Blog: The Line Of Best Fit

At a certain point during tonight's Midlake show, my mind entirely wandered inside itself. Lost inside the lulling tones of 'Acts of Man', I started an inner conversation about the nature of criticism with regard to live music. To whit: just where does objectivity stand? Am I reviewing Midlake? The entire show? The sound? Or am I reviewing my emotional response to these elements? Is a review primarily of a show or of my experience therein? Should there be a balance? And if so, please tell me, dear reader, what the fuck it is? [...]