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Dethklok preview
Dethklok Ryan Auditorium, Evanston Sunday, November 18, 2007 Dethklok made history when they released Dethalbum (Williams Street) in September by setting a record unlikely to be broken (except maybe by themselves): The highest-charting death metal album ever!
Buck 65 preview
Buck 65 Reggie’s, Chicago Wednesday, November 21, 2007 If Buck 65 looks kinda geeky for a rapper, it’s because he is. Or maybe he isn’t really a rapper at all?
Dan Wilson reviewed
Dan Wilson Free Life (American) In Dan Wilson, legendary producer Rick Rubin hears a songwriter for the ages — a natural talent in a business hung up on image and projection. I still hear the guy who made every night of my last two years in college end exactly the same: crooning “Closing Time.” Appearing: […]
Rock Four reviewed
Rock Four Memories Of The Never Happened (Cooking Vinyl) When you read mention of Israel’s Rock Four, the word “Beatles” is invariably invoked. Their influences are slightly more modern (and blustery — in a good way) than that.
The Hold Steady live!
The Hold Steady Metro, Chicago Wednesday, October 31, 2007 The “She’s been calling me again” hook of The Hold Steady’s “Your Little Hoodrat Friend” could be a metaphor for the band with Chicago behind the narrator’s voice. On an endless tour behind last fall’s Boys And Girls In America (Vagrant), Brooklyn-via-Minneapolis’ most literate party band […]
Tori Amos pics!
Visit our photo page for more shots of Tori Amos at the Vic on Tuesday, November 6th!
Oucho Sparks preview
Oucho Sparks Portage Theatre, Chicago Thursday, November 8, 2007 Eight-piece Chicago band Oucho Sparks’ Portage Theatre gig will be their first in three years, but don’t call it a come back. Truth is, the group wasn’t broken up, just taking their sweet time with a new album.
The Section Quartet preview
The Section Quartet Kinetic Playground, Chicago Friday, November 9, 2007 Chances are you’ve heard The Section Quartet without even knowing. Unless, that is, you’ve never heard a song by Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle, Maroon 5, Kanye West, James Blunt, or Christina Aguilera, just a few of the many big names Section Quartet have worked […]
Do Make Say Think preview
Do Make Say Think Metro, Chicago Saturday, November 10, 2007 Singing! There’s actual singing on Do Make Say Think’s latest, You, You’re A History In Rust (Constellation). O.K., so it isn’t them, but hey. Fives all around?
Menomena preview
Menomena Metro, Chicago Thursday, November 15, 2007 Theoretically, if bands came with instruction manuals they’d be much easier to dissect and disseminate information about. Noooo, not Menomena.
Get On WXRT
Open Submissions For Local Anesthetic Holiday Spectacular Richard Milne, host of WXRT (93.1 FM)’s “Local Anesthetic,” has announced the 16th annual Holiday Spectacular, for which local bands are invited to submit their “seasonal salutations.” But wait, Johnny runnin’ in the hallway: Rules apply.
Nyles Lannon reviewed
Nyles Lannon Pressure (Badman) Nyles Lannon’s role in his day band Film School seems clear — textures, textures, textures.
The Mabuses reviewed
The Mabuses Mabused (Magpie) Tangled in carnival mosaics and gymnasium big band while overdosing on Ray Davies, The Mabuses somehow squeeze out an album.
Cover Story: Maynard James Keenan
Puscifer The Escape Of Maynard James Keenan Maynard James Keenan doesn’t want to talk about Tool, and if anyone deserves some slack, it’s probably him. In the midst of rock’s declining presence in amphitheaters and arenas alike, Tool has achieved the unfathomable, pushing its international 10,000 Days tour past the year-and-a-half mark, selling out huge […]
Say Anything, Hellogoodbye live!
Say Anything, Hellogoodbye Congress Theatre, Chicago Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Say Anything are not pop punk. At least, not entirely (contrary to popular belief, and even some evidence that would suggest otherwise). If there was ever any doubt before, it was made abundantly clear Wednesday night at the Congress, where the six-piece live outfit, more […]
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