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Kottonmouth Kings/Big B preview
Kottonmouth Kings, Big B House Of Blues, Chicago Monday, December 3, 2007 How many decent, good, and great bands have vanished after one, two, or three records because of waning label support, a dwindling fan base, or no fan base at all? Think about it: A lot. Now consider Kottonmouth Kings released their 9th album […]
Michael McDonald preview
Michael McDonald Chicago Theatre, Chicago Thursday, December 6, 2007 For the past three decades, Michael McDonald has worn many hats, including his time backing Steely Dan, an extensive tenure with the Doobie Brothers, becoming the pre-eminent duet dude of the 1980s (Patti LaBelle, James Ingram), and maintaining a solo career with varying degrees of success. […]
Peanut Butter Wolf reviewed
Peanut Butter Wolf 2K8 B-Ball Zombie War (Stones Throw) For this compilation, Peanut Butter Wolf’s task was simple: Create the soundtrack for “NBA 2K8,” one of the world’s most popular basketball video games. But he went and got all cerebral and shit. Appearing: Friday, November 30th at Abbey Pub in Chicago.
Urban Planning
Keith Urban Does (What) iLike Further shrinking the chasm separating music fans from their favorite artists, iLike’s partnership with New Zealand-born Keith Urban hopes to bring exclusive behind-the-scenes video footage directly to fans through the Web. To celebrate, Urban serenaded an intimate gathering in the bowels of Rosemont’s Allstate Arena hours before the country superstar’s […]
Keith Urban live!
Keith Urban Allstate Arena, Rosemont Friday, November 16, 2007 He may be A-list tabloid fodder these days thanks to his highly publicized marriage to Nicole Kidman and last year’s round of rehab, but deep down Keith Urban is still the same Australian-bred hunk who took Nashville by storm 10 years ago with his unconventional interpretation […]
Tinariwen live!
Tinariwen, Mamadou Diabate Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago Saturday, November 17, 2007 Providing a hypnotic glimpse of Mali’s annual Festival Of The Desert, Malian musicians Tinariwen and Mamadou Diabate ignited a mini celebration of dancing and music. Two sold-out shows proved outstanding music easily overcomes language and cultural barriers. Very little English was […]
Consortium preview
Consortium Red Line Tap, Chicago Saturday, November 24, 2007 Eschewing the limitations of their sophomore effort — a concept album entitled Potomac And Shenandoah that tackled the conflict between secularism and religion through the lives of two sisters — local quintet Consortium simplify things on their third self-release. Thank God.
Sopro Blues Revue preview
Chicago All Star Blues Revue Tommy’s Place, Blue Island Saturday, November 24, 2007 Chicago Ridge-based Sopro Inc. celebrates its 25th anniversary with a Thanksgiving edition of its Chicago All Star Blues Revue.
Armor For Sleep/Cobra Starship preview
Armor For Sleep, Cobra Starship Riviera, Chicago Saturday, November 24, 2007 All the scene’s other three-word-named bands’ schedules must have conflicted with the Sleeping With Giants (even the tours have three words) tour. How else do you explain Cobra Starship and Sherwood on a bill with The Academy Is, Armor For Sleep, and The Rocket […]
Jermaine Dupri compiled
Jermaine Dupri Y’All Know What This Is . . . The Hits (Island/Def Jam) Jermaine Dupri deserves acclaim because he has been a notable producer for 15 years. But if this 10-song collection were to be exhibit A, it’d imply nothing Dupri has done is classic.
Avenged Sevenfold live!
Avenged Sevenfold Congress Theatre, Chicago Thursday, November 8, 2007 If it weren’t for Avenged Sevenfold actually being onstage performing Thursday night, the swarm of peppy, teenage girls and their have-you-seen-the-weight-room boyfriends could make you forget you were at a heavy metal show. Click here for the Avenged Sevenfold photo gallery!
Mike Doughty live!
Mike Doughty Schubas, Chicago Thursday, November 8th, 2007 If you expect to captivate a capacity crowd for more than two-and-a-half hours with nothing but a friend and an acoustic guitar, you’d better have either a whole lotta talent or a whole lotta personality. Fortunately for Mike Doughty, he has a whole lotta both.
Rock N Rhymes preview
Rock N Rhymes The Kinetic Playground, Chicago Friday, November 16, 2007 The lineup of the first Rock N Rhymes music fest is arguably a little random, but this inaugural show looks to bring a whole lot of lively sets to Uptown’s Kinetic Playground.
Riot Fest preview
Riot Fest Congress, Chicago Saturday, November 17, 2007 Sunday, November 18, 2007 First it was two days. Then one. This year it’s two days again. Riot Fest’s organizers are certainly mindful of a riot’s unpredictability — a streak that thankfully doesn’t wreak havoc on the bands they book.
Vanessa Carlton preview
Vanessa Carlton Park West, Chicago Sunday, November 18, 2007 Stevie Nicks relishes her role as den mother to younger female musicians trying to hold their own in this big bad boys club known as the record industry. The latest cub taken under Nicks’ diaphanous wing is 27-year-old pianist/singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, who had a massive, sugary […]
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