Here are the facts: I am not attending Lollapalooza, nor have I ever wanted to, and I actually envy every single person that will be sardined in the 100,000-spectator-can that will be Grant Park.Where else could you gorge on Cymbals Eat Guitars just a few hours before indulging in Lady Gaga? Do me a favor, let me live vicariously through you, and find a way to see the acts I wouldn't miss: Foxy Shazam, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and Chiddy Bang.
Foxy Shazam - Friday from 12:00 -12:30 pm
Foxy Shazam may provide our generation with the next best thing to a Freddie Mercury fronted Queen performance. A trumpeter and a classically trained pianist added to the standard band lineup somehow managed to produce a head-banging amalgamation of post-hardcore and glam genres, earning them a spot on Spin’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2010 compilation. Fresh off their summer tour with Hole, they’re bringing Lollapalooza a healthy dose of their aural caffeine to jumpstart a long day of concert-going. Plan on fervorous dancing while Eric Sean Nally tangos with his mic. FS’s piano often hits harder than the guitar licks, accompanying Nally’s unnaturally high falsetto. His spastic, unpredictable theatrics translate to shocking stage presence, miraculously permitting me to disregard his formidable mustache. Ditch out on indie for a half hour, and let Foxy school you on the art of ass-shaking rock and roll.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Saturday from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
In my experience, a slim number of live performances I’ve attended have ever made me feel anything akin to high... Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros cap off that number. I might even consider it spiritual, not because of the lyrics but the sense of community fostered by their tunes and evident companionship amongst this band of modern hippies. The uncoiffed, white kaftan-donning Edward Sharpe a.k.a. Alex Ebert, whom you likely won’t recognize as the former front man of electro-punk band Ima Robot, coupled up with Jade Castrinos, the Kewpie doll you’ll find strumming a guitar. With a slew of friends, they released their debut album, Up From Below, which chronicles Sharpe’s journey and ensuing experiences with love. Most of their music reveals heavy 1960s influences; however, their live show is entirely unique. Strive to reach the front, and you may be rewarded when Ebert holds out the mic for you to sing ”Ed-ward and the Mag-ne-tic Ze-ros.”
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
Chiddy Bang - Sunday from 3:30 - 4:15 pm
I can’t play the “know them before they get hit it big” card, because Chiddy Bang are already well on their way. After two self-released mixtapes and an EP, these Philly natives’ debut The Swelly Life, which boasts collaborations with Pharrell and Q-Tip, is finally due to drop September 14th. Expect to hear some new tracks off it. Emcee Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege, who just released his own remix of Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg’s “California Gurls,” met producer/DJ Noah Beresin, better known as Xaphoon Jones, their freshman year at Drexel University. Abandoning their studies to focus on the music, the duo offer up something for everyone, sampling from Gorillaz to Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, including fellow Lollapalooza acts Hot Chip and MGMT. If you still haven’t heard “Opposite of Adults” on the radio (sampling MGMT’s “Kids”--witty, right?), you can find it on their EP of the same name. Chiddy Bang takes the best parts of already great songs and makes them original, their own. Catch them at Lollapalooza before they wind up touring with Jay-Z. Hell, maybe those MGMT boys will even make an appearance! A girl can dream.
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