Welcome to the beginning of Faronheit’s Lollapalooza coverage for 2010. In previous years, I’ve spread my coverage over the course of a full week, starting on the Monday before the festival and ending the Monday after. It’s what I did for the Pitchfork Music Festival just a month ago, and while I have been covering Lollapalooza on this site since 2006, the sheer size and scale of it seems to require an even wider approach. Seeing as how it’s now Wednesday and things officially kick off on Friday, that wider approach will not be taken. Instead this year I’m scaling back my Lollapalooza coverage just a little bit. The reasons why mostly have to do with the economy, the endless amount of writing I have to do, and the fact that a number of notable albums were released this week and needed to be reviewed sooner rather than later. Don’t fear though, I like to think that this year’s coverage will pack the same punch as in year’s past, just in a more condensed form. That being said, today I’m happy to hand over what effectively amounts to a sampler of music from every artist performing at this year’s Lollapalooza. On the record, as there are plenty of copyright issues to be dealing with and Lord knows Lady Gaga’s people are just one of many who don’t want to give out free mp3s to the public, I can’t provide you with downloads for every single artist. What I can do is hand over an mp3 where it’s readily available and copyright cleared, and for the times it’s not, we have our good friend YouTube for streaming purposes. So there’s something of a visual component to this as well. If you’re curious about exploring and discovering new artists at this year’s Lollapalooza, look no further than this post before you start planning out your weekend. Enjoy, and tomorrow I’ll have a more in-depth written guide to what will hopefully be a weekend full of highlights. All the music is after the jump…
AFI
[YouTube] Miss Murder
Against Me!
[MP3] Don’t Lose Touch
American Bang
[YouTube] Wild and Young
Arcade Fire
[MP3] Wake Up
B.o.B.
[MP3] She Can Get It
Balkan Beat Box
[MP3] Adir Adirim (Nickodemus Remix)
Blitzen Trapper
[MP3] Wild Mountain Nation
Blues Traveler
[YouTube] Run-Around
Chromeo
[MP3] Don’t Turn the Lights On
Company of Thieves
[YouTube] Oscar Wilde
Cut Copy
[MP3] Lights and Music
Cymbals Eat Guitars
[MP3] …And the Hazy Sea
Cypress Hill
[YouTube] How I Could Just Kill A Man
DEVO
[YouTube] Girl U Want
Dan Black
[MP3] Symphonies (ft. Kid Cudi)
Dawes
[MP3] When My Time Comes
Deer Tick
[MP3] Easy
Dirty Projectors
[MP3] No More
Dragonette
[MP3] Take It Like A Man (RAC Mix)
Drive-By Truckers
[MP3] This Fucking Job
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
[MP3] 40 Day Dream
Erykah Badu
[MP3] Jump in the Air and Stay There (ft. Lil Wayne)
Foxy Shazam
[YouTube] Oh Lord
Frank Turner
[MP3] The Road
Freelance Whales
[MP3] Generator 2nd Floor
Frightened Rabbit
[MP3] Swim Until You Can’t See Land
Fuck Buttons
[MP3] Bright Tomorrow
Gogol Bordello
[YouTube] American Wedding
Green Day
[YouTube] When I Come Around
Grizzly Bear
[MP3] Cheerleader
HEALTH
[MP3] Die Slow
Harlem
[MP3] Gay Human Bones
Hockey
[MP3] Too Fake
Hot Chip
[MP3] Over and Over
Jamie Lidell
[MP3] Multiply
Javelin
[MP3] Intervales Theme (Steinski Remix)
Jimmy Cliff
[YouTube] The Harder They Come
Jukebox the Ghost
[MP3] Empire
Lady Gaga
[YouTube] Telephone
Los Amigos Invisibles
[YouTube] Mentiras
MGMT
[MP3] Flash Delirium
MUTEMATH
[MP3] The Fight
Matt & Kim
[MP3] Yea Yeah (Ocelot Remix)
Mavis Staples
[YouTube] You Are Not Alone Album Preview/Interview w/ Mavis and Jeff Tweedy
[YouTube] Hard Times Come Again No More
Metric
[MP3] Gold Guns Girls (Mike Shinoda Remix)
Mimicking Birds
[YouTube] The Loop (Live)
Miniature Tigers
[MP3] Cannibal Queen
Minus the Bear
[MP3] My Time
Mumford & Sons
[MP3] Little Lion Man
My Dear Disco
[YouTube] Live Sizzler
MyNameIsJohnMichael
[YouTube] Every Night of the Year
Neon Hitch
[MP3] Drop It Like It’s Hot (Snoop Dogg cover)
Neon Trees
[YouTube] Animal
Nneka
[YouTube] Heartbeat
Phoenix
[MP3] 1901
Raphael Saadiq
[MP3] Oh Girl (Remix ft. Jay-Z)
Rebelution
[YouTube] Outta Control (Live at Bonnaroo)
Rogue Wave
[MP3] Lake Michigan
Royal Bangs
[MP3] My Car Is Haunted
Semi Precious Weapons
[YouTube] Semi Precious Weapons
Skybox
[YouTube] Trout (Live)
Slightly Stoopid
[YouTube] 2am
Social Distortion
[YouTube] Story of My Life
Son of a Bad Man aka Shawn Fisher
[YouTube] Open Your Eyes (Acoustic Live)
Soundgarden
[YouTube] Burden in My Hand
Spoon
[MP3] I Turn My Camera On
Stars
[MP3] Fixed
Switchfoot
[YouTube] Stars
The Antlers
[MP3] Two
The Band of Heathens
[MP3] L.A. County Blues
The Big Pink
[MP3] Dominos
The Black Keys
[MP3] The Lengths
The Constellations
[YouTube] Setback
The Cribs
[MP3] Hye Scenesters!
The Dodos
[MP3] Fables
The Ettes
[MP3] Love Lies Bleeding
The Ike Reilly Assassination
[YouTube] It’s Alright to Die
The Kissaway Trail
[MP3] SDP
The Morning Benders
[MP3] Promises
The National
[MP3] So Far Around the Bend
The New Pornographers
[MP3] Your Hands (Together)
The Soft Pack
[MP3] Answer To Yourself
The Strokes
[MP3] Last Nite
The Temper Trap
[MP3] Fader (The Knocks Remix ft. Samuel)
The Walkmen
[MP3] Louisiana
The xx
[MP3] Basic Space
These United States
[MP3] Get Yourself Home
Violent Soho
[MP3] Son of Sam
Warpaint
[MP3] Billie Holiday
Wavves
[MP3] So Bored
Wild Beasts
[YouTube] Hooting and Howling
Wolfmother
[MP3] Woman
X Japan
[YouTube] Born to Be Free (Live)
Yeasayer
[MP3] 2080
