Concert review: May 2008 Archives

Flight of the Conchords may only be "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy duo," as their press kit self-deprecatingly notes.

But at their sold-out show at the Chicago Theatre Wednesday night, musician/comedian Bret McKenzie and comedian/musician Jemaine Clement not only confirmed that they're the most wicked and spot-on rock 'n' roll parody since Spinal Tap, but the best made-for-TV rock band since the Banana Splits, or maybe even the Monkees before them.

For longtime Ministry fans, it was a bittersweet night on Thursday as the long-running industrial/metal band played the first of a four-night stand at the House of Blues in the city where it formed in 1981.