Street Scene is no longer a street scene either. Isn't it taking place these days on the concrete parking lot of Petco Field? When it was street scene it was cool. A different stage on each street with two of the main stages in this open area near some intersection. I went one year and loved it. I won't go now that it takes place in a parking lot. That's how they ruined Weed Fest in Chicago back in the day. It went from Cricket Hill to Soldier Field parking lot. It was terrible.

I don't see them on the list...

Yeah they were on there so was built to spill now they are both off. Weird hopefully they both will be playing

might be one of those bands they're waiting a few weeks to make public. you know, to get more people intrested so they buy the $150 tix. fingers crossed...

I think you are right. Hopefully that is also the case with Beck and Morrissey. I think the lineup is in need of a couple of more headliners and Beck the strokes and morrissey would fit the bill

According to their website the chilli peppers are playing on august 5th which is saturday. Wilco is playing sunday so I guess Wilco will be closing out the festivial unless they add some more headliners.

Can someone tell me where to locate this "Bosco" so I can smack the shit out of him, please?

Dude, there's only 60 artists mentioned out of a probable 130 total. Just fucking relax. Or don't go.

If you're going to be an ass, at least be a little more creative. You just read like a petulant cry-baby bitch.

I just read on Weens message board that the band says they are closing out one of the stages on friday night. You dont think Ween will be headlining the main stage do you? I like Ween but I cant see them being the Closing act on the main stage. I bet the are closing out one of the smaller stages

Ween are playing the first day fwiw

fine call me a baby.....but lets pretend Lollapalooza consisted of this lineup:

The Chemical Brothers
Underworld
Fatboy Slim
Daft Punk
Basement Jaxx
The Prodigy
AIR
Groove Armada
Apollo 440
Aphex Twin
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
The Crystal Method
Coldcut
Audio Bullys
UNKLE
Fischerspooner
Kraftwerk
Vitalic
Amon Tobin
....and all the rest of the electronical/dance groups out there

one sided lineup, is it not? would you or the rest of the people in here be happy with this lineup?.......probably not........do you kinda get my point?

and its not only the electronic artists, there's really no good Hip-Hop artists either (Kanye sucks the big one)

what i would like to see, is what how Coachella has their lineup....it has a little bit of everything


and as for the 60-70 artists that are remaining to be added, i highly doubt Lollapalooza will now all of a sudden start adding highly saught out electronic artists or hip hop artists. You'll most likely see more Indie rock bands added and washed up Beck, and the over hyped White Stripes.

I hope Lollapalooza proves me wrong. But it doesnt look promising.

Way to look outside of the box Lollapalooza

looking at the list on the postcard i got w/ my ticket today, i'll say that the hip hop lineup isn't nearly as bad as he was making it sound. electronic music, fine. but you know they'll have plenty of that announced eventually.

Kanye (not even a huge fan myself, but i wanna see him live)
Common
Blackalicious
Lyrics Born
Ohmega Watts
Lady Sovereign (only one in this list i don't really care to see actually)





do you realize that Electronic fans aren't nearly as numbered as rock fans?? anyone who is surprised that the lineup is predominantly some form of rock music is delusional imo. Lolla's always been a rock festival first and foremost, but usually brings in some of the best from every genre as well.

of course i realize that.......but does it hurt to higlight a major electronic artist?

also might i add....its rare for major electronic groups, such as many of those groups that i listed above in my other post, to ever play live in the united states. So it would be nice to see at large festivles, such as Lollapalooza, to recruit these rare, occasional, live acts.


All I am saying..........Is give Electronic music a chance .............................

Groove Armada at Park West a few years ago was nothing less than amazing! If they were at Lolla it would be seriously hot. Manu Chao though! I'd love to see a more diverse lineup come August, but c'mon, this type of event in our wonderful city is just awesome, no matter who is there! Also, Kanye is a fun act live. He was impressive at the HOB for the College tour.

np: Hot Chip-Over and Over

It's quite obvious to me that "Bosco" is just another errant board members' alter-ego.

Piss off, little boy.

man you got me all wrong.....im just here to get under your skin

sorry, I intruded on your "E-life."

E-LIFE DOG MORE LIKE THUG LIFE


I BELIEVE I CAN FLY MOTHERFUCKER
ARE YOU READY TO DIE MOTHERFUCKER

No one likes that "electronica" and besides, guitars are the coolest.

Don't worry, Bosco. I'm sure that DJ Peretz will be there.

