This was a tremendously good show. Prior to the show, Jim and I were a bit concerned with our seats directly to the side of the stage. But they turned out to be great seats with a good view, and closer than I had been at Allstate before. They played nearly all my favorite songs [...]
Not much to say about this show other than an event spent watching Andrew Bird perform is always an evening well spent. Even moreso when he’s backed by Dosh, who also performed an opening set to boot.
When Ian has an off day, he has a REALLY off day. His monitors were too low throughout their set, which apparently made it difficult for him to put on a good vocal performance. It was bad enough that he brought the mixing engineer out on stage to hear just how bad it was. Then, [...]
I treat an Arto show in Chicago like an eclipse, or the passing of an orbital comet. It’s a rare thing in nature, something to be cherished during it’s brief moments. So, in that regard – I really enjoyed this show. However, by all standards, it was an off show. First, they had no drummer [...]
I was really pleased with this show. Both openers put on a good set, and Broadcast was great as usual. The first opener of the evening was from The Like Young. The music wasn’t really my speed, but they performed well, and I was particularly impressed that the small woman on drums played like a [...]