TAG: Friendly Fires

Aug11

Lollapalooza 2011 – The Final Report (Review & Gallery)

Not going to go in our reporting took a bit longer than the rest (servers down!). But here’s one last look.

Lollapalooza 2011 Review

Twenty years ago, adding the suffix “-palooza” to anything was unheard of. Today, it’s become a common term for anything explosive, peculiarly large or dynamic (examples: couchapalooza – amazing discounts at a local furniture store, or pptpalooza.net a website with loads of power point templates).  In true form, this year’s Lolla crowd was the largest ever (90,000 per day) to flood into the gates of Grant Park.

Like most 20th birthdays, Lollapalooza 2011 was memorable and interesting, but seemed a bit anticipatory. The hot spot of all three days was Perry’s tent which from noon til dark buzzed with bodies dancing almost ceaselessly in the massive 40,000 square foot enclosure. Hot, muddy, pulsating. Lolla …

Aug02

10 Lollapalooza Acts You Can’t Miss


It must be August, it must be hot, and it must be time once again to head to Chicago’s Grant Park to celebrate Lollapalooza, the annual Midwest superfestival that packs somewhere arounf 100,000 people into the expansive Chicago waterfront to hear some of the world’s biggest acts along with a great many up-and-comers.

This year, the Lollapalooza brand is celebrating 20 years since it first hit America as a roaming daylong event—with bands such as Nine Inch Nails (who played in daylight!), Ice-T’s metal project Body Count, Siouxsee and the Banshees and Janes Addiction introducing the American people to the alternative nation. A gathering of tribes not really seen since the heyday of the ’60s.

We don’t expect to see as many mohawks or Rollin Band sun tattoos at Lollapalooza 2011, but there’s still plenty of great music to discover. Move ahead and check out URB’s 10 Lollapalooza Acts You Can’t Miss. …MORE

Apr25

Friendly Fires :: “Live Those Days Tonight” (Back to ’89 Rave Montage) (Video)

One constant in dance music is that no matter what era you started going out, someone will always be there to tell you what it was like “back in the day.” This sentiment seemed pretty well handled on LCD Soundsystem‘s first single, “Losing My Edge,” but if you weren’t around that summer of 2002, dancing at APT, then you might not get it (see what we mean.)

Friendly Fires‘ excellent new single, “Live Those Days Tonight” tackles the problem again, defiantly declaring “You claim your history is beyond a man like me. / But I live those days tonight.” So take that old dude who goes to bed before midnight in 2011. This semi-official video assembles footage from the UK rave heyday of the late-’80s and early-’90s, complete with some of the best gurn faces ever caught on VHS …

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Mar24

SXSW 2011: A Recap To Remember

Wild week in Austin would be saying way too little. 

As the grinder known as SXSW Music Festival descended upon Austin, Texas for the 25th time, festival-goers would notice immediately that this was pretty big; in the manner that it was most likely the most-attended festival since SXSW’s inception. Sixth Street was a bastion for hipsters, journalists, photographers, DJs, bands and music-hungry young adults looking to find the nearest fix and free party wherever it may be; whilst it was at time a cataclysmic circus around the area, the festival did provide once again its showcase of every band, every genre, and every party imaginable. Without going into too much specifics, here’s SXSW 2011 from an URB perspective:


Friendly Fires live at AllSaints Showcase @ Shangri-La — Austin, TX


Whilst …

Mar24

New Friendly Fires :: “Live Those Days Tonight” (MP3)

Just when we thought we were done getting excited over DJ-flavored indie rock, Friendly Fires have released the first single off of their new album. “Live Those Days Tonight” is a stomping rocker that’ll drag you onto the dance floor, even before the inevitable 400 remixes come a calling. The album, Pala, drops May 14 on XL Recordings.

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