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  See the Fest's Weird and Whimsical Moments

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  Go Behind the Scenes in Chicago With SPIN

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  Get The Latest Show Reviews Here!

  August 1, 2011 – Maynard James Keenan, lead singer for the rock bands A Perfect Circle and Tool, has played Lollapalooza five times, he informed the early-evening audience at the festival's Music Unlimited stage. The first time was with Tool and dated back to 1993, he said. …
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  FREE ALBUM: Get SPIN's Mix for Lollapalooza

  July 25, 2011 – From August 5-7, Chicago's Grant Park plays host to Lollapalooza, the mega-fest which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: L.A.'s Grouplove Howl on New Tune

  July 25, 2011 – The Black Keys channeled the spirit of packs of wild animals with their Brothers song "Howlin' For You," but artsy L.A. quintet Grouplove take the full moon concept to new heights on the closing track to their debut LP, Never Trust a Happy Song. …
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  Friendly Fires Drop Hot Lady Gaga Cover

  July 22, 2011 – On their excellent new album Pala, Friendly Fires deliver a set of white-hot club-wreckers, jittery Afropop, and Talking Heads-style dance funk. So it makes sense that they'd take on one of the year's biggest pop songs, Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory." The British group tackled the tune at a recent in-studio performance for the BBC. …
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  Portugal. The Man., 'In the Mountain in the Cloud' (Atlantic)

  July 19, 2011 – On their sixth album in as many years, but first for a major label, these Alaskans have erected an impressive glam-psych cathedral. It's just not clear what's being worshipped or why. There's an uplifting fervor to the bursting melodies and detailed arrangements, as violins saw away dizzily during codas and blues-fuzz guitars tie a bow on a breakdown or three. …
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  Ximena Sariñana, 'Ximena Sariñana' (Warner Bros.)

  July 17, 2011 – This Mexican singer-songwriter is a well-knownactress at home, so it's no surprise how easily Sariñana slips between roles on her English-language debut. Trilling sweetly over burbling synths (via Lily Allen producer Greg Kurstin), she plays an elusive dance-pop pixie on "Different," then flexes a Cat Power-style sangfroid on "Shine Down," surrounded by Dave Sitek's pins-and-needles guitar. …
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  Black Lips Fly High in New Clip

  July 15, 2011 – On their latest album Arabia Mountain, garage punks (and SPIN cover stars) Black Lips hired debonair producer Mark Ronson to develop a more polished, sophisticated studio sound. But they're still the same jokers at heart -- as the video for "New Direction" proves. …
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  WATCH: Cults Rock SPIN's Rooftop

  July 13, 2011 – It was a gorgeous summer night when we invited Cults, fronted by the buzzed-about duo of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, to play a roofop gig at SPIN's downtown NYC headquarters, as part of the SPINhouse L!ve series, presented by Lacoste L!ve. Now, you too can soak up the seven-song set by one of 2011's breakout acts. …
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