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Following in Coachella’s footsteps, this week Sasquatch Festival announced that it has sold out too. I guess fans are excited to see Foo Fighters, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Modest Mouse and the rest of the lineup live in The Gorge again. But we’re wondering…is there a sellout conspiracy going on? Is there a connection between [...]
Hi Everybody! I have some great news! Today John Jurgensen of the Wall Street Journal featured Live Fix in “A Field Guide To Live Music Online” and in his “Is Video Killing the Concert Vibe” article.
This weekend I had the pleasure of watching the new Radiohead Live in Praha DVD made by fans during the band’s August 29, 2009 concert in Prague at the Výstavištĕ Holešovice Exhibition Hall. Being a concert fan who loves experiencing concerts through the eyes of fellow fans via mobile phone and hand-held cameras, this project [...]
Welcome to Part Two as we continue to revisit my original conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we began to explore the sweaty crunch and release of mosh pits. And in Part Two we’re going to explore the mind of artists during performance by quickly crowd surfing through the mind of Foo Fighters [...]
I wanted to share this article I came across last week. It’s written by Chicago Independent Music Review and it focuses on a crucial aspect of live performance I’ve always thought about during live shows. It piggybacks on a thought the writer had after reading an interview where Radiohead’s Tom Yorke reflected on a conversation [...]
Yes, I think so. Mainly because, in this Rocksound article, metal band Mastodon says they want to “create a more visually stimulating live show” this summer in conjunctions with their new album and tour. When I saw them at Pitchfork in 2007 it was the howling burst of drums, guitars and rumbling bass that sent [...]
Now this could be really something special…or really odd…or really beautiful… Either way, as mentioned in this Pitchfork article, this year’s Grammys might actually be worth watching and not just because Radiohead will be performing for the first time, but M.I.A. is scheduled to perform on Sunday which also happens to be her due date [...]
I’ve said what I thought about how others picked their favorite concerts of 2008, so now it’s time to give you my picks…and why. What makes a show “the best”? I often wonder this because there’s a lot to consider when creating a list of the best concerts, or shall I say best concert “experiences” [...]
One of the hardest things about covering live music is picking the photos. Sure it’s labor intensive going through photos, but it’s also difficult because you’re forced to pick 2-3 pictures to sum up the entire visual significances of a live show. We started the year covering bluegrass quintet Uncle Earl at Schubas and ended [...]
Congratulations! You are about to read the results of the first ever Live Fix Concert Experiment: “Radiohead With No Eyes.” You can read more about the Experiment here. In short, during Radiohead’s 2008 Lollapalooza on August 1st, I conducted a sensory experiment involving the removal of my eyes. Whether you were at the show, have [...]
This review originally appeared in Popmatters. They say that being in a band is like being married. Well, in the case of Lollapalooza and the City of Chicago, I would say the same goes for the relationship between a city and festival promoters, especially when they look in each other’s eyes and sign a 5-year, [...]
Real quick post and some good reading… Before the Radiohead concert tonight, I wanted to share this with you because tonight as I do the “no eyes” Radiohead experiment, I realized that by doing so I was removing a key factor from what is known as the Perceptual Process. It would take a while for [...]
