Archive for October, 2008
Old Crow Medicine Show preview
Old Crow Medicine Show Riviera, Chicago Saturday, October 18, 2008 If it ain’t broke . . . Certain clichés sound best in a Southern accent, which makes it disappointing when a Nashville-based string band forgets them.
Yngwie Malmsteen preview
Yngwie Malmsteen House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, October 19, 2008 Kids, this is Yngwie Malmsteen:
Murs preview
Murs Abbey, Chicago Tuesday, October 21, 2008 After years of helping define the DIY indie hip-hop movement with his Living Legends crew, Murs is moving out of the underground for his Warner Bros. debut.
Elephant 6 Surprise
Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Show Bottom Lounge, Chicago Tuesday, October 21, 2008 The frequency with which Elephant 6 finds mention in music discussion suggests that everyone knows what it is, when, judging by album sales, such clearly isn’t the case.
High Places reviewed
High Places High Places (Thrill Jockey) If you thought esteemed local label Thrill Jockey has been paying too much attention to outre performers in he last three years, consider High Places the sort of band you could take home to an indie rock mom.
Fucked Up reviewed
Fucked Up The Chemistry Of Common Life (Matador) Fucked Up’s only album for Jade Tree, 2006’s Hidden World, wasn’t all that fucked up compared to the band’s trajectory on a score of singles and EPs. The Chemistry Of Common Life (Matador, 2008) doesn’t match the bar set by their name, either, and gives varying signals […]
Tina Turner live!
Tina Turner United Center, Chicago Friday, October 3, 2008 Tina Turner must have forgotten she vowed 2000’s tour would be her very last (though it’s certainly not the first time a diva’s done one or the other). Apparently the decision was motivated by her show-stopping duet with Beyoncé at the 2008 Grammy Awards, but without […]
Beck live!
Beck Aragon, Chicago Friday, October 3, 2008 Beck and his four-piece band tore through 25 songs in less than 90 minutes Friday night at the Aragon Ballroom with nary a wave or hello. Stripping away the gimmicks of yore – goodbye marionettes – Beck played it straight . . . really straight. Skewed dance moves […]
Bayside preview
Bayside Metro, Chicago Thursday, October 9, 2008 Having weathered the death of drummer John Holohan on last year’s The Walking Wounded, Queens-based Bayside made a conscious decision to start over with drummer Chris Guglielmo for the new Shudder.
Two Cow Garage preview
Two Cow Garage Bottom Lounge, Chicago Saturday, October 11, 2008 Speaking In Cursive (Suburban Home), Two Cow Garage’s fourth album, is a surprise. It isn’t a change in direction, a leap forward in melody and ferocity, or a candidate for the Nobel in literature. No, it just seemed a smart bet the band would have […]
Sleeping In The Aviary preview
Sleeping In The Aviary Ronny’s, Chicago Saturday, October 11, 2008 Sleeping In The Aviary wears its heart on its sleeve, combining wry, yet heartfelt lyrics with an acoustic punk aesthetic. The Madison quartet has much to lament on its sophomore effort, Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel (Science Of Sound). Recording on the heels of […]
Amon Amarth preview
Amon Amarth House Of Blues, Chicago Monday, October 13, 2008 Sweden’s Amon Amarth picked the perfect time to release Twilight Of The Thunder God (Metal Blade) because somehow, someway, “viking metal” has become hot shit.
Killing Joke preview
Killing Joke House Of Blues, Chicago Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Consider yourselves lucky, Chicagoans. Not only is Killing Joke coming to town for one of only four United States dates, it’s bringing the original lineup.
Kids do Aerosmith!
Punk No Kids This weekend, some veteran punk rockers will wrap their children in swaddling clothes and carry them off to Riot Fest. Others, still deeply distrustful of all that blue hair and aggression, will have their kids up onstage in a grand tribute to Aerosmith.
The Little Ones review
The Little Ones Morning Tide (Chop Shop/Atlantic) On a 2006 EP, Los Angeles-based quintet The Little Ones reminisced “Way back when, we were the latest around.” Through protracted label twists and turns their sell-by date drew ever near, and finally here’s the happiest of happy debuts. Appearing: Tuesday, October 21st at Schubas in Chicago.
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