Mon 08/29/05 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
Tue 08/30/05 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
Wed 08/31/05 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre

I made some new additions to the Now Playing page. All the albums listed there are rocking my ipod on a regular basis. In the next couple of weeks I will be adding a new page for my favorite albums of 2005, it’s been a really great year for music, so look for that in the future.

Last night my friends and I caught the Greyhounds at UW’s campus. They’ve really progressed from the band I saw play for 11 people (including themselves) a couple years back in Milwaukee. It was pretty cool to see Matt and Jeremy from the Westfall join them onstage for a bunch of songs, and I couldn’t help but wish that Matt would play bass for the Greyhounds on a permanent basis, just adds so much to their material.

In other news:

I bought the new Lucero album today. I’d been listening to it online all week, and decided I better add it to my collection. If you live in the Milwaukee area you can catch Lucero Sunday (5/29) at Atomic Records at 4 p.m. then later that night at Mad Planet.

I also had to pick up the new Sleater Kinney disc, “The Woods”. It’s been getting a lot of praise lately, and deservingly so. It came with a bonus DVD that I’m looking forward to checking out.

If you like Andrew Bird, go here and here for two great live show downloads.

You can listen to the new Oasis album here (It’s not half bad)

A really great article/interview with Ray LaMontagne.

I’ve got a bunch of discs on my want list, in case anybody wants to hook me up:

The Boy Least Likely To – The Best Party Ever
Troubled Humble – Making Beds in a Burning House
Bunky – Born To Be a Motorcycle
The Robot Ate Me – Carousal Waltz

This weekend, and for every weekend in the foreseeable future, I will be spending my time here.

The Zooma Tour was conceived to provide fans with an exceptional musical and entertainment experience. Due to unforeseen circumstances, it has become clear that it would not be possible to provide that experience at the level initially envisioned. Rather than go forward with a tour that falls short of what was conceived, everyone involved has mutually agreed that it is best to cancel the tour altogether. (more…)

Common and De La Soul will hit the road with John Legend for the singer’s first North American tour since releasing his debut album, Get Lifted. Adding to the hip-hop element of the show will be beatboxer Rahzel, DJ JS-1 and new comer Lyfe, all of whom will appear on select dates. The tour, launches in June and is Legend’s first major outing since his performances on the SRO Alicia Keys tour, which ran from February to April.

7/30 Milwaukee The Rave (w/Common, De La Soul, Rahzel with DJJS-1)

Also:

7/26 – Tegan & Sara – Luther’s Blues, Madison

I just got back from Chicago. It was my last day off for the next three months (don’t ask), actually I have two days off but they are both for weddings so I’m not counting them. I saw Riviera play in Milwaukee on Sunday night, and picked up their brilliant new CD, “At The End of The American Century”. My friend and listened to it countless times on our way to and from Chicago to see the Jeff Tweedy show at Northwestern University. That show was absolutely incredible, the silence of the crowd was perfect, and Jeff put on a flawless acoustic performance (Alright, he messed up How to Fight Loneliness… a couple times). I had the privilege of talking with Jeff after the show; we talked about guitars and the upcoming Vic Theatre DVD. He signed my copy of A Ghost is Born. Here’s a review from The Daily Northwestern and the setlist from the Jeff Tweedy show:

Jeff Tweedy
5/23/05
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Evanston, IL

Remember The Mountain Bed
Airline to Heaven
Sunken Treasure
Muzzle of Bees
IATTBYH
Forget The Flowers
Far, Far Away
Bob Dylan’s 49th Beard
John Wesley Harding
Blasting Fonda
How to Fight Loneliness
Nothing’severgonnastandinmywayagain
Summerteeth
Hesitating Beauty
ELT
Gun
I’m The Man Who Loves You
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Not For The Season (a.k.a. Laminated Cat)*
Chinese Apple*
The Late Greats*
Candyfloss*
Passenger Side*

*with Glenn Kotche