Concert Preview: Chicago Blues Festival, Old Town Art Fair

Chicago Blues Festival

This weekend the Chicago Blues Festival and Old Town Art Fair will be rocking the Windy City. We’re ready. Are you? Get show details,  mobile app info and more.

Concert Preview: The Kickback Is Ready To Explode

The Kickback Great Self Love

One way to get the attention of a live music fan is to call a band’s live show “explosive,”  which is one of the words used to describe how The Kickback do things live.  But before you go to their next concert, let’s hear directly from the band why their brand of live rock has [...]

Monthly Wrap-up: How We Got Our Concert Fix In April

If you missed some of the top Live Fix posts in April, don’t worry.  I understand because April was a busy month here at Live Fix, too.  If you can believe it, I even forgot to read some of my own best posts. So here’s a quick wrap-up revisiting all the hot April action: enhanced concert [...]

Concert Preview: Umphrey’s McGee UMbowl at Lincoln Hall

Like they did with their “S2″ events last fall, Chicago-based jam-band Umphrey’s McGee is putting on the first ever UMbowl tonight. It’s a four-quarter interactive concert experiment that’s once again pushing the limits of  fan-to-band live music interaction.

Beach House At Metro: Live Tweeting Human Emotion

Live Fix Beach House Tweets

It seems so long ago. But really it’s only been a couple of weeks since I was engulfed in the mysterious and enigmatic music of Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House. It was one of the best shows of 2010 (so far). So let’s see what was conjured inside the heart and mind of one [...]