Andrew McMahon

09.29.2008

20 Bands, 20 Nights | Tired and Five Bands Short

About a month ago I realized that I had the opportunity to see over 20 bands in about the same number of nights; I figured it could be a cool little “feat of strength” while on vacation. But I ran into something much bigger and more powerful than myself: mother nature. The adventure came up [...]

09.29.2008

Black Moth Super Rainbow @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago 9/11/08

Reviews

Few bands are worth waiting through two hours of over the top, arty music for; I was nearly prepared to walk out of the Empty Bottle two Thursday’s ago because I was pretty sure Black Moth Super Rainbow wasn’t going to make me forget the previous two hours of shitty music. After dragging a cigarette [...]

09.25.2008

Monolith 2008 Recap: Day One Photos

Festivals

A first trip to a historic place is always special. The first day of the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks was especially nice. A cool, sunny day highlighted the already picturesque venue all afternoon. Adding to the atmosphere was probably the best single festival day of music I’ve had all summer. There were no uninspired [...]

09.14.2008

Photos: Mike Gordon @ Park West, Chicago 9/4/08

Photo Galleries

Last Thursday night I braved the remnants of Hurricane Gustov here in Chicago to go catch Mike Gordon at Park West. The show was promoted as a variety show, which to me denotes multiple performers from different genres and maybe a comedian or two. To say the least, I was way off. What we all [...]

09.12.2008

20 Bands, 20 Nights | Ten Days In…

Features

Its Friday, ten days into my end of summer tour and I’m blurry eyed and a little hung-over from last night’s Black Moth Super Rainbow show, which started late and went well past my work-week bedtime. I am four bands down, sixteen to go. With a little help from the Monolith Festival I should be [...]

09.12.2008

Monolith 2008 | Festival Preview

Festivals

Though my end of summer extravaganza started last week, I must digress that I haven’t really gone anywhere yet. There have been a a number of shows here in Chicago and there will be more on that later. This weekend is when things really get started when I travel to Denver for the second year [...]

09.11.2008

Tonight: Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Empty Bottle, Chicago

News

It’s always great to see a band for the first time and I am especially excited to see Black Moth Super Rainbow on the penultimate night of Empty Bottle’s mini-festival, “Adventures in Modern Music.” BMSR is as avant-garde as bands come, making super intelligent electronic music that’s actually worth listening too. They are the headliner [...]

09.05.2008

Tomorrow: Stay Smooth X @ Columbia Yacht Club | Preview, Interview

Features

It’s finally here! Stay Smooth X is finally here! The smooth music themed party is taking place on Saturday at Chicago’s Columbia Yacht Club on a boat! Inspired by the now infamous Yacht Rock web-based TV show, Stay Smooth is a party celebrating all that is smooth in music. You see, there was a time [...]

09.05.2008

20 Bands, 20 Nights | My End of Summer Music Tour

Features

09.04.2008

Tonight: Mike Gordon @ Park West

News

Tonight is the unofficial beginning of a serious run of concerts for me and I couldn’t be more excited for this evening’s show. Mike Gordon is stopping by Park West in Chicago. The last time I caught Gordon was with The Duo and the show was off the charts. Tonight is already lined up to [...]

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