Lollapalooza

am i out of touch or what? i dont know half of these bands……


also its really disappointing that Black Rebel Motorcycle club is like the only "Black" band not to get booked for this festival.

and they're the best one!
Day 1: Go! Team, The Kills, Free Sol, Grizzly Bear, CSS, Radiohead.

Day 2: Does it Offend You, Yeah?, The Ting Tings, Gutter Twins, Booka Shade, Spank Rock, Uffie, maybe a little bit of Broken Social Scene, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Rage Against the Machine.

Day 3: Kid Sister, Brazilian Girls, Chromeo, Saul Williams, Gnarls Barkley, Mark Ronson, Nine Inch Nails.
Oh, and does ANYBODY see Santogold on that lineup at all?
Originally posted by callat703:
Schedule is out. Some nasty conflicts:

Friday:

Yeasayer v The Go! Team (GO TEAM)
Duffy v The Kills (KILLS)
The Black Keys v Gogol Bordello (GOGOL)
Bloc Party v The Raconteurs (RACONTEURS)
Cat Power v Grizzly Bear v Mates of State (CAT POWER)
CSS v Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks v The Cool Kids (COOL KIDS)

Saturday:

De Novo Dahl v Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos (MARGOT)
Okkervil River v Spank Rock v Jamie Lidell (JAMIE LIDELL)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings v Toadies (SHARON JONES)
Booka Shade v MGMT v Devotchka (BOOKA SHADE, only because I haven't seen them)
Brand New v Explosions in the Sky (ARE YOU SERIOUS?)
Lupe Fiasco v Broken Social Scene v Battles (BSS)
Rage Against the Machine v Wilco (WILCO)

Sunday:

The Whigs v The Weakerthans (This is tough…)
Gnarls Barkley v Love & Rockets v Girl Talk (LOVE AND ROCKETS)
Mark Ronson v The National (NATIONAL)
Kanye West v Nine Inch Nails (NIN)

No, she's not on the lineup anymore. She's opening for Coldplay at Verizon Center on August 3rd

Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Oh, and does ANYBODY see Santogold on that lineup at all?
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Originally posted by callat703:
Schedule is out. Some nasty conflicts:

Friday:

The Whigs v The Weakerthans (This is tough…)

I'd have to go with The Weakerthans. I seriously doubt you'd be disappointed.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
No, she's not on the lineup anymore. She's opening for Coldplay at Verizon Center on August 3rd
but that doesn't mean she can't play lolla friday or saturday… and, according to herspace, she's at Lolla on Friday Aug 1. i'll have a chance to see her the prior weekend when she opens for coldplay in philly. cool.
I meant her name is not on the scrolling thingy on the main lolla page anymore…

Originally posted by sweetcell:
but that doesn't mean she can't play lolla friday or saturday… and, according to herspace, she's at Lolla on Friday Aug 1. i'll have a chance to see her the prior weekend when she opens for coldplay in philly. cool.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Originally posted by callat703:
Schedule is out. Some nasty conflicts:

Friday:

Yeasayer v The Go! Team (GO TEAM)
Duffy v The Kills (KILLS)
The Black Keys v Gogol Bordello (GOGOL)
Bloc Party v The Raconteurs (RACONTEURS)
Cat Power v Grizzly Bear v Mates of State (CAT POWER)
CSS v Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks v The Cool Kids (COOL KIDS)

Saturday:

De Novo Dahl v Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos (MARGOT)
Okkervil River v Spank Rock v Jamie Lidell (JAMIE LIDELL)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings v Toadies (SHARON JONES)
Booka Shade v MGMT v Devotchka (BOOKA SHADE, only because I haven't seen them)
Brand New v Explosions in the Sky (ARE YOU SERIOUS?)
Lupe Fiasco v Broken Social Scene v Battles (BSS)
Rage Against the Machine v Wilco (WILCO)

Sunday:

The Whigs v The Weakerthans (This is tough…)
Gnarls Barkley v Love & Rockets v Girl Talk (LOVE AND ROCKETS)
Mark Ronson v The National (NATIONAL)
Kanye West v Nine Inch Nails (NIN)

