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The Lollapalooza 2009 Lineup is not-so-hot
This is my first article in quite a while and I know that yes it has nothing to do with gadgets really but bear with me. This is important to anyone in the pop-culture world.
The 2009 Lollapalooza lineup has been officially announced on their website today and I have to say that I'm disappointed. I've been going to the festival for 4 or 5 years and it's been great EVERY year without fail but this year I'm very let down. I like to think I have a very open and unlimited taste in music and part of Lollapalooza to me has always been going to hear about new groups that I haven't listened to before. There's one problem this year: I've listened to every band on the lineup. Reality is, none of them are THAT good. Not only that but I'd say over 75% of those groups I've seen in a live setting before.
For those of you clueless as to what this post is about, Lollapalooza is one of the largest and most important music festivals held each year in Chicago, IL. during the first weekend in August. It's a three day festival and there are always three or four huge artists playing and a good two hundred smaller ones milling around. Unfortunately this year the headliners are Tool and Depeche Mode, two bands that are way out of their prime. That being said even the supporting acts aren't so hot. Most angering being the likes of Ida Maria, Asher Roth, Coheed and Cambria, the Ra Ra Riot, and The Virgins. It takes good supporting acts to fill out a good bill and not only is the bill extremely heavy being laden with poor major acts, but the supporting acts can't hold any weight at all.
I will say though that I am happy to see Kings of Leon, Snoop Dogg, The Beastie Boys, TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Portugal. The Man, MSTRKRFT, Kid CuDi, Kevin Devine, and Bassnectar. I'm ESPECIALLY happy out of all of those to see Kevin Devine as I haven't heard anything from that gentlemen in quite a few years but it's refreshing to know that he is still making music. Although yet again angering, why isn't MSTRKRFT playing a real show and not just spinning on Perry's stage? Frustrating...
Anyway, I have yet to decide whether I'm going to drop the chunk of change this year. Two years ago it was justifiable if for nothing else Daft Punk. Last year for Wilco and Radiohead. This year? I have yet to decide.
Here's the full lineup:
Depeche Mode
Tool
The Killers
Jane’s Addiction
Beastie Boys
Kings of Leon
Lou Reed
Ben Harper and Relentless7
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Rise Against
Andrew Bird
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
The Decemberists
Neko Case
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
Animal Collective
Band of Horses
Of Montreal
Arctic Monkeys
Coheed and Cambria
Ben Folds
Fleet Foxes
Silversun Pickups
Kaiser Chiefs
Crystal Castles
Bon Iver
Santigold
Atmosphere
Dan Auerbach
Cold War Kids
Deerhunter
Lykke Li
Robert Earl Keen
Peter Bjorn and John
Heartless Bastards
Gomez
Glasvegas
Federico Aubele
Dan Deacon
Passion Pit
Zap Mama
The Raveonettes
The Gaslight Anthem
The Airborne Toxic Event
White Lies
Ra Ra Riot
No Age
Asher Roth
Los Campesinos!
Bat For Lashes
Chairlift
Gang Gang Dance
The Virgins
Amazing Baby
Portugal. The Man
The Knux
Ida Maria
Delta Spirit
Friendly Fires
Manchester Orchestra
Constantines
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Hockey
Miike Snow
Alberta Cross
Hey Champ
Sam Roberts Band
The Henry Clay People
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
Cage the Elephant
Living Things
The Low Anthem
Blind Pilot
Langhorne Slim
Other Lives
The Builders and The Butchers
Eric Church
Joe Pug
Kevin Devine
The Greencards
Carney
Thenewno2 And spinning at PERRY’S
Bassnectar
MSTRKRFT
Simian Mobile Disco
Deadmau5
Boys Noize
KiD CuDi
Crookers
A-Trak
Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
LA Riots
Kaskade
The Glitch Mob
Hollywood Holt
Rye Rye
He Say, She Say
Car Stereo (Wars)
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