Brooklyn Vegan: VIDEO: They Might Be Giants – ‘With the Dark’
I spent the first minute of this thinking that maybe the Giants had gone all mellow, then the squid showed up.
Pitchfork: TV Eye: June 11-17
Feist, Andrew Bird, Bloc Party and Lily Allen highlight this week’s late night show music lineup
Lollapalooza released their schedule today
From the initial artist lineup, I was only a little disappointed that I was going to be out of the country during this year’s Lollapalooza. Now that the schedule is out, I’m actually bummed big time. A quick rundown of what I’m going to be personally missing:
Friday (Day 1):
11:45 – The Fratellis (helluva band to basically kick this thing off – nice work, MySpace stage)
then, I would wander, probably grab some lunch at one of the food vendors
1:30 – Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
2:30 – The Polyphonic Spree (appropriate timing if the sun is shining brightly for this upbeat group)
3:30 – probably wander all four concurrently playing stages to see what they all sound like
4:30 – M.I.A. (as I get all hip hoppy)
5:00 – Silversun Pickups (to get my rock back on)
5:30/6:00 – I’d probably stay for the full Silversun show to make sure I heard “Lazy Eye”, but then I’d go check out the last half of Blonde Redhead
6:30 – Satellite Party (let’s see how this new super group collective sounds live)
7:30 – LCD Soundsystem
8:30 – Daft Punk or Ben Harper (probably a little of both)
Saturday (Day 2)
11:45 – I’m From Barcelona (Lolla would be encouraging the early arrival this year)
12:30 – Fields
1:30 – Pete Yorn (Because I like him, but I’d be tempted to check out Tapes N Tapes too)
then I’d grab a late lunch
3:30 – Cold War Kids
4:30 – Roots (I’d probably pick their Southern rap rock over Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah)
5:30 – The Hold Steady (I really liked their album last year – Regina Spektor’s got the pipes to offer a worthy alternative at this time)
6:30 – Snow Patrol (although I’d probably want to rock to a little Yeah Yeah Yeahs too)
7:30 – Patti Smith or Spoon (both would be good)
8:30 – Interpol (although Muse is no slouch either as they co-headline)
Sunday (Day 3)
I skipped Sunday last year, but this year, I’d probably sleep in, eat a non-palooza lunch, and head down in the early afternoon
1:45 – Smoosh (nothing like two indie rockin’ underaged sisters)
2:15 – Amy Winehouse (even if just for the hair)
3:15 – Blue October (this is on reputation, not because I could name one of their songs)
4:15 – Kings of Leon (I’ve heard great things about their live shows)
5:00 – Peter Bjorn and John
5:15 – Yo La Tengo
6:15 – Modest Mouse
7:15 – TV on the Radio
8:00 – Pearl Jam (I don’t loooooove Pearl Jam, and they weren’t that great the last time I saw them, but this should be a pretty live crowd)
[sigh] That would be fun. But, I’ll be having a blast at the Galway Races that weekend, so it’ll be up to P4k ’07 and Lolla ’08 to entertain me!