Live Reviews
Pitchfork 2012 Day 3 photos
Are you in this one? Nope. This one? Nope. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Milk Music, Iceage, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Beach House, and Vampire Weekend are, though.
Pitchfork recap!
âHipsters/Unite/Come align for the big fight to rock.â Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins wrote that line back in 1991 as a slag to those in the music scene who took a more âindie than thouâ attitude toward his music. Well, today it would perfectly apply to those attending the Pitchfork Music Festival.
Kevin Costner & Modern West live!
Everyone has a “B” side. From the pitcher whose’s curve doesn’t anymore, to the rapper who felt he could act. It could be a side gig or finding a long lost passion. Maybe it’s life’s Act 2? Kevin Costner, yeah the actor’s “B” side is the frontman for the country band Modern West.
Wilco at the ballpark!
Sunday, July 8th was the Geneva convention for Wilco fans, who flocked to Fifth Third Ballpark to watch their heroes with Andrew Bird and The Congregation.
Neil Diamond live shots!
They were coming to the United Center (via Chicago and America) on the 6th, where Neil Diamond cut a solitary figure.
Riverâs Edge Fest, MN, reviewed!
Having attended three of the first four Lollapalooza tours in the early â90s on St. Paulâs Harriet Island, and watching from afar the rebirth of the franchise take over Grant Park more than a decade later,
Lisa Marie Presley live!
Nothing but Ed Spinelli’s photographs of the princess of rock ‘n’ roll — a title we’re sure she loaths. She managed the Bottom Lounge on the 20th with ease.
Aerosmith and Cheap Trick live!
Everyone knows what to expect when you go to see a band in concert whoâs been together for over 40 years, and whose frontman is in his mid-60s (64 to be exact): the band will move around the stage much less than in their younger, wilder days,
The English Beat & Romantics live!
The English Beat and The Romantics wouldnât be the first names to spring to mind when considering the most popular acts of the late 1970âs and early 1980âs, but their recent double bill at House Of Blues
Spring Awakening Festival interviews
Given the cityâs roots in the electronic music movement, itâs only fitting that the Spring Awakening Music festival, a celebration of all things EDM, featured a healthy showing of Chicago talent. Illinois Entertainerâs Jaime deâMedici was onsite at the two-day festival, interviewing Chicago artists for the ChicagoVerseUniteD podcast series on his Dynasty Podcasts Network.
Pumpkins set sail!
With the current music model, records either leak online or unceremoniously hit iTunes at the stroke of midnight on a Monday night. Either way, itâs not much of an occasion, especially when compared to the days of album signings and
Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality review
So how do you get Sox fans into Wrigley Field on a Saturday night in June? Brad Paisley and the Virtual Reality Tour will do it.
Radiohead live at FMBA!
If you think this is over then youâre wrong: Thom Yorke convincingly sang those words during the Radiohead‘s first encore Sunday night, at a near-capacity First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. Now rewind to 2011: the band released The King Of Limbs (TBD), its eighth studio album, played a handful of dates, and all but disappeared. Speculation […]
Roger Waters live!
Epic: it’s a word that gets bandied about so often that it’s lost a great deal of its impact. But back in 1979, when Pink Floyd released the The Wall, the word was the most concise and accurate way of describing the work.
Thrice’s last Chicago show!
Farewell shows and tours are a tricky proposition. Few acts truly stay broken up (welcome back, Soundgarden). And even the finality of death isn’t quite the performance deterrent it once was (nice to have you back, Pac).
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