My favorite post to write every year, and this year is no different. Many may be complaining that this year’s Grant Park lineup doesn’t compare to other major music festivals around the world, but those people aren’t looking hard enough. Last year I suggested catching Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, as they were destined for stardom (and boy has it hit hard, with a sold-out world tour approaching and 3 tracks in the Billboard Top 100), and Givers, who were up there for my favorite performance of 2012. So same drill… you will not find The Killers, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, or even Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper on this list. While I still highly recommend checking out all of those acts, here are the lesser known artists you can’t miss.
The Postal Service is back and I couldn’t be happier. The band released its one and only album in 2003, featuring classics “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” and “Such a Great Heights” and leaving fans waiting for new music for an entire decade. The waiting has paid off, because the electro-pop band released a new song entitled “A Tattered Line of String” this morning. The song is a segway into an epic band making an ultimate comeback that has already left me asking Justin who??
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