If you walked in to the Abbey Pub for Terrapin Flyer’s Wednesday night jam on May 8th, you may have noticed something strange after the first couple of songs.  If you stuck around for the second set, and were well-versed in Grateful Dead history, you surely would have put the pieces together and realized that [...]

We’ve been tracking the evolution at Northerly Island since before it was even a project.  Now, in addition to the cool artists renderings, some photos are starting to emerge that give an idea of just how dramatic the “new” venue configuration will be. This is great, since in the time since news broke of Phish [...]

Umphrey’s McGee front men played a set in-between two sets of Barn favorites Zmick at the Cubby Bear. The show was billed as a Summer Camp Festival warm-up. Setlist (via thebort) Brendan Bayliss & Jake Cinninger Cubby Bear Wrigleyville Thursday, May 9th, 2013 One Set: Puppet String > No Comment, The Linear > Glory, August [...]

For a time, I had the craziest vision of the scene at the three Rolling Stones shows scheduled for the United Center later this month.  The shows were announced with the usual hype and all-out media blitz, but the winds of excitement quickly died down soon after the initial on sale. The public was more [...]

Phish and their community have never been shy about giving back — from Waterwheel to benefit shows (VT Flood Relief, Voters For Choice) to various specialty LivePhish releases, even the fan run Mockingbird Foundation, charity has been a fine way to funnel the passion and resources that we devote to their art. So it seems [...]

Contributed By Mike Guzaski @312mrg After a week of crazy news, torrential rainfall and accompanying flooding, on Saturday (4/20!) Chicagoans were ready to let loose and liberate their inner animals. Animal Liberation Orchestra blew (both) doors off the Double Door with a explosive celebration of sound that balanced classics and newer material. From the moment [...]

Jim James and his band performed to a sold out crowd, playing the entirety of his solo debut Regions Of Light and Sound of God in the main set before dropping some MMJ and material from his other projects in the encore.  He’ll be back in Chicago this summer with My Morning Jacket, Wilco and [...]

Amidst a pall of uncertainty about the venue — ticket sales were ordered capped by local authorities — the show went on Friday night.  The heavy funk of the headliners didn’t do much to bolster the Congress Theater’s crumbling infrastructure, which was cited for a shocking 26 violations the week prior. The Congress has played [...]

The Black Crowes Vic Theater – Chicago, IL Wednesday, April 17,2013 Twice As Hard, Good Morning Captain, Feelin’ Alright, My Morning Song, Stare It Cold / Morning Song, Ballad In Urgency, Wiser Time, She Talks To Angels, Whoa Mule, Title Song, Thorn In My Pride, Nonfiction, Remedy, Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love) Encore [...]

The Black Crowes Vic Theater – Chicago, IL Tuesday, April 16,2013 Jealous Again, Thick N Thin, Hotel Illness, Medicated Goo, Walk Believer Walk, Descending >Jumping Jack Flash, Wiser Time, She Talks To Angels, Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You, Thorn In My Pride, Soul Singing, Hi Head Blues, Remedy, Sometimes Salvation, Hard To Handle [...]