Dec 8, 2014
Prince made a surprise appearance at W Hollywood Hotels jazz night. Initially merely a spectator, Prince reportedly made his way to the stage for a lengthy guitar solo in the middle of the Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends" during the set by Ryan Edgar and Nikki Leonti-Edgar.Watch video of the performance (...
Dec 8, 2014
St. Vincent performed at Chicago Theater as WXRTs Big Holiday Concert Tuesday night.With an extremely theatric stage presence, Annie Clark and her band have easily become amongst the biggest live acts around, not to mention the release of St. Vincents impeccable self-titled album released earlier this year.The bands set featured every song from...
Dec 8, 2014
My Morning Jacket is currently working on two new studio albums, according to Rolling Stone. Their follow up to 2011s Circuital will be released in April 2015, with another full-length out in 2016.I just had tons of songs this time, Jim James told the magazine. We didnt even get to all of them.The interview with...
Dec 7, 2014
Wilcos second night of their Chicago Winterlude Riviera residency found the band continuing to change their setlist up, with almost no songs repeated from the previous night.The show included tour debuts of two songs and a handful of covers. It also included the first performance of Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2s Secret Of The Sea...
Dec 6, 2014
By: Alex WoodFor the opening night of their six-show Chicago residency, Wilco played a massive set in both choice and number of songs.The band opened with Via Chicago, as though to get it out of the way, the sold-out crowd predictably ecstatic. The song was bombastic with noisy interludes and attention to dynamics.Though...
Dec 6, 2014
More on this show later, but first here's the song list for night one on the Winterlude Riviera residency. Via Chicago Whole LoveI Must Be High ("the first song we ever recorded")Handshake Drugs >Wishful Thinking Hotel ArizonaEither WayChildlike & Evergreen (Jeff solo)Country Disappeared Forget The FlowersNothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)Hummingbird $On and On and On$One...
Dec 4, 2014
Chicago indie-folk trio The Papers havent been around for long, but are off to a unique and creative start.The Papers recently launched a Kickstarterasking not for money, but for user-submitted videos of bike rides in towns around the world for a project dubbed The Paper Trail. Once submission is completed, the band intends to...
Dec 1, 2014
Though a setlist still hasnt surfaced from either of Thee Oh Sees recent dates at The Empty Bottle, four videos from the second night provide a glimpse of the set for those without tickets to the sold-out shows.Lasting six songs and over thirty minutes, the videos show the psychedelic trio blasting through songs with...
Dec 1, 2014
For November, weve got 13 capsule reviews from Alex Wood. A key track from each release is included in the embedded Spotify playlist at the bottom of the page.Neil Young- Storytone [11/4]Recorded live with a full orchestra, Storytone is yet another odd project by the endlessly productive Neil Young. The orchestral backing is lush, adding...
Dec 1, 2014
Old Shoe and Chicago Farmer hooked up for a number of songs together at their Black Wednesday gig at Schuba's. The collaboration included a number of Farmer tunes as well as a take on the Stones' "Loving Cup", for which a great multi-cam video has surfaced courtesy of The Fan Farm.Wednesday, November 26th -...