of them just for the name.
ReplyDeleteYep, the reason I didn't put any of the bands you mentioned on the playlist was because they played at the same time as another band who's on the list. I only went Friday, but it was pretty damn awesome. Another great year in the park.
ReplyDelete-Stew