Halloween with Mumford & Sons

Here are a couple videos I found from last night's Mumford & Sons show at the Riviera. The show was great but for the first hour we could only see the keyboard player due to the worst floor layout ever. Who raises a bar in the middle of the floor? We did manage to slide over to a better spot and catch the last 5-6 songs and a great encore without a wall of girls sitting on a rail in front of us.

On another note, today I won a free Team Coco Show Zero t-shirt, however, due to the site being too busy I couldn't check out and never got my shirt. Screw you t-shirt website.

"I Don't Like Your Tactics"

Here is a song by the Local Natives who I saw Saturday night at the Metro. The show was pretty good but it won't make my list of favorite shows because I had to stand behind the world's biggest douche bag. He bitched at us before the show started because we were "bumping him" and he thought we were trying to take his spot, "I've been here for two hours, I don't like your tactics!". I'm not sure why he cared so much about his spot, once the show started he began slow dancing and making out with his date preventing him from seeing any of the show. Job well done moron. You could have done that at home and saved 40 bucks.

Hey, I Was There!

Here is a new song from Margot and the Nuclear So and So's that they played at Lincoln Hall on September 19th. Overall, the show was good, but I thought they played a little too much new music making it hard for the crowd to get into it. Or maybe I just needed more beer?

A Conversation About Concerts

Last night the lady and I went to the My Morning Jacket concert at Charter One Pavilion and it got me thinking, out of the shows I've been to what are my favorite? What are my least favorite? Even though I had a blast last night and the show was really good, it doesn't make my list of favorite shows I've been to (I would really like to see My Morning Jacket again at an indoor venue). Here are my favorite, least favorite, and comments on other concerts I've seen.

Favorite Shows
1. South / Margot and the Nuclear So and So's / Something for Rockets at the Double Door - Chicago
2. U2 at Kemper Arena - Kansas City
3. The Dead Weather at the Vic - Chicago

Least Favorite Shows
1. Tom Petty at Sandstone Amphitheater - Kansas City
2. Dave Matthews Band at Sandstone Amphitheater - Kansas City

Loudest Show
Foo Fighters at AllState Arena - Rosemont, IL

Awesome Recent Shows
1. The Whigs at the Bottom Lounge - Chicago
2. The Heartless Bastards at the Bottom Lounge - Chicago

Bands I've never seen and will pay large amounts to see them if I have to
The White Stripes
The Black Keys