Now on its 45th go-round, Milwaukee’s massive Summerfest returns from June 27 to July 8, offering 11 days of high-profile and independent musicians performing around the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park along Lake Michigan. This year, our favorite performers include The Hives, Foo Fighters, Ben Folds Five, Devotchka, The Promise Ring, Galactic, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Atmosphere, The Roots, Common, Thievery Corporation, Mayer Hawthorne, and Lupe Fiasco.
Foo Fighters
Best Albums: The Birds of Satan, Lilacs & Champagne, Fucked Up, Pharoahe Monch
The Birds of Satan: s/t
Lilacs & Champagne: Midnight Features Vol. 1: Shower Scene
Fucked Up: Year of the Dragon EP
Pharoahe Monch: PTSD
Coheed and Cambria Finish Good Apollo, Plan for Prequel
Prog-based post-punk outfit Coheed and Cambria wrote the final chapter to its long-standing concept series with just one album. But for the New York-based act, the terminus of its own story almost became reality before its album storyline could be completed.