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Posted in music | pictures on August 4, 2008
CSS @ Lollapalooza 2008, Chicago, IL - pics
photos by Bao Nguyen
"Brazilian dance-rockers CSS somehow extended a single hour into what felt like the length of a presidential administration -- the Reagan years, thanks to the campy synths and canned drum tracks." [Back To Rockville]Ouch. But wait...Why did you stay there the whole hour if it was so bad? Bloc Party was reppin' the Obama years on another stage during at least part of CSS' set, and Malkmus was playing on the MySpace stage at that time too.
Unlike last year, CSS actually played a set of music at Lollapalooza over the weekend. They played right after Grizzly Bear on the same stage. Ed Droste then hung around to watch their set before moving stages to watch Radiohead. More pictures below...
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Posted on August 4, 2008 11:10 AM
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Pictures taken at 14:59 and 59 seconds into CSS' 15 minutes of fame. Bye-bye.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 11:40 AM
the jazzmaster is the only attractive thing about this.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 12:00 PM
11:40 = You know you are witty when you are using the same jokes as Sugar Ray. Well done.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 12:12 PM
I thought they were super fun, one of the higlights of the weekend for me actually. Oh wait is this the right place to comment on the actual set or is this space reserved for snarky hipster douchebags to tear down people who's greatest sin appears to be being more famous than them?
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 12:29 PM
they were really, truly terrible at the saturday after party with Bloc Party.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 12:31 PM
12:29 to shay
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 1:07 PM
"But wait...Why did you stay there the whole hour if it was so bad?"
Maybe "Back to Rockville" wanted to see whichever act followed CSS on that stage and had a good spot that he/she didn't want to lose. Who followed CSS there?
"to shay"
It's 'touché', mon ami.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 1:35 PM
I personally loved every second of this.
Anyone have a setlist? What was the song with the killer keyboard jam where everyone did the slow hand-wave side to side? Friggin' tight.
Posted by Justin Ward | August 4, 2008 3:00 PM
new album is nothing special. it's more of the same stuff but not even as good. they're material has become quite banal.
Posted by Anonymous | August 4, 2008 5:40 PM
Actually, it's different and much worse.
Posted by "it's more of the same stuff but not even as good." | August 4, 2008 10:16 PM
to 12:31, wow. i was at that show and thought they were awesome.
maybe it was the fact that no one was dancing? it was the stiffest crowd i've seen in a long time.
sometimes, it has less to do with the performers than it does, the gaping, uncooperative audience.
Posted by anonymous | August 4, 2008 11:44 PM
go jerk your anonymous small dicks with peanut butter you cunts. it was amazing and you should get a job instead of writing this kind of useless bulshit. hope you get bad aids and die. css is a cool band, if you hate them go get yourself doctor pepper enemas.
Posted by Anonymous | August 5, 2008 5:21 PM
new cd sucks and their music is not the same. givin' the wrong vibes and i can't imagine seeing them outdoors, which i might this friday. damn 'em
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 8:59 AM