Not to belabor what Bosco is saying, but he does have a point. It does strike me as odd that Lolla won't have any major electronic acts not only this year, but none last year as well. For some reason, it appears the organizers are totally ignoring the genre - I have no idea why. Contrast this with Coachella which has Daft Punk, Oakenfold, Massive Attack, Juan MacLean, etc.. and years past has had Underworld, the Chems, Autechre, Aphex Twin, , Kraftwerk, the Orb....the list goes on.

Lolla is also completely void of anything post-rock either. I'm guessing they could have easily landed bands like Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Mono, etc. No such luck (for me).

Just realized that Lolla falls on the same weekend as my big extended family vaction. I won't be able to do all three! Figures, last year I got one of the early 2-day passes and couldn't go to day 2 because I was a groomsman at a wedding and now this!

I'll probably duck out of my family vaction for one or two days so I'll wait until the lesser passes are released.

OH FUCK. you just reminded me that lolla is the same weekend as my family reunion. SHIT ON THAT. how can i get out of this one?!

Fake your own death?

are you two related?

remember folks they have only announced 80 acts which means 50 more will be added. I am sure they will add some electronica and hopefully beck, morrissey, the strokes, modesat mouse, wolf parade and the arctic monkeys

They should kill two birds with one stone by booking this guy:

who? never heard of 'em...

damn, the lineup is a bit overwhelming right now and I won't fully understand it until
the bands are in the grids. Overall, it's good but yeah was expecting a big name electronic act,
Royksopp, Underworld, Prodigy, Chem Bros. etc.

I'm going, and I'll have a good time. Well worth $45

I noticed Q101 took the Strokes and BTS off their list now. Hopefully that is
only until they are officially confirmed.

C'mon Helmet! We have 4 1/2 months until the shows and not even half of the acts have been announced!

Have World Party been lobbed into the fray? Right now there are enough solid acts to interest me in at least attending for a day, but WP would firm up my decision.




















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Did you really use the term electronica? That's like using "chi-town", I thought that no one that listened to the music actually called it "electronica".
I mean Underworld, Chem bros and Prodigy...wow, it can be 1997 all over again.

"PLUR bro, PLUR."

Yeah, thats why i put it in quotes so I would be all cool. That a is crazy! That's how we roll in "Chi-Town."

It would be cool if there were some "Electro-clash" bands on the bill too.

I can't lie... this thread did make me throw on the first Chemical Brothers record last night for a little bit.

Got a suite at The Congress Hotel for the whole weekend.
We have room for a few sleeping bag crashers, if anyone is interested in pitching in a few bucks.

Hey, if anyone wants to sleep at my house while this is going on they're more than welcome to, though I won't be there.

+ Gnarls Barkley. The hip hop lineup is certainly a vast improvement over last year's Digable Planets set

Will your mom be there?

The Congress is pretty ideal. $109 a night, can get two double beds. I gotta say it took a lot of effort to walk to the train each night, take the train ride home, drive home, try to sleep, then drag myself out of bed, to get back to the train, walk back to Grant Park in 100+ degrees and then back again. It would make more sense to just stay put and share a room with someone for the weekend.

Plus I could most likely drive in, park and then drive home.

Nah, just my old man. hope he's enough to satisfy your unruly thirst for hot old man dick.

oops, forgot that one

who is that again? Cee-lo + Dangermouse?

yep ^^^

Yeup, right on the money.



Totally agree. I had a feeling that last year was more of a test-run than anything. A very fun one, at that. This year they're actually trying to diversify abit, and doing one hell of a job, too.

On a side note...is there anything Pitchfork can do to make sure people don't just skip it entirely in favor of Lollapalooza? Cuz that's sure as shit what I'm doing, along with all the other people I went to Intonation/Lolla with last year.

You got it

A Gnarls Barkley blog lists the Strokes as a headliner to Lollapalooza.

See?

I will be in Montana. Too bad, because this will likely be the best live experience all year in Chicago.

Perhaps q101.com = not crazy after all.

Any of you music journalist-types know when the next batch of bands is being announced?

I would think the Strokes and BTS are in. Last year there were bands (one example being the Kaiser Chielfs) that they had to take off the initail list because they were playing shows in Chicago before Lolla, and they didn't want that to affect sales. Strokes are playing in early April,and I think BTS was scheduled before they cancelled their tour.

The Strokes is probably their one big name addition though, I would not hold my breath on any more. But, then again, what do I know.

hey now! welcome to the board, fukka!!!

where is bo diddley?

Agreed on the impacting the sales of other show and all, but the Strokes show sold out, so it couldn't have any impact really on the sale of that show at this point. But whatever, if the Strokes are there, I'll be seeing them but again.

Carl, I guess that theory works but me thinks they are holding out on the Strokes
for the next price level.