In The Loop Magazine

Live Review: Ted Nugent Plays The McHenry County Fair

Aug 05, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Cesar Glanville A short hour and twenty minute drive from the ‘safe space’ of Chicago, IL lies a pretty different world. A parking lot loaded with Harley’s, trucks with […]

Lollapalooza Aftershow Review: Death Cab for Cutie at Metro

Aug 05, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Christopher David As indie bands who have become bonafide, mainstream successes go, it doesn’t get much more authentic than Death Cab for Cutie, which was why their Lollapalooza after […]

Lollapalooza, Day 4: Festival Closes with Three Different, Amazing Facets of Pop

Aug 05, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci It’s the grass that gives it away. In the many years since Lollapalooza was resurrected in Chicago’s Grant Park, I had read stories of how damaging […]

Lollapalooza, Day 3: Chance Encounters, Eddie Hazel’s Ghost, and Leprechauns

Aug 04, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci It’s day three here at Lollapalooza, which means the quaint, moderately busy times of Thursday are now a distant memory, and the festival is now operating […]

Lollapalooza, Day 2: Childish Gambino Delivers Confusing, Underwhelming Set, While Janelle Monaé Proves Herself The True Q.U.E.E.N.

Aug 03, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci Imagine, if you will, the epic opening to Janelle Monáe’s sensational Lollapalooza set: a large white podium, with steps ascending to a platform, sits in the […]

Lollapalooza, Day 1: Kings, Hobos, and the Profundity of Live Music

Aug 02, 2019 admin_bitlc Features, Music News, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci The first thing you notice about Lollapalooza is the sheer enormity of it all. Sure, most (if not all) Lolla write-ups mention the fact that the […]