I saw Hypnogaja... at The Viper Room

Posted by divadavoo in Alternative on 08. Nov, 2009 | No Comments

The last Hypnogaja show of the year, and we caught it ~ for FREE!  The band on Facebook will send out invites and then if you RSVP or print out the invite, you get into the venue for free.  Very nice, although I would pay to see this band.  They are a rock band that [...]

I saw Wilco... Wilco in Chicago October 18, 2009

Posted by Otto in Alternative, Music on 30. Oct, 2009 | No Comments

Wilco set list: 10/18/09 (Chicago, IL; UIC Pavilion)

1 Wilco (The Song)

2 A Shot in the Arm

3 Bull Black Nova

4 You Are My Face

5 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

6 One Wing

7 Misunderstood

8 At Least That’s What You Said

9 Deeper Down

10 Impossible Germany

11 It’s Just That Simple

12 I’ll Fight

13 Handshake Drugs

14 Sonny Feeling

15 Jesus, Etc.

16 Theologians

17 I’m Always In Love

18 Hate It Here

19 Walken

20 I’m The Man Who Loves You

Encore:

21 You Never Know

22 Heavy Metal Drummer

23 Just a Kid

24 Kingpin

25 Monday

26 Outtasite (Outta Mind)

27 Hoodoo Voodoo

28 I’m a Wheel

I saw The Church... …and I got a signed set-list!

Posted by andy in Alternative, Music on 10. Sep, 2009 | No Comments

I was traveling through Ohio on business and I was in Cleveland.  Reading the local rag, I realized I had just missed the show there by a day.  The next show date was Cincinnati, and it was one of the last dates of this tour.  Luckily, Cincinnati was my next destination, so this concert was [...]

I saw Hypnogaja... And I Shook My Rock N’ Roll Bootie!

Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative, Music, Rock on 01. Aug, 2009 | No Comments

My prevailing thought this morning, after seeing L.A.-based rock band Hypnogaja live at The Viper Room (great live music venue once owned by Johnny Depp): I need to go out and see more local bands.
Seriously, Hypnogaja’s music is superior to 95% of the music we hear on Rock, New Rock and Modern Rock radio.
To my [...]

I saw The Decemberists... I saw The Decemberists at Marymoor

Posted by opinionbastard in Alternative, Music on 18. Jul, 2009 | No Comments

This was my wife’s and my second time seeing the Decemberists. Last time at the Paramount, this time at one of the nicest outdoor venues in the Puget Sound area. Their opening guests were Blind Pilot and Andrew Bird, both of whom were extremely good in their own right.
The Decemberists were amazing. I appreciated the new music and [...]

I saw Laurie Anderson... And She Signed My Ticket!

Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative, Music on 05. Jul, 2009 | No Comments

This was an interesting show for me. I bought tickets with the following thoughts: a) I was a huge fan of Laurie Anderson’s “Strange Angels” (1989) and; b) I wanted to hear her music from earlier albums I’d never heard.
Neither ticket-purchasing criteria mattered. This was a spoken-word tour, devoid of any music. Not that I [...]

I saw The Smithereens... in Atlanta in 1991

Posted by ottolange in Alternative, Music on 05. Jul, 2009 | No Comments

Yeah, I saw the Smithereens with a little group of pals in a venue that at one point had been a K-Mart. I always love the album “Green Thoughts”, and had not gotten the album they were promoting ( I think it was “Blow Up”… I still never got that one). I just remember that [...]

I saw Lollapalooza '91... with Jane’s, Siouxsie, NIN, Ice-T, Surfers and Rollins!

Posted by Benjamin Holcomb in Alternative, Festivals, Music on 02. Jul, 2009 | 2 Comments

I’m proud to say, “I was there” for the inaugural “Lollapalooza Festival” in 1991.
The brainchild of Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, this was the first major concert festival of my generation… a veritable Woodstock for us Gen-Xers.
The line-up was astonishing, and included Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T & [...]