Archive for March, 2006
Taylor Hollingsworth preview
Taylor Hollingsworth Martyrs’, Chicago Friday, March 24 & Saturday, March 25, 2006 Taylor Hollingsworth proves you can’t judge a young singer-songwriter by his CD cover.
American Minor preview
American Minor Elbo Room, Chicago Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Recalling the halcyon days of Humble Pie and Free, when everyone’s idea of rock ‘n’ roll heaven was guitars through Marshalls, lead singers with scratchy vocals, and skinny band boys tossing long hair, American Minor arrive. On their recently released self-titled debut, American Minor, they play […]
Hope For Harmony
Hope For Harmony IE would like to say “get well” to local musician Carole Garcia. The vocalist/keyboardist/harmonica player for the Woodridge-based rock cover band Electric Harmony was recently diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Against The Wind
Kid Rock ‘Live’ Trucker (Atlantic) Kid Rock will always be a waste of my time, but this is the album he was meant to make.
His & Hearse
Roseanne Cash Black Cadillac (Capitol) As the title suggests, death haunts Roseanne Cash’s 10th album, particularly in the spirits of her mother, stepmom June Carter, and father, Johnny, whose voice kicks things off.
Fountain Of Youth
Sonic Youth Reissues (Geffen) The final installment of Geffen’s Sonic Youth re-release campaign lends an expanded, self-titled debut, the cryptic Whitey Album (under the pseudonym Ciccone Youth), and Thurston Moore’s lone solo effort, Psychic Hearts.
Band Of Gold
Mates Of State Bring It Back (Barsuk) That Mates Of State ever made more than one album, much less escaped almost certain novelty fate, has been a minor miracle. That they’ve turned it around into something as wonderful as Bring It Back is something else.
Volkswagon’s Herbie
Herbie Hancock Possibilities (Hear) On this star-studded effort (Sting, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Damien Rice), erstwhile jazzman Herbie Hancock tries to stretch his marketing bounds and relevance.
Oxbow The Letter
Oxbow Love That’s Last: A Wholly Hypnographic & Disturbing Work (Hydra Head) In their prime, Oxbow were something of a disturbing San Francisco band that may have had something to do with The Jesus Lizard, or maybe the other way around.
Fahey Or Not Fahey?
John Fahey & Friends Tribute (Slackertone) In the five years since John Fahey died, posthumous reissues and albums have more or less consistently cast him as an avant-folk guitarist of impeccable skill. Here, his peers expand the palette considerably.
Hello, Parsons
Richard Parsons Until The Sun Dies (Not Likely Sober) Confessional singer-songwriters have a bad rap, so much so at IE we generally regard submissions such as this for the scrap heap, left to die with everyone else who “taught” themselves guitar and put G-C-D chord patterns together.
Back To The Future
Various Artists Future Retro (Rhino) Danced, thought I’d never stop. This spunky Rhino compilation throws mostly British ’80s cuts at some of the world’s top remixers.
SXSW Report
South By Southwest Austin, Texas March 16 – March 19 2006 And now for the exciting conclusion! While Trevor’s hindquarters were battling Bill Miller’s barbeque, I set out on a non-drinking, bar-hopping mission to uncover the fun behind South By Southwest that had mildly eluded us our 36 hours in the bush. Besides, I wasn’t […]
They Have The Blues
Soledad Brothers Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, March 16, 2006 Soledad Brothers, like a lot of Detroit blues-dipped rock bands, received a significant profile boost when The White Stripes became megastars in the early ’00s. The minimalist approach to rock music was chic, and bands across the country tried to sculpt a garage rock sound like […]
Coming To A TV Near You
The Spinto Band Metro, Chicago Saturday, March 18, 2006 Schubas, Chicago Sunday, March 19, 2006 Bad news for Nick Krill, Thomas Hughes, Jon Eaton, Jeff Hobson, Sam Hughes, Joe Hobson, and Albert Birney, also known as The Spinto Band, effective this fall the WB will be no more.
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