As a modern document of a band, the live album has been suffering since the onset of the 21st century. I don’t know if it’s because of streaming, the turn to singles and the growing dismissal of record sales, but it feels like the heyday for new live music (archival releases are a completely different, glorious matter) seems to have passed for most bands. Thank goodness Rush never seemed to care about anything like that. 11 live albums that continuously chart the evolution of their live presence is a huge feat, and you could argue they never put out a bad show, even when touring some less than great albums (looking at you, Presto and Roll the Bones). Snakes & Arrows Live is a great example, showing how their later, hard rock approach meshed nicely with their classic tunes, and how a band then more than 30 years its their career can bring excitement and maturity to songs you’ve heard a hundred time before.