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Post by kb on Jun 24, 2024 10:22:44 GMT -6
went to ravinia for the first time saturday; obviously it's not my preferred milieu but damn it was pleasant to just sit and chill.
although it's insane that on saturdays, the trains back to the city are only at 7:40 or like 11:10 p.m. nothing in between. we fled the show with my aunt and uncle as the storm was approaching, drove to some bar in glenview and had to uber all the way back to the city.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 28, 2024 8:52:28 GMT -6
The Stones were as expected last night, which is to say a legendary band that is long past their prime. Mick still sounds pretty good and was moving around very well for an 80 year old. Maybe he should be running for president instead of the two other octogenarians people were watching last night. Ronnie and Keith were both moving pretty slow, and through my earplugs I was able to hear multiple mistakes throughout the show, but again that wasn't really a surprise. I still enjoyed hearing these songs live for the first time. I have always been more of a Beatles guy so I was never willing to pay what the Stones charge, but the Lucky Dip tickets were a nice way to finally get this band into the TK. Our seats were in section 144, so side stage but pretty close to the band. Not bad for $55. This was my first time at Soldier Field since 2017, and since I stopped drinking beer. Their non-beer alcohol selection was pretty limited, it felt they were still in 2012. Get it together Aramark! I left just before the encore since I'm going back with MPH on Sunday, getting out of there was a breeze. It was nice to meet perdhapley, I hope you enjoyed the show. |
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Post by venom on Jun 28, 2024 9:13:26 GMT -6
many years ago a friend who's a musician saw the rolling stones and really hated the show from a musicianship perspective. his criticism and my reluctance to pay big show ticket prices were the drivers for me not seeing them. but then my stance on big shows softened a little bit and i realized i'm not looking for pristine musicianship at a stones show. i want a performance. unfortunately, i've been out of town the last couple times they've played chicago. but i went last night because, as my partner put it, "how many more opportunities will you have to see them?" agreed with Pale Hose that it was very cool to hear a lot of those songs live, even if there were multiple slip-ups and the mix was a trainwreck at my seats in the opposite endzone. keith is in rough shape, ronnie seems slightly better. mick was the star, of course. the ASL signer was also amazing. i chatted with the couple sitting next to me. the guy said the best stones show he's seen was soldier field in '91. setlist.fm doesn't have a stones show there in '91. i assume he meant '94. afterward, he said that's very likely the last time he'll go see them. i have a hunch others felt the same. i would love to know how much was raked in on merch. |
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Post by perdhapley on Jun 28, 2024 9:50:20 GMT -6
The Stones were as expected last night, which is to say a legendary band that is long past their prime. Mick still sounds pretty good and was moving around very well for an 80 year old. Maybe he should be running for president instead of the two other octogenarians people were watching last night. Ronnie and Keith were both moving pretty slow, and through my earplugs I was able to hear multiple mistakes throughout the show, but again that wasn't really a surprise. I still enjoyed hearing these songs live for the first time. I have always been more of a Beatles guy so I was never willing to pay what the Stones charge, but the Lucky Dip tickets were a nice way to finally get this band into the TK. Our seats were in section 144, so side stage but pretty close to the band. Not bad for $55. This was my first time at Soldier Field since 2017, and since I stopped drinking beer. Their non-beer alcohol selection was pretty limited, it felt they were still in 2012. Get it together Aramark! I left just before the encore since I'm going back with MPH on Sunday, getting out of there was a breeze. It was nice to meet perdhapley , I hope you enjoyed the show. It was nice to meet you too =) show was fantastic, exceeded my expectations for sure. So glad I can cross them off my bucket list. No problems with chompers or gulpers either! I was also surprised at how many people were standing for basically the whole show, I thought for sure some of those grey hairs knees would've given out. |
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Post by thebosma on Jun 29, 2024 9:00:38 GMT -6
Childers show was a ripper. Tight band, good tunes, and a disorderly as hell crowd. I saw like 12 people get kicked out it was wild
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Post by krentist on Jun 29, 2024 9:21:23 GMT -6
Milwaukee baby. Very similar to Chicago, was hoping for a teeny bit more variation (believe Dead Man's Curve and Shake the Frost were the only two songs we didn't get in Chicago), but God is Good we're at the Childers show.
