Monday, July 28, 2008
Cream Calendar Who's Getting Their Ass Kicked by Lollapalooza?
Posted by D Patrick Rodgers on Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
I’m sure many local music buffs are still recovering from their jaunts up to Chicago for Pitchfork just a week and a half ago, but I'm afraid it's time for another dose of excessive, hedonistic rock. Lollapalooza is back again, baby, and this year it’s serious. Plenty of tickets are still available, though prices aren’t quite as modest as they were for the ‘Fork. The headliners alone might be worth it—Radiohead, Rage(!), Nine Inch Nails, The Raconteurs, Wilco. Not to mention we’ll get to see if Kanye pitches another one of his little hissies.
Other notable acts include Malkmus and the Jicks, Broken Social Scene (unfortunately playing at the same time as Battles), Dr. Dog, Brazilian Girls, The National and a reunion from ’90s rock kings Toadies. I’d have to say Perry Farrell has truly outdone himself this year.
Abridged schedules after the jump.
Friday’s lineup includes (but is not limited to) performances by:
Black Lips
Yeasayer
Jeff Tweedy
Rogue Wave
Louis XIV
The Go! Team
The Kills
The Black Keys
Cat Power
Mates of State
Grizzly Bear
Bloc Party
The Raconteurs
CSS
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Radiohead
De Novo Dahl
Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Dr. Dog
Dierks Bentley (worth a WTF? mention)
MGMT
Perry Farrell
Okkervil River
Lupe Fiasco
Battles
Broken Social Scene
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Toadies
Wilco
Rage Against the Machine
Wild Sweet Orange
Brazilian Girls
Chromeo
Black Kids
Iron & Wine
Gnarls Barkley
Girl Talk
The National
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye “I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air” West
Lollapalooza may not have Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington crowd-surfing in a recycling bin, but it will probably still rule.
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