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Lolla Late Night Done Right
Any hardcore festie knows that all-day extravaganzas don't end with the headliner's encore. As Lolla heads navigated out of Grant Park and back toward Michigan Avenue each night, there was an electro-heavy schedule of after-hours shindigs calling out ... -
Grant Park Cafe
Forget about the music for a minute. One of the best things about a music festival is the food. Think about it: you can get almost anything at a music festival. Gyro? Yes. Burrito? Yes. Corn on a cob on a stick? Yes. Now put a music festival in the dead ... -
You! Me! Stitting Down for an Interview!
Los Campesinos is really into their own music. But who can blame them? The indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales plays wonderfully intelligent indie pop music that's dark as it is light, serious as it is goofy. To listen to them is the bounce up and down, ... -
Hip Hop Comes to Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is a fest that spans so many genres, you can't expect them to be masters of every domain. Lolla came out strong in the world of rock n' roll and swingin' in the genre of electronic and dance music. As for hip hop at Lollapalooza, there were five ... -
The Builders and the Butchers Rock the Demons Out
Highly energetic and unapologetically dark, The Builders and the Butchers is a new band out of the Pacific Northwest. We hear the sun doesn't shine a lot out there, and while listening to The Builders and the Butchers it almost feels as if we're there. (In a ... -
Locals Rock Lolla
If there's any one unified complaint I've noticed from Chicago area music journalists against Lollapalooza, it's this – Not enough Chi-town representation. Without jumping on the bandwagon, might we make a helpful suggestion? How's about a special stage ... -
Moneypenny Takes it Back
Moneypenny plays fun club tunes that make you want to wear yellow vinyl, ankle boots and lipstick – lots of lipstick. That's because, damn it, this music makes it cool to be a girl again. Moneypenny is a pair of DJs that go by the names ... -
Jane'sapalooza
All weekend long we were guests to Perry Farrell's outrageous fiesta in the heart of Chicago. It'd just be rude to leave before the host has had a chance to entertain, right? But at the end of a scorching hot day, the night before another work week was to ... -
The Raveonettes Darken the Mood
The Raveonettes play dark, fun music reminiscent of '60s surf rock. It's those light underpinnings that lift The Raveonettes' music from the dark and dismal worlds their songs create, which are downright bleak, if not strangely ... -
Snoop Dog Drops the Rhymes
On Friday afternoon at Lollapalooza, Asher Roth took to the stage and announced that weed was legal at the festival. Blunts and joints were duly waved in the air, and there was not a security guard or cop in sight. Sunday afternoon, shortly before Snoop Dogg ... -
Miike Snow is No Animal
If you haven't heard of Miike Snow you have most likely heard their handy work. Two of the groups three members, Pontus Winnberg and Kristian Carlsson, produced Britney Spears' 2004 hit "Toxic." But don't expect to hear bubble gum in Miike Snow. Together ... -
Lou Reed Runs Late
Every festival this summer has had a rock pioneer. ROTHBURY wheeled out Bob Dylan; Bonnaroo booked the boss Bruce Springsteen; well, Lollapalooza countered with Lou Reed. The former member of the Velvet Underground performed a sixty minute 8-song set around ... -
Portugal. The Band
Portugal. The Man is not a country or a man. It's a really great rock and roll band originally from a little town called Wasilla. It wasn't until after they left Alaska for Portland, Oregon that the band really caught fire, touring the U.S. and Europe for ... -
Indie Rock Comes To Lolla
What exactly is "indie" music? Of course "indie" stands for independent, but independent from what? Big corporate record labels? Maybe in theory, but not in practice. There are plenty of "indie" bands signed to big corporate record companies. So, is "indie" ... -
Kids Rock Lolla's Kidzapalooza
Lollapalooza is quite possibly the only summer music festival with something for the kiddies - the Kidzapalooza area and stage. Kidzapalooza provided a G-Rated place for kids to rock, relax and create set apart from the larger, ... -
Kaskade Gets Inspired
Kaskade is the purveyor of accessible, radio-friendly, highly danceable electronic music. If you're not that into electronic music, but like to boogie down, you'll probably get along pretty well with Kaskade's dance floor-ready beats. A native of ... -
Simian Mobile Disco Serves Up a Welcome Cool Down
As the first flocks of festies entered the park Friday by the thousands, ponchos and umbrellas filled the grounds and a color selection of pinwheels and plastic kept the Lolla kids dry. Over by Perry's, Bob Rifo's Bloody Beetroots finished up a poisonous ... -
Joe Pug Tells it Like it Is
When Rum Bum first met Joe Pug in Denver at the Mile High Music Festival, he seemed like a clean cut and quiet boy next door. In Chicago, his adopted hometown, he was more in his element and opened up to us about the nature of things. (Something he tends ... -
Perry's Electro Playground
Walking along Michigan Avenue early Friday afternoon, there was no telling what Lollapalooza's electro experience would have in store. From the main entrance, the rain drizzled, the clouds darkened and shiny, fresh kicks aged quickly with added muddy waters. ... -
Alberta Cross Comes Together
At times, like in their slow, melodic meditation, "Low Man" Alberta Cross sounds like the perfect southern rock band. At others, like in the driving "ATX" they're the perfect club band – a White Stripes for the headbanging set. But it makes sense that the ...
