GRIZZLY BEAR
The Sunday Snapshot:
The festival set-up, sound and acoustics, as well as operations were extremely professional. It's obvious they have done this before. I loved how they had two stages by each other with back-to-back shows. I parked it at the Budweiser/Playstation stages for most of the weekend due to the line up, but it was incredible to see 10,000 people stacked to see the headliners on the BMI stage. Kudos Lolla.
Sunday Musical Delights & Awards:
Chiddy Bang: Award for Band Best Listened on a CD. I was personally pumped to see Chiddy play. My friends produce their music videos and I have been rocking to their cool remixes/raps for a bit now. Think, Girl Talk meets Drake for their vibe. I was sadly disappointed in the live bit, but I still like them a lot. But the electronic Perry’s stage was a sick addition to the festival. We would be visiting again.
Here is what we loved most about Saturday at Lollapalooza 2010. I wish I was still there!
In addition to the green scene at Grant Park, there were some really cool sponsorship and brand presence situations in the mix. Toyota was giving away cold bandanas and headbands (much needed with the hot temperatures). They always had a line to their tent, which I’m sure got them some good exposure. Another great sponsor was the water filling stations; I know I spent a lot of time here. AOL provided free WiFi, for those of us working during the festival, this was clutch. A fun one was the Q101 Hammock Station, where you could actually take a break and lay in the hammocks for a bit. It’s always enjoyable to see brands and companies giving out products and services that are super beneficial to the festival goer. Giving a consumer something they can really use during the weekend is really going to stand out for marketing purposes.
Completely pumped for this festival, Lollapalooza managed to blow me away. Not only with the talent they had this year, but as an event planner, I was even more impressed with the set-up and operations they had in place. If you missed our live Tweets from the festival here are some tasty tidbits from the weekend. Catch us tomorrow for Saturday's recap:
Friday:
We arrived in Chicago around 7am from New York, took a nap, and proceeded to the event around 4pm. Other than grabbing my media pass (which was like a mile away from the entrance) I was immediately impressed.
So, there you are in the back seat of friend's car. Looking out a half rolled down window at the giant off white Wintec Energy windmills that seem to pepper the entire valley. It's dusk and the temperature is dropping drastically. When you first started this voyage it was around 90 degrees and now the crisp cool 73 degree wind is caressing your face. You're excited yet still nervous, excited about having called your boss with some lame-duck excuse about your family being in town or that you have a doctor's appointment and somehow you actually got the day off. Yet, nervous about the hourly you're missing and the $270.00 plus buck hit your bank account just took. With all that behind you, you look forward to the 3 day, 90 plus acts and countless memories you're about to experience. Wait, there are over 90 acts performing? Sure you have your favorites, but what about the other 80 or so bands that will be performing on rotating stages in various spots across a five and half mile radius field, for three days and three nights? Where and how to begin?
Have you ever wanted to wear a used pair of ballet slippers worn by Natalie Portman? I know I have! Well here's your chance, Crafts For A Cause is a charity where musicians and entertainers are making crafts to be auctioned off to benefit Haiti.
The amount of people taking part in this is pretty remarkable, Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear is auctioning his guitar that he learned to play on and was the primary guitar used for Horn of Plenty and Yellow House.
I always thought it was a rap thing, but now the rock folks are getting in on the fun of featuring artists on their upcoming albums. Thom Yorke took time out of the studio in sunny L.A. while recording with Radiohead to lend his angelic pipes to Flying Lotus on the song ... And the World Laughs With You for his upcoming album Cosmogramma. Yorke is no stranger when it comes to appearing on guest spots when he recently appeared on Modeselektor's The White Flash.
In a conscious effort to sit down and write about Beach House’s latest release, Teen Dream, I initially had trouble sitting still and staying focused, as this album has moved me in all senses of the word 'move'. Over and over, Victoria Legrand’s voice is reminding me that “You are not the same as you used to be,” and so I must admit, I have changed a lot since I first heard Beach House's sophomore album, Devotion, in 2006. Now, nearly four years later, I am realizing “Used to Be” isn’t even how it use to be, in the most necessary way.
This year's Coachella lineup is finally here and Jay-Z, Gorillaz, and Muse will be headlining the three night festival in Indio, California on April 16th, 17th, and 18th.
Other noteworthy artists that will be rocking your face off include: Thom Yorke of Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, The Dead Weather, Spoon, The Whitest Boys Alive, and Beach House.
Tickets go on sale Friday, January 22 at 10:00 AM at all Ticketmaster locations and Coachella.com.
It is safe to say that when a bunch of NYC hipsters hear the words “FREE MUSIC” and “POOL PARTY”, they will be anything short of hesitant to rise up to the occasion. For years, Jelly NYC have been hosting summer pool parties, but it has only been the past 3 years that the festivities have moved from the now devastated McCarran park to the ever so spirited Williamsburg Waterfront. The heat exhausted plaid loving peeps show true dedication by congregating from early Sunday mornings to the stretch of midnight waiting around to enjoy live acts, cold beer, the hot sun , and maybe even a game of dodge ball. Check it out yourself and savor the last weeks of august with the songs that help make the soundtrack of summer 2k9.
WHERE? Check it out @ 93 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY.
COMING UP This weekend Sunday!
Aug 23 — Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Wiz Khalifa* 2 Weeks Sunday,
Aug 30 — Beach House & Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
Marilyn Manson The High End Of Low
Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh
Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Varsity Fanclub Varsity Fanclub
 |
 |
 |
 |
