Concert Review

Lucero at The Bottom Lounge, Chicago 10.24.09 [Concert Review]

October 30, 2009

My friend Nick and I went to the Lucero show the other night at the new Bottom Lounge in Chicago. I say new because the first time I saw Lucero was at the old Bottom Lounge years ago.‚  The new digs are way better (read: you don’t have to wipe your feet off before you [...]

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Wilco at The Mountain Winery, Tweedy lets loose on a fan. [Concert Review]

June 27, 2009

Not really a pic from Wilco’s show at Mountain Winery, but a nice image of the venue. Wilco made a tour stop at the amazing Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA last night. The show had everything you’d look for in a concert – a great opening act, an amazing set list, a gorgeous venue, short [...]

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The Decemberists, Blind Pilot @ The Tabernacle, Atlanta [Concert Review]

June 16, 2009

Image courtesy of BeauHoward.com. Last month, I again found myself in Atlanta and made it to a great venue called The Tabernacle. One of my favorite bands, Blind Pilot, was opening for The Decemberists and rental car trouble started things off on the wrong foot. My front bumper dropped off the car on the interstate [...]

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The National @ Kool Haus, Toronto [Concert Review]

June 1, 2009

Photo courtesy of Chart Attack. The National kicked off a summer tour last Thursday rolling through Toronto’s unfortunately named Kool Haus, a rather antiseptic venue, part warehouse and part hipster club.‚  This is a band that is definitely bringing it’s A-game right now coming off of two consecutive outstanding albums and contributing significantly to the [...]

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Tmrrw Nvr Knws 2009 @ Schubas – Tulsa, The Donkeys and Bishop Allen [Concert Review]

January 31, 2009

After a long frigid weekend, I ventured downtown to Schubas to catch quite a trifecta of acts. While the other lineups at Schuba’s Tomorrow Never Knows series didn’t inspire me, it was quite convenient for them to line up the three bands I wanted to see on the same night – Tulsa, The Donkeys and [...]

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Frightened Rabbit at The Empty Bottle, Chicago, 1/24/2009 [Concert Review]

January 26, 2009

I first listened to Frightened Rabbit’s 2008 release, Midnight Organ Fight, in the summer and was struck by the immediacy and lack of pretension in their music. Raw with threadbare emotion, the lyrical themes seemingly hold meaning in these tumultuous times, with topics centering on relationship and human warmth, literally and metaphorically. The Glasgow, Scotland [...]

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Vampire Weekend at Terminal 5, NYC [Concert Review]

December 10, 2008

For me Vampire Weekend represents something of a guilty indulgence.‚  You know the story of the Brooklyn band that generated online buzz with songs referencing the colors of Benetton, Louis Vuitton and the landscape of Cape Cod; not exactly gritty indie topic matter.‚  Yet, it’s hard to deny their infectious, “happy” Afro-pop melodies that seem [...]

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