Lollapalooza 2010. Day One. Recap. Go.

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Lollapalooza is back and bigger than ever with an eclectic set of headliners that ranges from the post-Madonna, dancehall pop of Lady Gaga to reunited Seattle grungers Soundgarden to the unbridled anthems of indie rock saviors Arcade Fire. But of course, you probably are familiar with those groups. So, we decided on keying you in on some of our favorites who play the other eight hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Get ready, Chicago. Here’s your Loud Loop Press Lollapalooza 2010 preview…

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Spin magazine collected songs from many artists on the Lollapalooza 2010 lineup and made them available for free mp3 download.

The Spin Presents Park Life collection features tracks from 14 different bands and artists hitting Grant Park August 6-8, all of whom were amongst Spin’s 25 Must Hear Artists at Lollapalooza list.

In order to get the sampler you have to enter your email address in the link provided above and a download link is sent to your inbox.

Here’s the full tracklist:
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Over the past few years, Lollapalooza has amped up their post-festival shows in some of the city’s most popular clubs, and this year is no different.

Chicago’s largest festival unleashed their aftershow lineup this morning, which for some is even more important than the festival lineup. Here’s the rundown of who you can catch around town this August 5 – 8.

First up, on Thursday, August 5, you can catch the New Pornographers and the Dodos will rock the Metro, Devo and the Dirty Projectors will work their magic at the Congress Threatre, Slightly Stoopid and Collie Buddz hit up the House Of Blues, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Young Galaxy take over Schubas and, finally, Big Pink with The Smith Westerns and Night Gallery will be at Lincoln Hall.

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Finally after teases all last week, the official Lollapalooza 2010 lineup has been released.

This year’s festival is an especially eclectic group of electro-dance pop, current indie-rock mainstays and some acts that are old enough to remember the festival’s original early-1990’s incarnation.

The heavily rumored headliners were indeed confirmed and include reunited grungers Soundgarden, eyeliner-punks Green Day, new-millennium-madonna Lady GaGa, epic indie-soul rockers Arcade Fire, New York garage revivalists The Strokes and French pop-machine Phoenix. Other notable acts include MGMT, Spoon, The Black Keys, Social Distortion, Devo, Cypress Hill, Girzzly Bear, Erykah Badu, Dirty Projectors, The xx and Mavis Staples.

Lollapalooza 2010 will once again grace Chicago’s Grant Park on August 6 – 8. Three day passes are on sale now for $215 at Lollapalooza.com.

Read the complete Lollapalooza 2010 lineup after the jump.

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UPDATE: Greg Kot informs us that Tribune sources are saying to count on Arcade Fire and The Strokes at the festival.  Kot also reports “Yeasayer, the xx, and Dirty Projectors, as well as veteran dance-oriented acts Cut Copy and Hot Chip” will be playing as well.

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The Daily Swarm, citing “multiple industry sources,” claims to know who is headlining this year’s Lollapalooza festival held in Grant Park on Aug. 6-8.

While we reported before that a reunited Soundgarden was a heavily rumored favorite to close one of the nights, Lady Ga Ga and Green Day’s names just surfaced.

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If your Monday evening stroll in downtown’s Millennium Park is interrupted by some raucous noise from the beautiful Jay Pritzker Pavilion, don’t be alarmed.

It’s only the new Downtown Sound: News Music Mondays series, which offers free Monday evening performances from up-and-coming national and local acts. Downtown Sound, a renamed and newly time-slotted version of last year’s Audible Architecture music series, joins Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series and Edible Audible picnic as one of three new music series at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion this summer. It’s the combination of local and national acts, low key Monday nights and early evening start time that makes Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays so appealing to many Chicago music fans.

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