The Jigsaw Seen

This was my 5th Landau concert. I first heard Landau live shortly after he won America's Got Talent in 2011. We drove over 2 hours to attend the concert in Morgantown. We have NEVER been disappointed. If you have not been to one of Landau s concert, you must go!

Sharon Corr is a multi-talented musician with an angelic voice. To go along with her beautiful voice, she is an expert violinist and plays the piano as well. To top it all off, she is gorgeous. Why so few people know who she is or even who The Corrs are is a mystery. This show is well done, with a variety of music and includes a few of the old Corrs songs. The sound quality is excellent and balanced. Her backup band complements her very well. This show is a real treat... worth every penny.

Lyle's first performance at The Pageant was everything I hoped for: a wide-ranging review of 30 years of the insightful tunes with his unique urbane cowpoke perspective, always holding on to his Western Swing roots. I enjoyed watching/listening to Russ Kunkel play his magic drum kit. His chops, always tasty, have become more austere since his Jackson Browne days. Every percussive strike was precise and perfectly executed. Guitar and fiddle sidemen, Keith Sewell and Luke Bulla, both born to sing tenor provided the depth needed to give texture to Lyle's songs. The surprise of the evening was bassist Viktor Krauss (sibling of Alison Krause) who blazed up and down the fretboard of his doghouse bass without so much as a glance; a true artist.

Happened to catch this EDM trio opening for Porter Robinson on his Spitfire tour. For an artist who had very little material at the time, they managed to make their set not only interesting, but memorable! The M Machine's stage was backlit by an enormous M (their logo) composed of a few dozen square panels. This provided a nice respite from the usual wall of LEDs that most artists use. The visuals were simple but captivating, including one part where they used the panels as blocks and simulated a Tetris game. The music itself was wonderful, they stretched and cut the songs "Promise Me a Rose Garden" and "Glow" to extend throughout their entire set while throwing in other material that I couldn't name at the time including a single released recently "No Fun Intended". In short, I'd say my initial feeling from The M Machine was one of Modest Mouse blended seamlessly with modern EDM elements. They had a very refined look in formal clothing (vests, collared shirts) and generally had a unique feel about them. With the recent release of their "Metropolis Pt.1" EP on OWSLA Records, I'd definitely suggest keeping an eye on these guys in the very near future.

I have seen Wayne with Static-X and solo as well, and he puts on an energetic show everytime. I like that he plays classic hits from Static-X even though he is no longer with them, much as Rob Zombie plays White Zombie songs. I would easily recommend him to anyone and have done so many times and have brought friends and had them listen to his music and none have been dissappointed. His wife Tara Wrey Static dances onstage as well and puts on a good show, I haven't been to any other rock show that had girls dancing around onstage other than Rob Zombie :) Keep it up Wayne and we will be there everytime you come through town!

I first discovered their album in a bin at work and instantly fall in love. Every track is great! Then I saw them live at Culture Collide back in October and they blew me away, their performance left me wanting more. When I saw they were playing at the El Rey I bought my tickets right away and sure enough they did NOT disappoint. Their energy was amazing and they put on such a great live show! can't wait to see them again!

I sung every song, New Edition put on an absolute fabulous concert, and with After 7 performing right before, this was throwback, remembering their songs like yesterday, wow, have to have another one of these great shows soon. New Edition sung every song as a group and and as solo artist, (memories)

Trixie Whitley is the most fascinating artist I've heard in years. Her lyrics, voice and truly unique style is a combination that haunts. And watching her perform live is mesmerizing. She is totally absorbed in what she's doing. You find yourself drawn in and invested in it, too. The small venue made it even more special. It's 4 days later and I'm still thinking about the show.

Wow! Great date night. We even saw sailboats on the lake. Sound quality could be better way up in the nosebleed seats, but got them at a great price.

This was a great show. Sadly the sound engineer at the Masquerade sucks. They ruined the sound when I saw Mayhem and Inquisition on a previous tour. They ruined the sound this time too. Just made everything as loud as possible with 0 EQ. Static. No depth. No bass. All treble. The masq really needs to get it together or stop booking Metal bands if they cant figure out how to properly adjust levels.