LIVE REVIEW: INNERVIEW DOES LOLLAPALOOZA: SATURDAY 7/30

Lines were even longer on sunny Saturday, calling for more crowd control as sweaty bodies trickled onto Chicago streets. Tom Morello joined X Ambassadors on stage for a blazing collaboration, at one point playing with his teeth on a guitar with the words “Nobody for President” emblazoned on it. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats at Petrillo drew a big crowd of all ages, with lovers of the folk-blues band dancing hard in the sunshine. The crowd then seamlessly turned its attention to the Bud Light Stage to catch up-and-coming soul crooner Leon Bridges, who reflected on the song that changed his life in 2012 and had everyone singing along to “Coming Home” before uncorking a surprising, raunchy version of Ginuwine’s “Pony.” Mutemath, known for its love of creatively built homemade instruments, sent one of their creations into the crowd letting the audience contribute and during “Bloodpressure,” Paul Meany gracefully surfed the crowd on an LED covered mattress. The turnout for Jane’s Addiction left something to be desired, but Perry Farrell looked great in a full head-to-toe pink suit with Dave Navarro prancing around shirtless, per usual. Two Door Cinema Club kept the energy up; their black and white speeding light background was almost as mesmerizing as Alex Trimble’s denim and animal fur jacket. Grimes beat it out on her electric drums to the youngest crowd of the day, only stopping once to tie her shoe. Vic Mensa produced the most memorable set of the festival with a backdrop of dancers dressed like riot police in a set that was not afraid to tackle the heavy subjects of police shootings and race relations. Red Hot Chili Peppers rolled through hit after hit with surgical precision while the brothers of Disclosure closed out the night with an epic set (but a not so epic of a crowd) on a transparent lowered stage, closing Saturday night with guest appearances by Kwabs and Brandon Reilly. BY E.M. BRENNER–PHOTO BY ROGER HO
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