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1986/The 101 Preview
1986 Subterranean, Chicago Saturday, August 19, 2006 The 101 The Note, Chicago Sunday, August 20, 2006 What’s the deal with number names? Maybe naming your band using numbers is replacing the wolf epidemic (Wolf Eyes, Wolfmother, (Lone) Wolf & Cub, Wolf Parade, etc.) that has swept music in the last few years. Let’s hope, because […]
Kentucky Prophet Preview
Kentucky Prophet Bad Dog, Chicago Sunday, August 20, 2006 Kentucky Prophet, aka Mike Farmer, raps how he isn’t a Crip or a Blood, but “a crippled white man who bleeds sometimes.”
Eat Books For Cutie
826Chicago is hosting a reading fundraiser featuring Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and NPR superstar Ira Glass.
88 Keys, 100 names
Buddy Guy and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds will be at a special ceremony on August 23rd where they will lend their signatures to a traveling piano.
The Panic Channel Review
The Panic Channel (ONe) (Capitol) A more fun way to look at this is not as Dave Navarro’s project, but drummer Stephen Perkins’ latest attempt to revive Jane’s Addiction and force his way into rock history.
Fernando Review
Fernando Enter To Exit (In Music We Trust) Portland singer-songwriter recruits members of Eels and Richmond Fontaine for latest album.
Young Widows Review
Young Widows Settle Down City (Jade Tree) Breather Resist fragments regroup for abrasive debut as Young Widows.
Michael Zapruder’s Rain Of Frogs Review
Michael Zapruder’s Rain Of Frogs New Ways Of Letting Go (Howells Transmitter) It’s imaginable with a last name like Zapruder, you’re expected, as an artist, to document some pretty major occurences. It’s the same name gracing the infamous “Zapruder Film,” which unwittingly captured the sideview of President Kennedy’s assassination.
Joanna Review
Joanna This Crazy Life (Geffen) Philly-cum-Broadway starlet Joanna — just Joanna — wants you to focus on her “vocal talent.” And so does Geffen.
Hit The Switch Review
Hit The Switch Domestic Tranquility & Social Justice (Nitro) Concise SoCal punks Hit The Switch are quick at the controls on latest album.
Daughters Review
Daughters Hell Songs (Hydra Head) It’s a shame “extreme” has been co-opted by ESPN, Mountain Dew, and other mainstream entities, because the word really goes for bands like Rhode Island’s Daughters.
Lollapalooza Live Review!
Lollapalooza Grant Park, Chicago August 4, 5, and 6, 2006 In its second year as a Chicago-based, standalone festival, Lollapalooza was a rousing success for nearly all involved. What appeared at first to be a logistical nightmare (the mile distance between the two main stages) proved to be no more than a sweaty inconvenience on […]
The Wreckers Live!
The Wreckers Joe’s, Chicago Monday, August 7, 2006 I wasn’t aware this show was acoustic until I arrived at Joe’s and saw the room half full of tables taking up the usual standing room. It was a welcome surprise, though, since The Wreckers’ record is an organic, country-tinted slice of Americana, obviously written on acoustic […]
Transition Preview
Transition Congress Theatre, Chicago Thursday, August 10, 2006 Transition’s new CD, Get There, is produced by Mike Herrera. Who’s that? Christian pop punkers will tell you he’s the bassist/vocalist from MxPx.
Califone Preview
Califone The Hideout, Chicago Sunday, August 13, 2006 In anticipation — burning anticipation, since it’s two months off — of the forthcoming Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey), Chicago’s Califone headline Wabansia House.
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