Last night I drove up to the Cleveland area for the first Kuyahoga Festival, a radio-station event that copped a lot of bands on their way to Lollapalooza. The festival features smaller, local bands (The Six Parts Seven), buzz bands (Wolfmother), and was headlined by The Flaming Lips.
I was only able to catch the last two bands, Death Cab for Cutie and The Flaming Lips. Death Cab played a pretty good set, highlighted by Flaming Lips joining the band onstage for a cover of R.EM.’s Cuyahoga (it was the town we were in, after all).
The Lips were great, as always, but I think their set was cut a bit short due to a curfew. The stage show continues to add little new elements here and there, making it for one of the most entertaining live bands around. I can’t wait to see them again in Columbus in a few weeks.