Nov 16, 2015
Drive-By Truckers performed two consecutive nights at Thalia Hall this weekend, playing massive sets. The band played 22 songs on Friday and 23 on Saturday, yet only repeated four tracks between the two nights.For fans of any band, 41 distinct songs performed between two sets is about all you can ask for.It almost needs to be...
Nov 24, 2014
Drive-By Truckers havent stopped touring since the release of English Oceans, the bands tenth full-length studio album. The ceaseless tour included plenty of big dates and festival outings, but also found the band playing a fairly intimate show at The Vic in October.Anyone who doubts DBTs ability to rock like they used to needs...
Nov 4, 2013
Drive By Truckers went slipped a handful of songs by or associated with The Rolling Stones into their set at Chicago's Vic Theater on Halloween. Their take on "Miss You" even featured Chicago harmonica legend (and original performer on the Stones version) Sugar Blue. Check out the full setlist, which also featured Sugar on another...
Dec 23, 2011
The Barn's 2010 Holiday Mixtape was subtitled A Very Jamband Christmas and justifiably so -- it's intent was to collect a CD length holiday playlist that showcased the style of improv-leaning bands on Christmas classics. Though at the time I thought I had cultivated the cream of jamband holiday fare, it became obvious that more material...
Dec 14, 2011
I'd never even heard of Fanfound until recently, but based on deals they are currently offering, there appear to be many reasons to check back with them frequently.At the top of the list are discounted tickets (43% off face value) to both upcoming weekends of the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. If you missed the...
Jan 11, 2011
Bringing together our recent Talking Heads video retrospective with some of the characteristics of our suburban (with kids) readership, its time we drag out the old "whatever happened to music on MTV" cliche. Done right, in Infographic form, this clever chart plucked from graphjam.com, features this month's Relix cover boy DJ Lance Rock, the...