Lollapalooza 2009 Line-up

• Depeche Mode
 
• Tool
 
• The Killers
• Jane's Addiction
 
• Beastie Boys
 
• Kings of Leon

• Lou Reed
 
• Ben Harper and Relentless7
• Thievery Corporation
 
• Snoop Dogg
 
• Rise Against
• Andrew Bird
 
• TV on the Radio

• Vampire Weekend
 
• The Decemberists
 
• Neko Case
• STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
 
• Animal Collective
• Band of Horses
 
• Of Montreal

• Arctic Monkeys
 
• Coheed and Cambria
 
• Ben Folds
 
• Fleet Foxes
• Silversun Pickups
 
• Kaiser Chiefs
 
• Crystal Castles
 
• Bon Iver
• Santigold
 
• Atmosphere
 
• Dan Auerbach
 
• Cold War Kids
• Deerhunter
 
• Lykke Li
 
• Robert Earl Keen
 
• Peter Bjorn and John
• Heartless Bastards
 
• Gomez
 
• Glasvegas
 
• Federico Aubele
• Dan Deacon
 
• Passion Pit
 
• Zap Mama
 
• The Raveonettes
• The Gaslight Anthem

• The Airborne Toxic Event
 
• White Lies
 
• Ra Ra Riot
 
• No Age
 
• Asher Roth
• Los Campesinos!
 
• Bat For Lashes
 
• Chairlift
 
• Gang Gang Dance
• The Virgins
 
• Amazing Baby
 
• Portugal. The Man
 
• The Knux
 
• Ida Maria
• Delta Spirit
 
• Friendly Fires
 
• Manchester Orchestra
 
• Constantines
• Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
 
• Hockey
 
• Miike Snow
 
• Alberta Cross
• Hey Champ
 
• Sam Roberts Band
 
• The Henry Clay People
• Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
 
• Cage the Elephant
 
• Living Things
• The Low Anthem
 
• Blind Pilot
 
• Langhorne Slim
 
• Other Lives
• The Builders and The Butchers
 
• Eric Church
 
• Joe Pug
 
• Kevin Devine
• The Greencards
 
• Carney
 
• Thenewno2

Rites of Spring - Day 1

What? Why are hip hop artist on the Lightning 100 website? Vanderbilt's Rites of Spring showcased a diverse group of artist ranging from hip hop icons, local indie rockers, psychedelic jam bands, and even some teletubbies dancers this year.

Santigold

Q-tip

T.I.

There were several T.I. fans in the audience celebrating his release from jail. As I was leaving the show, I ran into two enthusiastic fans yelling "Free T.I., Free T.I." who were wearing swim suits and half cuffs. Apparently they did not understand that T.I. is not currently in jail.

Rites of Spring - Day 2

N.E.R.D

The Flaming Lips

After the Flaming Lips performance, thousands of people walked home drenched in rain and covered in confetti.

Harvest of Hope - Day 2

Harvest of Hope was an interesting, to say the least, collection of fans brought together by a cheap ticket price and a surprising line-up. Normally a festival in over run by hippies and indie kids, but HOH had new group surpass the masses. They were metal/punk fans that look similar to characters in the movie, "Mad Max". They went by the name "Crusties" because they do not bath, but prefer not to be called hippies.

Wild Sweet Orange

Wilds Sweet Orange interview at Lightning 100.

After working at the station for nine months, I decided it was about time for me to take a day off. So I traveled down a day early to enjoy the beach before the festival. After enjoying some time on the beach, I met up with one of the members of City Lights Bloom. The band was kind enough to let me crash at their place for the night. I was a little weary when guitarist Brandon Highfill described the band as similar to Explosions in the Sky. A lot of bands that claim this tend to crash and burn with the over use of noise to fill in every gap of silence. City Lights Bloom was a refreshing breath of the correct way to build up an instrumental, with talented musicians. It was also impressive that HOH music festival was their first show....ever! They were contacted on myspace and asked to perform during a prominent time slot on Saturday night.

Lucero

After seen Lucero on several occations, it was suprising to see how sober Ben Nichols was on stage. Normally, a Lucero show will end with Ben Nichols performing in the parking lot for beers. Lucero's HOH peformance ended at 11:00 pm on the dot, with a simple "thank you".