Can Animated Sketch Comedy Enhance Live Concert Reviews?

  I came across something the other day that made me wonder if the live music review was beginning its next comedic metamorphosis. Because I know the art of the live review is always evolving as there’s always more than one way to capture the live music experience. Snap Reviews of Complex Performances, a live music comedy experiment [...]

Concert Review: DJ A-Trak, Cool Kids, Kid Sister, DJ Mehdi at Empty Bottle

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There’s been much local Chicago hype surrounding two acts on this night’s bill. As the crowd piled into the Empty Bottle, I wondered if this second dose of Kid Sister and Cool Kids would be better in a club setting, supported by a pair of French DJs and grounded by turntablist phenom DJ A-Trak. Fools [...]