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The bands I saw perform in 2018:

· Tedeschi Trucks Band @ Chicago Theater (Chicago) January 27

· The Breeders @ The Rave/Eagles Club (Milwaukee) May 9

· Dorth Nakota @ The Rave/Eagles Club (Milwaukee) May 9

· The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ The Vic (Chicago) May 11

· Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Rave/Eagles Club (Milwaukee) May 15

· Pete International Airport @ The Rave/Eagles Club (Milwaukee) May 15

· Queens Of The Stone Age @ Breese Stevens Field (Madison) May 22

· Royal Blood @ Breese Stevens Field (Madison) May 22

· Parquet Courts @ Majestic Theater (Madison) May 30

· Goat Girl @ Majestic Theater (Madison) May 30

· David Byrne @ Auditorium Theater (Chicago) June 3

· Aaron Neville @ River Edge Park (Aurora, IL) June 16

· Sonny Landreth @ River Edge Park (Aurora, IL) June 16

· Toronzo Cannon @ River Edge Park (Aurora, IL) June 16

· Matthew Sweet @ Square Roots Festival (Chicago) July 13

· The Dream Syndicate @ Square Roots Festival (Chicago) July 13

· Ginkgoa @ Square Roots Festival (Chicago) July 13

· Tame Impala @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Courtney Barnett @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Saba @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Big Thief @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Open Mike Eagle @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Syd @ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Joshua Abrams and the Natural Information Society@ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) July 20

· Jack White @ Lollapalooza (Chicago) August 5

· Portugal. The Man @ Lollapalooza (Chicago) August 5

· The Vaccines @ Lollapalooza (Chicago) August 5

· The Regrettes @ Lollapalooza (Chicago) August 5

· Weezer @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Young The Giant @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Taking Back Sunday @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Digable Planets @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· The Bombpops @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· K.Flay @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· The Aquabats @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Pussy Riot@ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Direct Hit! @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Liz Phair @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Speedy Ortiz @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 14

· Beck @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· Jerry Lee Lewis @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· Elvis Costello And The Imposters @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· Wolfmother (Chicago) September 15

· Reign Wolf @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· Mannequin Pussy @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· The Frights @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 15

· Bad Religion @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Father John Misty @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· The Wonder Years @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· The Dillinger Four @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Blondie @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Clutch @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· The Bouncing Souls @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Johnny Marr @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Spitalfield @ Riot Fest (Chicago) September 16

· Courtney Barnett @ The Riviera (Chicago) October 18

· Waxahatchee @ The Riviera (Chicago) October 18

· Soul Asylum @ First Avenue (Minneapolis) December 28

· 4OnTheFloor @ First Avenue (Minneapolis) December 28

chaunceyandchumleysdad

I finally cracked the seal on this LP that I bought from Clottie Cream back in May at the Majestic in Madison. Goat Girl sounding awesome on vinyl!

#goat girl #majestic theater #madison wi #parquet courts #vynil records #clottie cream

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Parquet Courts and Goat Girl – Madison, Wisconsin May 30, 2018

My fourth show in four weeks and this was a great one! This was the second time I’ve seen Parquet Courts, the first being a hot summer day around 5:00 in the afternoon at Pitchfork Festival in 2015. Some bands seem to be more enjoyable in an outdoor festival setting while others are better in a theater. I liked PC at Pitchfork, but seeing them at the intimate Majestic Theater in Madison was way better. This band is so good. They rock hard and they are tight. Since their first album in 2011, they have had a prolific output of music including their own releases as well as collaborations. While their Garage-Punk album Sunbathing Animal was the first to get my attention, their recent release Wide Awake! and last year’s collaboration with Daniele Luppi, Milano, have shown that they are willing to keep pushing the envelope on their sound and style. This show featured ten songs from their new album with the other nine being from previous releases. Prior to this show, I was unfamiliar with Goat Girl, an all-female quartet from England. I listened to their debut album before the show and immediately liked it. They define their sound as Sci-Fi Fusion which may an actual genre or maybe just an English-tongue-in-cheek description. With stage names of Clottie Cream, Rosy Bones, Naima Jelly and L.E.D., I suspect the latter. They played a nice set and I enjoyed chatting with the lead singer (which is Clottie, I believe) and I bought their vinyl LP.

