
Rolling into shows in full pre-game mode has its benefits, particularly when artists exceed lofty expectations and melt faces. Full disclosure, I'm not a big live review blogger, and toss the blue-ribbon to my colleagues Brian, Justin, and James in this arena. I'm much to erratic cognitively during live performances and my mind can just as easily wander as it can become rapt. I usually begin concerts in full journalist mode, jotting down tracklists and attempting to evaluate the entire scene throughout the night. This quickly digresses when alcohol's involved, and it fails doubly hard when the band I'm evaluating [...]