• Riot Fest 2023

    (Saturday only)

  • On Ween, Melvins, and Aging...Gracefully?

  • Metallica | SoFi Stadium | 8/25

  • Phish @ MSG, weekend 1

    I heart NY.

  • Pitchfork Festival 2023: Friday only

    If anyone wants to write about the other two nights I'd be glad to host your ramblings!

  • Summerfest 2023 Wrap-up

    In which I tell you how very wrong I was about things in the post before this one

  • Summerfest thoughts

  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Salt Shed | 6/11 & 6/12

  • Milwaukee Metal Fest

    Do we count 2007? So this year would be MMF XX? Anyone?

  • Ministry | Eagles Ballroom | 5/7

    Ladies and gentlemen, the Eagles Ballroom Club Stage.

  • MFF2023

  • Xiu Xiu | Cactus Club | 4/26

  • Big Ears 2023

  • Wilco | The Riviera | 3/26

    (also Yo La Tengo | Turner Hall | 3/25)

  • STS9 | Riviera Theatre | 3/17

  • Phil Lesh & Friends | Salt Shed | 3/12

  • Unwound | Thalia Hall | 3/7

  • PAKT | Reggies Bananna's Shack | 3/1

  • Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew | Vic Theatre | 2/25

    It's The Return Of The Son Of The 1980-81 Remain In Light Tour featuring two guys who were on that tour!

  • Ani DiFranco | Pabst Theater | 1/25

    I was a slacker last year about reviewing shows I went to. That ends now.

  • The Best Albums of 2022, part 2

    also the Bungle Report

  • The Best Albums Of 2022, part 1

    It got too long again.

  • The Best Shows I Saw In 2022

    (besides Big Ears)

  • The Smile at the Riverside

    no they didn't TECHNICALLY play any Radiohead songs

  • Sacred Rose Festival

  • Phish, Alpine Valley, 2022

    an emotional thrombosis in my coronary sac

  • Weird Al at the Chicago Symphony Center

  • Summerfest '22 Wrap-Up

    The newspaper reviews were insufficient.

  • Deer Creek '22

    Lawn Presented By Allegiant Dot Com

  • Primus at The Sylvee, 4/23/2022

  • Big Ears Was Alright If You Like Saxophones

    Every writer gets to use that joke once in their life, right?

  • 2021 In Loose Ends

  • 2021 In Recorded Music

  • 2021 In Live Music

  • Mavis and Haley at Thalia

    (Any hypothetical Star Trek reference is purely unintentional.)

  • Phish, Dick's

    (second attempt)

  • Phish, Deer Creek 3

    Phish Take Bold Anti-Mask Stance

  • Phish, Deer Creek 2

  • Phish, Deer Creek 1

  • Tiny Music... Deluxe Reissue

  • Makaya McCraven @ Thalia Hall

  • Being Out Amongst People Again: A Review

  • Form In Motion by Autarkh

    review by Swatty

  • Swatty's Top Ten Albums Of 2020

  • The Top Ten Concerts Of 2020

    There will be no honorable mentions this year.

  • Mr. Bungle plays The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny at the Warfield, 2/13/2020

    This actually happened and I was there somehow.

  • Swatty's Top Fifteen Albums Of 2019

    Does this piece bolster or destroy You-Phoria's credibility? You decide.

  • Numbers

    I guess a couple people might be interested.

  • 2019 In Metal

    \m/

  • 2019 In Jazz/Experimental

    Ya, these should be two separate pieces. Maybe next year.

  • 2019 In Electronic

    Brrrzap

  • 2019 In Rock

    Stick around for all the Deep Purple references you can stand.

  • 2019 In Pop

    aka U2's most underrated album

  • 2019 In R&B

    It's the jellyfish of musical genres.

  • 2019 In Rap

    I seriously gotta start uploading some new images, this is ridiculous.

  • 2019 In Folk/ish

  • 2019 In Alt (In The German Sense)

    (Get it?)

