An august weekend in grant park (1)

Posted on 23 June 2006 | 2 Comments

Filed Under: Mixes

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Hey everyone. Sorry for the drought of posts over here this week. There’s been some shit goin’ down that’s been keeping me pretty busy. Life getting in the way of blogging? Imagine that. But now that I’m back in the saddle, it’s time to get down to business.

This weekend is the start of the summer festival season here in Chicago with the Intonation Festival featuring The Streets, Bloc Party, and tons of other great acts. I (however) am not attending, so instead of focusing on that, let’s talk about the biggest of all the Chicago-based festivals, Lollapalooza. The reinvented “destination festival” (this year) features about a million different (and mostly awesome) artists playing in Chicago’s Grant Park over the weekend of August 4th. Should be a doozy of a show.

Now, I was not familiar with a whole bunch of the artists playing at this year’s Lollapalooza until recently. Before that weekend (however) CYSTSFTS? will introduce you to all those you don’t know and give you a chance to brush up on those you do. Have a listen to the first round. If you hear something new that you like, go buy the album. Go see the band live. Support the music that you love.

MP3 | Death Cab For Cutie – Photobooth (Live) The John Byrd EP
MP3 | Sybris – The Best Day In History In Ever ST
MP3 | The Go! Team – Huddle Formation (RJD2 Mix) Ladyflash EP
MP3 | Umphrey’s McGee – Front Porch Songs For Older Women
MP3 | Stars – Ageless Beauty (Most Serene Mix) A&C 2005 Tour Sampler
MP3 | Kill Hannah – Is Anyone Here Alive For Ever And Never
MP3 | Smoking Popes – Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart The Party’s Over
MP3 | Blackalicious – Powers The Craft
MP3 | Editors – Munich The Back Room
MP3 | Built To Spill – Conventional Wisdom You In Reverse

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