Lollapalooza Day 3: Imelda May – Lia Ices – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Flogging Mollys – Cage The Elephant – Best Coast – Damian Marley and Nas – Manchester Orchestra

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A hundred or so people having fun in the rain Walking into Lolla for day 3, I was greeted by the sounds of Titus Androncious a band I have grown to enjoy so much. I unfortunately was unable to shoot them but did get to enjoy them as I walked over to the stage to

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Lollapalooza Day 2: My Morning Jacket – Lykke Li – The Pretty Reckless – Local Natives – The Drums – The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Black Lips

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Looking awesome while playing good music was the common theme I noticed during my second day at Lollapalooza. I started it off by swinging by the Black Lips set. While I watched a bottle of Jameson be placed on the stage for the intended mid show consumption by the band for this early afternoon set

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Lollapalooza Day 1

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Day 1 Fun The perks of going to a music fest is obviously getting to see and experience all different kinds of music at one place.  Yesterday, was a great day to do just that at the opening day of Lollapalooza held in Chicago’s Grant Park.  My day kicked off checking out The Vaccines, an

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Billboard’s Conflict of Interest show kicks off Lollapalooza weekend Thursday night at the Double Door in Chicago.

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Billboard’s and The Syndicate’s “Conflict of Interest” show kicked off Lollapalooza weekend Thursday night at the Double Door in Chicago. Little Hurricane kicked the night off as a great opening act. Comparing them to the Black Keys is on obvious reference I am sure they have gotten on more then one occasion, but it’s a

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Go Big And Go Hevy- Or Go Home!

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In about one week’s time I’ll be heading to Hevy Music Fest pedal to the floor style for my second weekend (a double dose if you will) of no holds barred hard rock- because I’m a music masochist and clearly a glutton for auditory punishment! Some of the same bands that graced the Sonisphere stage

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Sonisphere Highlight: Don Broco!

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Don Broco was definitely a breath of fresh air on the Sonisphere lineup this year.  Their catchy rock is not only addictive, but dance-able and sweetly sing-sational.  In fact, “beautiful morning” is still on some seriously heavy rotation for me (jamming with it currently!)

Sonisphere Highlight: Four Year Strong!

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Four Year Strong had me seriously pumped for the last day at Sonisphere (and note to those that had to RSVP no to the fest- you’ve got a second chance to catch them at Hevy!) and like they always say- third time’s a charm, and the third day most certainly was!