Other highlight of the day was seeing a guy who looked like Oliver Anthony rip through Shakedown Street on one of the small stages.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 30, 2024 20:22:33 GMT -6
Stones running late tonight...
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Post by fancypants on Jun 30, 2024 20:32:41 GMT -6
Stones running late tonight... They took the stage at 9:30 on Thursday |
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 30, 2024 22:57:49 GMT -6
Stones running late tonight... They took the stage at 9:30 on Thursday I thought they were on by 915 on Thursday, but it's possible I am mistaken. Anyway, I thought Thursday's setlist was a little better, but tonight was the better show. More words tomorrow. |
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Post by Tweet on Jun 30, 2024 23:27:23 GMT -6
I dunno man I thought that fuckin ripped
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Post by isyourbedmade on Jul 1, 2024 6:57:59 GMT -6
Stones were fantastic yesterday! Had lucky dip tickets in section 205 side stage which initially I was bummed about (my girlfriend went Thursday with her Dad and they got pit with lucky dip. The people right infront of me also got pit). So I was kinda sad I didn’t get to experience that, but the seats were actually pretty decent. A bit far right, but still a decent view of the stage. Great set, that “Miss You” was phenomenal!
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Post by Pale Hose on Jul 1, 2024 7:10:48 GMT -6
They took the stage at 9:30 on Thursday I thought they were on by 915 on Thursday, but it's possible I am mistaken. Anyway, I thought Thursday's setlist was a little better, but tonight was the better show. More words tomorrow. Last night's show had so much more energy from start to finish. No offense to Bettye LaVette, but her set on Thursday was a snoozer. Lainey Wilson was a great opener, and even came back out during the Stones set to join them for a countrified version of "Dead Flowers", which was fantastic. Ronnie Wood was also somehow brought back to life. Last night he was moving around the entire stage and displaying plenty of showmanship - I guess a few nights in Chicago cured whatever ailed him. Keith was about the same as Thursday, he even needed to sit down at one point during the set, but at least he seemed genuinely happy to be there. Mick was fantastic once again, I hope I can move like that when I'm 80. My Lucky Dip tickets for last night were in section 305, which was nice because we had access to the club level. More bathrooms and better non-beer selection for alcohol. We left as they were finishing up "Satisfaction" and were able to beat the crowd. I enjoyed both shows tremendously, and given how much they changed up the setlists I'm glad that I went both nights. Very happy to finally have the Stones in the TK. |
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Post by venom on Jul 1, 2024 7:27:17 GMT -6
just looked at last night's setlist and greatly prefer that to what i saw on thursday. oh well.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 1, 2024 8:29:59 GMT -6
Caught the Willie Nelson-less Outlaw Tour stop at Jones Beach on Saturday night. Em and I stopped at our fave Long Island burger stand beforehand then rolled up just in time for Robert Plant + Alison Krauss. First time seeing Plant - he was a big bucket list artist for Emma and I (she's probably a bigger Zeppelin fan than me, actually). Obviously they do mostly folk/blues covers and rearrangements, but it was a pretty great set. Not like a barnburner or anything - the energy was mellow and the intricacies of the instrumentation were dampened by the heavy saltwater air at the top of the amphitheater. But when they were on they were on. This included all the Zeppelin tunes scattered in the setlist (Rock and Roll, When the Levee Breaks, Gallows Pole), and the covers I recognized (Matty Groves, Please Read the Letter). The biggest highlight was def "Battle of Evermore" tho. Mandolin sounded gorgeous, Alison nailed Sandy Denny's vocals, and Robbie's harmonies with her were lovely. Robert can't sing in his high pitched scream for the whole set anymore, but he busts it out for a line or verse or two nearly every song. And just hearing *that* voice booming through the speakers was enough to put a smile on my face each time.
