Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Chicago's Own Makeshift Prodigy at BMI Stage Sunday at 1:10 #Lolla

Chicago's own Makeshift Prodigy has been around the city for a number of years and now they're gaining followers on a national level and are signed to Atlantic Records and Warner Chappell Music. Musically they land in some conglomeration of Coldplay and 30 Seconds to Mars, with a little U2 thrown in for good measure. 

Who: Makeshift Prodigy

Where: Lollapalooza / BMI Stage

When: Sunday August 4th, 1:10p-1:50p

RED BULL SOUND SELECT CELEBRATING LOCAL MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE THAT PUSH IT FORWARD

Fans In 10 U.S. Cities Enjoyed Free “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” Shows July 26 - 28 By Engaging With RedBullSoundSelect.Com + Interacting With Their Local Music Scene

Red Bull Sound Select Artists Even Gave Fans Free Tickets to Lollapalooza Aug 1 - 4 www.redbullsoundselect.com

  

Red Bull Sound Select expanded into five more of the nation’s most influential music cities in July. To celebrate, a special series of free “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcases were hosted July 26-28 in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis and Seattle. The ongoing program supports local music scenes and the people who push them forward, and rewards fans for engaging and interacting with the local music scene.

Those events were curated by some of the most respected music voices in each city and featured a line up of promising local Red Bull Sound Select artists opening for headliners including: Dirty Projectors, The Dandy Warhols, Theophilus London, The Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips, Juicy J, Metric, Yeasayer, Erykah Badu (LIVE), Frightened Rabbit, Azealia Banks and The Airborne Toxic Event. Listen to audio from the live performances here:  http://www.redbullsoundselect.com/posts/rbss-10-cities-live-audio. See select photos from the July shows below and visit the Red Bull Content Pool for additional editorial images.

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Red Bull Sound Select artists Chance the Rapper, Cherub and Rivals of the Peacemaker playing Lollapalooza this weekend!

“Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcases continue monthly in each city featuring new local acts opening for headliners. August shows include Michael Franti, Kilo Kish, Yacht, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tobacco, Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun and more. For additional information on Red Bull Sound Select artists, shows and music, visit: www.redbullsoundselect.com.

Juicy J (Atlanta) Credit: Ian Witlen/Red Bull Content Pool The Black Lips (Atlanta) Credit: Ian Witlen/Red Bull Content Pool Frightened Rabbit (Los Angeles) Credit: Erik Voake / Red Bull Content Pool Erykah Badu (Dallas) Credit: Gary Miller / Red Bull Content Pool Yeasayer (Minneapolis) Credit: Joe Gall/Red Bull Content Pool The Gaslight Anthem (New York City) Credit: Brian Nevins/Red Bull Content Pool

About RED BULL SOUND SELECT

Red Bull Sound Select is a long-term music initiative that invests in local music scenes, and connects artists and fans with one another to be part of the stories that break music. Since its BETA launch in February, Red Bull Sound Select has hosted 35 “Presents” showcases to welcome nearly 100 new artists into the program including Chance the Rapper, Cherub, The Black Cadillacs, Gemini Club, HANDS, Heliotropes, Show You Suck, Beach Party, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Sasha Go Hard, Rivals of the Peacemaker and many more.

Every month, a collective of local music curators invite three new artists from each participating city into the program and host a “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcase to introduce them. Red Bull Sound Select curators include: Brooklyn Vegan, Next Big Nashville, East Village Radio, Fake Shore Drive, Transmission Entertainment, Knuckle Rumbler, Full Service Music, MFG Productions, Lightning 100, Do 312, Riot Fest, ScoreMore, Afropunk, Brooklyn Bodega, IAMSOUND and Marathon Music.

Redbullsoundselect.com || Facebook.com/RBSoundSelect || @RBSoundSelect

Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Astro Sunday August 4th at 12:45pm on the Red Bull Sound Select stage #Lolla

Indie-electro band Astro will be performing at Lollapalooza Sunday August 4th at 12:45pm on the Red Bull Sound Select stage

Featured in NPR Music’s “Top 50 Albums of 2012,” Astro’s self-titled debut was celebrated by NPR:  “There's not a single track on this record that I don't love; that hasn't gotten me antsy in my seat to dance.”  

The New York Times also raved: “Astro carries the legacy of smart, whimsical, catchy Latin alternative rock into the new electro-pop era, as if Café Tacvba were reprogrammed by Animal Collective and MGMT … a joy that needs no translation.” 

