Mar 13, 2013
It was with certain amount of amusement, and shameful delight, that I watched the "reviews" roll in for the Umphrey's McGee "Chicago tourist anthem" last spring. Admittedly I was excited to hear a band that I liked pay tribute to the city I love, but the final product was a bit of a head-scratcher.It...
Dec 12, 2011
Ryan Adams delivered a career spanning set of music for his Chicago fans last night in the solo and acoustic format. He reached back into the Whiskeytown catalog for "16 Days" as well a few choice hair rock / hard rock covers: Ratt's "Round and Round" and Alice In Chain's "Nutshell" as the show's encore.Though NYC...
Feb 21, 2011
Here's more from the jam packed musical weekend of 2/5 in Chicago (and there's even more on the way).Being a blog based in the burbs, I'll only briefly question the wisdom of playing a kids show in the one neighborhood in the Chicago area with probably the least amount of children; however I will give...