
Twenty-one years after initially kicking off as a touring extravaganza, and seven years after taking up one-stop residency at Chicago's Grant Park, Lollapalooza has announced the lineup for its 2012 fest scheduled for the weekend of August 3 - 5. Headliners this year include Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Black Keys, a reunited Black Sabbath and Jack White. (Are you noticing the color theme here?) A bit further down, acts as varied as recent MTV Unplugged star Florence + The Machine , [...]
The official lineup officially hit last night, and you can check out the full list below. The Black Keys have really exploded up the lineup from being middle of the afternoon several years ago to being one of the 3 main headliners this year, even above a reunited Black Sabbath. Impressive. Other notables include Justice, At The Drive-In, The Weeknd, The Shins, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and a ton more. Check them all out below, and you can snag tickets at the official website . LOLLAPALOOZA - 2012 LINEUP Red Hot Chili [...]
Lollapalooza 2012 takes places August 3-5th in Chicago's Grant Park. According to Chicago Sun-Times , Black Sabbath will top this year's bill, performing their only North American tour date of 2012. They'll be joined by fellow headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, The Black Keys, Justice, and Avicii. Other heavyweights include At the Drive-In, Sigur Rós, Florence and the Machine, The Shins, Justice, The Afghan Whigs, The Weeknd, M83, Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Miike Snow, The Gaslight Anthem, Alabama Shakes, J. Cole, and Metric. [...]

I found Big Z a while ago, and he's released his "Can't Get Enough" remixes mixape. Adding a tiny bit of dub, lots of house, and it just makes every song sick. Remixes include songs by J. Cole (obviously), Kanye Wst, Avicii, Jay-Z, Asher Roth, B.o.B., and MORE! Download the full tape [Hulkshare] Download: J. Cole - Work Out (Big Z Remix) Download: J. Cole - Can't Get Enough (Big Z Remix) [...]

Following on (belatedly) from Eclectic Eavesdroppings Favourite Albums of the year, here are my Favourite Songs of 2011 . Compressing the musical year into a mere twenty-five songs is a tough task for a music junkie like myself. Listing the songs in order of preference is near impossible. But either way, I’ve done my best to get a list together and even though it’s incredibly subjective, it sums up a very good year in music. Stream it as a playlist on YouTube over HERE or download a copy of the whole mix over HERE . [...]

Okay, so below are my top 20 songs of the year. All the links are to Youtube for your eargasms. In a little bit, the zip files with all Mike's and my top songs will be posted on our Facebook page . Obviously a lot of things changed this year in music, so the list is diverse as a 20 song list could be. Enjoy! Oh, you no likey my choices? We can talk about that on twitter... @SeanCornholio . Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, have [...]
The House of Blues played host to yet another amazing, sold-out show last night at the hands of Avicii & Cazzette. The night started off with a VIP upgrade as DEFEP finished off their warm up set with some of their own remixes and Cry by the Bingo Players. After the DEFEP boys came the [...]