LA’s tastemaker radio station KCRW has been a strong supporter, praising their “electro-indie-rock sound mixed with a feverish enthusiasm, playful songwriting, and immaculate production that elevates it above the rest.”

Here is their Facebook page

And Astro's Twitter account

Highly Recommended Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Guards Sunday at 12:00 on The Lakeshore Stage

**Guards’ play Lollapalooza on Sunday August 4 from 12:00-12:45p at the Lake Shore stage**   Come on.   You're hard core enough to get up early after raging for 2 days at Lolla!   Kick your day off right.   They're worth it.

GUARDS TO JOIN QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE AND MGMT ON TOUR THIS FALL

UPCOMING APPEARANCES AT LOLLAPALOOZA AND OSHEAGA FESTIVAL

FEATURED ON NPR “TINY DESK”

“One of the year’s best albums.” – Wall Street Journal

Guards are excited to announce that they will be joining Queens of the Stone Age on tour this fall, kicking off September 10 in Toronto. Afterwards, Guards will head overseas for a 4-week trek supporting MGMT on their European run. On tour in support of their acclaimed new album In Guards We Trust, Guards has spent most of the year on the road, including outings with alt-J, Palma Violets, Best Coast, and Portugal. The Man as well as show-stopping sets at Coachella, SXSW and Primavera Sound. The band is currently gearing up to perform at Lollapalooza, Osheaga Festival, and FYF Festival. See below for details.

Guards recently performed three songs from their new album on NPR.org’s “Tiny Desk” series. Watch it here.

In Guards We Trust has received overwhelming acclaim since its release earlier this year. Esquire named the band one of “15 Music Artists to Watch in 2013” and Vogue selected them as “Band of the Week,” with additional praise coming from Stereogum, Pitchfork, Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed, and Elle, among others. The music video for their hit single “Ready To Go” premiered a few months back across multiple channels at MTV (MTV2, MTVu, MTV Buzzworthy Blog, MTV Hive and VH1.com) and can be viewed here. Their highly-buzzed SXSW appearances earned them a spot at the top of several festival roundups, including NPR Music, who selected the band as one of “15 Essential Moments From SXSW 2013,” praising, “I walked across the street to the Empire Control Room, toward the sound of good, strong, guitar-laden pop…I loved what I was hearing.”

Founded in New York City by singer Richie Follin, Guards also features Kaylie Church and Loren Humphrey.

GUARDS TOUR DATES
(Click HERE for ticket information)

August 2                     Montreal, Canada      Osheaga Festival 2013

August 4                     Chicago, IL                 Lollapalooza 2013

August 4                     Chicago, IL                 Lollapalooza Aftershow (w/ Alt-J)

August 24                   Monterey, CA             First City Festival

August 25                   Los Angeles, CA         FYF Fest 2013

w/ Queen s of the Stone Age

September 10             Toronto, Canada        Air Canada Centre

September 12             Detroit, MI                 The Fillmore Detroit

September 13             Cincinnati, OH           PNC Pavilion

September 14             Pittsburgh, PA            Stage AE

September 15             Columbus, OH           LC Pavilion

September 17             Indianapolis, IN         The Murat Theater at Old National Centre

September 18             Louisville, KY             Louisville Palace

September 19             Charlotte, NC             The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory  

September 20            Asheville, NC             Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

w/ MGMT

September 26            Cologne, Germany     Live Music Hall

September 27             Brussels, Belgium     AB

September 29            Stockholm, Sweden   Cirkus

September 30            Oslo, Norway              Sentrum Scene

October 1                    Vesterbro/Kongens Enghavem, Denmark  VEGA Main Hall

October 3                    Berlin, Germany        Astra Kulturhaus

October 4                    Vienna, Austria          Gasometer

October 5                    Munich, Germany     Kesselhaus

October 6                    Zurich, Switzerland   Komplex 457

October 8                    Paris, France              Olympia

October 9                    Hamburg, Germany  Docks

October 10                  Utrecht, NetherlandsVredenburg Leidsche

October 12                  Glasgow, UK               O2 ABC

October 13                  Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall

October 14                  Manchester, UK         O2 Apollo Manchester

October 16                  London, UK                Forum

October 19                  Dublin, Ireland          Olympia Theatre

Lolla You're Killing Me #lolla

Friday at Lollapalooza 2013 made us make some tough choices.   Nine Inch Nails Vs. The Killers.   Queens of the Stone Age Vs. New Order.   Sure with 150 bands and 100,000 fans a day, there's going to be too much going on at any given moment.   But really...   Lolla, you're killing me!

