Lollapalooza 2009

Kevin Devine
Singer-songwriter Kevin Devine, of Miracle of 86 fame, began his solo career in 2002 with his studio album Circle Gets the Square.

Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing Andy Hull(vocals, guitar) Jonathan Corley(bass) Jeremiah Edmond (drums) Chris Freeman (keyboard) Robert McDowell(guitar) Mean Everything To Nothing, the second album from Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra, is everything you want a rock...

The Killers
The Killers are an American Grammy®-Award nominated and BRIT®-Award winning rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The band consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

Depeche Mode
Composition of Sound was formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, by guitarist/vocalists Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore and keyboardist Vince Clarke. After recruiting David Gahan, the group abandoned their guitars for synthesizers, changed the band's name, and became an all-electronic band...

Jane's Addiction
Led by the flamboyant, outspoken Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction blended elements of art rock, punk, metal, funk and glamour into an ambitious musical juxtaposition of sublime beauty and utter decadence.

Lou Reed
American rock music Lou Reed is best known for his work with the band The Velvet Underground. He plays guitar, sings and composes music.

Tool
The groundbreaking and hardworking band Tool emerged from Los Angeles in 1990. They continue to blaze new trails in the realm of progressive hard rock with their most recent release 10,000 Days, which was met with worldwide critical acclaim upon its release in 2006.

Snoop Dogg
Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus is a rare exception in the turbulent world of entertainment. After bursting on the scene in 1992, Snoop was crowned the king of the West Coast and single handedly put Long Beach on the map in terms of hip hop.

Zap Mama
Zap Mama is a Belgian musical group founded and led by Marie Daulne. Zap Mama specializes in polyphonic, harmonic music with a mixture of heavily infused African instruments, R&B, and Hip-hop and emphasizes voice in all their music.

Ben Harper
Ben Harper is world-wide known for his guitar playing. He started his career here in the United States, but his career took off after his work was played constantly in Australia. He also helped Jack Johnson's career to take off.

Gomez
Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. -wiki

Ben Folds
Ben Folds born on September 1966 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (jw)

Thievery Corporation
"Radio Retaliation is definitely a more overt political statement," says Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation. "There’s no excuse for not speaking out at this point, with the suspension of habeas corpus, outsourced torture, illegal wars of aggression, fuel, food, and economic crises.

Neko Case
Neko Case has performed and recorded solo, as Neko Case and her Boyfriends, with The New Pornographers, Cub, The Corn Sisters, The Sadies, Kelly Hogan, Mao and others. She was born on September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, VA.

Of Montreal
The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, euphoric indie popsters Of Montreal were among the second wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective. A native of Athens, GA, Barnes was inspired to form the group in the wake of a broken romance with a woman...

Andrew Bird
A Reverse Chronology of Selected Significant Dates & Events January 20, 2009 - Andrew Bird releases Noble Beast on Fat Possum Records. The self-produced album consists of 14 original songs recorded primarily at the Beech House in Nashville, with additional recording taking...

Sound Tribe Sector 9
STS9 has always been fascinated by numbers; finding this transmission captured our imagination so much that we had to see if there was something more to what we had found. Immediately we enlisted the skills of a crypto-hacker friend of ours to see if she could find any relevance...

Mike Snow

Rise Against
Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. Their current lineup consists of Tim McIlrath (vocals, guitar), Joe Principe (bass guitar), Brandon Barnes (drums), and Zach Blair (guitar), PETA supporters and strict vegetarians/vegans.

Constantines
The Constantines first rocked their way out of Guelph, Ontario, in 1999, with Bryan Webb and Steve Lambke on vocals and guitar; bassist Dallas Wehrle; keyboardist Will Kidman; and drummer Doug McGregor.

Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria is a emo rock band formed in Nyack, NY in 1995 under the name "Shabütie" until 2001. The band was formed by vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez and lead guitarist Travis Stever.

The Decemberists
The Decemberists are a rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (hammond organ, accordion, melodica, piano, keyboards), Nate Query (bass guitar...

