Late Night Lobotomy (1/31)

By Winston Robbins on January 31st, 2011 in Late Night Lobotomy

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Let’s face it: Last week was rough. We at the LNL like to make lemonade out of the lemons so often handed to us, but last week was a stretch. There were a lot of solid performers but not ones that would really satisfy our collective musical palate. So, if you took the week off, no harm no foul. You can catch up on the main highlights (a very confident Iron & Wine and a promising look at White Lies’ newest release) here and here, respectively… Just know that this week is a completely different story, and you should warm up that DVR because you’re going to be flipping channels like mad with the lineup we have coming up.

Maybe it’s just because festival season is at hand, and concordantly festival love is in the air, but this week’s late night feels a bit like a festival lineup. It certainly has all the familiar makings of one. We have a big headliner: Robert Plant, massive Sub-Heads: The National, Interpol, and an unlikely but great addition of George Clinton. Taking things further, we have two completely unexpected reunions: Ricky Martin (for realz) and Naughty By Nature, solid mid-size acts: Peter, Bjorn, and John and Best Coast, and lower-tier bands: Phantogram and One Eskimo. And, of course, there are the artists no one is really interested in: everyone else slated to play late night this week.

It might be a fickle, frivolous notion, but allow yourself to imagine these names on a lineup poster. This could really happen. Our own imagined Late Night Lobotomy Festival. Hell, I’d buy tickets.

Here’s your Late Night Lobotomy.