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pics: St Vincent, Natalie Prass & Speedy Ortiz @ Outside Lands
“In order to maximize your enjoyment,” spoke a computerized voice at the start of St. Vincent‘s set, “please refrain from digitally capturing your experience”: A fitting introduction for a musician whose increasingly mechanized sounds explore what it means to be human…
Outside Lands this weekend: stream it live (schedule)
The 2015 Outside Lands festival is now underway in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. If you’re there, make sure to come say hi to us in the Toyota Tent…
Lollapalooza 2015 photos: Toyota Tent shows w/ White Sea (Morgan from M83), Twin Peaks, Albert Hammond Jr. & more
& Matthew Reeves
Even if you don’t know Kibby (or White Sea) by name, you might recognize her sound. She’s the voice behind Big Data’s recent single “The Business of Emotion,” she sang and played keyboard with M83 since 2008’s “Saturdays=Youth” and she co-wrote hits like “Midnight City” for the French electronic music group…
Outside Lands 2015: find us in the Toyota Tent (with Dan Deacon, METZ, Speedy Ortiz, Hot Chip, Alex Bleeker & more)
Outside Lands is taking over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend with headliners Elton John, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Smith, Wilco, Tame Impala and more…
Lollapalooza 2015 day 3 pics: Florence, A$AP Rocky, TVOTR, Gogol Bordello, Albert Hammond Jr, Twin Peaks & more
A$AP Rocky pauses to watch the sight of a person in a wheelchair crowd surfing. Ordinarily, hip-hop shows don’t spawn mosh pits but then again, most don’t blare both House of Pain’s “Jump Around” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” over the speakers in succession…
Lollapalooza 2015 day 2 pics: Metallica, Tame Impala, Brand New, DFA 1979, Sam Smith, Delta Spirit, Mick Jenkins & more
The only thing missing from Tame Impala’s trippy light and video presentation is the cover of darkness. Somehow, this band’s time-bending, shape-shifting music makes more sense at night, rather than under the blazing early evening Sun…
Lollapalooza 2015 streaming live here (webcast schedule)
Lollapalooza 2015 just got underway in Chicago’s Grant Park and will be there all weekend with headliners Metallica, Paul McCartney Sam Smith, The Weeknd, and Florence + the Machine…
Lollapalooza 2015 day 1 pics: The Weeknd, Paul McCartney, First Aid Kit, Father John Misty, Hot Chip, Sylvan Esso & more
Nobody saw this coming. Backed by a drummer and a multi-instrumentalist, First Aid Kit pulls off a true surprise and lays into Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” with the heaviness in tact…
Lollapalooza 2015: find us in the Toyota Tent (with Gogol Bordello, Twin Peaks, Pell, Albert Hammond Jr. & more)
Lollapalooza is taking over Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend with headliners Metallica, Paul McCartney Sam Smith, The Weeknd, Florence & the Machine, and more…
