Chicagoist: Lollapalooza: 5 Picks for Today and 1 for Tonight

rocknrollunicorn

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:26:20 -0600

Thanks for this. Interpol was great and it seems like 2/3 of the crowd was over at Muse, so we were able to get pretty close considering we didn't show up til about 8:15. And we had room to dance. I'd never heard of Joy Division until I started listening to Interpol and catching onto the broken-record criticisms of them (and spare me, I was born the year Ian Curtis committed suicide). So I bought Permanent, thinking, well if Interpol is a carbon copy, I want in on that. I,um, was shocked to discover that I really didn't hear much similarity, besides Paul Banks sounding kind of like Ian Curtis, but he also sounds kind of like Jim Morrison, so... In any case, their first album is insanely great; maybe the second and third aren't quite as good but they're still pretty f-ing good. However, please continue to hate on them, because when they are flying just under the radar I can get that much closer to them at every show. And, sorry for the random rant.

guest

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:24:19 -0600

I Listened to Silverchair's performance on Ethel XM and thought they sounded great. I saw them live a couple weeks also, it was such a fun show. Daniel's vocals were great and I thought they were pretty tight. I noticed Daniel couldn't joke around as much as he would during one of their own shows though. Muse are amazing live, that's for sure :)

Tankboy

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:07:30 -0600

I have given Interpol repeated listens, and while I was (am) a big fan of their debut, I haven't seen them growing at all. In fact, and the Joy Division crack is due to this, in my opinion they're regressing. As for Silverchair, I only caught a bit of them since I had to hoof it to shoot another band, but I agree that their live presentation was wanting. I really do like their new disc though, and had high hopes for them. And yes, Muse was incredible.

The Curmudgeon

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:01:17 -0600

Tankboy, Calling Interpol "the Joy Division tribute band" is just a cheap shot you're making because you can't put more time into a thoughtful post. Yes, Muse were the better band to see, and the easily blew Interpol away, and it was to be expected. But do yourself a favor as a (are you a journalist? does un-edited blog posting count?) and find a point. Find some originality. People were comparing Interpol to Joy Division since day one, and it's just not, eh, cool anymore. It's lazy. It's the easy way out. Speaking of easy ways out, the same can be said for buying into any hype about the second-coming of Silverchair. Man, they were awful. Unmodern, just a different version of what they tried to do a decade ago. Too much noodly guitar crap, too much idiotic banter between songs. Why were they there at all? I do agree though, about Muse. They were incredible. Just how I wanted to end the night.

guest

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:34:36 -0600

Type-os galore, dude. Sheesh.

guest

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:44:51 -0600

After seeing these lineups, it's no wonder why this corporate suck-a-thon didn't sell out.