From Delta Spirit I went right over to Langhorne Slim. I was SUPER excited to see him, as I love his song "
Rebel Side of Heaven." I captured a bit of that song on video, which you can see
HERE.
From here Chris and I did our LP33.tv stints, both failing miserably at trying to say "LP33.tv." I headed over to the
XRT Relax and Recharge area and Chris visited the ADIDAS shoe van-thing. Again, you'll see it when I run for office...
I headed to
Gomez (Southport, UK) next, against my own advice, but on the insistence of others. Again, I don't remember what it was that turned me off to Gomez, but for some reason I regretfully tagged along. (I was OK not going to Chairlift because I have tickets to see them with Micachu & the Shapes soon at
Schubas) Thankfully, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them! I need to add them to my current "Need to Listen to" playlist so I can hear more, and maybe soon you'll see them featured on MPD!
Following Gomez we hiked to
Arctic Monkeys (England, UK). I met up with some friends for this, so I didn't really concentrate on their show. I was hoping to pay a bit more attention to them, as I like several of their songs, but oh well.
I caught
Santigold (Brooklyn, NY) from the TV on the Radio stage. She was fun! I was impressed, and had no idea she'd been touring for the last two years. Lolla's show was her first show back in the states after her tour overseas, and the last show of her U.S. and overseas tour - so a big night for her!
TV on the radio (Brooklyn, NY) was a HUGE surprise. Sure, I liked them. Sure,
I featured them. But goodness people, these guys are FABulous! A whole new level of respect and admiration for TVOTR. I left their show a few songs into it though, to try and get a good spot at
Animal Collective (Baltimore, MD) (one of my top 3 shows to see). I failed horribly at this mission. It's sad and embarrassing.
I stood for an hour at the wrong stage. Yep, completely wrong stage. In retrosect, all our questioning of "what's taking so long?" and "why are those people next to us dressed like Jesus and the Devil?" makes more sense once you realize we were up front at Tool's stage! UGH! Uuuuuuugh. I suck at life. :(
Anyway, I caught 1.4 songs of Animal Collective's set, and all 1.4 songs were AWESOME. I'm SO sad I missed it, and SO happy we realized we were at the wrong state when we did, or I would have been in for a ruuuuude awakening when the band came out.
After Animal Collective, I did watch 15 minutes of
Tool (LA, CA) (from a distance far, far away from the stage) and then closed out the night with
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (NYC) at the other end. Truth be told, I don't remember much of their set. I was ready for bed.
The quick replacement of the Beastie Boys with YYY got me to thinking, who would be on my dream Lolla line-up? Some of my line-up actually was there, including
Of Montreal,
Passion Pit,
Animal Collective and
Friendly Fires. Others I'd add would include
The Faint,
Semi Precious Weapons, Bowie, Paul McCartney,
Calvin Harris, Arcade Fire,
The Blow,
Hard-fi, No Doubt,
Muse,
Hot Chip,
Yeasayer,
Ha Ha Tonka,
Verona Red,
Modest Mouse, Paul Simon,
Radiohead,
Moving Units, and
The Black Keys. OOOOOOOrgasmic. :)
Here are some more random pictures from Lollapalooza Day 2:
Next up, Day 3! :)
Tracy :)
To hear artists from Lollapalooza Day 2 that I've featured on MY blog, click the links:
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At this point, I think I'm a bigger fan of their first album than their second, but either way I'm excited about this show.
