reggieandTFE
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I'm going home to the city by the lake to eat some pizza, visit the family, pray in the friendly confines and see some pimp bands play against one of the most beautiful skylines in the world. Anyone else gonna be there?
I'm looking forward to the Black Keys, Arcade Fire, International Noise Conspiracy, M83, the Walkmen, and the Ponys. woot woot.
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Awesome, awesome show. I just got back to my laptop so I can post some pics from the show. I barely know how to use a camera so it'd be cool if the professionals here cut me some slack.
After sweating in some crazy lines to get our two-day bracelets, we entered Grant Park and the (international) noise conspiracy was already rocking the proles and scaring the old hippies.
M83 played the next set on the stage just to the right and were fooking amazing. I was a bit concerned on how they'd translate live, but the intensity of the drumming, synths and decent guitar-playing was stadium sized. I was disappointed that so much of the crowd left during the set that by the end I was almost up to the stage. fuck the imbeciles who need inane, trite "lyrics" in every song.
Next, I listened to about 15 minutes of ...Trail of Dead's set and left because I was bored and the lead singer delivered the worst stage banter in history. "I'm fucking aliivee!!! You're fucking aliiiivee!!! We're all fucking aliiivve!!!" and other references to beer, Texas and themselves being eunuchs. I've posted a picture of the other singer's ass because I thought they were shit.
The Kaiser Chiefs played a fun, little set. I left early to check out VHS or Beta because they played most of the good songs off of Employment in the first half of the set. The lead singer had great presence and offered a few hilarious one-liners (including the one about the noise bleed from Liz Phair's set). Pretty decent crowd for this one too.
VHS or Beta sounded decent live, but their songs don't really play well in a festival setting in my opinion.
My buds and I went to get some food during some bands I din't care to see and came to back to get up close for the Black Keys. During the wait we listened to Blonde Redhead who were pretty bomb.
Next, The Black Keys rocked the motherfucking Chi back to the Pullman porter days. Amazing fucking set with a good variety from Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory and even a Beatles cover. Fuck Yeah!!! Tied for the best set of the show with The Arcade Fire. The only downside was these meatheads who kept throwing down with their hands like it was a G G G GGGG-Unit show, but that was made up for by this weirdo who introduced the Keys and danced his ass off on the back of the stage.
After this I went and ate a nasty $5 smoothie and walked over to see the Walkmen while EVERYBODY else (including my friends) went to see the Pixies. The Walkmen played a rocking set that was hampered by its brevity (~40 minutes instead of an hour) and the lack of a crowd. Whatever, the Pixies are old. ....just joking.
after the short Walkmen set I walked over to the stage where Weezer was going to play and listened to half of the Pixies set. About 15 minutes before the Pixies ended Perry Farrel came out and brought out some Lolla Girls in thongs who danced to a shit version of Chicago to thank the city; it was fucked up because the stage was right next to the stage the Pixies were on and was a bit distracting.
Anyways, Weezer played, rocked the hits with 3 songs from Pinkerton, and Rivers was in a good mood. The only misstep was playing some shit ballad from the new album as the FIRST encore. Boo.
It was a good first day and the heat wasn't too bad because it was overcast and rained a bit. Heres a picture of the masses walking into the night and preview of the second day's heat.
I'm looking forward to the Black Keys, Arcade Fire, International Noise Conspiracy, M83, the Walkmen, and the Ponys. woot woot.
edit:
Awesome, awesome show. I just got back to my laptop so I can post some pics from the show. I barely know how to use a camera so it'd be cool if the professionals here cut me some slack.
After sweating in some crazy lines to get our two-day bracelets, we entered Grant Park and the (international) noise conspiracy was already rocking the proles and scaring the old hippies.
M83 played the next set on the stage just to the right and were fooking amazing. I was a bit concerned on how they'd translate live, but the intensity of the drumming, synths and decent guitar-playing was stadium sized. I was disappointed that so much of the crowd left during the set that by the end I was almost up to the stage. fuck the imbeciles who need inane, trite "lyrics" in every song.
Next, I listened to about 15 minutes of ...Trail of Dead's set and left because I was bored and the lead singer delivered the worst stage banter in history. "I'm fucking aliivee!!! You're fucking aliiiivee!!! We're all fucking aliiivve!!!" and other references to beer, Texas and themselves being eunuchs. I've posted a picture of the other singer's ass because I thought they were shit.
The Kaiser Chiefs played a fun, little set. I left early to check out VHS or Beta because they played most of the good songs off of Employment in the first half of the set. The lead singer had great presence and offered a few hilarious one-liners (including the one about the noise bleed from Liz Phair's set). Pretty decent crowd for this one too.
VHS or Beta sounded decent live, but their songs don't really play well in a festival setting in my opinion.
My buds and I went to get some food during some bands I din't care to see and came to back to get up close for the Black Keys. During the wait we listened to Blonde Redhead who were pretty bomb.
Next, The Black Keys rocked the motherfucking Chi back to the Pullman porter days. Amazing fucking set with a good variety from Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory and even a Beatles cover. Fuck Yeah!!! Tied for the best set of the show with The Arcade Fire. The only downside was these meatheads who kept throwing down with their hands like it was a G G G GGGG-Unit show, but that was made up for by this weirdo who introduced the Keys and danced his ass off on the back of the stage.
After this I went and ate a nasty $5 smoothie and walked over to see the Walkmen while EVERYBODY else (including my friends) went to see the Pixies. The Walkmen played a rocking set that was hampered by its brevity (~40 minutes instead of an hour) and the lack of a crowd. Whatever, the Pixies are old. ....just joking.
after the short Walkmen set I walked over to the stage where Weezer was going to play and listened to half of the Pixies set. About 15 minutes before the Pixies ended Perry Farrel came out and brought out some Lolla Girls in thongs who danced to a shit version of Chicago to thank the city; it was fucked up because the stage was right next to the stage the Pixies were on and was a bit distracting.
Anyways, Weezer played, rocked the hits with 3 songs from Pinkerton, and Rivers was in a good mood. The only misstep was playing some shit ballad from the new album as the FIRST encore. Boo.
It was a good first day and the heat wasn't too bad because it was overcast and rained a bit. Heres a picture of the masses walking into the night and preview of the second day's heat.
