With overlapping schedules, new upcoming acts at the beginning of the day and must see headliners at night, festivals usually incubate marathon-type conditions. But no matter how much you plan, run and organize, you’ll still miss a few acts. Reverb has you covered with a playlist that consists of some of our favorite acts from the top to the bottom of the bill not to be missed. Remember this playlist while you’re gallivanting through the musty swarm of fans all up in humid Chicago’s Grant Park.
Or for the lazy, you can catch all the action from your couch via the , which we’ll have for you to find on Reverb. If you missed it, also posted five early acts not to miss out on early in the day over the weekend.
Disclosure — “When a Fire Starts to Burn”
Nine Inch Nails — “Heresy”
The Cure — “the Exploding Boy”
New Order — “Age of Consent”
Vampire Weekend— “Ya Hey”
Phoenix — “Too Young”
Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake — “Poetic Justice”
Queens of the Stone Age — “If I had Tail”
Hot Chip — “Look at Where We Are”
2 Chainz ft. Wiz Khalifa — “We Own It (Fast and Furious)”
2 Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith — “Not in Love”
Lana Del Rey — “Young and Beautiful”
Cat Power — “Ruin”
Diiv — “Wait”
Haim — “Forever”
Death Grips — “Hacker”
Jessie Ware — “Wildest Moments”
St. Lucia — “We Got It Wrong”
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Julio Enriquez is a Denver writer and photographer, editor of the blog and a regular contributor to Reverb.
