Lollapalooza 2008 Day 1

Great Live Show Alert!
12:15-1:15
BLACK LIPS
Atlanta, GA
Garage Punk, Sounds like a throw back to early Stooges.
This band is most known for their live shows. I am not sure what is going to happen in a festival setting but when I saw them at SXSW in 2007 their show included nudity, animals, flowers and fire. It was rather interesting.
For fans of 70s Glam (Stooges, Velvet Underground).
Download:
Cold Hands
Veni Vidi Vici
Lock and Key
Dirty Hands

Death Cab Junior Alert!
1:00-1:45
MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
Atlanta, GA
Pop leaning indie, only have one record
For fans of Death Cab For Cutie, a little schizophrenic ranging from rockers to downtempo
Download:
I Can Barely Breath
Wolves At Night
Now That You’re Home

No, Its Not Zeppelin or Wolfmother Alert!
1:30- 2:15
THE PARLOR MOB
Red Bank, NJ
Big guitar classic rock, only have one record
For fans of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Classic Rock Radio
Download:
Bullet
Everything You Are Breathing For
Can’t Keep No Good Boy Down

Amy Winehouse & Lily Allen Have Started A Trend Alert!
3:15-4:15
DUFFY
Nefyn, Wales
Soulful alt pop, ala Amy Winehouse, has only one album right now
For fans of Amy Winehouse, Dusty Springfield
Download:
Rockferry
Mercy (hit single tearing up the charts)
Syrup & Honey

Let’s Pretend We Are Cocky English Guys Alert!
3:15-4:00
LOUIS XIV
San Diego, CA
Indie, Brit Pop, more Neo Glam (think Bowie’s Suffragette City)
For fans of old Bowie, T Rex
Download:
Finding Out True Love Is Blind (hit single from 2004)

Dance Punk Alert!
3:15-4:15
THE KILLS
W (Florida based), Hotel (UK based)… yes she goes by W and he goes by Hotel (not their real names, they are just weird)
Indie punk, garage, lo-fi, dance
Stripped down Metric, good for music snobs
Download:
No Wow
Cheap and Cheerful

Bluesy Classic Rock Guitar Alert!
4:15-5:15
THE BLACK KEYS
Akron, OH
Guitar heavy, lo-fi, bluesy hard rock
For fans of White Stripes or guitar heavy classic rock
Download:
Strange Times
When The Lights Go Out (don’t think its on an album, from the movie Black Snake Moan)
I Got Mine
10 AM Automatic
Your Touch

Gypsy Punk Alert!
4:15-5: 15
GOGOL BORDELLO
Kiev, Ukraine
Gypsey punk, old world sounding punk rock sounds, sounds weird but great live show
For fans of Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphy’s lighter side, the Borat of Punk
Download:
Wonderlust King
American Wedding
Start Wearing Purple

Dance Twee Alert!
5:15- 6:15
MATES OF STATE
Lawrence, KS
Electronic, dance, twee, male and female vocals, very upbeat
For fans of dancy music and the “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” song
Download:
Goods
Jigsaw
Fraud In The 80s

Don’t Miss Them Live Alert!
6:15-7:45
THE RACONTEURS
Nashville, TN and Detroit. MI
Fantastic indie, blues rock band that was one of the best acts of Lollapalooza 2006
For fans of The White Stripes, good things, great blues guitar
Download:
Salute Your Solution (current single)
Steady As She Goes (2006 hit single)
Hands
Blue Veins
Consloler of the Lonely

Indie Icon Alert!
7:15-8:00
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
Santa Monica, CA
Stephen Malkmus was the singer for Pavement
For fans of 90s college radio, indie rock, classic rock, Wilcoish at times
Download:
Dragonfly Pie
Gardenia
Baltimore
Cold Son
Hopscotch Willie

World’s Most Creative Big Band Alert!
8:30-???
RADIOHEAD
Abingdon, UK
No real introduction needed
Download:
National Anthem
Creep
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Fake Plastic Trees
Lucky