lolla lineup

you can check it here. although, to be honest, if you've attended a p4k or lolla over the past two or so years, the lineup might not seem all that titillating. the middle/upper-middle bands have all been there within the past two years (e.g. black keys, national, spoon, mgmt, rogue wave, etc.). the lower-middles that have been buzzing lately are somewhat sparse (xx, dirty projectors, antlers, morning benders, freelance whales, mumford). and the lowers are sort of dull (not going to name names...that'd be rude). all in all, this seems likely to be a festival with an extremely minimal amount of scheduling conflicts.

on the other hand, i'm DYING to see arcade fire command a crowd of nearly 100,000 people as the sun falls over the chicago skyline. i'll leave you with a list of the acts that i'd be interested in catching.

arcade fire

strokes

phoenix

mgmt

hot chip

devo

black keys

national

spoon

cypress hill

grizzly bear

yeasayer

dirty projectors

matt & kim

xx

edward sharpe

temper trap

deer tick

stars

raphael saadiq

cribs

walkmen

mumford & sons

wild beasts

big pink

antlers

morning benders

freelance whales

28 out of 124 ain't great.