Atoms For Peace: Amok — When I managed to get my hands on a copy of the new Atoms For Peace album, Amok, I nearly exploded with excitement. Without trying to draw too much attention to Thom Yorke’s work with Radiohead, I’ll say that the sound of this album is something I would expect to [...]
With more than 100 bands on eight stages (well, seven if you discount the Kidz stage, which often features songs about barnyard animals), Lollapalooza is expected to be exhausting and overwhelming. The point is to see as many bands as possible, because you paid for a ticket and dammit you’re going to make that 3-day [...]
Four weeks from tomorrow, the summer’s best music festival kicks off in Chicago’s Grant Park, the home of Lollapalooza since 2005. Over the course of the weekend, 139 artists are scheduled to perform on 7 stages for an expected 90,000 music lovers per day. I will be among the sweaty masses, and in preparation I’ve [...]