Archive for June, 2006
Dumb Luck
Da Muzicianz Da Muzicainz (TVT) Deduct two points if you think a project involving Ying Yang Twins’ D-Roc and his younger brothers sounds like something you’d buy.
Good Riddance Reviewed
Good Riddance My Republic (Fat Wreck Chords) Not your high schooler’s punk band; bring your dictionary to the pit, chillins.
An Albatross Reviewed
An Albatross Blessphemy (Of The Pearce-Beast Feastgiver And The Bear-Warp Kumite) (Ace Fu) Twenty-seven minutes of chaos, brought to you by the fine folks of An Albatross.
The Del McCoury Band Reviewed
The Del McCoury Band The Promised Land (McCoury Music) Bluegrass hero Del McCoury follows his Grammy win with his first gospel hybrid.
Life In The Fast Lane
No Speed Limit Sweet Virginia (Arhoolie) Sure, there are plenty of jokes waiting to be made about a Virginian bluegrass outfit with a 16-year-old singer.
Chatham County Line Reviewed
Chatham County Line Speed Of The Whippoorwill (Yep Roc) Weathering a torrent of modern bluegrass releases, Chatham County Line draw on a folksier inspiration for their third album.
Radiohead live!
Radiohead Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Monday, June 19, 2006 It’s all too appropriate that one of their songs (“Like Spinning Platesâ€) would prove to be the perfect metaphor for Radiohead.
Ringo Starr Live
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont Saturday, June 17, 2006 Chances are if Ringo Starr wasn’t a Beatle, he wouldn’t have come as far as he has today. Sure he has a flavorful personality, drums a consistent beat, and crafts relatively catchy tunes, but when compared to the outpourings of other former […]
SSM Preview
SSM Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, June 22, 2006 SSM. Sweaty Sex Magic? Satan’s Simple Muse, maybe? Sweet Supple Mangos, perhaps?
MOBFest Preview
MOBFest Various Venues, Chicagoland Thursday, June 22 to Saturday, June 24, 2006 How often does $90 get you access to 15 different Chicagoland music venues featuring, like, a billion bands?
Fatboy Slim Hits
Fatboy Slim Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits (Astralwerks) Still a weapon of choice for countless sports arenas and TV producers, Fatboy Slim will go down as having produced some of the most marketable music of the past decade.
Luna CD & DVD
Luna The Best Of Luna (CD)/Tell Me Do You Miss Me (DVD) (Rhino) Luna were never a love/hate band; they were give a shit/don’t give a shit. This sold-separately combo tells why.
Mellowdrone half returns
Mellowdrone Box (Red Ink/Columbia) Mellowdrone’s name sticks out in the IE office because of a valiant opening gig for Johnny Marr at Double Door a couple years ago and the subsequent littering of our floors with their EP by the now-defunct Artist Direct label.
Venice Is Sinking
Venice Is Sinking Sorry About The Flowers (One Percent Press) Athens, Georgia, still pumps out the college rock bands, and it was only a matter of time before Venice Is Sinking, steeped in Galaxie 500, studied abroad.
Tindersticks solo man
Stuart A. Staples Leaving Songs (Too Pure) Stuart A. Staples, the former frontman for nightsongs maestros The Tindersticks, makes his Nick Cave-meets-Van Morrison debut.
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