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David Gray Live from Studio X

By XRT Listener Submission ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

I submitted my one entry (10points) for David Gray and won, yippee. This was my first Studio X performance and it was awesome. I can’t say I’m a huge David Gray fan, but I do like his new song Fugitive from his new CD. He has an amazing voice and isn’t bad [...]

Bob Dylan XRT Show at the Aragon Ballroom

By Frank E. Lee ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Bob Dylan can often be seen in Chicago right around Halloween. Whether it’s due to a scheduling quirk or something more sinister, well, we’d have to ask him. He certainly looked the part last night at the Aragon Ballroom, resembling the ghostly preacher in Poltergeist 2 with a wide brimmed hat and a waistcoat. His [...]

Los Lonely Boys XRT Show at Old Town School of Folk Music

By XRT Listener Submission ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Los Lonely Boys Acoustic Set, late show. Wow the “Boys” had fun and amazed with soaring harmonies and beautiful fret work. They seemed to be having a great time playing to a very appreciative crowd. Goofin’ on “Elvis” “Talking Guitars” and some good banter highlighted the boys having a great time on stage. Songs like [...]

Gov’t Mule Live from Studio X

By XRT Listener Submission ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Last night at Studio X with Gov’t Mule was solid rock. It was hard and heavy and because it was such an intimate venue there was no escape and your soul was encased in an iron wail that delivered another distinction of loud. My ribcage still resonates from ‘Beautifully Broken.’ The new tune ‘Monday [...]

Wilco Sold Out XRT Show at UIC Pavilion

By Marty Lennartz ⋅ October 19, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

On Sunday night Wilco, Chicago’s favorite sons, returned for a triumphant homecoming at a sold out XRT Show at UIC Pavilion.
In the first of two rare arena rock gigs, singer Jeff Tweedy was prompted to joke about his big stage “frontmantivness”, the band’s weekend purchase of a few more lights and that it was a [...]

Rodrigo y Gabriella Sold Out XRT Show at the Riv

By Marty Lennartz ⋅ October 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The guitar duo of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriella Quintero, who go by the name Rodrigo y Gabriella, have certainly been one of rock’s most surprising success stories of the past few years.
Their story is the stuff of legend. Mexican metal band refugees go to Ireland to become Grafton Street buskers. Get discovered by Damian Rice, [...]

The Decemberists XRT Show at the Riv

By Terri Hemmert ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The music of The Decemberists is like a rain magnet. A lot of us stood in
the rain to see them this summer at Lollapalooza, and I remember getting a
bit wet when they played at the Pritzker Pavilion with the Grant Park
Symphony. But, although it did rain outside, the Riv was warm and dry [...]

XRT Bud Light Free Passion Pit Party

By Tim Liston ⋅ October 6, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

If you were there, you were singing. If you didn’t know the words, you were dancing. If you didn’t know how to dance, you became part of a sweaty sea of people that swayed in harmony to the hyper-electronic band Passion Pit. Having the opportunity to be in the balcony for part of the show, [...]

Moby XRT Show at the Vic

By Frank E. Lee ⋅ October 1, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Moby is a man of many talents: singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and occasional conga player, but his genius lies in his ability to blend, arrange and manipulate sounds as diverse as cotton field spirituals to raging techno. He played to his strengths last night at a sold out XRT show at the Vic Theatre, moving [...]

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