DS Photo Gallery & Show Review: Red Fang / Dinosaur Jr / Clutch (The Radius – Chicago, Il 7/29/2023)

The evening at The Radius kicked off with Portland Oregon’s Red Fang who started the night with an upbeat career-spanning set that had the entire crowd on their feet and headbanging along. The band brought it and the set was solid with very little in-between song banter except when Aaron proclaimed the band as “The Worlds Ugliest Band.”

Next up was Dinosaur Jr from Amherst Mass. It’s always great to see the band live. They started things off with a throwback to their 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me with the song “The Lung” and then proceeded to play from their deep catalog to include “Feel The Pain”, “Start Choppin”, and the standard Cure cover (“Just Like Heaven”). The band was in fine form and switched multiple gears during the show. Hearing J.Mascis wall of sound guitars sound along with a solid backend made the night.

Then it was time for Clutch. They took the stage and cranked the room up to 11, starting the night with 1998s “The Dragonfly” and letting it rip from there. They covered all the bases with both old and new songs, run through with that usual Clutch energy and extremely tight musicianship. Neil Fallon (vocals) fronts the band like a Sunday morning sideshow barker while J.P. Gaster (drums), Tim Sult (guitar) and Dan Maines (bass) hold down a solid back-end playing in and out of pocket with each other while creating nothing short of Pure Rock Fury. Always great to see them live.

Overall a memorable experience had with the bands as well as at The Radius. Very pleasant, courteous, and friendly staff. Very accommodating and I highly suggest seeing shows at this venue. Check out our slideshows below!