Concert Review: Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Sharon Van Etten, and Peter Wolf Crier, Schubas, 1/16/10
Owen Pallett mentioned to the packed house at Schubas that he wasn’t feeling well, apologizing for not being his usual “showgirl self”, but any side effects of a lingering illness were invisible on Saturday night. Â His performance was just as intense and impeccable as it was the last time I saw him, with the only […]
This Week in Great Music: 1/11 – 1/17
The beginning half of this week has apparently decided to take a vacation. I’d sure like to do the same, but that’s not going to be happening any time soon. The big attraction this week is the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, hosted at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. There are a lot of great bands performing, […]
Concert Review: The Mountain Goats with Final Fantasy, Metro, 11/5
John Darnielle is one of those performers who my husband would put in a category with singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan. This is sort of a backhanded compliment, though, as if you ask him to tell you what he thinks about Dylan, he’ll say that the man’s an amazing lyricist but a terrible singer. This, for […]
This Week in Great Music – 11/2 – 11/8
I had hoped to liven up this week’s concert rundown with a picture of my Halloween costume, but I forgot to upload one while I was home, and now they’re only on Facebook, which I can’t access from here. Sad day. Suffice it to say, it was awesome and involved a lot of Kermit the […]