Show Type – Jukely Flyer For Openers – Fake Limbs, Milemarker “No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there’s nothing to be afraid of” -Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski Since I had been out of town the previous weekend, this show was a Jukely flyer (meaning I had never heard of any of the bands and […]
Read more "Shiner – Thalia Hall – February 25, 2017"Show Type – JBTV Taping Main Attraction – Mother Mother “If you start out depressed, everything’s a pleasant surprise” -Lloyd Dobler (Say Anything) I’ll be honest, this was a show that I went to mainly because I had a hole in my “see live music once a week” schedule that this filled in nicely. Before […]
Read more "Mother Mother – JBTV – January 30, 2017"Show Type – Jukely For Openers – Coyote Riot (kai-oat) “In plaid instead of rhinestone and living in South [Chicago]” -Frank Turner You’ve gotta love a band with pedal steel guitar and a fiddle player in a trucker had and Cannibal Corpse t-shirt! Overall, this seven-piece bluegrass outfit from the south side of Chicago was […]
Read more "Steve ‘n’ Seagulls – Beat Kitchen – February 6, 2017"Show Type – Big Venue For Openers – Will Varley, The Arkells, Masked Intruder “You ever feel as if your mind has started to erode?” -Repo Man This lineup had about as much variety as you can get at a Rock-n-Roll show, ranging from troubadour (Will Varley) to punk (Masked Intruder), with the Arkells sandwiched […]
Read more "Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls – House of Blues – January 22/23, 2017"Show Type – Hootenanny Main Attraction – Al Scorch “Woooooooo-wee. Boy, that was a miiiighty fine a-pickin’ and a-singin’” -O Brother, Where Art Thou Hootenanny [hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan-] noun, plural hootenannies. 1. a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing. 2. an informal session at which folk singers and instrumentalists perform for […]
Read more "Al Scorch – Empty Bottle – January 15/February 12, 2017"Show Type – JBTV Taping For Openers – None “The Sound of Silence” -Simon and Garfunkel Because this show was a taping at JBTV there was no opener. As a result, it’s always cool to hunt through the memorabilia in the reception area outside of the soundstage before the show begins. I always seem to find […]
Read more "Robbie Fulks – JBTV -January 10, 2017"Show Type – Jukely Flyer (a show selected solely based on Jukely description) For Openers – Dark Fog “Our Reverb Goes to Eleven” -paraphrase, Spinal Tap The “describing the band” blurb on Jukely compared them favorably to Smashing Pumpkins circa Gish. Well, OK. There was a lot of fuzzy guitar. For me, the thing that […]
Read more "San Andreas Fault – Hideout – January 6, 2017"The Premise I almost never make New Year’s resolutions but this one seemed like it would be fun and help me work on my TV addiction. Basically, it sums up as “see live music at least once a week”. Living in Chicago, there are enough venues and options that should make this doable. Heck, I […]
Read more "My Year of Living Musically"Why It Was Great: This show was Cheap Trick’s triumphant return home 2 days before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Over the years I’ve seen them at least 5 times (probably many more) at venues ranging from free shows at Chene Park in Detroit to a main stage gig at Riot […]
Read more "5. Cheap Trick – Metro – April 1, 2016"Why It Was Great: This is a show I took a flier on since it was on Jukely and turned into one of those unexpected gems. The crowd was almost all hard-core fans who knew every song. I didn’t know any but by the end of the night I was filling up my Spotify playlists […]
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