  • 2019 In Alternative

  • 2019 In Live Music

    No, I still haven't come up with a good strategy for these images that accompany each piece.

  • MFF2019

    What? I thought this was a music blog.

  • Farm Aid 2019

    Willie, Neil, Johnny Cougar, Dave & Tim, Bonnie, Mother Nature, etc.

  • PhishDicksIX

    They did not play "Shaggy Dog" as "Prairie Dog" nor indeed hardly any of their "dog" songs. Dicks.

  • Alpine Overload

    At last, something we can all agree on.

  • MPP

    I lied. Saturday wasn't the worst Phish show I've ever seen.

  • Hippie Shit

    I imagine others have already blogged all of these thoughts. But just in case.

  • What I Remember About April 8th, 1994

  • Pitchfork's Midwinter Festival Was Stupid And Amazing

    For The Following Reasons

  • The Albums That Made Me Feel Like Writing About Them Of 2018

    Boy this one got really long.

  • My Favorite Show Of 2018

  • Of 2018, The Second-Best Concert

  • Number Three

  • Number Three-And-A-Half

    Whoops!

  • Number Four

  • Number Five

  • Sixth-Best

  • Seventh-Best

  • Eighth-Best Show

  • The Ninth-Best Show Of 2018

  • The Tenth-Best Show Of 2018

  • Best Shows Of 2018 (Honorable Mentions)

    I'm back!

  • Cal's Most-Listened-To Albums Of All Time*

  • The Best Albums Of 2017

  • The Best Live Music I Saw In 2017

  • Tom Petty, RIP

  • The Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time

  • Phish's Baker's Dozen, Ranked

  • Bono Does America Again

  • Chris Cornell, RIP

  • Milwaukee Psych Fest 2017

  • Instructions For Listening To Jon Mueller's dHrAaNwDn

  • Some Words Inspired By Last Night's Patti Smith Concert

  • Swatty's Top 15 Albums Of 2016

  • Top Ten Black Metal Albums

    From the undisputed expert on such things.

  • The Best Albums Of 2016

  • 2016 In Live Music

  • Levitation: Chicago

  • 2015: Rap

  • 2015: Miscellaneous Uncategorizable Musicks

  • 2015: Metal

  • 2015: Electronics

  • 2015: Rock

  • 2015: Singer/Songwriter

  • 2015: Pop

  • David Bowie, RIP

  • 2015: Local Music

  • 2015: Live Music

  • WEILAND

  • Magnaball

  • Phish: Alpine Valley 2015

  • Phish: Blossom, 8/7/2015

  • Post-Fare Thee Well Thoughts

  • U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Chicago

  • Milwaukee Psych Fest 3

  • 2015 So Far

  • The Prematurely Air-Conditioned Arts Collective Presents John Zorn's Cobra

  • The Best Music Of 2014

  • Thoughts About This Dead 50th Anniversary Thing

  • The Best Shows I Saw In 2014

  • Secret Chiefs 3: Cactus Club, 10/8/2014

  • SONGS OF INNOCENCE (and other tangentially related topics)

  • King Crimson: The Vic, 9/26/2014

  • Phish: Midwest Run 2014

  • Dave Matthews Band: Summerfest, 7/2/2014

  • Swans: Lincoln Hall, 6/25/2014

  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Milwaukee Theatre, 6/20/2014

  • I don't know what to call this one.

