Continuing our series on virtual concert experiences, we have a chance for you to watch singer-songwriter Andrew Belle tonight live from the Livestream Studios and ask him question during the show.
Concert Preview: Scotland Yard Gospel Choir at Millennium Park
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yes, a lot of painful moments can happen on stage, but traveling to and from shows can be just as dangerous for bands. It’s been over nine months, since Chicago-based orch-pop band The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir was involved in a terrible crash last year while in route to tour their latest album … and [...]
Does The Radius Clause Impact Concert Fans?
July 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
On June 25th pop music reporter Jim Derogatis of Vocalo.org broke a story about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan investigating the radius clause imposed on bands who play Lollapalooza and the festival’s possible anti-trust violating relationship with the City of Chicago. Then on June 30th, Derogatis followed up the story with a series of key [...]
Say Hello to U2's Intimate Claw Stage
September 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Heading to see U2 at Soldier Field tonight in Chicago? Then you’ll want to check out this exclusive behind-the-scenes look from Chicago Tribune. The video takes a look at the “The Alien Space Ship/Claw” stage set up for U2′s 360 tour. The stage is designed to make the outside concert environment more intimate and make Solider Field [...]
What Was Lollapalooza's Biggest Health Issue?
August 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Do you know what the “single biggest health issue” was on Day 2 of Lollapalooza? Bursting bloody eardrums? Crushing bones in the mosh pit? Dehydration? Drug use, perhaps? Nope. It was none of these. I have to admit I was surprised. But according to Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot video review, it was…foot blisters. Yes, my friends. Nasty, uncomfortable and [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival Day 2: A F'd Up National Dooms Day
July 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Union Park continued to rock as Day Two of Pitchfork Music Festival showcased a burly frontman who knows how to completely obliterate the barrier between the crowd and the band. I’m talking about punk rockers F**ked Up who, along with their burly leader Pink Eye, provided the heat while the sun hid behind the clouds. To give you [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival: Did Day One Go As Planned?
July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Day One of the Pitchfork Music Festival was a drizzly and chilly one. But there was enough warmth and heat coming from the stage via the Jesus Lizard and Built to Spill to keep me from shivering myself to death (I’ll make sure to bring a sweatshirt for Day Two). The Live Fix Twitter Experiment is going [...]
Remembering Wilco’s Jay Bennett
May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Getting back from the Indy 500 on Sunday, I was greeted by the unfortunate news that ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett had died. It goes without saying that this news was sad. And for me the connection and one of the reasons to mourn was linked to Bennett’s masterful production and contributions to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, one [...]
Andrew Bird's Shattered Brilliance At The Civic Opera House
April 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When Pete Townshend did it, it was considered innovative and brilliant. Jimi Hendrix made it a burning and majestic work of art. And both used the destruction and torching of their stringed instruments as a final climatic surge, culminating their performance into a massive swell that released theirs and the crowd’s emotional inertia. But this was not [...]
Live Music & Infants: Sacred Mirrors of Reflection
November 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Why Music Fans Love The All Powerful Comment Box
Sometimes I find myself enjoying the fan comments more than the actual concert review itself. No offense to my fellow concert reviewers. But often, in just a few words, what a fan types into that little All Powerful Comment Box will express succinctly, honestly and with great zest how much the show meant to them, or how much they’re looking [...]