Lollapalooza: Day 2

Saturday started off for us with Atmosphere at 2:45 at the Chicago 2016 stage. Slug and Ant got the crowd hyped mid-afternoon as the heat index started pushing 100 degrees! We here at the Street Index were missing the rain of Friday. Ant kicked out his lackadaisical bass-heavy beats while Slug flexed his lyrical prowess with astute rhymes. The setlist included hard pounding hits like “God Loves Ugly”, “Saves The Day” and “Modern Man’s Hustle”. The highlight of the set came with “Trying to Find a Balance”. Over all, it was a good start to the day.

Chairlift played the Citi Stage on Saturday at 3:30, and were unfortunately faced with sound problems. The first song, an unlikely, but much enjoyed, cover of Snoop Dogg's "Sensual Seduction," (complete with a rap by guitarist, Polachek). The lively "Evident Utensil" was next, still with spotty sound. Fortunately, the audio situation improved after that, with "Bruises" sounding fantastic. Even with the problems, I and the crowd seemed overly happy to soak in the group's vibe.

However, during the set, some 17 years young girl was off to the side passed out and puking. luckily avid reader and friend of the Index, Caroline, snapped to action! We think partying is fun... but be smart about it!

Santogold came on late, but made up for it when she melted the faces of suburbanites, frat boys and other Bud Lime drinkers with her swagger. People actually started dancing ontop of the sound booth halfway up the permanent stage venue in grant park. WHOAA! Anyway she got the crowd dancing from the start. It was the last performance of her almost 2 year tour, she told us, so she got the party started right. "Hold the Line" was sick, "Brooklyn (Go Hard)" was nasty, "Shove It" was sick, Her cover of the Cure song "Killing in Arab" was sick, Her Performance of "L.E.S. Artistes" was sick, "Creator" was sick NASTY! Just not right the way she took the stage and just rocked it. Maybe next time she should get moved to a larger stage at a bigger venue. haha, shit! the amount of people there was insane!

I remember Lykke Li's performance having peaks of high energy, as well as well timed lulls in the action that typically would build to something epic and very soulful. She hit the faves playing "Little Bit" and "Breaking it Up". Also she debut a new song (which sampled what sounded like a full choir in it), very chill and very inspirational. She was joined onstage by fellow swede, Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow, to perform a heartfelt duet of KOL's "Knocked Up". however it proved to be simply an interlude to her rendition of Lil' Waynes "A Milli" which was freakin' amazing.

----ANIMAL COLLECTIVE----

----WAS AWESOME----

..................No further comment on that one................

Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the Budweiser stage at Lollapalooza 8:30. Bringing in Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as a last minute replacement for the Beastie Boys proved to be a great choice. The dance party didn’t really start until “Heads Will Roll” which got nearly the entire crowd jumping by the first line of the first chorus. SI feels the Yeah Yeah Yeahs more than filled the shoes of the Beastie Boys, a feat that seemed almost impossible when MCA and the boys had to drop out. Thanks Karen, you're the best.

............Day 2 down. 1 more to go.