  • Calliope: ORBIS

  • Mogwai: The Vic, 5/16/2014

  • John Zorn's Bladerunner: Reggie's, 5/3/2014

  • Milwaukee Psych Fest 2014

  • The You-Phoria Guide To Festivals: 2014

  • Animals In Human Attire: OURMEGADAWN

  • St. Vincent: Turner Hall, 4/4/14

  • Papadosio: Turner Hall, 4/3/14

  • Beck=Modern Guilty Pleasure

  • #EMT2014

  • Umphrey's McGee: Riviera, 2/22

  • Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band: Cactus Club, 2/21

  • The Rutabega et al.: Cactus Club 2/19

  • Bungle Thoughts

  • The Best Albums Of 2013

  • The Best Shows Of 2013

  • 2013 End-Of-Year Album Review Dump

  • Sparks: Lincoln Hall, 11/7/13

  • AV Club Milwaukee, RIP

  • A Requiem For LULU

  • Lou Reed, RIP

  • Love is Strange

  • #MFF2013

  • Caroline Smith: HALF ABOUT BEING A WOMAN

  • Caroline Smith HALF ABOUT

  • Anathema: Reggie's Rock Club, 9/21/2013

  • R.I.P., J-Tar

  • 2013 Mid-Year Album Roundup: Miscellaneous

  • #phishdicks

  • 2013 Mid-Year Album Roundup: Rock

  • #phishfork

  • 2013 Mid-Year Album Roundup: Metal

  • 2013 Mid-Year Album Roundup: Electronic/Ambient

  • 2013 Mid-Year Album Roundup: Pop

  • Violent Femmes: Summerfest, 6/26/13

  • Black Sabbath: 13

  • Four Days And Seven Nights In Illinois

  • Death Blues: Cactus Club, 5/4/2013

  • Ultimate Pipedream McCartney Setlist

  • Psychic Ills, Föllakzoid, Outside: Quarters, 3/10/13

  • Where my brain goes when I get impatient for Phish tourdates

  • Umphrey's McGee: Orpheum, 2/16/13

  • R.I.P., CWM

  • The Best Shows I Saw In 2012

  • Swatty's Top 15 Albums of 2012

  • The Best Music Of 2012

  • Tame Impala: LONERISM

  • Death Blues (No Time Like The Present)

  • The "Difficult" Followup to "The Pop Breakthrough"

  • Police Teeth: POLICE TEETH

  • Fanfare Ciocarlia: City Winery (Chicago), 9/25/12

  • Katatonia: Bottom Lounge, 9/17/12

  • Nervous Curtains: FAKE INFINITY

  • Do 414 Anniversary Party

  • Phish: Chaifetz Arena, 8/28/12

  • Anathema: WEATHER SYSTEMS

  • Lotus Plaza: SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE

  • Suckers: CANDY SALAD

  • Bear In Heaven: I LOVE YOU, IT'S COOL

  • Hollows: VULTURE

  • Lower Dens: NOOTROPICS

  • Royal Baths: BETTER LUCK NEXT LIFE

  • Summerfest Day 8

  • Phish: Alpine Valley, 6/30/12

  • Phish: Alpine Valley, 7/1/12

  • Bear In Heaven I LOVE YOU ITS COOL

  • Remembering MCA And A Friday Night In MKE

  • Juniper Tar: Turner Hall Ballroom, 4/27/12

  • "The First Waltz" Residency, Night 4

  • MKE Day at Club Garibaldi

  • "The First Waltz" Residency, Nights 2 & 3

  • School Of Seven Bells: GHOSTORY

  • "The First Waltz" Residency, Night 1

  • Fiona Apple: Lincoln Hall, 3/18/12

  • The You-Phoria Guide To Festivals: 2012

  • Hot Tuna: Pabst Theater, 3/11/12

  • Altos: Record Release Party, Stonefly Brewing Company, 3/10/12

  • Atlas Sound: Lincoln Hall, 3/3/12

  • The Promise Ring: Turner Hall Ballroom, 2/24/12

  • Dave Grohl And Computers

  • The Best Albums Of 2011

  • My Favorite Shows Of 2011

  • Wilco: Riverside Theater, 12/9/11

  • Anthrax/Testament: The Rave, 11/19

  • Seizure Chicken Fall Festival (Night One)

