Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
We’ve explored the best and worst of Super Bowl entertainment before so I’ll cut right to the chase on this one. The Madonna Super Bowl halfttime show left me wanting a whole lot more. And, unfortunately, the best part about it was watching that guy bounce around on that crazy tightrope thingy. Sure, many [...]
The exploration in to the community of groove and dance culture continued at Lincoln Hall Saturday night. In the wake of this sold out show, it’s obvious that Chicago DJ trio Midnight Conspiracy is aiming to innovate the live dance music experience as they stimulate the senses by blurring the lines between house, dubstep and performance art. [...]
During this episode of Live Fix Radio, we explore the music of rapper, singer-songwriter and Chicago-native Katherine Flaherty (aka K.Flay). We first discovered K. Flay’s cunning blend of hip hop, pop, rock and humorous rhymes back in March at SXSW. We caught up with Flaherty before her show at Subterranean to talk about her Black [...]
A good time was had by all during the RE:MIX LAB as Theophilus London and Hollywood Holt laid down some righteous beats and fresh rhymes at the River Arts Center. Without a doubt, the glory of the groove flowed through the venue as fans danced and rocked oblivion to London’s new songs — an intoxicating [...]
We already know how women experience live music and we had the chance to continue our sensual and emotional exploration by checking out the Lady Killer Tour at the Abbey Pub in Chicago. As you know, we began the night with a great live chat with 14 year-old singer-songwriter Kate Diaz, and now we’d like [...]
After we began our tour tour rider experiment last week, I’m excited to tell you I have some excellent evidence to share that we discovered at the Hideout Block Party on Sunday just before Mavis Staples’ set. As you can see by the picture above there was a large throne waiting for Mavis Staples. It [...]
Lots of fun was had at that Eventbrite Confidential secret show at the Empty Bottle benefiting Rock for Kids. We had such a blast soaking up the groovy and shimmering orch-pop and synthy-sounding tunes of the Freelance Whales that Colleen actually took some pictures for you during the show as evidence, just in case you [...]
I haven’t been able to stop humming Tony Bennett tunes since Friday night when I saw him live for the first time. And I don’t think I’ll ever forget what it was like to experience him flashing that billion-dollar smile and wooing a sold out crowd of awestruck fans at Ravinia Festival. If you’re going to [...]
During this episode of Live Fix Radio, we explore how fans cope with the emotional trauma caused by the Sugarland stage collapse tragedy, the evolution of gate-crashing and the best and worst moments of Lollapalooza 2011. Subscribe via iTunes. Show Notes: Music from the podcast (all tracks live at Lollapalooza 2011 except Sugarland) Atmosphere – [...]
Editorial Note: Well, you know that we love to embark on new and exciting concert experiments here at Live Fix. And now we’re going to share with you a most curious experiment that I tested out in my coverage of Lollapalooza 2011 for Blogcritics. As you’ll read below, I wanted try out a new way to explore [...]
Another Pitchfork Music Festival is in the books. So how did it stack up against previous years? Well, not so good, actually. It was an unbalanced mix of downers and highlights and we were there to cover it all. Before we start sharing the fan stories from this year’s festival, here’s the full review that [...]
Editorial Note: Article first published as Pitchfork Festival 2011 Day Two: Fleet Foxes, DJ Shadow, No Age Rock the Masses on Blogcritics. From the first chest-rattling and thumping beats to the constant wave of crowd-surfers floating above the heads of their fellow concertgoers, it was obvious during Pitchfork Festival Day 2 that live music is [...]
Editorial Note: article first published as Music Review: Pitchfork Festival 2011 Day One – Righteous Tune-Yards, Animal Collective Deja-snoozes and Harry Potter Shout-outs on Blogcritics. The first day of Pitchfork Festival 2011 might not have sold out with only 18,000 fans piling in to Union Park, a place that can hold around 20,000. But nonetheless [...]
During this episode of Live Fix Radio, we explore how the female brain, body and emotions are impacted by the live music experience. We also spoke with Egyptian hardcore band Massive Scar Era. And after seeing the female-fronted quartet perform live at Obbityfest 2011, Sherine (vocals/guitar) and Nancy (violin) told us about how the [...]
