![]() In the time before we can go back to crowding Brooklyn Steel or catching an intimate set at Hole in the Wall, we decided to dive into the vast discography of live-recorded albums to try and satiate the desire to catch a show. What exactly do we miss? Is it the random banter outside of the lyrics we know by heart? A slow jam revived as an up-tempo frenzy? The spontaneous, five-minute guitar solos? A banger gone acoustic? Or the solidarity of strangers in the audience who love that band as much as you do? Maybe it’s the surrounding context of the show (Johnny Cash’s prison performances, Nirvana’s intimate NYC acoustic set, or LCD Soundsystem’s “final goodbye” Madison Square Garden show), that give us insight into what was going on with the audience, the artist, and the world, at the time of the performance. ![]() Of course, with modern streaming platforms, there’s more than enough recorded music to keep us safely locked down ad infinitum yet there remains a deficiency in our musical diets amidst the plague of cancelled shows and closed venues. ![]() It’s been a long time since we’ve seen live music. ![]()
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