Imagine a cold, sweaty palm getting spat on by a lispy close-talker and that’s what it felt like at Lollapalooza on Friday…however, all resentment towards the erratically disgusting Chicago weather dissipated as soon as the masked duo known as The Bloody Beetroots came to the rescue and took to the stage. SPIN Online featured a quote that pretty much sums everything up:
“There was nothing anonymous about the thumping, grinding, solar-plexus-pounding electro-punk of the Bloody Beetroots when the Italian duo, they of the trademark Venom masks, took over the decks at Perry’s, Lollapalooza’s designated “rave-in-the-round.” Drawing on material from their forthcoming Romborama, including mixes of body-rocking club anthems like “Butter” and “Cornelius,” Bobby Rifo and Tommy Tea kept the crowd moving — and surfing — throughout their exhilarating 60-minute set. “Trance is dead,” read the T-shirt worn by one masked fan, perhaps stating the obvious, at least for as long as his cowled counterparts were throwing down onstage.” B. F-W.