Jul 8, 2015
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes offered two hours of music to a sold out Chicago crowd on Friday night, creating an exciting participatory vibe as a part of SilverWrapper's Music Never Stopped 2015 series, centered around the Grateful Dead 50 run.The band even cooked up a cover of The Dead's "Ripple" to acknowledge the occasion....
Jul 7, 2015
It might take days or weeks for me to fully express the range of emotions felt during this past weekend's shows. Until then, it certainly doesn't hurt to revisit what went down over three nights at Soldier Field.Luckily there are a ton of options. Here are some of my favorites.Soundcloud user quinfolk has...
Jun 30, 2015
Still processing the weekend, but for those looking to relive (or experience for the first time) in advance of the Chicago shows, there is a webcast rip of the second set of Sunday's show below. The beginning of this set is definitely where the meat is. We posted an audio stream of Saturday's, too.Here's...
Jun 22, 2015
Umphrey's McGee and Widepsread Panic completed a three night run together on Sunday night at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, culminating with some collaborations that went both ways.UM welcomed Panic guitarist Jimmy Herring, keyboardist Jojo Herrmann and drummer Duane Trucks for a red hot take on The Who's late period classic "Eminence Front". Thanks to...
Jun 18, 2015
English band Wire set up in Chicago with a pretty high-minded mission, for their Drill festival. Here's how they put it.Genre-defying evolution is the hallmark of post-punk legends WIREs career. Now, nearly forty years into its existence, Wire is breathing new life into small, curated festivals built on artistic kinship across divergent musical styles,...
Jun 16, 2015
We've come a long way since the 2002 Bonnaroo Superjam, which was essentially an expanded String Cheese Incident & Friends set.In 2015, Hollywood actors open the festivities with an a capalla "We Are The World", and stars from all over the popular music spectrum drop in for a cameo. But one thing stays the same, the...
Jun 12, 2015
Sixty seven songs over three nights and not a single one repeated. My Morning Jacket fulfilled Tuesday night'srarity filled promise by extending their catalog list over the course of three nights, dipping into the New Basement Tapes ("Down On The Bottom") for the second time as well. Here's the song list and six great up-front...
Jun 11, 2015
My Morning Jacket settled into night two of the Chicago Theatre, not repeating a single song from Tuesday. Here's the song list: an eleven song "set" and an eleven song "encore", followed by setlist.fm's breakdowns of which albums the songs came from. They may give you some clues to expect for tonight's Chicago run...
Jun 10, 2015
My Morning Jacket kicked off a three night run at Chicago Theatre last night. Here's the song list, which played like two halves, mellow at first, then big and rocking in the end and a few videos fromBigSkyVIP,Norm SmythandGeorge Villalobos.Believe (Nobody Knows)The DarkHeartbreakin ManFirst LightX-Mas CurtainRollin BackLike A RiverKnot Comes LooseSoonerNothing to...
Jun 7, 2015
Full weekend coverage coming soon, but for now check out these two sweet videos from izeoftheworldphotos and the show setlist from Saturday night. Don't forget to check out recaps and audio from Thursday and Friday. [box type="download"]Download Entire Show (zip .mp3) via archive.org[/box]Set OneFor Sure Uh HuhBlood...