Lollapalooza: Day 3


After a couple days immersed in this compact music summer camp, the plan for day 3 was rest and relaxation. No running from stage to stage, no dance offs in the high heat, and just try to take this one slow and steady. Which meant sleeping in late, having a full breakfast and not showing up until 3. The first thing I did was casually walk to was the Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls DJ set. The music was thumping but it wasn't as thrilling as a BG set might have been. Next up was Freelance Whales which lasted exactly one song before I decided I would rather get some freebie's (sunscreen, shrinky dink dog tags, photo booth pictures) from the Toyota tent. The decision turned out to be a good one because The Antlers played an extremely small and intimate set for a local radio station in that tent. Yeasayer provided a 'meh' set in front a super huge crowd and almost unbearable heat. I always thought Yeasayer's music sounded like something you might hear in a tacky southwestern tourist store near the Grand Canyon where you buy dream catchers and scorpions trapped in amber paperweights. Erykah Badu rocked her stage with a killer blond mohawk while bellowing out soulful ballads to boom box beats from a drum machine. Temper Trap was impressive and seem to be a band on the rise, The National was lovely to hear during the sunset, and Arcade Fire provided the icing on the cake of the entire weekend. The AF set was nothing short of epic which is exactly what the entire weekend was.

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