After the flashy beats and rhythm-focused first day of Lollapalooza, things returned to a form of sorts as the second day came into focus amid the continuing ideal weather. The crowds didn’t seem to be as thick as the mobs of sold out previous years, but that didn’t stop a steady stream of gate crashing attempts (with varying degrees of success) from those on the outside, and in truth the extra personal space may have been as much due to the expanded grounds, additional stages as it was to smaller numbers.

The added space turned six-lane Columbus Drive into a pedestrian walkway allowing a bottleneck free passage between stages, and the new layout gave every stage more room to let the sound breath and thus cut down on bleed. And of course the focus of the weekend was those sounds. For …