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Online Exclusive: Common

Online Exclusive: Common

| May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

Finding A Balance   It’s been a long road for Common to get to the point where he is today: superimposed on billboards embracing Queen Latifah on the poster for the new film, Just Wright.

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Buddy Guy’s New Legends Is Open!

Buddy Guy’s New Legends Is Open!

| May 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

It’s official: Despite what you read in our new issue today, the new Buddy Guy’s location is open with about a week to spare for Blues Fest.

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What A Long, Strange Weekend It’ll Be

What A Long, Strange Weekend It’ll Be

| May 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

Memorial Day Weekend Preview If you’ve been saving up all your rockin’ in May, now’s the time to let it out. Especially because we have a new issue out Tuesday.

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So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll T-shirt Designer

So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll T-shirt Designer

| May 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Lollapalooza Shirt Contest Rock ‘n’ roll is a lot like sports, in that such a small minority of artists make it — and define those words at your own peril — the failure rate doesn’t justify the numbers in pursuit.

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Carole King & James Taylor live!

Carole King & James Taylor live!

| May 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

Allstate Arena, Rosemont Monday, May 24, 2010 Forty years ago, right on the crest of the singer/songwriter movement, Carole King and James Taylor first shared the stage at West Hollywood’s now legendary Troubadour. Though their paths have crossed on the pop and rock charts repeatedly since (and they’ve also swapped album credits), the Troubadour Reunion […]

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The Week In Preview 5/24

The Week In Preview 5/24

| May 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

Week Of May 24th, 2010 Monday’s, um, gone with the wind, but there’s three more days to rockin’ consider before it’s Memorial Day weekend, remember?

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Big 4 Concert!

Big 4 Concert!

| May 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

It’s not quite what everyone was looking for, but Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax will share the stage on June 22nd. Tickets on sale TODAY!

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Sat-a-day picks!

Sat-a-day picks!

| May 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Get your weekend in order. This weekend has Lucky Boys Confusion offshoot AM Taxi, a special set from The Steepwater Band, and, of course, the Country Throwdown.

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Next Stop  . . Soweto reviewed!

Next Stop . . Soweto reviewed!

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

VARIOUS ARTISTS Next Stop . . Soweto (Strut) South Africa’s “Mbaqanga” age evolved in the shadows of apartheid, marrying Zulu folk with Western jazz and pop found on the (literally) black market.

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Friday’s picks!

Friday’s picks!

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

Showtime, May 21st This week’s highlights include Dengue Fever, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound.

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A-ha live!

A-ha live!

| May 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

A-ha live! Riviera Theatre, Chicago Thursday, May 13, 2010   To the bulk of American audiences, A-ha will always be remembered for its monster smash “Take On Me,” which once topped the charts and has since been spun an average of 375 times a day. But to the rest of the world, especially in Europe, […]

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Coheed And Cambria preview

Coheed And Cambria preview

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, May 14, 2010 I used to think Coheed And Cambria were the J.R.R. Tolkien of bands, but it turns out they’re really George Lucas.

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Plants & Animals preview

Plants & Animals preview

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Lincoln Hall, Chicago Saturday, May 15, 2010 The faces of anger in rock ‘n’ roll are legion — polemics, posturing, and power chords among them — but for their second album, Plants & Animals go with passive aggressive.

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Turin Brakes preview

Turin Brakes preview

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Lincoln Hall, Chicago Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Like that awful joke about large people and mopeds, Turin Brakes are great to sing along to until your friends pop in.

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Little Brother farewell!

Little Brother farewell!

| May 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Double Door, Chicago Wednesday, May 19, 2010 As disappointing as Little Brother’s impending break-up may be, this revered, North Carolinan hip-hop duo is not going out on a bad note with its final album LeftBack — they just know when to call it quits.

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