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Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: 2ManyDJs, AFI, Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Cypress Hill, Deer Tick, Devo, Digitalism, Dirty Projectors, Empire of the Sun, Erykah Badu, F**k Buttons, Felix Da Housecat, Freelance Whales, Frightened Rabbit, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Health, Hockey, Hot Chip, Jimmy Cliff, Kaskade, Lady Gaga, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Metric, MGMT, Minus he Bear, Mumford & Sons, MUTEMATH, Phoenix, Raphael Saadiq, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Spoon, Stars, The Antlers, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Cribs, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The xx, Tiga, Wild Beasts, Wolfmother, X Japan, Yeasayer

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

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Who Dat Band? Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear Score In Superbowl Ads

Posted 2-8-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear

Aside from the New Orleans Saints' miracle in Miami (which even inspired Prince to tweet his approval), David Letterman's bit of fifteen-second brilliance, and The Who's grizzled and predictable medley of halftime hits, one of the nicer Superbowl surprises was to hear Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear added to the commercial mix.

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Demos Dish: Helping Haiti

Posted 1-18-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire

Demos asks The Alternate Side's listeners to do what they can to help the people of Haiti.

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Arcade Fire And Coldplay's Chris Martin Issue A Plea For Donations On Behalf Of Haiti's Earthquake Victims

Posted 1-14-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean

Arcade Fire and Coldplay's Chris Martin join a long list of musicians, most notably Wyclef Jean, asking fans to please donate to charities like Partners In Health and Oxfam UK, groups that are actively on the frontline of the calamity, aiding the Haitian people

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