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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 […]
Atmosphere live!
Atmosphere Metro, Chicago Monday, October 22, 2007 For most MCs, there are a few givens in the hip-hop game: boisterous claims, a righteous sense of entitlement, and a ludicrously inflated ego regardless of the quality of work being put out. Looks like no one told Slug.
The Whigs preview
The Whigs Schubas, Chicago Friday, November 2, 2007 How do you possibly follow up a record that led Rolling Stone to proclaim you “the best unsigned band in America”? That’s the daunting challenge The Whigs face in January, when their new album is released.
Hellyeah, Otep preview
Hellyeah, Otep House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, November 4, 2007 After his brother Dimebag Darrell was murdered onstage – right in front of him – in 2004, ex-Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul hinted he would never play music professionally again. There was always the feeling, though, Paul would return, it’s just too bad it […]
Cass McCombs & Euros Childs previews
Cass McCombs/Euros Childs Empty Bottle, Chicago Monday, November 5, 2007/ Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The “singer-songwriter” label frequently oversteps its bounds. In the ’70s it referred directly to the James Taylor/Joni Mitchell/Jackson Browne types, and is used as a perjorative these days to mean any sort of coffeehouse qhinwe. Invoke Elliott Smith at your own […]
Koop preview
Koop Double Door, Chicago Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Koop’s third full-length, Koop Islands (Atlantic), finds the Stockholm-based duo providing a soundtrack to a week-long vacation onboard the “Love Boat.”
Tom Brosseau reviewed
Tom Brosseau Cavalier (FatCat) Reducing Tom Brosseau to just him and an acoustic guitar isn’t much of a pare down. A bigger test would be surrounding him with a marching band and patching some electrical tape over his yap. Appearing: Thursday, November 1st at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago.
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