Items filtered by date: November 2007
Fleet Foxes at Metro in Chicago: Folk that Rocks
The Fleet Foxes have changed. Last summer they were good live, but they were timid and withdrawn. Saturday night at the Metro was a different band playing the same songs and a few more. A year on the road has taught the Foxes how to have confidence, and that folk songs can rock.
Opening for the Fleet Foxes was Dungen from Sweden, a psychedelic-folk-rock band who seemed surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response from the audience. They said, “You guys are here to see the Fleet Foxes, right?” before beginning their encore.
David Byrne's live show: the highlight of the year
I've been a Talking Heads fan since I was 13, and I've seen Byrne perform four times before, but nothing to top last night's show, which featured a huge number of performers -- three backup singers, three dancers, two percussionists, various guitar players, a keyboard, a bass -- and the sweetest, goofiest, most lovely choreography since Stop Making Sense...
Review of Summer 2009 Tunes Tour (Part 1)
Counting Crows at Taste of Chicago (06/27/09)--Going to this show was a very last-minute decision. I had seen the Crows once before and was very disappointed. I went this time because it was free and I was sure they couldn’t be much worse than last time. They were NOT worse at all. In fact, they were actually good...
Pitchfork Festival; Highlights of Sunday July 19th
I retrieved the rum from its hiding place feeling like a teenager sneaking booze into a friends house. The lack of searching at the gate further revealed itself in copious cloudsmokes of reefer, which created an almost constant scent in the crowds. Oh, and the following are some additional details on selected artists and occurrences from Pitchfork on Sunday July 19th.
Green Day Rocks Chicago
This was my second time seeing Green Day in concert, and they blew my mind just as much as the first time I saw them live; these guys can ROCK! Billie, Mike, and Tre have great chemistry together as a band and it manifests itself in spades onstage. If you looked up "stage presence" in the dictionary you might find a picture of Billie Joe Armstrong there...
Chris Isaak “Mr. Lucky” Shares his Good Luck!
Chris Isaak is now touring with, “Mr. Lucky”, his first new studio album in seven years and for old fans and new, it is a summer tour not to be missed. Chris has been with his band for 25 years but from the high level of energy and musicianship they still put out you’d swear it was just yesterday you witnessed Chris Isaak big breakout hit “Wicked Game”.
Dennis DeYoung - Rockin' the Westchester Fest in Paradise
Warm breezes crossed the stage, the subwoofers were thumping, and the area in front of the stage was packed. The guitars were loud, the vocals on pitch, and the rhythm section was in perfect time.
"Up" at Steppenwolf
Do you have a dream? The kind of dream that makes your whole family both respect your audacity and think you are crazy at the same time? The kind of dream that may take decades to fulfill, while quite possibly bankrupting your life savings?
TimeLine Theatre Co.'s “The History Boys”
If you’re finding that one of your brows is raised, if you’re bewitched, bothered, or bewildered, then you’ve probably yet to experience the work a compulsive ironist. The quotations cited above can be found in “The History Boys,” the Best Play Tony Award winner of 2006, which is now at TimeLine Theatre, under the splendid direction of Nick Bowling.
Beat Salad is rockin' @ Joe's!
Taking cues from such bands as Tenacious D and Flight of the Conchords, members Vince Foss (guitar, vocals) and Miguel Matallanes (percussion, vocals) have a comedy routine that they expertly weave throughout their set. In between (and many times during) songs, most of the audience is grinning ear-to-ear from the on-stage dialogue.
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