Sun 27 Jun – Summerfest 2010, June 27th

After skipping one day to go see Jimmy Buffett at Alpine I came back to summerfest mainly interested in seeing the U.S Cellular stage to see Civil Twilight, Paper Tongues, and Neon Trees. I also was interested in seeing a part of the B.B. King set. I got there late and was still able to find a pretty acceptable spot for the show.

I have off and on listened to Civil Twilight's album lately mainly because I can't decide if they are attempting to be a Radiohead or U2…

Sat 26 Jun – Jimmy Buffett

This was one of the possible two days that I will have skipped summerfest in downtown Milwaukee. I just had to see Jimmy Buffett at least once in my life. I was also ready for a nice break from more energetic shows. So I think Jimmy Buffett fit that perfectly.

I have always loved Alpine Valley, every time I have been there being at the show is always a blast. The people are great and usually very friendly and it's just a great atmosphere to stand or sit back and relax to enjoy a…

Fri 25 Jun – Summerfest 2010, June 25th

I got to Summerfest around 1230 and just browsed through the many stages all day until the headliners. I was a concert floater, I wanted to catch shows from Dierks Bentley, Public Enemy, and Jeff Beck so I started off with Bentley and worked my way down Summerfest to catch a bit from everyone.

I didn't stay too long at Dierks Bentley mainly because of the huge crowd. It really seems like country fans are the most enthusiastic when coming to support their artist because people just kept coming. The…

Thu 24 Jun – Summerfest 2010, June 24th

Summerfest is one my favorite things to do all summer. Always something to do: people to meet, games to play, drunks to watch. It's a good time. So glad it's back after such a long time.

As I said, there is always something to do. So before camping out waiting for the bands of the night I hung out with some friends to check out the activities going down for the year. Just to name a few non-concert events, there was the playstation area again where there was guitar hero 5/ dj…

Fri 4 Jun – Verge Music Festival

Saturday was a busy day for me, graduating, parties, among other things. But I did not want to miss the whole festival. Weezer was a band I had seen live twice before and loved both times. So i drove down to Milwaukee in the pouring rain to catch the show.

When I got there, there was actually a much smaller crowd than I had anticipated. Maybe the huge rains had lowered the spirits of the concert goers, or maybe Milwaukee just doesnt have the hardcore music fans that many other cities do when…

Wed 21 Apr – The Flaming Lips
So here goes another review of a show I've seen recently….

First of all I must admit, before seeing The Flaming Lips I had never given them more than a song a worthy listen through. A friend actually won box seats to the show and couldn't make it so she gave them to me. I almost didn't go but as I was researching I found that they made a list of "50 bands to see before you die". So I made the drive and I was happy I did.

They were definitely one…

Thu 15 Apr – Thirty Seconds to Mars

I was not originally planning on going to this concert because of plans I had already made but one of my friends won meet and greet passes as well as an opportunity to sing in the choir during Kings And Queens. So of course, I ended up going along and I did not regret it.

I've been to the Rave many times before to see various types of shows so I already had my thoughts of expecting muffled sound. This show was different. The sound was really quite amazing for all…

Thu 25 Mar – Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda

This is was second of two chances to see Vampire Weekend live on their current tour promoting their new album Contra. The first being in Milwaukee, two days prior to Chicago.

A friend and myself were the first in line. We waited about three hours outside to be in the front. We even read the weather report before leaving Milwaukee to Chicago that it would be freezing. So we thought we dressed accordingly by layering up but we still were waiting anxiously for those doors to finally open. The great thing…

Tue 23 Mar – Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda

This was my first of two real shows seeing Vampire Weekend on their current tour. The next will be in Chicago on March 25. This was also the first time I was to hear a concert at the Riverside Theater. I had heard that it was the best place to hear music in Milwaukee and it did not disappoint.

I should start by saying that my Vampire Weekend day started earlier than most because I had won a chance to see them do an acoustic show at a place called Mikey's from…

Fri 19 Mar – The Big Pink w/ A Place to Bury Strangers

This was my second of hopefully many shows at Turner Hall, my last concert there was to see St. Vincent. The sound was beautiful, the people were good, and Turner Hall's venue is just pretty awesome in general.

I'll start with "A Place To Bury Strangers", they sounded pretty decent for noise rock. Though, they could have just lost the vocals and made it instrumental. If anything the vocals took something away from the experience. Overall, they were pretty good for an opener.

One…