Rush Live in 2013 - Clockwork Angels

Cymbop,

I'd expect no less from a band that's steeped in the music of the Dead, who more or less invented good sound at large venues in this country.

Would love to catch Phish some time. I like the guitar player's work with Oysterhead.

Glad to hear they still "got it".

HAve never seen them live, but I know Rush at their best is a real, well, RUSH.

Four shows this tour and loved every one of them (and I don't know how many shows over all - scores and scores). The new music is almost universally acclaimed as their best work in a couple of decades. The shows this year were awesome, well-attended, and impeccably-played.

Cymbop - as a Phishhead myself, I appreciate both their sound and Kuroda's lights - but more their sound - which almost never seems muddy unless you're stuck in a bad spot at a summer shed.

Tosta - Phish isn't "steeped in the music of the Dead". I've followed both bands for years (the Dead up until '95, and then onward with The Other Ones and Further) and the two sounds are inexorably different.

Huge Rush fan, have almost everything they've ever done, mostly on LP but some CD's. Was disappointed by the CA tour vid I saw on tv. They're musicianship is beyond reproach but I felt the songwriting was weak on this one.

Last year saw them in Portland for the Time Machine, almost as enjoyable as Clockwork