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Touch And Go Block Party Review
Touch And Go’s 25th Anniversary Hideout Block Party, Chicago September 8th through 10th, 2006 The weekend felt like the prom most of the graying punks never bothered to attend or a family reunion with more piercings and tattoos than a biker rally. Touch And Go, Chicago’s venerable independent record label, turned 25 years young and […]
Def Leppard & Journey live!
Journey, Def Leppard Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee Saturday, September 9, 2006 Look up “guilty pleasure†in the rock ‘n’ roll encyclopedia and it’s sure to include a host of ’80s-based arena rockers and hair metallers, including Journey and Def Leppard. The double bill indeed embodied that very idea, and while it compromises one’s cool to admit […]
Buckner/Bachmann preview
Richard Buckner, Eric Bachmann Schubas, Chicago Thursday, September 14, 2006 It’s a banner night at the ol’ Drink ‘Em Down Tap, where we specialize in torturing your frayed nerve endings while you imbibe the pain away. Masters Richard Buckner and Eric Bachmann have the floor.
PF Sloan preview
PF Sloan FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Thursday, September 14, 2006 Meet PF Sloan, one of the most important figures in music you don’t know.
Joe Purdy preview
Joe Purdy Schubas, Chicago Sunday, September 17, 2006 The boob tube has been good to Joe Purdy.
Guitar Center Drum Contest
Hit The Skins Rush drummer Neil Peart names his solos, which we find disturbingly pretentious. So promise us if you win Guitar Center’s Drum Off 2006 you won’t get a big head about it.
Bettie Serveert go acoustic
Bettie Serveert Bare Stripped Naked (Minty Fresh) Still toiling 14 years after creative peak *Palomine, Bettie Serveert scale down and go acoustic.
Mark Mallman reviewed
Mark Mallman Between The Devil And Middle C (Badman) If we can substitute “the devil” with “Elton John” and “Middle C” with “The Minus 5,” this is a fabulous title.
Helvetia reviewed
Helvetia The Clver North Wind (Static Cult) Purposely unfocused, Helvetia’s debut album wanders within the vast indie rock spectrum, never stopping anywhere for long.
Christine Fellows reviewed
Christine Fellows Paper Anniversary (Six Shooter) On her third album, Winnepegian songwriter Christine Fellows elevates above her homespun surroundings.
Peter Walker reviewed
Peter Walker Young Gravity (Dangerbird) Starsailor, wimpy already, have a knack for picking opening acts who seem to underscore that liability.
Bebek come to town
Bebek Open Eyes (Bebek Music) Funky, organic trip-hop quintet put a new twist on Philly soul.
Ho-Ag Go To Pluto
Ho-Ag The Word From Pluto (Hello Sir) The backlash to the backlash against demoting Pluto challenged the idea anyone really cares about there being only eight planets. Nine-year olds learning the solar system will be happier to do without one more. The only people who care are former third graders. Them and Ho-Ag.
So Many Dynamos reviewed
So Many Dynamos Flashlights (Skrocki) St. Louis-based spazmoids find a production style that suits them — and a mixer with incredible patience.
Album Leaf reviewed
The Album Leaf Into The Blue Again (Sub Pop) Having taken time off to tour and experiment with artist friends, James LaValle returns under his Album Leaf nom de plume for a textured, varied electronic album. Appearing: October 6th at the Vic Theatre in Chicago.
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