It was a low attendance night, but if you've never seen Ike Reilly live before you are missing a true Rock experience. He's like everything you've ever wished you were on stage and everything you're thankful you're not. He's amazing. You must go.
Lots of good, fun energy! That guy really knows how to rock. He puts on a great show with his band and relates to the audience. I will definately see him next time is is in the area.
The Turf club is one of the best spots in the city to see a show and Ike Reilly enjoys the fans as much as the fans enjoy him. A good combination of fast and mellow with well thaught out vocals backed with a wall of sound
It was my first Ike Reilly Assassination show and my first time at the Triple Rock, and it was outstanding! Lots of energy in the crowd and on stage. I'll go see this again in a heartbeat.
As always, The Ike Reilly Assassination put on a rocking, memorable show. They always show up to play and always play well.
Ike always puts on a great show. Despite what some may of heard, he has yet to Let Me Down.
Ike never disappoints. Phenomenal show at the Turf Club in St. Paul. My ears are still ringing. Good stuff. Would have been really cool to see Little Man up there, but oh well.
The first warm up band was more crowd pleasing than the second because their music style was looser and had a few nice little jam segments in it. The second band had its moments but the repetitive music phrases were the norm and not much creativity got injected into that style. They could use some riffs that pull away from the basic beats. It wouldn't take much to show a huge improvement in their reception by the crowd that wants to rock in the worst way. Ike and the others kicked ass as expected. This was only my second time seeing them live, the last being last year at the Cabooze. Even so, I felt a more relaxed ease about the band that was really boosted by some extra "help" from two other guitarists and the three sisters. The sisters loosend up after a couple of songs and sounded OK but they should have been better acquainted with Ike's music. They could have really killed if they were prepared to sing at some of the key moments, those of us who LOVE the music, know so well. They did sing then but we could tell they were sort of feeling their way through the songs and not belting out their voices as they should if they were as into the music as the other people. But it was an impromptu gig for them and it was good considering that fact. Ike's energy charged the crowd, including me. The music was great and I was able to release into it and truly loose myself in the experience. The style is so full of great spots to go nuts and we were all in that place as the show went on. Whether new or not so new, the music choices were wonderful and I would tell ANYBODY to go see these people the next chance they get. I regret that I didn't have the most recent CD to get to know before the show. That is all I could have done to make it better.
Like a fine wine, Ike gets better with age. Awesome show. Must purchase new album.
Straight ahead rock & roll. The band was tight, the crowd was groovin' and Ike was leading the parade. To followers of the band they played all of the standards, to the uninitiated they played music you could relate to-Commie Drives a Nova, Broken Parakeet Blues, Duty Free....you may not know the words, but you understand the rhythms. All in all another great show by the guys!
