notes from vivace

I'll be honest. Sometimes a band DMs me and I tell them I'll check out their band someday. Well, that's what got me aware of Hea...

It was off to the Bootleg Theater for the residency night of Siago. First up was  October's Child  with a world music charm. Octob...

There was an art walk in Highland Park. And there was the vegan taco truck Plant Food for People. And then there was  Cheekface  and  Sun Si...

It was off to the Echoplex for Lauren Ruth Ward's last night of her residency. It was a rush from one part of the Echoplex to the other....

It was experimental rock/shoe gaze night at The Satellite. The night started off with  Old Toy Trains  doing a cover of Joe Meek's ...

I will admit I was in a bit of a dilemma. On this particular night, Laura Jean Anderson was scheduled at The Hi Hat and Jennie Vee was at Th...

It felt like I was doing a hit and run at The Echo. There was a birthday party that was coming up, but I also wanted to catch Pinky Pinky ....

My first 2018 residency night adventure was a drive to the Bootleg Theater. The night started out pretty solid with  Ex-poets . It isn...

This was a fun night. Egrets on Ergot  went crazy with the stage show. I swear one could think pirate, West Asia, random and any number of...

It was a free week of music during the first week of January. I started things off at Harvard and Stone. It was a night of blues/rock. Steph...

It was a final 2017 show for me. For this final show, I went off to The Hi Hat. There was a nice variety of music. The Great Sadness  open...

There was some nice diversity of genres going on at The Satellite for Travis Peery's last residency night. First up was Mason Summit ...

It was a cover night at The Hi Hat in support of WFSU Fest. Starting things off was New Evil doings great imitations of Billy Idol. N...