I wish there was a travelling music festival that interested me. Seriously.
The musical lineup, on two stages, was unambitious. On the main stage were Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, the Donnas, the Distillers and Jurassic 5 ? grunge, punk and a smattering of hip-hop, as if music’s vanguard hadn’t changed in a decade. There was no electronica, no garage rock, no rhythm-and-blues and only a nod to the emo that now reigns on college campuses, with the band Billy Talent. The second stage seemed designed to deter listeners, with narrow entrances and competing noise from karaoke singers. Moby’s recent Area festivals have now out-Lollapalooza’d the founder. (full story)