Next was Bob Dylan - who I was seeing for the second time, the first being in 2017 at the Wintrust Arena. I have less to say about Bob, though it was a much better set this time around, IMO. Much prefer him doing various 50s rockabilly covers than his croaky Sinatra impersonation. The setlist had a few genuine classics (Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad of a Thin Man, Things Have Changed, Simple Twist of Fate) and some cool deeper cuts (Under the Red Sky), plus his cover of "Stella Blue" which may have gotten the biggest audience response of the evening. The band was a little loose as they're still working "new" drummer, the legendary Jim Keltner, into the mix. But Bob's voice sounded honestly kinda great?! Very distinctive nasally rasp and enunciations. It's not the greatest show I've ever seen by rock royalty, but I'll always be entertained by whatever Bob feels like doing these days. Glad he's still around doing his thing.
Emma and I made the executive decision to cut out before Lukas Nelson's Willie covers set, but it seemed like a good 80% of the crowd stuck around for it. I'm sure it was nice. We drove over to Marvel instead and got some killer pistachio soft serve. Absolutely no regrets.
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Post by krentist on Jul 1, 2024 9:17:14 GMT -6
My takeaway from the Dylan show last fall was he kinda rips on the keys? It was my fourth time seeing him but it was my first time noticing just how good he's gotten at piano.
Saw Daniel Donato at Chop Shop on Saturday. I would recommend the jam band contingent here check him out when he's in your town. Definitely some lulls and a tad bit of cringe but for the most part it was very hot playing for 3 hours. absolutely shredded like a 20 minute Big Iron jam
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 1, 2024 9:55:59 GMT -6
My takeaway from the Dylan show last fall was he kinda rips on the keys? It was my fourth time seeing him but it was my first time noticing just how good he's gotten at piano. Saw Daniel Donato at Chop Shop on Saturday. I would recommend the jam band contingent here check him out when he's in your town. Definitely some lulls and a tad bit of cringe but for the most part it was very hot playing for 3 hours. absolutely shredded like a 20 minute Big Iron jam Agreed on both counts here - and yea re: Dylan, I was checking at some points whether someone onstage was doubling him on keys or something, but nah - dude can flat-out play |
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Post by isyourbedmade on Jul 5, 2024 9:20:49 GMT -6
First day of Rose on the River was cool! MMJ set was too short but outside of that, can’t complain. A pretty solid night of music!
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Post by krentist on Jul 5, 2024 9:40:54 GMT -6
First Jayhawks show last night. Somehow had never seen them. I was a little worried something would feel missing in the live show at this point but they really couldn't have sounded better. I think that was the most fun I've had at a headliner in my four years at American Music Festival. Margo Cilker to kick off the day also very good.
Edit: Gary scolded a chomper from the stage during All the Right Reasons
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Post by Pale Hose on Jul 7, 2024 8:56:28 GMT -6
I won my way into NASCARpalooza again this year, and attended most of the day yesterday. The race itself was kind of fun, the same dude who won the main race last year won yesterday's event. Lots of crashes, the cars are very loud. NASCAR does a great job of making the folks who "only" bought GA tickets feel less than, viewing options are very limited if you're not willing to pay up for reserved seats.
The Black Keys were in vintage form on the main stage, the same stage they headlined 12 years earlier at Lolla. There was a decent sized crowd but the Hutchinson is so big there was plenty of room to get a great view from all over the field. They played a 90 minute, Brothers heavy set, while also mixing in a handful of the new songs, which sounded great. This was easily my favorite Black Keys show in over a decade, Dan and Pat both seemed refreshed and genuinely happy to be there.
We bailed before the Chainsmokers, it seemed like most of the crowd did the same. This event was way undersold once again and this year they can't blame the weather. I'll be curious to see if they come back again next year, especially as the novelty starts to wear off.
