Sep 20, 2012
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.>View Umphrey's McGee Rotation<>View All Fall Tour Visual Setlists<
Sep 20, 2012
[9/20 Update -- Three Purple Party Aftershows each night at House Of Blues] He's done residencies in New York, Los Angeles and London (playing as many as 21 shows in one location!) and now it's time to give Chicago some Purple Love -- the first time since 2004 (a show i had tickets for but then could not...
Sep 20, 2012
I'm glad the author of this chart (rockcharts.tumblr.com), used graph paper for precise measurement of how exactly to dress sharp.
Sep 19, 2012
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.>View Umphrey's McGee Rotation<>View All Fall Tour Visual Setlists<
Sep 19, 2012
He's bringing Smashing Pumpkins to a suburban arena in October, but Billy Corgan will conquer toney North Shore enclave of Highland Park with...tea?Not only is Corgan the proprietor of Madame ZuZu's, he entertained tea fans last Thursday with a three sets of solo music (setlist below). How did that go? Judge for yourself...
Sep 18, 2012
It's rare that I'd have to start a concert review with Spoiler Alert and even rarer that I'd fall so hard for a show that was as well-planned and seemingly scripted as this event, but despite these caveats David Byrne and St. Vincent at Chicago Theater was Grade A entertainment and among my favorite shows...
Sep 18, 2012
What a busy weekend we had in Chicago: Saturday night alone had Wilco, Rush, Riot Fest and I nearly forgot about this gem, Ween's Aaron Freeman at Lincoln Hall. Thanks to youtuber madpicken, we've got a nice seven song the full video playlist. Very cool to see these songs in this setting.SetlistAaron FreemanSeptember 15, 2012As...
Sep 18, 2012
Lots of online outlets broke the new Prince song (alternately known as RNR Affair, Rock N Roll Love Affair) with a link to a SoundCloud page that has been subequently taken down. Can't promise how long this will be up... but here is a working version for now:[10/24 Update] He played the tune last night...
Sep 18, 2012
There are some pretty heavyweight corporate sponsors behind this one who I'll conveniently neglect to mention here. But if you've got nothing going on in the afternoon of Friday, September 21, there'll be some pretty cool indie-folk waiting for you at the Mayne Stage in Rogers ParkRSVP HereDoors at 12. Show at 1. Apparently a RVSP does not...
Sep 17, 2012
Contributed by Gee Forjay (@312mrg)If you enjoy live music, you live for those moments when youve felt a certain unity. It's when that thing happens that everyone at the show has shown up for, crystallizing in time and space and in the middle of song, jam, note... whatever. This is what you pay for,...