  • Mastodon: THE HUNTER

  • Wilco: THE WHOLE LOVE

  • Loyal Divide: BODICE RIPPER

  • Colourmusic: MY___ IS PINK

  • Primus: Orpheum Theatre, 10/13/11

  • Dick Dale: High Noon Saloon, 10/10/11

  • Yawn OPEN SEASON

  • Why Im Sick Of Radiohead

  • Katatonia: Peabody's, 9/25/11

  • Secret Chiefs 3: Empty Bottle, 9/17/11

  • One More Pearl Jam Thing

  • PJ20

  • Phish: UIC Pavilion, 8/16/11

  • Phish: UIC Pavilion, 8/17/11

  • Phish: UIC Pavilion, 8/15/11

  • Paul McCartney: Wrigley Field, 7/31/11

  • Across Tundras: SAGE

  • Fen: EPOCH

  • Primordial: REDEMPTION AT THE PURITAN'S HAND

  • Blut Aus Nord: 777 SECT(S)

  • U2 played at Soldier Field a couple nights ago.

  • Phish: Riverbend Music Center, 6-5-11

  • Phish: Blossom Music Center, 6-4-11

  • Phish: DTE Energy Music Theatre, 6-3-11

  • Scattered Trees: SYMPATHY

  • The Indelicates: DAVID KORESH SUPERSTAR

  • the wall for the first time

  • The Danglers, Alpha Transit, The Hue: Mad Planet, 5-7-11

  • Panda Bear: TOMBOY

  • My Ten Favorite WMSE Programs

  • Arcade Fire: UIC Pavilion, 4-24-11

  • Young Widows: IN AND OUT OF YOUTH AND LIGHTNESS

  • The Records Of Record Store Day

  • The Luyas: TOO BEAUTIFUL TO WORK

  • AV Club, Et Cetera

  • The Beets: STAY HOME

  • MINKS: BY THE HEDGE

  • Dinosaur Bones: MY DIVIDER

  • Decibully: Farewell Show, Cactus Club, 4-2-11

  • Pearl Jam Owes Wisconsin a Festival at Alpine Valley

  • King's Horses: Album Release @ Cactus Club

  • Delicate Steve: WONDER VISIONS

  • Yuck: YUCK

  • The Dirtbombs: PARTY STORE

  • Elusive Parallelograms: CD Release @ Cactus Club, 3-5-11

  • The You-Phoria Guide To Festivals, 2011

  • Umphrey's McGee: Barrymore Theatre, 3-3-11

  • Trey Anastasio Band: Riviera Theatre, 2-27-11

  • Smith Westerns: DYE IT BLONDE

  • Braids: NATIVE SPEAKER

  • THE KING OF LIMBS

  • Fat Fauxmance EP Release Party

  • Twilight Singers: DYNAMITE STEPS

  • 2011: Year Of The Cactus?

  • Top Ten Non-Phish Shows Of 2010

  • Best Music Of 2010 Rest Of The World

  • The Best Music Of 2010: Non-MKE Edition

  • Milwaukee's Best 2010

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: BEAT THE DEVIL'S TATTOO

  • Matthew Dear: BLACK CITY

  • Male Bonding: NOTHING HURTS

  • Grandchildren: COLD WARRIORS

  • Rosetta: A DETERMINISM OF MORALITY

  • The Gay Blades: SAVAGES

  • Buckethead: CAPTAIN EO'S VOYAGE

  • Menomena: MINES

  • Women: PUBLIC STRAIN

  • Girl Talk: ALL DAY

  • Javelin: NO MAS

  • Jukebox The Ghost: EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN

  • Darlings: WARMA

  • Dead Leaf Echo: TRUTH

  • Lucien Dubuis & Trio Marc Ribot: ULTIME COSMOS

  • Dead Confederate: SUGAR

  • Phish: North Charleston Coliseum, 10-16-10

  • Phish: North Charleston Coliseum, 10-15-10

  • Across Tundras: OLD WORLD WANDERER

  • The Gaslight Anthem: AMERICAN SLANG

  • Primus: Congress Theatre, 10.02.10

  • 2010 albums with only one really good song

  • Roger Waters: THE WALL, United Center 9.23.10

  • Pavement: Pabst Theater, 9-14-10

  • I promise, I'm not going into hiding.

  • Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

  • Summerfest 2010 Roundup

  • CWM and SysTor

  • The You-Phoria Guide to Summerfest 2010

  • Favorite Moments of Wakarusa 2010

  • Phish: Blossom Music Center, 6.12.10

  • Phish Toyota Park

  • Phish: Toyota Park, 6.11.10

  • Holy Fuck: Mad Planet, 6.2.10

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM

  • Brew City infiltrates SPIN

  • Them Crooked Vultures: Aragon Ballroom, 5.18.10

  • Dire week for metal

  • Shining: BLACKJAZZ

  • Hurricane Bells/Deep Dark Woods/Mark Waldoch: Cactus Club, 5.15.10

  • Yeasayer: ODD BLOOD

  • The Ocean: HELIOCENTRIC

  • Liars: SISTERWORLD

  • Public Image Ltd.: Pabst Theater, 4.30.10

  • "You Get The Butter From The Duck" (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest, 4.23.10)

  • Yeasayer: Majestic Theatre, 4.28.10

  • UMBowl 2010

  • Hammered at The Monkey Bar, 4.17.10

  • Monotonix: Bay View American Legion Hall, 4.20.10

  • Acrassicauda feature story @ JamBase

  • Atoms For Peace: Aragon Ballroom, 04.10.10

  • Almost seven years ago...

  • Daylight: Saved

  • Jaill/Strange Boys/Sugar Stems @ Cactus Club, 04.01.10

  • Quotes of the Week

  • Stoned Tepid Pile of Shit

  • The Big Pink/A Place To Bury Strangers @ Turner Hall Ballroom

  • Wilco: Overture Center, 2.20.10

  • Leftovers: 2009

  • 2000-2009: The Decade In Music

  • Steez: CREEPFUNK CRUSADE

  • Trey @ The Pabst Theater, 2.18.10

  • Trey at the Riviera, 2.19.10

  • Why does this strike me so funny?

  • The Best Shows I Saw In 2009

  • The Best Records Of 2009

  • MARBIN

  • "Midwestern Folk Rock Revival IV" @ Cactus Club, 11-28-09

  • While Dinosaur Jr. Played At Turner Hall Last Thursday, I Wrote This.

  • Phish reviews from Cincy, etc.

  • Wilco review @ JamBase

  • Umphrey's McGee, The Hue reviews @ JamBase

  • Porcupine Tree: THE INCIDENT

  • IT MIGHT GET LOUD

  • Buckethead: Barrymore Theatre, 9-17-09

  • Bruuuuuuuuuce review @ JamBase

  • BLK JKS feature story @ JamBase

  • U2 360 At Soldier Field

  • Phish: JOY

  • Clutch review @ JamBase

  • Irish Fest: Always A Blast, But...

  • Lollapalooza review @ JamBase

  • Phish: Toyota Park review @ JamBase

  • Sonic Youth review @ JamBase

  • Phish: Red Rocks, 8-2-09

  • The You-Phoria Guide to Selling Your Used CDs

  • 2009 In Music, So Far

  • A Perspective

  • The Celebrated Workingman: Cactus Club, 4th Of July

  • July 1st: A Review

  • Michael

  • Phish: Alpine Valley, 6-21-09

  • Phish: Alpine Valley, 6-20-09

  • Phish: Deer Creek, 6-19-09

  • Operation: Adaptation and Animal Collective

  • Mogwai: Turner Hall Ballroom, 5-9-09

  • The You-Phoria Guide to Reunions

  • Fucked Up: The Borg Ward, 4-7-09

  • Don't Let The Ticketbastards Grind You Down

  • The Oddity Faire: A Completely Insufficient Review

  • Call Me Lightning: Frank's Power Plant, 3-13-09

  • Billy Corgan: Bitch

  • No Line On The Horizon

  • Phish: Hampton, Sets Three through Six

  • Phish: Hampton, Set Two

  • Phish: The First Set

  • The You-Phoria Guide to the 2009 Concert Season

  • Jail's album release party at Y-Not III (spoiler: I didn't stay for the headliner...sorry)

  • What's The New Mary Jane?

