Archive for December, 2005
Lee’s Way Or The Highway
Evanescence singer Amy Lee is suing her former manager for “financial and sexual misconduct,” according to MTV.com. Lee filed the lawsuit December 7th against Denis Rider of Rider Management, whom she severed ties with in November. According to MTV.com, the suit charges Rider for a number of claims including, “breach of fiduciary duty, sexual assault […]
Story Of The CD Review
Story Of The Year In The Wake Of Determination (Maverick) Sure, debating the worth of Story Of The Year is like bartering with cigarette butts, yet In The Wake Of Determination could prove an invaluable document.
Thee More Shallows review
Thee More Shallows More Deep Cuts (Turn) We’ve finally figured out what the Dream Police are for, and they save lives, dammit!
Fiona Apple Live
Fiona Apple Riviera Theatre, Chicago Sunday, December 4, 2005 Will the real Fiona Apple please stand up, please stand up? Overlooked in the hoopla surrounding the long-awaited release of her Extraordinary Machine is Apple’s renaissance as a songwriter. Formerly the precocious and bratty wunderkind whose only real problem in relationships was herself, the “new” album […]
Sinead O’Connor live
Sinead O’Connor Vic Theatre, Chicago Tuesday, November 29, 2005 With a fiercely defiant attitude and a powerful voice to match, Sinead O’Connor may be one of the most interesting female artists in the modern rock world. From her refusal to perform following the “Star Spangled Banner” to her much maligned tearing apart a picture of […]
Deadboy & The Elephantmen preview
Deadboy & The Elephantmen Schubas, Chicago Saturday, November 10, 2005 Deadboy & The Elephantmen are most recognized by lead man Dax Riggs of former heavyweight metal outfit Acid Bath. Or maybe you recall the short-lived Agents Of Oblivion. Either way, Riggs’ new project Deadboy & The Elephantmen isn’t a predictable move based on his musical […]
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills preview
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, December 8, 2005 It’s hard to tell from here what we’ll be saying 2005 was the “year of” in the rock perspective. The Arcade Fire, maybe. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were the default hype-band in a calendar lacking them, metal’s resurgence lay dormant in […]
Beatallica preview
Beatallica Subterranean, Chicago Saturday, December 10, 2005 Combining Metallica and The Beatles into one big pot of bubbling, bloody, pop and thrash metal? Can you believe nobody though of this before?
Drowning Pool preview
Drowning Pool Pearl Room, Mokena Thursday, December 8, 2005 Drowning Pool are currently in the studio working on a new album, their third since joining Wind-Up in the early 2000s. That really isn’t news. But what is newsworthy is that the as-yet-untitled release will be their third . . . with as many singers.
Shinedown CD review
Shinedown Us And Them (Atlantic) Whosever idea it was to begin metal albums with childrens voices doesn’t matter. It’s the copycats who deserve death.
Sevendust CD review
Sevendust Next (WineDark) Next finds Sevendust dealing with the departure of guitarist David Lowering, and standing still.
Ringworm CD review
Ringworm Justice Replaced By Revenge (Victory) Cleveland metal heroes find their favorite early-’90s Slayer and Pantera albums, mash away.
Propagandhi CD review
Propagandhi Potemkin City Limits (Fat Wreck Chords) Sometimes we remember the dumbest shit. Can’t recall the issue, but in the early ’90s, someone wrote to R.I.P. complaining Anthrax weren’t metal, but punk.
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