Another excellent show that for whatever reason, I just wasn’t feeling. I think something in me may be broken, because this was a fantastic show. It may be due to the fact that I’ve had a lot of change in my life over the last month. It also might be that I was particularly salty [...]
This is one of those concerts where by going, I have corrected a previous concert injustice. The Doves injustice was that earlier this year they cancelled their Coachella appearance in addition to a few dates that included Chicago for a while, then later didn’t. So while I thought I had missed them, I really could [...]
Ok, technically the show was for The National, and Clap Your Hands was only the opening band. But apparently no one told the crowd, which was obviously there for Clap Your Hands. And for good reason – they put on an incredible show, quite possibly the best I have seen all year. At every really [...]
Few things: Dashboard Confessional has to be one of the worst live bands working today. Overly melodramatic, boring songs played with a kind of mock-intensity. It reminded me in a way of kareoke – the kind that’s neither good enough to be enjoyed, or bad enough to be entertaining. Their set only could only be [...]
I’ll admit – I had a moment of doubt on the way to the club for this show. While I love their debut CD of alternative classics reworked into bossa nova numbers – I doubted their ability to pull it off live without it being gimmicky. My doubts were totally unfounded – they put on [...]
On the way to the The Elbo Room, I thought I had never been there before, but I was wrong. When I first moved to Chicago, I think I went to see The Stereophonics there (or a band who’s name sounded REALLY similar). The scene at The Elbo Room is interesting: it reminded me a [...]