The Raveonettes
Self-confident and ambitious, the Raveonettes entered the garage rock race of the new millennium with a stylish, brassy sound not heard since Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation. Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, vocals) and Sharin Foo (bass, vocals) hail from Copenhagen and formed the Raveonettes...

Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon is an experimental rock band achieved success with hits such as "Molly's Chambers" and "Sex on Fire."

Dan Auerbach
Nonesuch Records releases Keep It Hid, the solo debut from singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Auerbach—best known as half of The Black Keys—on February 10, 2009. While working on and touring in support of The Black Keys’ most recent album, Attack & Release, Auerbach also was writing...

Living Things
Living Things is an alternative rock band from St. Louis Missouri. The band is made up of 3 siblings and one childhood friend: Lillan Berlin, Eve Berlin, Bosh Berlin and Cory Becker.

Federico Aubele
Federico Aubele (born in 1974) is an Argentine singer-songwriter whose music blends a variety of genres and styles: Jamaican dub and reggae, American ambient and hip-hop, Mexican bolero, and Argentine tango.

Animal Collective

TV on the Radio
"A lot of bands have something to say," explains TV On The Radio producer/multi-instrumentalist David Sitek. "We have something to ask." Indeed. Good luck finding easy answers in TVOTR's ever-evolving soundscapes, though, whether we're talking about their new...

Eric Church
At the age of 13 young Kenneth Eric Church bought himself a guitar and started writing songs. By high school he was performing regularly at a local bar, mixing his original songs in with his regular sets.

Langhorne Slim
Something of a one-man mixture of the Cramps, Beck's early indie records (circa One Foot in the Grave), and the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou, singer and guitarist Langhorne Slim offers a sardonic, modern take on traditional folk, country, and blues.

Dan Deacon
Electronic music composer Dan Deacon is based in Baltimore, MD, and is equally influenced by such diverse elements as Devo, Talking Heads, Scratch Orchestra, Raymond Scott, and Conlon Nancarrow.

The Greencards
Texas contemporary bluegrass trio the Greencards are aptly named. After coming to the realization that their English and Australian homelands were not so conducive to their uniquely American style of music, mandolin player Kim Warner, fiddler Eamon McLoughlin, and bass player Carol...

Gang Gang Dance
Gang Gang Dance is an experimental music group based in Manhattan, New York City, signed to the independent label The Social Registry. The group has become well known within the New York indie rock scene.

The Virgins
“We’re a good band because we don’t have any style,” Virgins’ bassist Nick Zarin-Ackerman says of his New York group that hadn’t even officially formed before they were opening for Sonic Youth and touring with Jet.

Kaiser Chiefs
The Kaiser Chiefs are a power pop band known for such popular hits as "I Predict a Riot."

Heartless Bastards
The Heartless Bastards' story starts in Dayton, Ohio, where Wennerstrom found the name on a multiple choice video trivia game at a bar. As a songwriting teenager during a time when GBV and Brainiac were packing local bars and three of the Breeders were still in town, Wennerstrom...

Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups from Los Angeles, California is an American indie rock band consisting of Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass, vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums) and Joe Lester (keyboards).

Deerhunter
Hailing from Atlanta and fronted by singer Bradford Cox, Deerhunter was formed in 2001. 2008 saw the release of their third album Microcastle.

Peter Bjorn and John
A Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's current members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals).

Arctic Monkeys
Are an alternative rock band. They were brought together in 2002. Consisting of 4 band members, Alex Turner playing the guitar and providing vocals, Jamie Cook plays guitar, Nick O'Malley playing the bass guitar and backup vocals, and Matt with the drums and backup vocals.

Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska and based in Portland, Oregon. The band is made up of former members of the band Anatomy of a Ghost. The group was but is no longer signed to Fearless Records.

Band of Horses

Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids are an indie rock band formed in Fullerton, CA in 2004. The band has released two studio albums: 2006's "Robbers & Cowards" and 2007's "Loyalty to Loyalty.

Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes is a five-piece Seattle-based band signed to Sub Pop and Bella Union. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes.

Bat for Lashes
Bat For Lashes is the work of British singer/ songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in 1979, yet combining influences that span decades, Natasha’s work dwells in the elemental, emerging in timeless forms.

Glasvegas
James Allan (vocals) Rab Allan (guitar) Paul Donoghue (bass) Caroline McKay (drums) Glasvegas' debut album is being released on 8th September to huge critical acclaim seemingly only shortly after initial interest from their MySpace Demos and Alan McGee's blogs about the band.

Ra Ra Riot
Combining indie rock songwriting with chamber pop flourishes (courtesy of a small string section), Ra Ra Riot formed while the band's six members were attending college in Syracuse, NY.

Ida Maria
Like the Norse warrior maiden Freya, 24-year-old Norwegian rocker Ida (eee-da) Maria is a force of nature, a goddess of love, fertility and sexual desire who led the Valkyries into battle, a fearless fighter who, paradoxically, has a passion for romantic music and flowers.

Atmosphere
Eleven years after becoming the first hip-hop act to put the Twin Cities on the map, Atmosphere has grown into one of the most accomplished MC/producer duos around. Between Slug and Ant, they’ve released six albums, 11 Sad Clown tour albums and various side-projects like Felt — amounting...

No Age
Los Angeles experimental lo-fi drum-and-guitar duo No Age are Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, ex-members of hardcore band Wives. Through assorted indie labels, No Age released limited runs of vinyl-only EPs before collecting many of those tracks for the singles collection Weirdo Rippers, issued by U.

The Henry Clay People
THE CORE 4: JOEY- Voice and Guitar ANDY- Voice and Guitar MIKE- Drummer Boy JONATHAN- Talented Voice and Bass LIFERS: ERIC SCOTT, NOAH GREEN OLD SCHOOL: J-BO and The MANSFIELD MERCENARIES: Jillinda Palmer, Joe Napolitano, Jordan Huddock

The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. They released their first album, Sink or Swim, on XOXO Records in May 2007, and their second album, The '59 Sound, on SideOneDummy Records in August 2008.

The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event is an American rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California comprising Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Noah Harmon (bass), Daren Taylor (drums) and Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboards, tambourine, backing vocals).

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons were formed in 2006 because of songs. Ezra had written songs that were urgent, desperate, pretty, and explosive, and these songs had to be heard. From personal musical sketches to glorious, rollicking pop songs, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons work tirelessly...

Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles began as producer/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath's solo project in 2003. Singer Alice Glass jumpen on board in 2005, sealing the lineup.

Asher Roth
My name is Asher Roth also known as Asher Paul Roth and my friends say I'm the truth. I started rapping a little bit ago. They say I'm poetic. I say I'm nice. See me. To answer your questions, yes I'm skinny, yes I rapped 150 bars to Jay-Z in his office on the spot, yes I have...

The Builders and the Butchers
Although the Builders and the Butchers formed in Portland in the mid-2000s, the band's hybrid of folk, country, and twangy roots rock evokes the Great Depression more than the contemporary Northwest.

The Low Anthem
The Low Anthem is excited to announce that they will play the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The eighth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 11 - 14 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.

Thenewno2
thenewno2, taking their name from the British TV show The Prisoner, hails from London, England. The band members are Dhani Harrison, Oliver Hecks, Jon Sadoff, Jeremy Faccone, Jason Hiller, and Amanda Butterworth.

Vampire Weekend
Describing their sound as "Upper West Side Soweto," New York City's Vampire Weekend mixes preppy, well-read indie rock with joyful, Afro-pop-inspired melodies and rhythms. Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, and Chris Tomson formed the band early in 2006, when they...

Delta Spirit
After the San Diego-based emo outfit Noise Ratchet called it quits in 2004, co-founders Jon Jameson (bass) and Brandon Young (drums) decided to ditch their punk-influenced songwriting for something more soulful and rootsy.

