Vibes blog

The owners of Sunset Club aren’t just remodeling their exclusive club on South Boulevard; they’ve done an Extreme Club Makeover to Situations off Woodlawn, putting an upscale lounge in a not so upscale location.

“This is like NYC’s Meat Packing District,” says co-owner Rick Gurr of the area.
Translated: there’s a pearl of a place inside a slimy neighborhood.

Said place is K.I.S.S Lounge, tucked away in the corner of the seedy strip mall encompassing Gentlemen’s Club and Red Door… thus putting the strip in strip mall. (more…)

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Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 2, 2008

Photos coming soon!
Setlists at the end of review…

The Deal: Journey shows off new singer, brings along Heart and Cheap Trick. (more…)

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CMT.com has reported that the Black Crowes are looking at filing a copyright infringement suit against Gretchen Wilson. Wilson’s new song, “Work Hard, Play Harder” sounds an awful lot like the Crowes’ “Jealous Again.”

Compare them below…. What do you think?

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Projekt Revolution w/ Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Street Drum Corps, Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights and Armor for Sleep
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 30, 2008

The Deal: Linkin Park bring along a bunch of their friends for annual Projekt Revolution Tour. (Setlists for Chris Cornell and Linkin Park at the end of review.) (more…)

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Coming tomorrow — Review and photos!

Busta Rhymes is no longer on the Projekt Revolution Tour. Some say he got kicked off, some say there were business obligations… no one really knows why at this point.

Anyway, here’s the schedule, if you’re headed out to Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre today:
2 p.m. - Armor for Sleep
2:40 p.m. - Hawthorne Heights
3:20 p.m. - 10 Years
4:20 p.m. - Atreyu
5:15 p.m. - Street Drum Corps
5:50 p.m. - Ashes Divide
6:45 p.m. - The Bravery
7:50 p.m. - Chris Cornell
9:20 p.m. - Linkin Park

Have fun!

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Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 28, 2008
By Brittney Cason and Jeff Hahne

The Deal — Another summer concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater — Home of the $11 beer. This one was Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5 and Counting Crows…. and Counting Crow’s lead singer Adam Duritz’s cane. (more…)

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Counting Crows The first line that Adam Duritz sings on his band’s new Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (”I’m a Russian Jew American/ Impersonating African/Jamaican”), to these ears, ranks right up there with Nirvana’s out-with-it verbal volley (”Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I’m bored and old”) that begins In Utero. No one’s saying Duritz is even sniffing the importance of a Kurt Cobain, mind you, but the man’s renewed openness (and openness to finally letting “them guitars rang,” as Patterson Hood of the DBTs sings) is utterly refreshing, especially when compared to the blather perpetrated by his band’s “peers” – tourmates Maroon 5, Matchbox 20 and that ilk. The concept of Saturday night (secular) and Sunday morning (sacred) is an old one – see almost all the blues, much of country music, and everything Prince ever did – but Duritz pens personality into almost every track here, reminding you (and himself) that our days are ultimately what we make of them. With Maroon 5 and Sara Bareilles. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Timothy C. Davis)

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Arrive Sax man Aram Shelton leads this alto-vibes-bass-and-drums quartet, yet another top-notch ensemble from the fecund Chicago free scene. Shelton offers some familiar rhythmic and compositional footholds here for the free-wary, but there’s still plenty of space for deep-groove exploration and invention. The band is at its best when Shelton and Jason Adasiewicz – channeling serious mid-60s‚ Blue Note Bobby Hutcherson vibes (both kinds) – are in heated conversations that get pushed relentlessly toward resolution and catharsis by Tim Daisy (drums) and Jason Roebke (bass). Nothing short of magic, and not to be missed by open-minded jazz fans. With Project Bluebird. Century/Patchwerk Playhuas. (John Schacht)

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Unity Tour w/ 311, Snoop Dogg, Fiction Plane
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 24, 2008

The Deal: 311 brings along Tha Doggfather and Sting’s son for musical variety. (more…)

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311/Snoop Dogg This may be an odd pairing at first glance, but a closer look makes you realize it’s not so crazy. 311 does the rap-rock thing pretty well, and the D-O-double-G has always attracted rock fans with his rap. Sounds like a pretty good duo – though I’ll be more impressed if the two can find a way to do some onstage collaboration. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Jeff Hahne)

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