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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The Magnificently Magnetic Zeros

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“Press!  If you DO NOT want to get HURT- get the hell out- because I’m telling you this gate will come down, and you will!”  The head security guy pleaded with all of us yesterday before Edward Sharpe stormed the stage.  Now I’ve been apprehensive before- I’ve been in moshpits, I’ve seen a friend get

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Lollapalooza Interview Sessions: Company of Thieves Makes The House of Blues Red Hot!

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The minute Genevieve Schatz, lead singer of Company of Thieves pranced on stage, she blew me away!  Don’t let her adorable pint-sized stature fool you- her voice is unbelievably strong!  She had the now-rocking House of Blues is Chi-town at complete capacity with her alluring songs and effortlessly seductive sound.  She invited bestnewbands.com up to

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