Robert Earl Keen
Rockin' Texas Singer-Songwriter Robert Earl Keen's new album, "What I Really Mean," was released on May 10th, 2005. It might not be a crime to place him in the class of talented Texan songwriters such as Guy Clark or his old friend Lyle Lovett, but it might be a mistake.

Alberta Cross
Alberta Cross is a blues and country-influenced roots rock act drawing its sound from the foundation built by the Band and Neil Young. The London group's main members and songwriters are bassist Terry Wolfers and vocalist/guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee, who as a child traveled with...

Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires are a Mercury Prize nominated English dance punk band from St Albans, Hertfordshire. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize...

Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky where they were originally known as "Perfect Confusion." Their single "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked" reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.

The Knux
Comprised of brothers Krispy Kream and Rah Al Millio, the Knux are a clever alternative rap duo who are musicians as well as singer/rappers. Born in New Orleans yet displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the musically schooled brothers began creating a stir nationally in late 2007 when...

Bon Iver
Bon Iver is the name of American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current band and most notable music project to date. The band now also consists of Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan.

Lykke Li
Lykke Li is a Swedish indie pop artist.

Carney
Fronted by actor/musician Reeve Carney, the L.A.-based quartet Carney mix pop/rock, California psychedelia, and Southern-styled stomp into a hybrid of rock & roll traditions. Reeve Carney was raised in New York City, where he worked as a professional child actor and honed his...

Sam Roberts Band
Canadian singer/songwriter/bandleader Sam Roberts has returned with his third full-length, Love At Then End Of The World. Produced by Joseph Donovan and Roberts himself, and mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Aerosmith), it encompasses all the great rock hooks, riffs, and insightful lyrics...

Passion Pit
The Boston, MA-based Passion Pit began as a one-man project of singer and songwriter Michael Angelakos to produce a Valentine's Day gift for his girlfriend. The gift, an EP entitled Chunk of Change, soon wound up in the hands of friends and acquaintances, who were enthralled with the work.

Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos! are seven young guns (four guys and three girls) from the U.K. that play unquestionably "fun" music that's full of resoundingly happy choruses. This is a group that just gives off a feeling of general delight.

Blind Pilot
Blind Pilot is an American indie pop band based in Portland, Oregon. The group's single, "Go On, Say It", was chosen to be a Single of the Week on July 7, 2008 on Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, potentially yielding approximately 2 million downloads.

Chairlift
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY (by way of Boulder, CO, where the trio originally came together in 2006), the avant-pop outfit Chairlift formed for the unusual purpose of crafting music for haunted houses.

White Lies
A dark-edged trio hailing from London, White Lies take sonic cues from the likes of Joy Division, the Teardrop Explodes, and Echo & the Bunnymen. Indeed, the three musicians are so committed to the U.

Joe Pug
A singer/songwriter whose songs offer an updated version of the country-folk archetypes Bob Dylan and John Prine made famous, Joe Pug was born and raised in Maryland, and began playing guitar when he was in grade school.

Amazing Baby
New York's Amazing Baby formed in January 2008 and almost immediately began creating a buzz among fans and critics alike with a sound alternately compared to Marc Bolan and "a psychedelic Roxy Music.

Other Lives
American indie pop outfit Other Lives formed as an instrumental project in 2004 under the name Kunek. Based in Stillwater, OK, Kunek (who eventually added vocals to the mix) released one album (Flight of the Flynns) for Play Tyme Records in 2006 before making the transition to the...

Hey Champ
Rockford, Illinois... not exactly a hotbed of talent, although it has produced rock legends Cheap Trick, and (allegedly) the older brother from the TV hit "Blossom." Two boys, Saam, age 16 and Jonathan, 13, become heavily influenced by both Blossom and Cheap Trick.

Santigold
Santigold is a survivor of a half century worth of living along musical evolution’s most cutting edges. The only live act that can boast of having out-aged Barbara Bush, having outlived Mr.