August 4, 2007, 9:05 pm : Lollapalooza - Day Two - Saturday!!!

Saturday just wouldn’t be Saturday without a trip to the comic shop (sorry for cheating Golden Apple!). I pored over the new books (thank Christ for Geoff Johns and the JSA) and then headed to Lollapalooza to see I’m from Barcelona. They were described as being like Polyphonic Spree. And they were, except that they didn’t suck like Polyphonic Spree. Good fun, lots of people grooving on-stage (I think there were 14, but hard to tell from all the running around). Onto Tapes n Tapes, who, despite being from Minneapolis were either really flat or really bad – don’t know them well enough to tell. Left early for another trip north to Boystown and a late lunch. Back in time for another Minneapolis band (via NYC) – the Hold Steady. They have connections to some of my other fave old MPLS bands and I’d heard good things and they were fer sure true. I really enjoyed the vibe, the sound and the fact that they were really enjoying themselves (and I always have a thing for emo-styled dudes with dark hair and those thick black glasses…). Next onto Snow Patrol, who were far more rocking than their ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ hit single would give away. I was hoping that they would pull out their cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’ from the Give Peace a Chance compilation for Darfur, but no such luck. A gracious funny front man with a band soaked in cool tunes – very nice. Running at full-tilt, I made it over to Spoon with only a few missed notes. I had never seen them and was loving it from beginning to end. I love ‘Don’t make me a target’ and it sounded fantastic live – really want to see Spoon in a proper theatre with a longer set and better sound. Finally, the big dilemna – Interpol or Muse. I had seen Muse briefly at Coachella, so made my way to see Interpol. They were rocking and the only bummer was the lighting which made a bunch of guys in black suits and night very very hard to make out. Luckily, they had the killer tunes and were great fun to watch. After seeing a little over half the show, I made another mad-dash to see the second half of Muses’ set, arriving just in time for my favourite tune ‘Starlight’ which was not only cool to hear that loud but even more fun with some seriously intense lights and graphics. Hit an after-party at the W until about 430am, so a slightly late-ish start is OK for the 3rd and final day on Sunday.

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