The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds celebrated it’s 50th anniversary, so Brian Wilson decided to tour it one last time. The album is undeniably incredible, but for a music festival, the second half of the show where they just play all the old hits made for a more crowd-pleasing performance. Although, all the “Surfin’ USA” and “Help Me Rhonda” in the world doesn’t provide the … Continue reading Brian Wilson at Pitchfork Festival
As usual, the Pitchfork Festival programmers have delivered a diverse and fun lineup for music fans to applaud and criticize. It’s certainly a different kind of festival this year-less rock, more pop. I think it will be a fun festival regardless. This is what I recommend you see. Friday If you’re gonna get to Union Park early in an effort to beat the crowds, you’ll … Continue reading Planning Your Pitchfork: A Schedule For The Indecisive
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Nik Freitas. I continue to listen to his 2011 album Saturday Night Underwater, but things have been fairly quiet on the new music front since then. He did self-release a record called The Asterisk back in 2013, which flew completely under my radar. New To Here came out earlier in 2015, and I heard it back … Continue reading Nik Freitas-New To Here
Yesterday, and basically every day, I heard “Low” by Cracker on Q101. The song came out more than 20 years ago, but when it came on it still sounded as good as it did blaring out of the windows of my 1991 Pontiac Sunbird when I was in high school. That song was the bands biggest hit by quite a margin commercially, but they’ve been … Continue reading Cracker To Play Season Kickoff Festivities For Chicago Cubs
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