Hilarious - we choose almost exactly opposite of one another on almost everything on day one, most things on day two (yes, I am serious about Brand New/EITS - EITS doesn't strike me as something I want to see at a festival, and Brand New rocks), and we're in line on day three. Given every other choice you made being opposite the one I was leaning toward (almost), I'd say you should go see the Whigs.
my real conflict (and there might be others im forgetting) is:

The Enemy (UK) vs The Go! Team

toadies vs sharon jones (im seeing her at summerstage - so i guess if i love her its a no-brainer)

Margot vs the Postelles

and The National vs Mark Ronson

i guess my decisions arent too hard, but honestly i forgot what half the other bands sounded like so i might have other major conflicts.

cant wait to see love & rockets!
according to the EITS website, "We plan on laying pretty low for the next year or so as we work on new songs for a new record. We have no idea how long it might take us, but it will probably be awhile."

i'd go with EITS if i were you.

Originally posted by callat703:
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Originally posted by callat703:
Schedule is out. Some nasty conflicts:

Friday:

Yeasayer v The Go! Team (GO TEAM)
Duffy v The Kills (KILLS)
The Black Keys v Gogol Bordello (GOGOL)
Bloc Party v The Raconteurs (RACONTEURS)
Cat Power v Grizzly Bear v Mates of State (CAT POWER)
CSS v Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks v The Cool Kids (COOL KIDS)

Saturday:

De Novo Dahl v Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos (MARGOT)
Okkervil River v Spank Rock v Jamie Lidell (JAMIE LIDELL)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings v Toadies (SHARON JONES)
Booka Shade v MGMT v Devotchka (BOOKA SHADE, only because I haven't seen them)
Brand New v Explosions in the Sky (ARE YOU SERIOUS?)
Lupe Fiasco v Broken Social Scene v Battles (BSS)
Rage Against the Machine v Wilco (WILCO)

Sunday:

The Whigs v The Weakerthans (This is tough…)
Gnarls Barkley v Love & Rockets v Girl Talk (LOVE AND ROCKETS)
Mark Ronson v The National (NATIONAL)
Kanye West v Nine Inch Nails (NIN)

Hilarious - we choose almost exactly opposite of one another on almost everything on day one, most things on day two (yes, I am serious about Brand New/EITS - EITS doesn't strike me as something I want to see at a festival, and Brand New rocks), and we're in line on day three. Given every other choice you made being opposite the one I was leaning toward (almost), I'd say you should go see the Whigs.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Afterparties:

http://www.lollapalooza.com/aftershows.asp
The after shows are really good this year. Much better than last year.
new lolla map

need to consult last year's set up, but it looks like there is a stage or two less this year - cool, less sound-bleed. might mean that crowding will be a tad worse, tho, given that the same amount of people have less places to go. addition of a beer garden serving craft brews is a nice touch. glad to see the wine bar is back.

only 2 weeks to go - woohoo!
Holy F*ck added to Friday…replacing Noah & the Whale.
excellent news - i now have a reason to get there early'ish on friday.
I think I am going to do Lollapalooza this year instead of V Fest. What a line up… It also helps that i have a free place to stay the whole time.
Really excited for Mates of State. They are not playing many shows this year.

Anybody have two extra tickets to sell for the Mates of State/MGMT after show?
sorry, can't help you there.

just bought some battles/foals tickets earlier today. would have preferred a full set from BSS, but it's sold out. by going to battles/foals at night, i've at least freed myself up to see BSS at the festie.
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
am i out of touch or what? i dont know half of these bands……


also its really disappointing that Black Rebel Motorcycle club is like the only "Black" band not to get booked for this festival.

and they're the best one!
ha ha this is a joke right??? BRMC better than love and rockets?? BRMC can't even tie their shoelaces….
Love and Rockets isnt a "black" band.
Black Keys, Black Lips, etc…
I might do the Foals/Battles as well. I missed Foals earlier this year in DC and really want to see them in a smaller club type venue.