Archive for August, 2006
Lola Ray Reviewed
Lola Ray Liars (Benevolent/226/Red Ink) Brooklyn’s Lola Ray pull a Longwave on their sophomore album.
Bernard Fanning Reviewed
Bernard Fanning Tea & Sympathy (Lost Highway) Former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning sits on the front porch for his solo debut.
The Delgados Reviewed
The Delgados The Complete BBC Peel Sessions (Transdreamer) The Delgados will ultimately be remembered more for their contributions to ’90s Scottish indie infrastructure than their music, unjust as it might be.
Comets On Fire Reviewed
Comets On Fire Avatar (Sub Pop) A barrage of dope-greased guitar licks isn’t usually enough for Santa Cruz’s dirt merchants. But things are a little controlled this time.
Chrome Division Reviewed
Chrome Division Doomsday Rock ‘N Roll (Nuclear Blast) Death metal’s fuckin’ hard. Sometimes you need to just form a band and let off steam
Reckless Kelly Reviewed
Reckless Kelly Reckless Kelly Was Here (Sugar Hill) Reckless Kelly Was Here gives the chilling impression it’s supposed to be Frampton Comes Alive. Hopefully we’ve learned that lesson.
New London Fire Reviewed
New London Fire I Sing The Body Holographic (Eyeball) Former Sleep Station members morph into a more synth-oriented, anthemo concoction.
Lollapalooza review 2
Page [ 1 ] 2 [ 3 ] BIGGEST SURPRISE Lady Sovereign if only because I was expecting the obnoxious better-at-jumping-around-and-screaming-than-rapping Lady Sov my partner-in-scribe Steve witnessed at Intonation. While the pint-sized MC did plenty of jumping and screaming (provoking her to exclaim “I’m losing my voice, bloody hell!” toward the end of her set) […]
Lollapalooza review 3
Page [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 3 WORST BIG-SCREEN VIDEO EDITING Sleater-Kinney. We know it was probably their last Chicago show ever, but did we need the slow-motion effects? We almost expected the soundperson to cut the power on the Oregon rockers and blast Green Day’s “Time Of Your Life.” (TF) The crew working […]
IE Radio!
IE Radio! Beginning this weekend, August 5th, Access Radio will begin airing “Chicago Entertainment,” so you can get your Illinois Entertainer on the air!
Muse Live!
Muse Aragon, Chicago Thursday, July 27, 2006 Thursday night’s Muse show inside a sweltering Aragon may not have provided any relief from the unforgiving heat, but it did provide an oasis of sorts. It acted as a respite from seemingly like-minded alt-arena art bands who have since disappeared or abandoned what gained them their notoriety […]
Dashboard Confessional live
Dashboard Confessional Chicago Theatre, Chicago Friday, July 28, 2006 Somewhere along the way, Dashboard Confessional, lead by non-threatening heartthrob/poet laureate Chris Carrabba, switched things up on us. And if you weren’t paying attention, you might not have really noticed. The group — or, more specifically, Carrabba — has gone from acoustic balladeer, writing tender songs […]
End Of Silence preview
The End Of Silence Cal’s, Chicago Thursday, August 3, 2006 Even if The End Of Silence’s debut full-length, Ugly People, Ugly Problems (Killer Puppy) was knock-out awesome, it would be hard to get past the bandmembers’ names, which include Twitch and, our favorite, Dr. Jelly.
The Adolescents preview
The Adolescents Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, August 5, 2006 As perhaps The Damned to The Clash and Sex Pistols of Social Distortion and Agent Orange, The Adolescents were an integral part of the Orange County punk explosion of 1980. Their inability keep the original lineup together long damaged their historical standing (as did the fact […]
Velvet Lounge Reopens
Jazz fans, your wish has been granted. The Velvet Lounge is back. The famed club owned by Chicago free jazz musician Fred Anderson opened its new doors for the first time on Friday (July 28th) with a show by Isaiah Spencer & Friends and also hosted concerts the 29th and 30th. The Velvet Lounge now […]
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