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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.
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend Metro, Chicago Sunday, April 6, 2008 Vampire Weekend rolled into a sold-out Metro on Sunday night – quite a jump from the quartet’s last local appearance at Schubas – but such is the result of the hype machine’s ever-churning gears.
White Denim preview
White Denim Metro, Chicago Friday, April 11, 2008 CDs? White Denim don’t need no stinkin’ CDs. This is the digital age, baby, where one year a band can release a few songs on the World Wide Web and the next they’re in the pages of Rolling Stone.
Sabbat preview
Sabbat Pearl Room, Mokena Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Before the Internet made obscure bands like Starz and Alcatrazz our favoritezzz, the rockers of the world grazed more or less on local feed. We listened to hometown Joes and touring acts who opened for these Joes, and we wrote off the bands Viacom swooped in to […]
Man Man preview
Man Man Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Philly avant-garde quintet Man Man provide the soundtrack to an eternity spent in hell or are the band most likely played at full volume in the confines of one of those deranged clown cars at the circus – it’s hard to determine which suits the […]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin preview
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Empty Bottle, Chicago Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Mizzurah’s Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin paint in even softer tones on their sophomore album, and first for Champaign-based Polyvinyl Records.
American Music Club reviewed
American Music Club The Golden Age (Merge) The second American Music Club album since their 2004 revival shows what happens when someone wakes too early from their nap. Appearing: Saturday, April 12th at Schubas in Chicago.
The Grouch reviewed
The Grouch Show You The World (Legendary) If Murs is the star storyteller of California’s Living Legends hip-hop collective and Luckyiam the resident eccentric, then The Grouch is the crew’s laid-back everyman. With his umpteenth solo effort, this L.A.-based MC/producer is in his most meditative state and at times, most experimental.
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