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Willy Mason, Thomas Dybdahl Preview
Willy Mason, Thomas Dybdahl Double Door, Chicago Sunday, April 1, 2007 It’s hard to remember a singer-songwriter lineup as top-to-bottom solid as what Double Door boast at Sunday’s Sondre Lerche show. While the cherubic Norse headliner merits the head of the marquee, his support, Willy Mason and Thomas Dybdahl, are no schlubs themselves. This show […]
The Academy Is . . . Preview
The Academy Is . . . Metro, Chicago Tuesday, April 3, 2007 It’s now or never for The Academy Is . . ., having watched local friends in Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Panic! At The Disco scale the pop heights.
Into Eternity, The Haunted Preview
Into Eternity, The Haunted Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Metro, Chicago A handful of countries are associated with nurturing heavy metal into what it is today. Britain gave us seminal bands like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden; Norway will always be known as black metal’s home; America spawned thrash; Sweden’s fingerprints are all over […]
RTX Reviewed
RTX Western Xterminator (Drag City) The Satanic-sounding psychedelia of Western Xterminator brings RTX further away from their art-damaged roots. Appearing: May 7th at Empty Bottle in Chicago.
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Reviewed
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver More Behind The Picture Than The Wall (Rounder) Gospel-bluegrass pioneer Doyle Lawson leaves the message part of his churchin’ in the parish parking lot.
Update: Lovato Not To Be Charged
Mest Frontman Free On Bail The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, March 27th that Tony Lovato, 26, singer for the disbanded Chicago pop punk group Mest, will not be charged with murder in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend.
William Elliott Whitmore Live!
William Elliott Whitmore Subterranean, Chicago Tuesday, March 14, 2007 William Elliott Whitmore has made Chicago a second home (his first is Montrose, Iowa) of sorts since the release of his third full-length, Song Of The Blackbird (Southern), playing our city three times in the last six months alone. Over exposure? Hardly. Not when you’re this […]
Vince Neil preview
Vince Neil Austin’s, Libertyville Thursday, March 22, 2007 Friday, March 23, 2007 You might be surprised to learn Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has not one, but two solo records. You shouldn’t be surprised if he plays only a few of those during his two night-stand in Libertyville.
Zozobra preview
Zozobra Metro, Chicago Thursday, March 22, 2007 With his main band, Cave In, on indefinite hiatus, Caleb Scofield seizes the moment to debut his new project, Zozobra.
Albert Hammond Jr. preview
Albert Hammond Jr. Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, March 23, 2007 It’s reasonable to assume things aren’t going well in The Strokes’ camp once a solo album appears. Albert Hammond Jr. has broken out for the time being, though tension has already unraveled the marriage of drummer Fabrizio Moretti and actress Drew Barrymore.
The Howling Hex preview
The Howling Hex The Hideout, Chicago Saturday, March 24, 2007 Avant-garde guitarist and vocalist Neil Michael Hagerty’s latest incarnation, The Howling Hex, scuttles all over the place like a bee dotting multiple varieties of flowers. On 1-2-3, a compilation of the band’s three limited-edition vinyl albums (Introducing The Howling Hex, Section 2, and The Return […]
Dearborn’s Album Giveaway
DON’T LET THE RIAA CATCH YA Local band Dearborn don’t only condone downloading their new record, they’re actually inviting you to do it right in front of them!
Free PBR!
Music Nation Video Contestant — In Person Music Nation is an online music-video contest for independent artists, and they’re reaching out to you by sponsoring a Thursday-night showcase at Schubas with The Silent Years. Come for the free Pabst Blue Ribbon (from 9 to 10 p.m.), stay for the chance to do something with your […]
Secretary Bird reviewed
Secretary Bird Secretary Bird (In De Goot) Friends Of Dean Martinez guitarist Mike Semple takes flight on this early-shoegaze/shimmering alt-country pop album.
The Earlies reviewed
The Earlies The Enemy Chorus (Secretly Canadian) Released nearly two-months ago, The Earlies’ second album is every bit as challenging as the day we cracked the cellophane wrap, a spinning mass of amebic prog and virtual CS&N harmonies.
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