Mar 20, 2003 Concerts Concert Review: Godspeed You Black Emperor! & Bardo Pond (March 18, 2003, Omaha, NE) The balance between the two extremes of madness and beauty gives Godspeed’s music its emotional impact.
Mar 2, 2003 Concerts Concert Review: Low & Haley Bonar (February 27, 2003, Omaha, NE) This was a rare performance, one that completely exceeded my expectations in nearly every possible way.
Jul 19, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Dick Dale (June 7, 2002, Omaha, NE) I was amazed at the hellish force with which Dick Dale plays.
Jun 27, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Lift to Experience, Devics & The Golden Age (June 22, 2002, Omaha, NE)
Jun 27, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Rosie Thomas & Denison Witmer (June 22, 2002, Omaha, NE) Amazing how unassuming songs like those of Denison Witmer and Rosie Thomas can manage to push the whole world away.
Jun 15, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Garbage (May 9, 2002, Chicago, IL) At the Garbage concert at the Riviera, it was Butch Vig who was the last to leave after the band’s first set and its encore.
Apr 30, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Pedro the Lion, Damien Jurado, T.W. Walsh (April 27, 2002, Kansas City, MO)
Apr 30, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Fridge, Explosions In The Sky, Cerberus Shoal (April 26, 2002, Grinnell, IA)
Mar 29, 2002 Concerts Concert Review: Knife in the Water, The Mendoza Line & Watch the Stereo (March 28, 2002, Omaha, NE)
Dec 24, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Local H (December 18, 2001, Chicago, IL) As with every Local H show, a hard-rock earnestness is guaranteed. The Metro free show proved no different.
Oct 21, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Travis, Remy Zero (October 10, 2001, Chicago, IL) Travis shifted between the spark-fueled rock on their sophomore effort and the simmering pop songs on their latest.
Oct 8, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Sigur Rós & The Album Leaf (September 27, 2001, Chicago, IL) If this isn’t music for overcoming broken times and bitter moments, than I don’t know what is.
Sep 29, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Burning Airlines, Rival Schools, The Casket Lottery (September 24, 2001, Lincoln, NE)
Sep 15, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Pedro the Lion, Seldom, The Elevator Division, Son, Ambulance (September 8, 2001, Lawrence, KS)
Sep 11, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Pinetop Seven (August 13, 2001, Lincoln, NE)
Sep 11, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: Radiohead, Kid Koala, The Beta Band (August 1, 2001, Chicago, IL)
Sep 11, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: The Faint, Bright Eyes, Cursive (August 17, 2001, Omaha, NE) The Faint are a rock band, first and foremost, and it’s obvious they love playing their music in front of a crowd.
May 27, 2001 Concerts Concert Review: The Faint, The Good Life, Har Mar Superstar (May 26, 2001, Omaha, NE) Despite a few technical glitches, The Faint held the crowd in their hand.