Ever since I discovered and interviewed Japanese new-wave quartet Polysics I’ve been looking forward to experiencing their mad love for Devo live. And last Wednesday, at the Double Door, their surges of thousand-gigawatt melodies and onslaught of sequenced rhythms re-calibrated my synapses in ways that Devo never has. I clearly had fun and got my [...]
Saul Williams Experiment: The Dual Review
November 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve always wanted to do this. So I did it. But before I share with you Part One of a recent Live Fix Experiment, I want to thank my friend and fellow music writer Moira McCormick for giving me the chance to test out some ideas and explore another aspect of live music. The Dual Concert [...]
Saul Williams Spares A Penny: My Eternal Afterthought
October 28, 2009 By 5 Comments
That video above is evidence that something eternal happened last night at the Saul Williams show. It was a case of my brain processing one thing while my heart processed another. During what I believe was the song “A Penny for a Thought” I misunderstood the lyrics in a way that surprisingly served my soul and comforted [...]
Concert Review: Saul Williams at Double Door in Chicago
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Afro-Punk tour arrived in Chicago with poet/actor/emcee Saul Williams leading the hip hop, punk and funk tribe to the Double Door. Openers American Fangs showed tons of passion and promise, but sadly the surly upstarts failed to strike any chords of freshness or uniqueness. But I feel for them, because having Saul Williams—-the personification [...]
Live Preview: Saul Williams at Double Door
October 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
The Afro-Punk tour has arrived in Chicago. And poet/actor/emcee Saul Williams is leading the funky freak charge to the Double Door tonight. If all things go as planned, I should have a special treat for you once the show is over. But you’ll have to be patient to see what that treat is. The concert [...]
Do We Get In The Way of a Great Show?
October 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
Concert Review: Bell X1 at Double Door in Chicago
September 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On a Friday night at the Double Door in Chicago, Bell X1was more than just an Irish rock trio. They were also musical cardiac surgeons performing sonic surgery on the hearts of the gathered. Lead singer/percussionist/guitarist Paul Noonan crooned softly as they began to slowly slice open the ballad “How Your Heart Is Wired”, a [...]
Live Preview: Miike Snow, Bell X1 in Chicago
September 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s Friday! And that means it’s time for live music! Well, tonight will be quite the night (should everything go as planned) because we’ll be heading to review both Bell X1 and Miike Snow in the same night. How exactly are we going to accomplish this? That’s a good question. I’m not quite sure but [...]
