Showing posts with label Lollapalooza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lollapalooza. Show all posts
Monday, August 8, 2011
Lollapalooza Day 3 Photos and Recap
Lollapalooza 2011 is in the bag! What an amazing weekend, rain and mud and all. It was an absolute blast working with the heyreverb.com and denverpost.com people, and we can't wait to do it again real soon. Day 3 photos and recap is up here. Be sure to check out Days 1 and 2 here and here as well.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Lollapalooza Day 2 Recap
Day 2 @lollapalooza recap and photos from us and @planckstudios for @RVRB is up!
Lollapalooza Day 1 Recap
Our coverage of Lollapalooza 2011 for our good friends at heyreverb.com begins here. Check back for Days 2 and 3!
Friday, August 5, 2011
This Week in Shows
Lots of new stuff added to the SHOWcal this week. But, who cares? It's Lolla weekend! All the good stuff is below, as well as the rest of the week. And, be sure to check out our coverage of Lollapalooza all weekend for heyreverb.com and denverpost.com!
Wye Oak
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM
Location: Sony
Tennis
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Location: Google+
Delta Spirit
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Smith Westerns
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Location: PlayStation
Le Butcherettes
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Location: Google+
The Kills
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Bud Light
Cults
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 4:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Google+
The Mountain Goats
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: PlayStation
A Perfect Circle
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Bright Eyes
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Bud Light
Ok Go
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Location: Google+
Crystal Castles
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Location: Sony
Girl Talk
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 8:45 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Perry's
Ratatat
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 8:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Location: Google+
Black Lips @ Empty Bottle
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM
21+
Black Actress @ Cobra Lounge
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$5
21+
Likke Li @ House of Blues
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 9:45 PM to 11:00 PM
17+
Vaccines/Tennis @ Schubas
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
18+
Wye Oak @ Double Door
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$17/20
21+
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr/ J Roddy Walston @ HOB
scheduled August 5, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$15/18
21+
Local Natives @ Lincoln Hall
scheduled for August 5, 2011 at 11:00 PM to August 6, 2011 at 12:00 AM
18+
J Roddy Walston and The Business
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM
Location: PlayStation
Disappears
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: Bud Light
Black Lips
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: PlayStation
Lykke Li
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM
Location: Google+
Maps & Atlases
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Google+
Ween
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Bud Light
Death From Above 1979
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Bud Light
Deftones
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: PlayStation
Dom
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
Location: Google+
Friendly Fires
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Bud Light
Local Natives
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Sony
Cee Lo
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Eminem
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Two Door Cinema Club @ Lincoln Hall
scheduled for August 6, 2011 at 11:00 PM to August 7, 2011 at 12:00 AM
$20
18+
Arctic Monkeys/Disappears @ House of Blues
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
17+
Pains of Being Pure of Heart @ Empty Bottle
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM
21+
Dom @ Sub-T
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
17+
MSTRKRFT @ The Mid
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
21+
Titus Andronicus @ Reggie's
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
17+
Beirut
scheduled August 6, 2011 from 8:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Location: Google+
Cold War Kids
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Location: Google+
little hurricane
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 2:05 PM to 2:45 PM
Location: Google+
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Sony
iceage @ Empty Bottle
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM
$8
21+
Explosions in the Sky
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Sony
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Google+
Manchester Orchestra
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Google+
Arctic Monkeys
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Deadmau5
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Bud Light
Best Coast
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Google+
Foo Fighters
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
The Cars
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Music Unlimited
Flogging Molly
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM
Location: Bud Light
KiD CuDi
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Perry's
The Joy Formidable
scheduled August 7, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Location: Bud Light
My Brightest Diamond @ WBEZ Studios
scheduled August 9, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
21+
FREE
Friday, July 29, 2011
This Week in Shows
Lots (and I mean lots) added to SHOWcal this week. A second Wild Flag @ Empty Bottle show, Beirut (for $30?!), Fleet Foxes/Walkmen at Chicago Theatre, etc. Here's what's going on this week, including all the Lollapalooza pre-shows:
Heartless Bastards @ Schubas
scheduled July 29, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
$15
21+
Handsome Furs @ Bottom Lounge
scheduled July 29, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$15
17+
James Murphy (DJ) @ The Mid
scheduled July 29, 2011 from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$20
21+
White Mystery/Arrivals/Hollows @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest
scheduled July 30, 2011 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
FREE
Ike Reilly Assassination @ Bottom Lounge
scheduled July 30, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$20
17+
Hood Internet @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest
scheduled July 31, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
FREE
Netherfriends @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest
scheduled July 31, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
FREE
Smoking Popes/Alkaline Trio @ Metro
scheduled August 1, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
$27/30
18+
Smoking Popes/Alkaline Trio @ Metro
scheduled August 2, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
$27/30
18+
Cold War Kids @ Metro
scheduled August 3, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Yuck @ Double Door
scheduled August 3, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$15
21+
Death From Above 1979 @ Metro
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Smith Westerns @ Schubas
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
18+
Delta Spirit @ Lincoln Hall
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
18+
Cults @ Empty Bottle
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
21+
Crystal Castles @ House of Blues
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
17+
Joy Formidable/Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr @ Double Door
scheduled August 4, 2011 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
FREE
21+
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Lolla Aftershows (and pre-shows) Announced
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Lolla Schedule Released
The Lollapalooza schedule was released today. Normally, there are lots of tough decisions when interesting bands play at the same time on opposite ends of Grant Park. This year, though? Not so much. In fact, the whole lineup this year is pretty meh. My attendance is likely to be a game-time decision.
