Every year I compare Lollapalooza to Coachella, so I’ll quickly get it out of the way. Lollapalooza is a great event, but it’s no Coachella. There’s a few reasons for this, but the main one this year was the weather. Coachella is pretty much guaranteed to be hot, sunny and with nearly no humidity. It’s [...]
The weather at Lollapalooza is remarkably consistent. If it’s not unbearably hot, it rains for part of it. Or, as in our case today, both. Here’s what’s on the forecast for the weekend, from Yahoo.com: Friday Rain showers early then thundershowers for the afternoon. High 77F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of [...]
I’m always tempted to skip the early sets at Lollapalooza. Grant Park is just an el ride away and it would be easy enough to show up at 3 or 4pm and see a solid run of kickass sets for the rest of the night. However, I’ve been burned by that a few times – [...]
While there are many bands I simply must see at Lollapalooza 2009, there’s a few that I’m avoiding like the plague. I’ve been listening to a mix of the Lolla artists for the past few weeks in preparation for creating my schedule and here’s a few artists that are like nails on a blackboard whenever [...]
Four days to go and it’s time for me to wrap up planning my itinerary. I’ve been going through my CDs and downloading albums from eMusic to make a playlist of artists to ramp up on for Lollapalooza. While there are a handful of bands I’m definitely seeing (Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, [...]