Alex DiVincenzo's Blog Entry

It looks like it was a blast. Was there talk about Portugal. The Man's van getting stolen? Glad and surprised they actually got it back.

I mention that in the second part of my coverage, but I didn't hear anything about it until Monday. I didn't know that they got it back - that's awesome!

Ah, word...I'll read it. Also: https://www.facebook.com/portugalthe...50305714424743

They did get it back, but the last I heard, it was completely empty. Has there been any update beyond that?

Also, well-written Alex, though we didn't see many of the same bands.

My top 10 Lollapalooza sets:
1a.) Coldplay
1b.) Foo Fighters
3.) Fitz and the Tantrums
4.) Arctic Monkeys
5.) Delta Spirit
6.) MMJ
7.) The Joy Formidable (should be higher, but the set should have been longer than 30 min)
8.) J. Roddy Walston and the Business
9.) The Mountain Goats
10.) Ellie Goulding

No, but they posted band photos to their 'stolen equipment gallery' that people can keep an eye out for (like Craigslist, etc)-

http://www.facebook.com/portugalthem...5534742&type=1

That's too bad -- hopefully, it turns up somehow.

Saw Muse last year, and you made a great choice by seeing them. Matt's voice is flawless live, and they sound so monstrous for being only a three piece (plus additional keyboardist). Don't know if I like them or the Foo Fighters better among the larger bands I've seen, they're really not comparable.

My surprise band of the weekend (someone I knew nothing about but am slightly in love with now) was The Naked & Famous. Their album (Passive Me, Aggressive You) has been on repeat since I got back to LA.

Other highlights/sets from the weekend for me:

Foo Fighters
Eminem
Maps & Atlases
OK Go
Cage the Elephant (during the rain)
Girl Talk (a perfect end to Friday night as I was slightly buzzed and with a large group of friends having fun)

Just fyi, you say Pete Wentz "sand" back up vocals :)

by the way, did you know Kamtin (from Chain Gang of 1974) used to be a staff memeber here on AP.net?

No shit? I looked up his name for this article and thought it sounded familiar but didn't know why. If I had known, I would have heckled him

Too bad you missed Wye Oak and Typhoon. Typhoon was my favorite from all 3 days (even skipped the last half of Eminem to go to their after show with Dom). Sunday was stacked with bands, so I sadly missed The Joy Formidable and Manchester Orchestra in favor of Titus Andronicus and Explosions in the Sky.

I did the same on Sunday, but I didn't mind too much because I caught Man Orch opening for Blink a couple days later.

patrick stump is a shell of his former self, physically that is. he scares me haha

It's too bad that all those people missed out on MMJ, probably one of the top 5 live bands out there.