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Peter Moren preview
Peter Morén, Tobias Fröberg Schubas, Chicago Saturday, April 26, 2008 The Peter of Peter Bjorn And John might seem like he’s exploiting his band’s recent success by releasing a solo outing. A quick check, however, reveals that the breakthrough Writer’s Block (Wichita) was actually the trio’s third album. Now it’s Peter Time.
Ari Hest Toasts Your Health
Music Inspires Health Tour Ari Hest will guest at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall as part of the Music Inspires Heath — National Health Education Tour.
Teen Stars On DVD
It’s A Brick . . . . . . House On the second and fourth Sundays each month Antioch’s Brickhouse (750 Rt. 173) turns all-ages for folks in Lake, McHenry, and Kenosha counties. Picking out the gems, the venue assembled a DVD and now they’re having a release party!
Leona Lewis reviewed
Leona Lewis Spirit (J/Syco) Is your business facing a profit squeeze? Is your market controlled by customers interested in lowest price only? Using the equation “Profit Margin = Promotion + Promotion + Promotion” you too can delude yourself into thinking you’ve outflanked a sagging industry.
Love reissued
Love Forever Changes (Collector’s Edition) (Rhino) One big difference between this version of Forever Changes and the last time Rhino reissued it is the event of Arthur Lee’s death.
Muse reviewed
Muse H.A.A.R.P. (Warner Bros.) The argument for live DVDs and against live CDs all in one snappy package.
Munk/Amelia reviewed
Munk Modest Among The Living (Waxboy) Amelia A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs (Adrenaline) After a high-speed collision with a drunk driver in 2003, Munk had to suppress the aftermath because his second album was arriving a month after the wreck. Amelia frontwoman Teisha Helgerson reportedly underwent cancer treatments. So Modest Among The Living and […]
Counting Crows — Double live!
Counting Crows To preview his upcoming interview with Adam Duritz in the May issue of Illinois Entertainer, we shipped Jaime de’Medici to a pair of outposts to catch Counting Crows getting intimate.
Billy Talent preview
Billy Talent Congress Theatre, Chicago Thursday, April 17, 2008 You know the old saying, “They’re huge in Japan,” right? Well, we don’t know how popular Billy Talent actually are in Japan, but they’re apparently pretty damn popular in England and Germany.
Ted Wulfers preview
Ted Wulfers Joe’s, Chicago Thursday, April 17, 2008 While the CD release party for Ted Wulfers’ latest album gives us occasion to talk about the country-rock troubadour, it also gives Wulfers a chance to defend himself against something we wrote about him in “File” this month.
Jim Lauderdale preview
Jim Lauderdale Dominican University, River Forest Friday, April 18, 2008 Backed by an all-star roster of musicians dubbed “The Dream Players,” Nashville singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale hits a home-run on his latest release of original material, Honey Songs (Yep Roc).
The Wilders preview
The Wilders Old Town School Of Folk Music Friday, April 18, 2008 With an album title like Someone’s Got To Pay and a band name like The Wilders, you might be booking plans for Pizza Hut family night instead of heading down to the Old Town School. Well come on out, kids. There’s no danger […]
The Nadas preview
The Nadas Schubas, Chicago Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Have you ever gorged on too much of something, a certain snack or drink, resulting in vomiting said something, resulting in not being able to eat/drink said something for a long time after? When I was a kid I did it with nacho cheese Doritos — couldn’t […]
Tift Merritt reviewed
Tift Merritt Another Country (Fantasy/Concord) As a country artist, Tift Merritt is unremarkable. That’s not an insult; it’s her career. You can go end-to-end on her third album and not once roll your eyes.
The Death Set reviewed
The Death Set Worldwide (Counter) If the Violent Femmes, Buzzcocks, and Faith No More have to meet somewhere, might as well be on Worldwide. Appearing: Friday, April 18th at Empty Bottle in Chicago.
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