Glowing poi ball spinning and flying glo-sticks at NIN... only at #lolla LOL Never thought I'd see the day.

Here's a sampler of our Galaxy S4 photos/ Instagram Posts.   Saturday & Sunday we'll have the "real" camera along for the ride.   I ditched it at the last minute when yesterday's forecast called for loads of thunderstorms.   The grounds were muddy & wet but happily the rain held off.   

We had every intention of going to New Order at #lolla last night, since they're much more of a rare treat to see, and who knows if/when that'll ever happen again.  But my 10 year old daughter, Sage, tweaked her foot in team gymnastics earlier in the day and we were on the FAR side of Lolla at go time & had already done a LOT of walking. So Queens of the Stone Age was a happy accident. They killed it! And bonus... we were already where we wanted to be for Nine Inch Nails!!   NIN sounded amazing and broke out a full set of old favorites and decent new material too.

Shout out to Sagezilla for being mighty and awesome. Pedometer showed we walked close to 12,000 steps yesterday and she stuck it out!!   We tried to pedicab it back to the car, but the first driver said no outrightly and the last said "That's far.  I'll take you but it'll be $30. Right now I'm just doing short runs to take people to where they can get a cab." 

Really?!   My awesome kid said, "I'd rather walk it if you give me the $30, then did it for free."

Friday we ran into our friend Dan O'Connor who worked for SPIN Magazine for years and spray paints awesome DIY t-shirts for major music fests.   Sage was sporting one of his creations from Lolla 09 yesterday!   We plan to hang with the infamous curly mustache man and his wife and 3 sons over the weekend.

It was also great to see Cara Carriveau  (Chicago's Rewind 100.3 FM radio personality)  & Theresa Carter (of The Local Tourist fame).

We'll be there all day today and tomorrow with full Lollapalooza and Kidzapalooza highlights so check back like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often.

Highly Recommended Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Reignwolf Saturday at 2:00 PM on the Petrillo stage

Reignwolf is playing Lollapalooza on Saturday, August 3rd at 2:00 PM on the Petrillo stage. Reignwolf’s set has been known to take a “Paul Bunyan-sized axe swing at the nonsense that rock n' roll is dead.” – Crave Online

Track REIGNWOLF’s journey as they “Thrash and Dash” their way to Lolla on Instagram (@REIGNWOLF),  Twitter (https://twitter.com/reignwolf) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/reignwolf).

If you can’t wait and need to have your face melted ASAP, check out these links:

http://www.lollapalooza.com/news-events/artists/2013/07/16/artist-discovery-series-reignwolf/

http://www.npr.org/event/music/155866125/reignwolf-a-one-man-rock-show

Lolla Bands On Our Radar: LUKAS NELSON & P.O.T.R. Saturday

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real "Old Familiar Pain" - CONAN on TBS

"Nothing wasted, everything gained on 

The Promise of the Real's second full length album."  

- No Depression

"pounding out vibrant blues/rock riffs with propulsive flair...Nelson and his band had the audience on its feet by the end of their set." - Baltimore Sun 

"...blows away crowds at every opportunity."  - Fort Worth Weekly 

For Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R., the last couple of years were packed with over 200 performances each year, the chance to spread their unique brand of gritty rock and roll to millions via the greatest of the late night shows, and the adoption of the name "Realers" by their growing base of supporters.

  

Since then the band - which includes vocalist and guitarist Lukas Nelson, drummer Anthony LoGerfo, percussionist Tato Melgar and bassist Corey McCormick - made good on that promise to keep it real.  In 2012, they found a way to bring their live performance experience to their second full-length release, Wasted, both lyrically and musically.  Nelson penned all of the tracks and produced the record with the band. "There's a lot of magnetism, energy, and that live feel, and a lot of warmth to it. I feel like this record sounds more like what you get when you see us perform," said Nelson

  

This year, the acclaimed band has already performed at SXSW, on the Delbert McClinton Blues Cruise and the Kid Rock Cruise, jammed with Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Warren Storm. They continue to bring their electric and infectious live performances with more dates including a stop at Billy Bob's Texas in April and at The Gathering of the Vibes music festival headlined by Phil Lesh in July.

  

The band has truly earned praise after years of honing their unique sound through doing it the old-fashioned way, by touring constantly and gelling as a band live first. And at the core of Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R. and Wasted is what their fans know and love best - Rock n Roll that speaks from the heart.

LUKAS NELSON & P.O.T.R. WILL BE PERFORMING AT LOLLAPALOOZA IN CHICAGO ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD.