Elephant Stone is a Montreal-based rock band that you may or may not have heard of. They play a highly Hindi-influenced style of psych-rock that’s as trippy as it comes. Their debut album, 2009’s Seven Seas, was considered for the Polaris Prize (Canada’s biggest music award) which eventually went to punk group Fucked Up. Recently Elephant Stone released a self-titled follow up and kicked off … Continue reading Elephant Stone Play Chicago 4/19/13
It’s been a long time since I saw a rock show at The Vic. I want to say the last thing I saw even close to rock was Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band, and that definitely falls more in the folk end of the spectrum. Other than that, Jeff Tweedy solo and Childish Gambino were my last ventures to one of the finest … Continue reading The Joy Formidable with Kitten @ The Vic, 4/2/2013
For the majority of my life I didn’t like electronic music. And when I say didn’t like I really mean that I completely dismissed it as a pointless endeavor. Maybe it’s because when I was young there were so many bands trying to make it work and failing miserably, but the style always left me a little cold. That changed a few years ago when … Continue reading Yeasayer-Fragrant World
Last night I found myself at the Ladytron show after working a 12-hour day mostly on my feet. It wasn’t the first place I wanted to be at the time, but it was something I had never experienced, so I wanted to give it a try. Truth be told, my knowledge of Ladytron is pretty limited. I’m not a lover or a hater, just a … Continue reading Ladytron @ The Vic 10/4/11
Okkervil River is one of those bands that I would see just about anywhere for just about any price. When we went down to SxSw in March, we stood in line for over an hour to get into an afternoon show they were headlining, and the bands before them all went long so they could only play for 20 minutes or so. It was disappointing, … Continue reading Felice Brothers And Okkervil River, The Vic 9/22/11
