The incredible shrinking tour continues in what is reported to be a much jammier show than the previous night, featuring a nearly 15 minute take on "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" and only a handful of repeated songs.Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 Riviera Theater, Chicago, ILLess Than You Think > Art Of Almost, I Might, Black Moon, Bull Black Nova,...

"It smells a bit more like weed in here than the opera" - Jeff Tweedy, 12/12/2011Monday, December 12th, 2011 Civic Opera House, Chicago, ILOne Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend), Poor Places, Art Of Almost, I Might, Misunderstood, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, One Wing, Rising Red Lung, Impossible Germany, Far Far Away,...

In this post, you'll find a complete media throwdown, with streams and download links for all three nights, the best hand selected videos and an awesome photo montage via the slaytercreative flickr page.Thursday, December 8th, 2011 The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, ILSet OneBirdland, Lost > Song In My Head, Lester Had a Coconut, Sirens, Galactic* >...

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.2011-11-25Aragon Ballroom Chicago, ILOne: Jazz Odyssey > Andy's Last Beer, Room to Breathe, Nothing Too Fancy, Domino Theory > Red Tape, Blue Echo > Burning Down The House > Nothing Too FancyTwo: Mulche's Odyssey > Wappy Sprayberry >...

Photographer and noted Little Big Fat bassist Craig Urban has shared some great snaps of the Furthur tour as it blew swung through the Midwest last weekend. These are from the Rosemont and Madison Shows. Click the thumbnail to enlarge:[gallery link="file" columns="2"] Elsewhere on the site: Rosemont Setlist / Stream / Video | Madison Setlist

We at The Barn sincerely thank the bands and fans that came out to help celebrate our second anniversary on Saturday! We hope everybody had as good time as we did. A highly entertaining evening began with a nice set of Phish tunes from The Vasoconstrictors; "Stash" and the set closing jam out of "Down...

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.2011-11-18Allstate Arena Rosemont, ILOne: Sugar Magnolia > Any Road, Ashes and Glass, Pride Of Cucamonga, Peaceful Valley, Deep Elem Blues > Stagger Lee, Cassidy > Sunshine DaydreamTwo: Playing In The Band > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Dark Star &...

What happens when you take 12 musicians, with only 2 Deadheads in the bunch, and challenge them to funkify select cuts from the catalog of the Grateful Dead? That was the question, when Dave Watts and Colorado's Motet set out to prepare for their 4 night 2011 Halloween run through the Front Range.If rehearsal time is proportional to...

Yonder Mountain welcomed good friend Brenday Bayliss of Umphrey's McGee to the stage at their stop in Chicago last week. Some video has surfaced, complete with enthusiastic crowd response. Brendan sat in for the first set closing "One More", followed by a jammed out version of Talking Heads' "Girlfriend Is Better". Have a look. See...

I was so happy to finally see some sets by Chicago area jammers Old Shoe pop up on the Internet Archive. There are several 2011 shows to choose from, but I couldn't resist sharing this one from their signature event, Shoe Fest, held in September. Not only do they offer some of their original music, but...