Parquet Courts set list (from setlist.fm)

1. Total Football

2. Dust

3. Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience

4. Freebird II

5. Before the Water Gets Too High

6. Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)

7. Dear Ramona

8. Master of My Craft

9. Borrowed Time

10. Wide Awake

11. Back to Earth

12. Psycho Structures

13. Mardi Gras Beads

14. Normalization

15. Outside

16. NYC Observation

17. Extinction

18. One Man No City

19. Light Up Gold II

#parquet courts #majestic theatre #madison wi #goat girl #live music #setlist.fm

chaunceyandchumleysdad

I parked my car and walked a circle around the Capitol building trying to find the Majestic Theater. Finally found the theater (and the bar next door), but now I don’t remember where I parked the car.

#parquet courts #goat girl #madison wi #majestic theatre

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UP NEXT!

#parquet courts #madison wi #live music #majestic theatre #spin magazine

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Queens Of The Stone Age and Royal Blood – Madison, Wis. May 22, 2018

It seemed only appropriate that after the Royal Wedding last weekend, I would go see Queens and Royal Blood. (OK, that’s a bit of a stretch, but what the hell.) This was a concert that I wanted to go to but kept trying to talking myself out of it. The setting seemed really cool; a small municipal stadium on the isthmus of Madison, two great bands and what would be my first outdoor show of the year. However, having just seen Queens at Riot Fest about eight months ago, I told myself I would only go if the weather was good and if I could find a ticket for less than face value, (which was pushing $50 with the fees). After a rainy cold Monday, the Tuesday forecast was for skies to clear in the late afternoon and temperatures to warm up. By afternoon, skies were blue and temps in the low 70’s. I procured a $25 ticket on Craigslist and I was off to the show. I found street parking and a nearby dive bar where the bartender and patrons were very friendly. Burger and fries, three IPA’s and a shot each for me and the bartender and I was handed a bar tab of $15.00. So my objective of keeping costs down during my current live music binge continued to pan out.

Breese Stevens Field was a good place for Queens Of The Stone Age to play because it looks like it may have been built during the stone age. It is a small granite stone masonry building, nestled in an old part of the city with industry on the Lake Monona side, a residential neighborhood on the Lake Mendota side and two tall residential buildings on either end. It is an oblong shape for football and soccer. The seating section is probably no more than 20 rows deep and extends around half the stadium. It is in beautiful condition, and has a soft artificial turf field that was very comfortable for standing. There was a fenced off area at the front of the stage, “The Ring,” where tickets were $20 more. I found a nice spot right up against the Ring barrier near the side of the stage. I stayed there for all of Royal Blood and most of QOTSA before I wandered off around the field to get a different sight perspective.

Royal Blood was great. They are a duo that play drums and bass, but the bass is played like a lead guitar. They played a tremendous set. This was the first time I saw them live. QOTSA was fantastic. When I saw them last year at Riot Fest, I was probably a good 50-60 yards from the stage so it was awesome to be up close for this show. I don’t remember Josh Homme talking to the crowd much (or at all) at Riot Fest, but at this show he was rather personable in his own hard-ass way. He told stories of spending time in Madison. I wasn’t sure if that meant he went to school at UW, or lived there for some other reason or if he was just making shit up. He talked about playing in Madison with Ween and bar tending at a bar that was behind the now defunct Smart Studios. (Though some great bands have recorded at Smart Studios, he did not say he ever recorded there and I found no history that would suggest that he did.) The building on the stadium end opposite the stage had many people enjoying the show from their balconies. At one point, Josh had the stadium crowd turn around and wave to all those people and he told them that we were all coming over after the show, “so get the chips and dip ready.” About three songs into the show while he was talking to the crowd, he stumbled on his words, and then added, “I’m fucked-up already, but that doesn’t mean I won’t try hard.”

Their set was not very long, 14 songs and maybe 80-85 minutes and no encore. Based on some social media comments, some people felt ripped off by the short show. Having seen them last year at Riot Fest, I wasn’t surprised. They headlined Day 2 last year and left the stage with 15 minutes remaining in their set time. Having gone to Riot Fest for five straight years, they are the only band I’ve ever seen that did not fill their allotted time. I know I felt a bit ripped off last year, but I was OK with it this time around. The show was an early start, no doubt due to the stadium being in a residential area. Royal Blood went on at 6:45 and QOTSA went on around 8:00 and were done before 9:30. I was back in my hotel room by 10:00, which is not bad at all for a week night show. As far as I was concerned, it was a perfect spring night in an awesome setting with some incredible music. I cannot think of anywhere else I would have rather been.

Queens Of The Stone Age set:

1. Feet Don't Fail Me

2. The Way You Used to Do

3. You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire

4. You Can't Quit Me Baby

5. No One Knows

6. Smooth Sailing

7. I Sat by the Ocean

8. Domesticated Animals

9. Make It Wit Chu

10. My God Is the Sun

11. The Evil Has Landed