Noname
If Cheeto- POTUS
Can set agenda with such
Little character
Then why not assess
Lollapalooza this year
In twelve-syllable snippets?
These are at least as
Serious as a series
Of snakes dangerous
Rather than commit
Harry Caray, herein I
Proffer some haiku
THURSDAY
Kweku Collins
12pm-12:30pm
Pepsi
An Evanston guy
Hip-hop gem you should know
Inventive rap soul
Hippo Campus
1:30pm-2:30pm
Lake Shore
Punsters grabbing pearls
Wisdom, best of the brain bunch
Hungry hipster rock
Temples
2:30pm-3:30pm
Grant Park
Not wise Chaney’s owls
Nor Indy’s dad’s doom building
Electric pop scapes
The Drums
3:30pm-4:30pm
Lake Shore
Can’t blame her banging
Sublime melodies that won’t
Wash away with waves
Liam Gallagher
4:30pm-5:30pm
Grant Park
Now the quiet one’s
Ashes become the Ganges
That nipple remark
Cage The Elephant
6:30pm-7:45pm
Grant Park
Pachyderm unleashed
The Sixties-informed sextet’s
Best efforts notwithstanding
Spoon
7:45pm-8:45pm
Lake Shore
The Tick’s rally cry
Today’s “can’t miss” rock quartet
Austin’s rough diamond
Lorde
8:45pm-10pm
Bud Light
Have mercy, she said
Powerful papless throb pop
Apple of Eve’s eye
FRIDAY
Slothrust
1:10pm-1:50pm
BMI
San Holo tempts me
Trust my spirit animal
Shamble my fem-rock
The Lemon Twigs
1:45pm-2:45pm
Lake Shore
Giddy pond jumpers
4AD glam humorists
Bowie-esque duo
Cloud Nothings
3pm-4pm
Bud Light
Not for nothing rock
Cleveland basement pop fizzes
Air vapor anchored
Phantogram
4:45pm-5:45pm
Grant Park
Goth pop duo brings
Driving beats, hooks galore too
I’ll answer their knock
Ryan Adams
6pm-7pm
Tito’s
His star may have dulled
But he still brings the rock/roll
Passionate with hook
Run The Jewels
6:45pm-7:45pm
Grant Park
A-game beats and raps
Inventive lyrical play
Never stop topping
Whitney
7:45pm-8:30pm
Pepsi
Mature Chicago
Guitar psych-rock arising
From Smith Westerns’ ash
Crystal Castles
9pm-10pm
Pepsi
Double Door walls sweat
Can they replicate Glass-less?
Strobe house thunder beats
SATURDAY
The Shelters
12:45pm-1:30pm
Grant Park
LA power pop
Petty produced guitar rock
Compelling jangles
San Fermin
1:30pm-2:15pm
Lake Shore
Creative horn-doom
Classically trained
Auteur composer
Warpaint
2:15pm-3:15pm
Grant Park
Gals adorned with punk
Passion and power take no
Guff from likes like you
Alvvays
3pm-4pm
Bud Light
Guadalcanal mire
A worthy trek quest
Never disappoints
Alt-J
6:15pm-7:30pm
Grant Park
Stylized Brit-pop crush
Patented off-kilter snark
Channels ancestors
Banks
7:30pm-8:30pm
Lake Shore
Calling it from here
Innovative hip-hop
Our hours are his gain
The XX
8:45pm-10pm
Bud Light
Toughest choice today
But saw Chi’s Chance at the Fork
Chill and beat with Brits
SUNDAY
Noname
2:50pm-3:30pm
Pepsi
She spouts dope flow show
Auto neck brace how it’s done yo
Speed rap Chicago
Car Seat Headrest
3pm-4pm
Bud Light
Today’s list hip flip
Kinks-inspired hip rock tip see
Do hear him here pip
Tove Lo
4:30pm-5:30pm
Grant Park
Swedish lynx not swee
By any means but will bring
Pulsing beats and dance
The Shins
6:30pm-7:30pm
Grant Park
Northwest passage from
Twee to pop beats smooth silk
Ferry Mercer point of view
Joey Bada$$
7:45pm-8:30pm
Pepsi
My money on Joe
Proof in the dollars to boot
Rapper with rhymes hoot
Justice
8:45pm-10pm
Bud Light
End with electro
Bang bop synth swirl lovely
Songs beats and chill out
