Live Reviews
Aerosmith, Motley Crue live!
Aerosmith, Motley Crue First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park Thursday, October 5, 2006 “The Route Of All Evil Tour” was a fitting title to this fall’s Aerosmith and Motley Crue outing because both are known for partying, pyrotechnics, power ballads, and last but not least, flowing locks. Though the members of Aerosmith have toned down […]
Jenny Lewis, Viet Nam live!
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins, Viet Nam Vic Theatre, Chicago Wednesday, October 4, 2006 For someone so concerned with the meteorology of relationships, Jenny Lewis sure doesn’t check the weather reports as often as she could. In January 2003 while fronting her regular gig, Rilo Kiley, she wore a tank top in the Abbey […]
Sleeping At Last live!
Sleeping At Last The Union, Naperville Friday, October 6, 2006 Sleeping At Last may just be Chicagoland’s best-kept secret, so it should be no surprise that they chose to kick off their first headlining nationwide tour in a small, virtually unknown venue. The little old white church building (now a concert venue dubbed “The Union”) […]
Shooter Jennings Live!
Shooter Jennings Joe’s, Chicago Saturday, September 30, 2006 With the exception of a quick “How ya doin’ Chicago?” as he took the stage Shooter Jennings offered little chit chat during the first four songs – “Electric Rodeo,” “Gone To Carolina,” “Little White Lines,” and “Solid Country Gold” – at Joe’s Saturday night.
Lupe Fiasco’s Secret Show
Lupe Fiasco Metro, Chicago Tuesday, September 19, 2006 At last, Lupe Fiasco’s day has come. On an unseasonably cool September evening, this Chicago-reared MC gathered hundreds of fans for this free “MySpace Secret Show†— one that he initially cancelled due to illness. But after having his long-awaited debut, Food & Liquor, pushed back seven […]
Sufjan Stevens live
Sufjan Stevens Riviera, Chicago Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Things have gotten serious for Sufjan Stevens. When Illinois was just a twinkle in his eye, he brought his so-called “Militia” to Schubas on the Seven Swans tour; Schubas holds approximately 200 people. After Illinois came out, he played a sold-out Metro. Tuesday he packed the Riv […]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Strokes Live!
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Strokes Charter One Pavilion, Chicago Thursday, September 14, 2006 Steady as he goes, Tom Petty’s inaugural appearance at the outdoor Charter One Pavilion on Thursday was as by the book as it gets — and exactly what you want from him.
Catfish Haven Live!
Catfish Haven Double Door, Chicago Saturday, September 16, 2006 Missing from the garage rock renaissance of the early millennium were great singers. Roky Erickson was as essential to 13th Floor Elevators as that nauseating electric jug, just as a sinewy Iggy Pop not only gave The Stooges unpredictibility, but also an unquantifiable grace. A rudimentary […]
World Music Fest Report
Sara Tavares, Cibelle, Natacha Atlas World Music Fest, Chicago September 2006 Hosting a bevy of quirky, globally hip, international acts shimmying across various stages, the Chicago World Music Festival kickstarted its opening weekend with style. After years of struggling with immigration challenges and skimpy attendance, the eighth annual festival seems to have hit its stride. […]
Touch And Go Block Party Review
Touch And Go’s 25th Anniversary Hideout Block Party, Chicago September 8th through 10th, 2006 The weekend felt like the prom most of the graying punks never bothered to attend or a family reunion with more piercings and tattoos than a biker rally. Touch And Go, Chicago’s venerable independent record label, turned 25 years young and […]
Def Leppard & Journey live!
Journey, Def Leppard Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee Saturday, September 9, 2006 Look up “guilty pleasure†in the rock ‘n’ roll encyclopedia and it’s sure to include a host of ’80s-based arena rockers and hair metallers, including Journey and Def Leppard. The double bill indeed embodied that very idea, and while it compromises one’s cool to admit […]
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young Live!
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park Sunday, September 3, 2006 Ever since Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young delivered a politically charged set at the very first Woodstock, the foursome has been branded as one of the most opinionated and outspoken units of the past four decades.
Venom Live!
Venom House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, September 3, 2006 If you were to judge the capacity of Venom’s show solely by the line gathered outside of House Of Blues Sunday night, the guess would be sold out. After all, at 8:00 (15 minutes prior to show time) it stretched from HOB’s doors all the way […]
Dwight Yoakam Live!
Dwight Yoakam Park West, Chicago Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Country star Dwight Yoakam doesn’t have the reputation of being the business end of anything. But a pre-show meet-and-greet ran overtime Wednesday, forcing him and his band to take the stage much later than scheduled. And did he ever make up for it.
William Elliott Whitmore Live!
William Elliott Whitmore Beat Kitchen, Chicago Wednesday, August 30, 2006 There was a point during William Elliott Whitmore’s Beat Kitchen set, five songs in to be exact, where the singer-songwriter decided to take a risk. He invited one of the drummers and the keyboard player from opening act FT (The Shadow Government) plus a bass […]
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