Lollapalooza: Day 2 Highlights

So many bands, so little time – it was the best type of endurance test!  Here are Eleven’s Lolla Day 2 highlights:

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This entry was written by Jonathan Fritz, posted on August 16, 2010 at 6:57 pm, filed under Live and tagged Dan Black, Foxy Shazam, Gogol Bordello, Grizzly Bear, Lollapalooza Day 2, Metric, Phoenix, Rusko, Spoon. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Lolladays: Day Two

Festival pace picks up as Day 2 rolls in, and we’d already been rolling on grueling pace and meager rations.  I check in at the Hard Rock’s press area for a much-needed bite, and find myself to be just the right amount of exhausted to justify a $4, 3-minute cab ride from the hotel to the festival grounds.  The concierge and cab driver both look at me like I’m crazy—as if the growing rainbow of wristbands on my right arm (currently sitting at 7) wasn’t already a dead giveaway.

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This entry was written by Josh Petersel, posted on August 8, 2010 at 11:25 am, filed under Live and tagged Foursquare, Foxy Shazam, Grizzly Bear, Lollapalooza, Party in Hell!. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Forecastle: Day Two

Photo by Julia Trabulsi.

Now this feels more like a festival.  We’re greeted at Forecastle for Day 2 by many of the things you’d usually expect: lines, high heat, and giant masses of sweaty humanity.

Our coverage today got off to a late start, written off to a World Cup detour and an incident at a local BP where, ironically enough, we noticed while refilling our tank that the gas hose was leaking.  Those guys are on a roll.

DEVO at Forecastle 2010. Photo by Julia Trabulsi.

Having gotten our fill of gas and global pop culture, we arrived at Forecastle in time to catch the better half of Cake’s set on West Stage (read: Main Stage) and were lucky enough to catch those old guys from DEVO rock out on stage without breaking a hip – or at least, to listen in as we lazed about in the festival grounds-bound jungle gym. (more…)

This entry was written by Eleven Magazine, posted on July 11, 2010 at 1:47 pm, filed under Live and tagged BP, Cloud Cult, Devo, Forecastle, Foxy Shazam, Pirates, Smashing Pumpkins. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.