This video made the rounds yesterday, but I couldn’t help put post it because of my obsession infatuation with all things Annie Clark and the awesomeness of Evanston’s Steve Albini-founded, legendary post-punk outfit Big Black. Anywho, as Pitchfork points out, last weekend in New York, a pretty rad concert called “Our Band Could Be Your Concert” was held in celebration of Michael Azerrad’s 2001 book, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (Seriously, if you haven’t read it -- Go. NOW.). The show featured many of today’s indie favorites (Titus Andronicus, Dan Deacon, Dirty Projectors) covering the independent, undergrounds music that flourished decades ago such as Black Flag, Minutemen and Sonic Youth. But one of the coolest performances comes from St. Vincent (with Nat Baldwin and Brian McOmber of Dirty Projectors) in which she kills it with a cover of Big Black’s “Kerosene.” Watch for yourself below:
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…
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.
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.
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 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.
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