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Post by krentist on Jul 7, 2024 11:22:20 GMT -6
First day of Rose on the River was cool! MMJ set was too short but outside of that, can’t complain. A pretty solid night of music! Went yesterday. My only complaint is the food lines other than that a really nice day of music. When I checked in, the people at the Do312 booth were saying every day sold "pretty well" but that at a certain point the promoters just gave away comps to get more people in. Missed cartoons (sp) but arrived for Domi and JD Beck. After the first song JD said "I heard we promoted this terribly but it looks OK" BBNG was fun. I was bummed when they cancelled pitchfork at the last minute a year of two ago because it's the kind of show that festival could frankly use more of. Had not seen a Thundercat headlining set since 2015, I feel like its way more up tempo than the albums now, which feel low-key and vibey by comparison. Maybe it was the enhancements but I was really blown away by his band. Took me like 20 minutes to realize all that sound was coming from three dudes. He's everywhere now so it's easy to take for granted just how good of a player he is. Small gripe is they could maybe be more patient with building the grooves before opening up into solos. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 8, 2024 8:04:45 GMT -6
Federation Sound + Summerstage held free all-day reggae/dancehall fest at the Coney Island Amphitheater yesterday - Emma and I rocked up to the last ~80 minutes or so of it. Got to see Shaggy, Sister Nancy, Johnny Osbourne, and Kranium - shit was so much fun. No surprise that Sister Nancy killed - brought a TON more energy to this show versus her (also great) set last summer to a bunch of hipsters at Union Pool. Johnny Osbourne was a surprise guest - got to scream the call-response of "Budy Bye" with the crowd, which ruled. And Shaggy fulfilled my bucket-list item of hearing "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel" live. Dude probably spent more of his ~30 minute set doing crowd work / false-starting songs, but whatever he played "Boombastic" too so I won't complain. Super fun night.
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Post by scoots on Jul 20, 2024 9:59:03 GMT -6
Vampire Weekend Red Rocks set was super fun. New songs sounded great. They did a bit of an extended version of Mary Boone. Favorite song of the evening was the remixed version of Sympathy.
I could do without the encore - it's fun in the moment, but I'd rather they just stretch out their catalog a bit. Some are better than others. They can clearly cover Bob Dylan and Weezer pretty effectively, but I don't want my evening to end on Ezra butchering The Middle. The crowd is going to be calling out insanely weird tracks for them to cover at this point - they ended up doing Steely Dan (fun!) and Sade (Smooth Operator played by what sounded like a bad bar band).
Overall a very fun evening and everyone should do the shuttle to Red Rocks because it makes life so much easier.
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Post by alady on Jul 22, 2024 15:03:54 GMT -6
Rosali with David Nance and Mowed Sound at Red Clover Ranch was, in a word, bucolic. The ranch is in the middle of the Driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin, a part of the state that wasn't scraped flat by receding glaciers so the steep hills and valleys make for scenic and rollercoastery driving. The show was in one of those valleys at dusk on a sloping lawn, the bands set up in front of a seasonal creek, the music accompanied by crickets, birds and tree frogs. I love David Nance and he was great, we got an "Amethyst" as predicted but it was just so cool to hear reverberating through the valley. I've been lukewarm on Rosali but this was the most perfect and peaceful setting for her voice - it was really showcased beautifully. Only downer was our Airbnb was above a bar (yay bc there isn't much out there and even less that's open late) but the bar had a Trump flag on it so we didn't go in (booooo). The nearby town of Viroqua was awesome though, it was like a mini-Madison with Pride flags, locally sourced everything and Amish buggies. We passed a nice afternoon at the Woolly Bear Taphouse with an awesome Panic- and Neil Young-loving bartender and three gents who pulled up on a vintage tractor and offered to pop a wheelie as they were leaving. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jul 22, 2024 19:43:38 GMT -6
So far, vampire weekend is good. I will let everyone know if this changes but so far they are good.
