"The Sadies get by with a little help from their friends on their satisfying career-spanning live double CD, In Concert, Vol. 1 (Yep Roc). The cast of guest stars includes the Band's Garth Hudson, powerhouse chanteuse Kelly Hogan, the Blues Explosion's Jon Spencer, the Mekons' Jon Langford and their frequent collaborator Neko Case. Such stellar visitations are enjoyable but don't detract from the CD's main purpose, which is to show the full range of the Toronto group's styles in concert, including down-home rootsiness ("Taller Than the Pines"), Morricone-style surf instrumentals ("Lay Down Your Arms"), bluegrass rave-ups ("Higher Power"), spectral ballads ("Lonely Guy"), pure rock & roll ("Justine Alright") and unexpected covers (a sinister reworking of Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam"). With the Good brothers' sibling duality of both high and foggy-bottom-low vocals, the Sadies are a bit like Rank & File but with better songwriting and more colorful arrangements."

-LA Weekly