Sep 17, 2012
I've never been a huge Rush fan, but I had some friends who were wild about this show and, hey... string section! Enjoy some sounds of the Great White North.SetlistRushSeptember 15, 2012United Center, Chicago, ILSet One:Subdivisions, The Big Money, Force Ten, Grand Designs, The Body Electric, Territories, The Analog Kid, Bravado, Where's My Thing? (...
Sep 15, 2012
This will likely be the last time we see Wilco in Chicago for some time. It's been a good run of local shows, from Wilco and Tweedy, since last December. Here's what they offered the festival crowd on Saturday...WilcoAV Fest / Hideout Block Party - Chicago, ILSeptember 15, 2012Misunderstood, 26 Nothings, Company In My Back, I Might,...
Sep 10, 2012
The Barn is a Chicago-based music blog, and we're 100% committed to providing a chance to hear best stuff from the Chicago area again on our site. But events like this happen only rarely -- in Chicago or anywhere -- so I wanted to get it out there so folks can easily have a listen and...
Sep 9, 2012
Morello and Vedder make another appearance. Here's the complete song list - scroll down to listen to the entire show or download it in iPod ready, tracked mp3's...Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street BandWrigley Field - Chicago, ILSeptember 8th, 2012SetlistThe Promised Land, The Ties That Bind, No Surrender, Hungry Heart, We Take Care Of...
Sep 8, 2012
More thoughts and goodies to come on this magnificent spectacle of a show, but wanted to get song list and some awesome media as soon as possibleBruce Springsteen & The E-Street BandWrigley Field - Chicago, ILSeptember 7th, 2012SetlistProve It All Night, My Love Will Not Let You Down, Out in the Street, Hungry Heart, We...
Sep 6, 2012
Sold Out. The phrase adorned Martyrs website by Friday morning, determining the destiny of all but the most hardcore fence sitters, some of whom turned out to try their luck anyway. There was little, if any, luck to be had, and Martyrs staff had its hands full with people trying to game the system to...
Aug 28, 2012
For the second time in three months, Anders Osborne brought his powerful guitar sounds to Chicago, this time to the clubby, upscale Park West. In contrast to the more staid crowd at his last appearance at SPACE in Evanston, this crowd skewed younger, perhaps as a result of the location as well as the band...
Aug 27, 2012
The tone and approach to post-Grateful Dead side projects can sometimes feel like throwing a dart, with individual band members trying to grasp onto one of the many weird and wonderful things that made up the unknowable mystery of the band. Mickey Hart rolled through town in July with a kind of world-groove cosmic space...
Aug 22, 2012
When can a band, who is not even on the Lollapalooza lineup, secure a coveted pre-Lolla gig at Chicago's famed Metro? When they are the goddamn Band Of Horses that's when. Here's a set of their unapologetic rock music that adequately prepped festival-goers who were in town before the three day mega-fest earlier this month....
Jul 30, 2012
A new venue and a new vibe with for the long running Midwest festival, but the same Blotto and the 12th encore album, this time one that was "due": the Allman Brothers Band Eat A Peach. Here are the setlists (via mr.blotto.net)Friday, July 27, 2012Set One: Gettin' It On, Any Kinda Lover, One...