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Post by airportman on Jul 23, 2024 5:34:01 GMT -6
So far, vampire weekend is good. I will let everyone know if this changes but so far they are good. Only looked at the first two songs, but that's a great setlist. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jul 23, 2024 7:39:33 GMT -6
So far, vampire weekend is good. I will let everyone know if this changes but so far they are good. I liked, but did not love, this show. Vampire Weekend are still 'good' but idk, the other 3-4 times I've seen them their shows have had more energy / buzz / atmosphere, hard to pinpoint exactly what it is. Maybe just the crowd gradually getting older? Only a handful of the songs they played were better than the hot dog I had before their set. No question that this is the least-impressive live iteration of the band - not that that makes them automatically bad, but no Rostam or BRJ is noticeable. Baio needs to be tripping absolute balls every single night to save their stage presence. Why would you dick around with covers for 15 minutes at the end of your show and then not play Walcott? Setlist.fm had the order completely wrong for the setlist, I edited it. Snapped a pic of the paper set at FOH so I know I've got it right. Ezra opened with Hold You Now solo which was great. The backdrop with their name on it dropping to reveal the tunnel backdrop is also a kinda neat stage look. Ra Ra Riot sounded impressively faithful to their studio recordings if they're your thing. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 26, 2024 9:01:52 GMT -6
Jessica Pratt was stellar last night at Bowery Ballroom. Played an hour, got the entire new album, and sounded impeccable. Bassist looked like Judee Sill and the keyboard guy looked like Garth Marenghi. 9.5/10 vibes - only thing missing was some headstones and a picnic blanket. Opening set by @ (literally their name is the @ sign) blew me away. Best set by an unknown-to-me opener in years (maybe since seeing Liz Cooper open for Phosphorescent like 5 years ago?). Insane and kooky 3-part harmonies, freak-folky but also head-banging with some emo-adjacent sections and wild guitar solos? Honestly reminded me of Phish sometimes and reminded me of, like, Mega Bog mixed with Ratboys? Only thing harder than to describe their live sound is to find them on the Internet. Took me like 10 minutes of googling before stumbling on their bandcamp page, here: atcomputer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-palace-music |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jul 26, 2024 9:25:09 GMT -6
Jessica Pratt was stellar last night at Bowery Ballroom. Played an hour, got the entire new album, and sounded impeccable. Bassist looked like Judee Sill and the keyboard guy looked like Garth Marenghi. 9.5/10 vibes - only thing missing was some headstones and a picnic blanket. Opening set by @ (literally their name is the @ sign) blew me away. Best set by an unknown-to-me opener in years (maybe since seeing Liz Cooper open for Phosphorescent like 5 years ago?). Insane and kooky 3-part harmonies, freak-folky but also head-banging with some emo-adjacent sections and wild guitar solos? Honestly reminded me of Phish sometimes and reminded me of, like, Mega Bog mixed with Ratboys? Only thing harder than to describe their live sound is to find them on the Internet. Took me like 10 minutes of googling before stumbling on their bandcamp page, here: atcomputer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-palace-music Listening to their record now and this is definitely giving more Elephant 6 than any of the comps I listed earlier |
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Post by venom on Jul 26, 2024 9:28:35 GMT -6
Opening set by @ (literally their name is the @ sign) blew me away. Best set by an unknown-to-me opener in years (maybe since seeing Liz Cooper open for Phosphorescent like 5 years ago?). Insane and kooky 3-part harmonies, freak-folky but also head-banging with some emo-adjacent sections and wild guitar solos? Honestly reminded me of Phish sometimes and reminded me of, like, Mega Bog mixed with Ratboys? Only thing harder than to describe their live sound is to find them on the Internet. Took me like 10 minutes of googling before stumbling on their bandcamp page, here: atcomputer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-palace-music i just gave this a listen and enjoyed it. but what is the deal with these witness protection acts with terrible names? like, do you want people to find your music? |
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Post by ten15 on Jul 26, 2024 10:44:50 GMT -6
Opening set by @ (literally their name is the @ sign) blew me away. Best set by an unknown-to-me opener in years (maybe since seeing Liz Cooper open for Phosphorescent like 5 years ago?). Insane and kooky 3-part harmonies, freak-folky but also head-banging with some emo-adjacent sections and wild guitar solos? Honestly reminded me of Phish sometimes and reminded me of, like, Mega Bog mixed with Ratboys? Only thing harder than to describe their live sound is to find them on the Internet. Took me like 10 minutes of googling before stumbling on their bandcamp page, here: atcomputer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-palace-music i just gave this a listen and enjoyed it. but what is the deal with these witness protection acts with terrible names? like, do you want people to find your music? A friend of mine opened a pizza joint and named it “Local Pizzeria”. Great pizza, but it is now closed. Was very difficult to google it. |
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