Lollapalooza Day 2

After spending the night at The Congress we were back at Grant Park for Day 2.

Just like the day before, Day 2 was great right off the bat.

The first band was one of the biggest surprises of the weekend. Rainer Maria left us wishing they had more than a 30 minute timeslot.

Nada Surf was up next - Another band that I wanted to see more than the rest of our crew and I wasn't disapointed. Not a 'blow your socks off' show but I was quite happy with it.

The Go! Team and Coheed And Cambria were both... eh.

And then, my friends, it was time for Wolfmother. This was THE best band of Lollapalooza. Their show was absolutely incredible - I can't believe they had to play an early afternoon timeslot. We were all looking forward to this one but Geer had been building it up all weekend. Enough that I was kind of worried that he was making too much of it... wrong, he was right on: this show was unbelievable. One of the best I've ever seen.

Gnarls Barkley put on a good show but immediately after Wolfmother - they didn't really get a fair shake. They did have the big honor of the weekend though as their monster hit "Crazy" was covered by at least 3 other bands.

Another one of the most surprising bands of the weekend were up next. The Dresden Dolls put on a very good show.

Two very good bands that I've been wanting to had the slots leading up to the closer:
The Flaming Lips and The New Pornographers both put on very good shows that I was happy with. The New Pornographers were a band that I was really expecting quite a bit of - and they delivered. Great shows.

I'd say that the Day 2 closer (Kanye West) was disapointing... that may not be completely fair since I don't think I really gave him a fair shot... but hey, it's still true that I ended up leaving it early - so...

That's Day 2 I guess