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Miike Snow (DJ Set), Bag Raiders (Live), M-Machine
Sun. 08/07 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
Buy Tickets21+ | Guestlist is Closed-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 04, 2011Karlson and Winnberg are the production whizzes behind the much-loved indie-electronic act Miike Snow. They’re also Bloodshy & Avant, the producers behind Britney’s Grammy-winning “Toxic.” Wrap your head around that. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Arctic Monkeys w/ Disappears
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The blinding hype surrounding the debut of the Arctic Monkeys briefly made it seem as if their youth and talent would doom the Brits to failure. But anchored by Alex Turner’s witty songs, the group’s long since shown up its doubters and detractors. more at timeoutchicago.com
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White Lies w/ Rival Schools
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Double Door (map)
Buy Tickets- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Drawing heavily on the melancholy postpunk sounds of Editors and Interpol, Brit band White Lies released a super-hyped, amusingly dramatic debut, To Lose My Life…, in 2009, which hit the No. 1 spot in the U.K. This year it’s back with a newie, Ritual. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Fitz & the Tantrums w/ Christina Perri
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Schubas (map)
- 18+
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011L.A. combo Fitz and the Tantrums headlines a Lolla after-party with deliciously shuffly, crisply authentic ’60s beat pop. Husky-voiced “Jar of Hearts” singer-songwriter Christina Perri does her emoto-pop thing in support. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: MSTRKRFT w/ Midnight Conspiracy, Nathan Scott
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
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Dom w/ Typhoon
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Subterranean (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
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SOLD OUT: Two Door Cinema Club w/ Grouplove
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Lincoln Hall (map)
- 18+
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Two Door Cinema Club, a trio of pimple-faced Northern Ireland kids, has stumbled upon a hyperactive form of soft rock. Singer Alex Trimble’s slight voice might be better suited to soppy emo, but give the kid credit for avoiding the Owl City ghetto. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Young Man
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Empty Bottle (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011When Pains of Being Pure at Heart debuted, the group hearkened back to the heyday of twee ‘80s indie-pop. With the new Belong, however, it has switched its focus to the ‘90s, bringing in no less than the ringer team of Flood and Alan Moulder, who between them helped shape some of the best albums of that decade. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Titus Andronicus w/ Fences
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Reggie's (map)
- 17+
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The young punks in Titus Andronicus are wise beyond their years: Singer Patrick Stickles and his band craft meaningful, epic records with an abundance of cultural references and even more bite. This Lollapalooza preview opens with folk-rock singer-songwriter Christopher Mansfield, who as Fences has a way with understated confessional melancholy. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Daedelus w/ Eskmo, Lorn
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Bottom Lounge (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The dandily dressed, glitch-hop orchestrator Daedelus performs his jittery patchwork of sounds in a warm-up for his Perry’s set Sunday at Lolla. more at timeoutchicago.com
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12th Planet w/ 16bit, Richie August, Mega Mike, Others
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Logan Square Auditorium (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 04, 201112th Planet is a convert from the d ‘n’ b scene and holds down the Smog parties in L.A. on the regular. Eighteen months ago, he was scarcely known outside scene faithfuls, but these days Smog’s popularity sees this geni maverick touring steadily, hitting up Perry’s Stage at Lollapalooza, and headlining this after-the-fest get-down. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Fat Possum signee Elisabeth “Lissie” Maurus takes on Americana with a cool, breezy vibe and strong voice. Her album, Catching a Tiger, is instantly compelling—how deep her talent runs has yet to be decided, but it hits you upon first listen. Catch the Quad Cities native at the intimate HOB Back Porch Stage before she sweeps Lollapalooza tomorrow. more at timeoutchicago.com
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C3, Vision & Insomniac Present: Switch, Flosstradamus, DJ Franco V
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM - Sun. 08/07 @ Vision Nightclub (map)
Buy Tickets- Tickets available at the door
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SOLD OUT: Atmosphere w/ Prof, Evidence, Blueprint
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Metro (map)
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SOLD OUT: Lykke Li w/ Foster The People
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Swedish pop artists are once again warming mainstream America’s hearts, and Lykke Li is among the best of the bunch: Though she doesn’t craft melodies as indelible as ABBA’s (who does?), she inherited that famous foursome’s idea of pop as a place for stylistic dress-up. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Portugal. The Man w/ Wye Oak
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Double Door (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Ever since Portugal’s inception, frontman John Gourley has worked tirelessly to make PTM a band you want to get on board with, building the kind of live energy reminiscent of a young My Morning Jacket, complete with anthemic songs and lengthy jams that verge on stoner rock. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: The Vaccines w/ Tennis
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Schubas (map)
Buy Tickets- 18+
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Denver husband-and-wife duo Tennis plies what could be easily described as Polaroid pop. The group’s songs suggest sunny, vibrant snapshots of ’60s rock and girl-group proclivities, marrying Alaina Moore’s vivid vocals to warm-sounding organs and guitars. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Afrojack w/ Perry Farrell
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
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SOLD OUT: Tinie Tempah, Young The Giant
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Subterranean (map)
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011This Lollapalooza after-party features U.K. MC Tinie Tempah, who flaunts a very radio-friendly staccato flow on songs like “Pass Out,” which hit No. 1 in his home country. That led to an opening slot on the Usher OMG tour, and he tries to further validate the hype stateside tonight. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Local Natives w/ Walk the Moon
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Lincoln Hall (map)
- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Heat-seeking L.A. outfit Local Natives previews tomorrow’s Lolla set with stripped-down, sunny indie-pop loaded with pretty melodies and twisted lyrical metaphors. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Sam Adams w/ Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Bottom Lounge (map)
Buy TicketsGuestlist is now closed. You can still enter to win 2 tickets by clicking "I Like It" -
J. Roddy Walston & The Business and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
Buy Tickets- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The name Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. screams novelty, and the duo doesn’t contradict initial expectations with its mix of hip-hoppy beats and dreamy indie-folk. The band does, however, have a way with sad little melodies that offsets said novelty. more at timeoutchicago.com
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The Cool Kids, Glc, The O'my's, Dj Rtc
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Reggie's (map)
Buy Tickets- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Though they pen lighthearted rhymes on vehicle accessorizing, clothes, cute girls, overpaid Knicks from the early ’00s and their childhood musical heroes, both Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish have a numb, brusque and quiet mic style. The two rap as if they have brain freeze. Or, er, “glaucoma.” more at timeoutchicago.com
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Filter Magazine Parties at Hard Rock Hotel Chicago Fender Ballroom
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Hard Rock Hotel Chicago (map)
- 21+ | RSVP to get on the guest list for Friday and Saturday
GUESTLIST CLOSES AT 6PM -
SOLD OUT: Black Lips w/ Night Beats
Fri. 08/05 | 9:00PM (Doors) @ Empty Bottle (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Atlanta’s scuzzy garage heroes Black Lips are pop songwriters in the grittiest way imaginable; submerged beneath the fuzz are some killer hooks and choruses. Tonight the band warms up for another go at Lolla tomorrow, playing behind its Mark Ronson–produced latest, Arabia Mountain. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Miike Snow (DJ Set), Bag Raiders (Live), M-Machine
Sun. 08/07 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
Buy Tickets21+ | Guestlist is Closed-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 04, 2011Karlson and Winnberg are the production whizzes behind the much-loved indie-electronic act Miike Snow. They’re also Bloodshy & Avant, the producers behind Britney’s Grammy-winning “Toxic.” Wrap your head around that. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Arctic Monkeys w/ Disappears
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The blinding hype surrounding the debut of the Arctic Monkeys briefly made it seem as if their youth and talent would doom the Brits to failure. But anchored by Alex Turner’s witty songs, the group’s long since shown up its doubters and detractors. more at timeoutchicago.com
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White Lies w/ Rival Schools
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Double Door (map)
Buy Tickets- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Drawing heavily on the melancholy postpunk sounds of Editors and Interpol, Brit band White Lies released a super-hyped, amusingly dramatic debut, To Lose My Life…, in 2009, which hit the No. 1 spot in the U.K. This year it’s back with a newie, Ritual. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Fitz & the Tantrums w/ Christina Perri
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Schubas (map)
- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011L.A. combo Fitz and the Tantrums headlines a Lolla after-party with deliciously shuffly, crisply authentic ’60s beat pop. Husky-voiced “Jar of Hearts” singer-songwriter Christina Perri does her emoto-pop thing in support. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: MSTRKRFT w/ Midnight Conspiracy, Nathan Scott
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets! -
Dom w/ Typhoon
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Subterranean (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets! -
SOLD OUT: Two Door Cinema Club w/ Grouplove
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Lincoln Hall (map)
- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Two Door Cinema Club, a trio of pimple-faced Northern Ireland kids, has stumbled upon a hyperactive form of soft rock. Singer Alex Trimble’s slight voice might be better suited to soppy emo, but give the kid credit for avoiding the Owl City ghetto. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Young Man
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Empty Bottle (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011When Pains of Being Pure at Heart debuted, the group hearkened back to the heyday of twee ‘80s indie-pop. With the new Belong, however, it has switched its focus to the ‘90s, bringing in no less than the ringer team of Flood and Alan Moulder, who between them helped shape some of the best albums of that decade. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Titus Andronicus w/ Fences
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Reggie's (map)
- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The young punks in Titus Andronicus are wise beyond their years: Singer Patrick Stickles and his band craft meaningful, epic records with an abundance of cultural references and even more bite. This Lollapalooza preview opens with folk-rock singer-songwriter Christopher Mansfield, who as Fences has a way with understated confessional melancholy. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Daedelus w/ Eskmo, Lorn
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Bottom Lounge (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The dandily dressed, glitch-hop orchestrator Daedelus performs his jittery patchwork of sounds in a warm-up for his Perry’s set Sunday at Lolla. more at timeoutchicago.com
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12th Planet w/ 16bit, Richie August, Mega Mike, Others
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Logan Square Auditorium (map)
Buy Tickets- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 04, 201112th Planet is a convert from the d ‘n’ b scene and holds down the Smog parties in L.A. on the regular. Eighteen months ago, he was scarcely known outside scene faithfuls, but these days Smog’s popularity sees this geni maverick touring steadily, hitting up Perry’s Stage at Lollapalooza, and headlining this after-the-fest get-down. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Fat Possum signee Elisabeth “Lissie” Maurus takes on Americana with a cool, breezy vibe and strong voice. Her album, Catching a Tiger, is instantly compelling—how deep her talent runs has yet to be decided, but it hits you upon first listen. Catch the Quad Cities native at the intimate HOB Back Porch Stage before she sweeps Lollapalooza tomorrow. more at timeoutchicago.com
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C3, Vision & Insomniac Present: Switch, Flosstradamus, DJ Franco V
Sat. 08/06 | 10:00PM - Sun. 08/07 @ Vision Nightclub (map)
Buy Tickets- Tickets available at the door
- 21+ -
SOLD OUT: Atmosphere w/ Prof, Evidence, Blueprint
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Metro (map)
- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets! -
SOLD OUT: Lykke Li w/ Foster The People
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
- 17+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Swedish pop artists are once again warming mainstream America’s hearts, and Lykke Li is among the best of the bunch: Though she doesn’t craft melodies as indelible as ABBA’s (who does?), she inherited that famous foursome’s idea of pop as a place for stylistic dress-up. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Portugal. The Man w/ Wye Oak
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Double Door (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Ever since Portugal’s inception, frontman John Gourley has worked tirelessly to make PTM a band you want to get on board with, building the kind of live energy reminiscent of a young My Morning Jacket, complete with anthemic songs and lengthy jams that verge on stoner rock. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: The Vaccines w/ Tennis
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Schubas (map)
Buy Tickets- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Denver husband-and-wife duo Tennis plies what could be easily described as Polaroid pop. The group’s songs suggest sunny, vibrant snapshots of ’60s rock and girl-group proclivities, marrying Alaina Moore’s vivid vocals to warm-sounding organs and guitars. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Afrojack w/ Perry Farrell
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ The Mid (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets! -
SOLD OUT: Tinie Tempah, Young The Giant
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Subterranean (map)
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Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011This Lollapalooza after-party features U.K. MC Tinie Tempah, who flaunts a very radio-friendly staccato flow on songs like “Pass Out,” which hit No. 1 in his home country. That led to an opening slot on the Usher OMG tour, and he tries to further validate the hype stateside tonight. more at timeoutchicago.com
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SOLD OUT: Local Natives w/ Walk the Moon
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Lincoln Hall (map)
- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Heat-seeking L.A. outfit Local Natives previews tomorrow’s Lolla set with stripped-down, sunny indie-pop loaded with pretty melodies and twisted lyrical metaphors. more at timeoutchicago.com
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Sam Adams w/ Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Bottom Lounge (map)
Buy TicketsGuestlist is now closed. You can still enter to win 2 tickets by clicking "I Like It" -
J. Roddy Walston & The Business and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ House of Blues (map)
Buy Tickets- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011The name Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. screams novelty, and the duo doesn’t contradict initial expectations with its mix of hip-hoppy beats and dreamy indie-folk. The band does, however, have a way with sad little melodies that offsets said novelty. more at timeoutchicago.com
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The Cool Kids, Glc, The O'my's, Dj Rtc
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Reggie's (map)
Buy Tickets- 18+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Though they pen lighthearted rhymes on vehicle accessorizing, clothes, cute girls, overpaid Knicks from the early ’00s and their childhood musical heroes, both Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish have a numb, brusque and quiet mic style. The two rap as if they have brain freeze. Or, er, “glaucoma.” more at timeoutchicago.com
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Filter Magazine Parties at Hard Rock Hotel Chicago Fender Ballroom
Fri. 08/05 | 10:00PM (Doors) @ Hard Rock Hotel Chicago (map)
- 21+ | RSVP to get on the guest list for Friday and Saturday
GUESTLIST CLOSES AT 6PM -
SOLD OUT: Black Lips w/ Night Beats
Fri. 08/05 | 9:00PM (Doors) @ Empty Bottle (map)
- 21+
- Click 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from TimeOutChicago
August 02, 2011Atlanta’s scuzzy garage heroes Black Lips are pop songwriters in the grittiest way imaginable; submerged beneath the fuzz are some killer hooks and choruses. Tonight the band warms up for another go at Lolla tomorrow, playing behind its Mark Ronson–produced latest, Arabia Mountain. more at timeoutchicago.com
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