Alt-J doubles down on its lightshow to awe-inspiring effect in headlining set
Friday | Twin Peaks Stage
What became clear as the band launched into its closer “Breezeblocks” is the way in which alt-J has grown into its image.
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Gorillaz carries its energy through San Francisco’s curfew
Friday | Land's End Stage
A cartoon band, Gorillaz may have started from behind Jamie Hewlett’s caricatures but permanent frontman Damon Albarn didn’t pretend to be anything other than flesh and blood at Outside Lands in its headlining set Friday night. Albarn stepped up to the crowd in dark jeans and a black shirt, bereft
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Sleigh Bells can’t ring through overblown bass
Friday | Twin Peaks Stage
But oddly, given the band’s reliance on heavy bass and a machine-gun drumline, there was no drummer or bassist to be found onstage, the two critical parts instead left on the shoulders of a backing track.
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