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Heaven And Hell, Megadeth live!
Heaven And Hell, Megadeth Allstate Arena, Rosemont Saturday, May 5, 2007 Metalheads, you may want to turn away from your screen and not read the next paragraph. Words no heavy music fan wants to say or read will appear. This is your last warning.
The Kooks, Illinois live!
The Kooks, Illinois Metro, Chicago Saturday, May 5, 2007 Watching The Kooks gratify a sold-out Metro on Saturday must have been what it was like to guard the French side of the Maginot Line in the early 1930s. Critics are lined up to shoot them down, but it probably won’t be enough to stem the […]
Brandi Carlile preview
Brandi Carlile Schubas, Chicago May 11 to 13, 2007 Something must be in the water out in the Pacific Northwest because, in the wake of Neko Case, another beguiling songstress with aching vocals and a keen sense of melancholy arrives with a compelling sophomore effort.
Coyote Bones preview
Coyote Bones The Note, Chicago Saturday, May 12, 2007 Coyote Bones, the recording pseudonym for former Jet By Day members David Matysiak and Mason Brown, went with a gimmick for their debut album, and now must translate “on the road” to the road.
Lifesavas preview
Lifesavas Subterranean, Chicago Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Portland-based hip-hop trio Lifesavas reemerge with the soundtrack to an aborted blaxploitation film, filling in the crevasses with an eclectic sampling of styles — all except the one you’d most expect.
Bless The Fall preview
Bless The Fall Mojo’s Coffee House, Orland Park Wednesday, May 16, 2007 If metalcore really is dead or dying, nobody told Bless The Fall.
Don’t Miss The Bus!
The Chicago Blues Fest is still another month away (June 7-10th) and if you can’t wait until then, the bus is waiting for you. Literally!
Vega4 Video Contest!
Want to attend the Live Earth concert at the Meadowlands in New Jersey this summer? London-based band Vega4 will send two aspiring videographers to the environmentally aware fete as part of a contest to get people thinking seriously about the fragile state of the planet’s climate.
Of God And Science reviewed
Of God And Science Of God And Science (Detach) The cover art of this debut album depicts a duel (the winner of which is revealed inside), but any struggle the band are experiencing gets swept up in lollygagging acoustic love songs.
Cortney Tidwell reviewed
Cortney Tidwell Don’t Let The Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ever) Growing up in the heart of country music territory had such an effect on Cortney Tidwell she has ignored it completely on her debut album.
Art Garfunkel live!
Art Garfunkel Genesee Theatre, Waukegan Friday, April 27, 2007 Considering Art Garfunkel reunited with Paul Simon in 2003 and released the CD/DVD concert chronicle Old Friends (Warner Bros.) a year later, the half decade between solo albums and tours doesn’t seem nearly so long. But that’s indeed been the gap between a Park West performance […]
Junior Boys/Amon Tobin/Cornelius preview
Junior Boys/Amon Tobin/Cornelius Chicago Three separate shows this week featuring the class of electronic music draw from Ontario (Junior Boys, Empty Bottle, May 3rd), Brazil (Amon Tobin, Metro, May 5th), and Japan (Cornelius, Park West, May 7th).
Fayrewether return
Fayrewether Chicago City Limits, Schaumburg Friday, May 4, 2007 Progressive rocker Paul Fayrewether and his band conquered Chicagoland as a top drawing club act in the dark age of the mid-’80s, back when the local rock scene was going through a decidedly lean period of major label record deals and commercial success.
Parts & Labor preview
Parts & Labor Empty Bottle, Chicago Friday, May 4, 2007 Parts & Labor attempt to prove the (nearly) impossible: Noise rock can be catchy.
Test Your Reflex preview
Test Your Reflex Abbey Pub, Chicago Saturday, May 5, 2007 Test Your Reflex are a group of five dudes from California between the ages of 19 and 21 who already have a record deal with RCA! Life must be sweet, huh? You sure as hell wouldn’t know it by hearing them.
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