  • youphoric's spinning mix

  • Lux Interior: 1946-2009

  • The Best Shows Of 2008

  • Milwaukee's Best 2008

  • The Best Music Of 2008

  • My Morning Jacket: Chicago Theatre, 12-28-08

  • Collections Of Colonies Of Bees: Cactus Club, 12-19-08

  • THE ONION'S 5 lbs of Christmas featuring Decibully, 12-13-08

  • Akimbo: JERSEY SHORES

  • CHINESE DEMOCRACY: all you need to know, by the Kibitzer

  • Is This Good News?

  • ATOMIC RECORDS...R.I.P.??!?!!

  • "Smoked Out" Vital Source Party @ Cactus Club

  • Elusive Parallelograms: Cactus Club, 10-18-08

  • THE AN ALBATROSS FAMILY ALBUM

  • Activities Fest: Linneman's Riverwest Inn, 9-19 & 20

  • Levi Stubbs, R.I.P.

  • Xavier Rudd: The Rave, 9-22-08

  • Yes, but will he kill and clean the tofu himself?

  • Nebula: High Noon Saloon, 9-1-08

  • "Yes" soldiers on

  • Ifihadahifi CD Release Party: Cactus Club, 9-6-08

  • MSE Fest: Decibully, The Championship, The Celebrated Workingman

  • Rothbury, I hardly knew ye

  • So You Think You Can Dance

  • Few People Will Be Interested In Seeing This Film

  • Girl Talk: FEED THE ANIMALS

  • Portishead: THIRD

  • The Drunkest Man In Illinois presents: "Watershit Down"

  • Tapes 'n Tapes: The Metro, 4-11-08

  • Operation: Adaptation

  • Wife Beating 101

  • UPDATED Rothbury Festival Map

  • VAMPIRE WEEKEND

  • Russian Circles: It's A Midwest Thing

  • Rothbury Festival Map

  • The You-Phoria Guide to Showering at Bonnaroo

  • Bonnawhat? Rothbury Takes Seed

  • Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup

  • fieldsofme gets her 15 milliseconds of fame

  • Youphoric 2007 Roundup

  • Matthew's Best Of 2007

  • The Best Music Of 2007

  • The Best Of 2006 by Brian Eckerman

  • PJ @ Roo in 2008?

  • Black Angels Quickie @ The Rave 10/24/2007

  • Dave Matthews Band: Alpine Valley Music Theater, 8-26-07

  • Pics and Vids from Lollapalooza

  • Mute Math on Letterman

  • Porcupine Tree: The Rave, 6-2-07

  • Pitchfork Music Festival: July 13-15, 2007

  • Dude, you're gettin' a W.A.N.D.!

    Time after time those fanatical minds try to rule all the world

  • Andrew Bird: Pitman Theatre, Milwaukee, 4-21-07

  • Mute Math: The Rave Bar, 4-3-07

  • Secret Chiefs 3: The Doubtle Door, Chicago, 3-10-07

  • Meta and the Cornerstones: March 31 & April 11, 2007

  • The Best Shows Of 2006

  • Erin McKeown: Mad Planet, 2-27-07

  • Grizzly Bear: Subterranean, 2-9-07

  • Swatty's Top 15 of 2006

  • The Appleseed Cast: Mad Planet, Milwaukee, 1-24-07

  • The Best Music of 2006

  • Primus: Eagles Crematorium 11-18-06

  • Umphrey's McGee: Barrymore, 11-3-06

  • Bonnaroo 2006

  • Lorem ipsum dolor sit

    This is just a test

  • all posts
  • Festivals
  • Show Reviews
  • Roundups
  • Album Reviews
  • Whatever dude
  • Feature Stories
you-phoria

you-phoriaby cal roach

  • Home