REVIEW: JUICEBOXXX – HEARTLAND 99 (2015)
The first time I ever saw Juiceboxxx was at the now defunct Darling Hall in Milwaukee in 2006 (it was close to Conejito’s if you know where that is). His live performance was an ecstatic mix of in your face MC brashness and crowd manipulation not far removed from Dan Deacon performances (here is a
Photos + Review: Motorhead @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium (riverside, CA)
Motorhead (London, United Kingdom) August 19th, 2015Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside, CA A little time has passed since Motorhead opened their tour at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on August 19th. The band was celebrating their 40th anniversary and supporting their latest release, Ba
FESTIVAL PHOTOS + RECAP: LOLLAPALOOZA DAY 3 @ GRANT PARK (CHICAGO, IL)
Previous Next Lollapalooza 2015 Twin Peaks (Chicago, IL), Marina and the Diamonds (Wales/Greece), Twenty One Pilots (Columbus, OH), Albert Hammond Jr. (NY), Gogol Bordello (NY), A$AP Rocky (Harlem, NY), and FKA twigs (UK) August 2nd, 2
FESTIVAL PHOTOS + RECAP: LOLLAPALOOZA DAY 2 @ GRANT PARK (CHICAGO, IL)
Previous Next Lollapalooza 2015 Django Django (London), Charli XCX (London), Death From Above 1979 (Toronto), Walk The Moon (Cincinnati), Tyler The Creator (Boulder), Brand New (Long Island), Metallica (San Francisco), and Sam Smi
FESTIVAL PHOTOS + RECAP: LOLLAPALOOZA DAY 1 @ GRANT PARK (CHICAGO, IL)
Previous Next Lollapalooza 2015 Tove Lo (Stockholm), Father John Misty (Los Angeles), Philip Selway (Oxford), The War on Drugs (Philadelphia), Alt-J (Leeds), and Flying Lotus (Los Angeles) July 31st, 2015 Grant Park in Chicago, IL The 11th
CONCERT REVIEW: DEFTONES AND INCUBUS AT THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO AMPHITHEATER (TINLEY PARK, IL)
Deftones (Sacramento, CA) and Incubus (Calabasas, CA)July 25th, 2015Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Tinley Park, IL Name change. First Midwest Bank Amphitheater became Hollywood Casino Amphitheater this month. Prior to that, it was the Tweeter, or World Music Theater. You c
REVIEW: DJANGO DJANGO – BORN UNDER SATURN (2015)
I deem myself lucky to have witnessed some of the very early days of Django Django surrounding the January 2012 release of their debut album. It was in Europe, well before their 1960s sounds harmoniously bubbled over the ocean into sold out tours in the States. The quartet united while at
REVIEW: THIRD EYE BLIND – DOPAMINE (2015)
After years of prolonged and unfulfilled anticipation, Third Eye Blind finally releases their new album, Dopamine. It’s the San Francisco band’s first album since 2009’s Ursa Major, and only their fifth studio album since the band’s formation in the mid-1990s. Over the ye
REVIEW: SURGEONS IN HEAT – DISASTER (2015)
It is quite serendipitous that Milwaukee/Madison musician John Mayer has the name John Mayer. In his band Surgeons in Heat he has a strong ability to write catchy and smooth pop songs (check out “Better On Your Own” from Surgeons in Heat for a prime example). Mayer also lends