Finally throwing my two cents in on the big Chicago festival. It was a great long weekend with some truly magical musical moments.The first was early Friday when the Polyphonic Spree and their attack of warmth and loved filled Grant Park. An amazing thing to see live, if you ever get the chance to, check them out! Tim Delaughter and his band even have a way of making Kurt Cobain lyrics sound ho...
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What a week! First Crowded House, then the Polyphonic Spree. I had only glimpsed this 20+ piece rock orchestra once before, at Coachella years ago, when they were still wearing their Godspell-style white robes and mostly singing songs about the sun and how reaching for it made them smile. I caught maybe the last five minutes of that show and was like, "What the hell?" I got their first album, l...
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This could well be a controversial choice in the video department. The Polyphonic Spree (remember, those 20-odd crazy Americans who are a bit too happy?) have just released a video to accompny their cover of Nirvana's Lithium. To some, this will be sacrilege, to others, genius. It's not exactly a new cover - they performed it [...]
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