Click here for the schedule.
Click here for the schedule.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Santigold @ Lollapalooza 8/8/9
I first saw Santigold open for U2, er, Coldplay (work event, no choice), where she did a fine job, though the acoustics of the United Center butchered much of the subtlety. Her Lolla performance was a lot more fan-forward, sticking to the singles, occasionally peppered with samples of other flavor-of-the-moment R&B. The sound was a lot better at this show than when I saw her at the UC, but for whatever reason, she seemed a lot more cutting edge opening for Coldplay. Maybe she had less to lose at that show, afterall most Coldplay fans are unlikely to be cross shopping Santigold, or maybe she's falling into the stadium act routine. Whatever the case, this performance, while proficient and basically flawless, was largely emotionless and flippant. A throw-away show amongst the day's events is disappointing from a star such as this with so much potential.C
Arctic Monkeys @ Lollapalooza 8/8/9
Arctic Monkeys was one of the first indie bands over-hyped and impossibly over-subscribed before they ever released an album, unfortunately followed by countless more in the last couple of years. To some surprise, they've had staying power, if their music hasn't necessarily kept pace. Their new release, Humbug has generally been panned, and though I've yet to listen to it cover to cover, I'm definitely underwhelmed with what I've heard. Just this morning I was reading Greg Kot's review, where he exclaimed that the band was at its most musical and technically proficient, but lacked the poppy ear worm songwriting that made its first two releases so popular (and at least above average quality wise). I've never really bought into the hype with this band, either on record or in concert, as I've always found the strained emotion a little unbelievable. There are about a half-dozen tracks across the 3 albums that I feel are very good, which is a lot more than a lot of bands put out, but for all the press and blog chatter spent on AM, that seems far subpar. This performance was no exception.
C
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Kings of Leon @ Lolla 8/7/9
This was my third Kings of Leon show, and I've had enough. I first saw them at Summerfest about 4 years ago, on a smaller side stage, and I was blown away. At the time I was still in love with Youth and Young Manhood and had I been blogging back then, might have put that show at the top of the list that year. My how the mighty have fallen. They've become the new U2 (sorry, Coldplay) - and I hate U2. I found it hilarious at my last Art Brut show that Eddie Argos spent a good 5 minutes bitching about how "Sex on Fire" makes no goddamn sense. He then proceeded to bitch about U2 sucking. Which endeared Art Brut to me all the more. I couldn't agree more.D
Of Montreal @ Lolla 8/7/9
Going to grad school in the hometown of Polyvinyl, I got to see Of Montreal nearly every other week (Polyvinyl still owes me a big box of albums that I ordered nearly 2 months ago, BTW). Which was good and bad. Of Montreal is a fun live act, but they're also a little full of themselves. They continue to add the schtick each time I see them, and their performance at Lolla was truly over-the-top with numerous costumed dancers and flamboyant outfits. It adds to the aesthetic, sure, but I've never really been all that clear on what the attempted aesthetic is, exactly. It's like a dumbed-down, less tongue-in-cheek rendition of Flaming Lips. Which is not to say that the music is dumbed-down, because it isn't. Oh no, it's way heady stuff, with tracks like "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse". See, can't you tell how intellectual they are? The saving grace with this band is that they're catchy, the keyboardist actually looks like she's enjoying herself and seems appreciative of the fan base, and they don't think themselves too good to play Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois every other Tuesday evening. At least not yet.C-
Decemberists @ Lolla 8/7/9
I like that The Decemberists now have to tell their crowds ahead of time whether they'll be performing a "regular" show or a "Hazards of Love" show. That's what a concept album will do to you. I agree with the critics that the album isn't all that great front-to-back. Give me Operation Mindcrime any day of the week over this album. But, like most Decemberists effort, even if I don't particularly like a certain song or album, I can at least appreciate the effort, and know that they do so with a mixture of sincere artistry, humility and fun. I've written about Decemberists before, so I won't extol again here my love-hate relationship with the band. Instead, I'll talk about this Lolla show. They simply rushed through the Hazards of Love front-to-back, and as everybody expected, the guest female vocals stole the show. Much ink has been spilled about the Diamond gals on this album, so I won't go into it here. It was a solid effort, if rushed, and broke no real new ground. As part of a weekend festival, it worked, but as a stand alone show, I wouldn't have been real happy. B
Fleet Foxes @ Lolla 8/7/9
I've seen Fleet Foxes exactly twice, once at Pitchfork and now at Lolla. So, at two outdoor festivals. And you know what? They sounded better at Lolla - the larger outdoor space. This doesn't seem right. A band heavy on vocal harmonies and angelic choruses should be better at a more intimate venue, right? I think the answer is that the passage of time honed their skills. At Pitchfork, FF seemed a little shy, reserved, nervous perhaps. At Lolla, they've more fully embraced and realized their potential, seeming to have more fun with the venue, and casting their mellow harmonies across the large field. The rain soaked crowd seemed to lap it up, as did I. A-
Friday, August 7, 2009
Michael Jackson is the new Gnarls Barkly
I'm predicting lots of MJ covers at this year's Lollapalooza. I'm setting the Over-Under at 8. Any takers? I'll insert any that I hear in the comments to this post, and I invite everybody else to do the same. BTW - I heard 4 MJ mashups at last night's Hood Internet show at The Hideout (review to come).
Full Lolla reviews to come. Stay cool and dry out there. Lousy Smarch weather :(
Full Lolla reviews to come. Stay cool and dry out there. Lousy Smarch weather :(
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