Archive for January, 2007
God Forbid preview
God Forbid, Mnemic Pearl Room, Mokena Saturday, January 13, 2007 Meet God Forbid, the other New Wave Of American Heavy Metal band with God in their name.
Kim Taylor preview
Kim Taylor Schubas, Chicago Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Singer-songwriter Kim Taylor’s second album, I Feel Like A Fading Light, is a desperate, clawing affair pitting venom against an ambient, reverbed soundtrack.
The Comfies preview
The Comfies The Abbey, Chicago Wednesday, January 17, 2006 The Comfies want to link their sound and collegiate lounge wear to match their moniker, as if to say “Our songs will fit just right, like that worn sweatshirt you can’t bear to throw away.” Pictures of the boys clad in matching blue pajamas complete with […]
Asteroid No. 4 reviewed
The Asteroid No.4 An Amazing Dream (Rainbow Quartz) Veterans of the Psychedelphia scene in the City Of Brotherly Love, The Asteroid No. 4 return to their reverby fetish and drop out of the space/time continuum somewhere on the ’80s road to Britpop.
Buddy Guy’s Legends moving
Buddy Guy’s Legends To Move According to an Associated Press report published this morning, Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy announced his namesake club will move by June. Speaking from the stage Thursday, January 4th, at the beginning of his annual month-long residency, Guy reportedly told the audience Columbia College bought the space for a new […]
Red Monroe Preview
Red Monroe Schubas, Chicago Thursday, January 4, 2007 Red Monroe, apparently, think the less you know about them, the better.
Shitake Monkey Reviewed
Shitake Monkey Street Beef (Outlook) Shitake Monkey wonder halfway through their debut, “We wanna know if you can go hard/’cuz for the Monkey it ain’t never been hard.” That last bit is misleading because Street Beef spends its entire time barely concealing its boner.
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