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Dashboard Confessional live
Dashboard Confessional Chicago Theatre, Chicago Friday, July 28, 2006 Somewhere along the way, Dashboard Confessional, lead by non-threatening heartthrob/poet laureate Chris Carrabba, switched things up on us. And if you weren’t paying attention, you might not have really noticed. The group — or, more specifically, Carrabba — has gone from acoustic balladeer, writing tender songs […]
End Of Silence preview
The End Of Silence Cal’s, Chicago Thursday, August 3, 2006 Even if The End Of Silence’s debut full-length, Ugly People, Ugly Problems (Killer Puppy) was knock-out awesome, it would be hard to get past the bandmembers’ names, which include Twitch and, our favorite, Dr. Jelly.
The Adolescents preview
The Adolescents Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, August 5, 2006 As perhaps The Damned to The Clash and Sex Pistols of Social Distortion and Agent Orange, The Adolescents were an integral part of the Orange County punk explosion of 1980. Their inability keep the original lineup together long damaged their historical standing (as did the fact […]
Velvet Lounge Reopens
Jazz fans, your wish has been granted. The Velvet Lounge is back. The famed club owned by Chicago free jazz musician Fred Anderson opened its new doors for the first time on Friday (July 28th) with a show by Isaiah Spencer & Friends and also hosted concerts the 29th and 30th. The Velvet Lounge now […]
Movie Fundraiser
Baldwin Brothers Host Film Fundraiser Chicago’s bespectacled lounge funk cats Baldwin Brothers and Letter Blue Productions are trying to assemble greenbacks for Snap, about the “rise, fall, and redemption of a Webmaster who launches the world’s first and most famous amateur adult Web site.”
Wise In Time
Wise In Time The Ballad Of The Den Men (Crammed/Ryko) Former Juryman Ian Simmonds takes the dark roads through Bristol.
Hunters, Run! review
Hunters, Run! Broken Sounds (self released) Falling asleep making lo-fi bedroom rock and dreaming of stadium glory.
Jeffrey Luck Lucas review
Jeffrey Luck Lucas What We Whisper (Antebellum) An album that is on no schedule whatsoever and will get there when it friggin’ gets there.
The Finals review
The Finals Plan Your Getaway (Immortal) New Jersey pop punks avoid the teen and O.C. clichés, opting for an effective, if frill-less formula.
Cover Story: Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie By The Time We Get To Lollapalooza When Lollapalooza returns to Grant Park from August 4th through 6th, last year’s attendees will note a few subtle changes: an extra day and a billion more attractions.
Lollapalooza preview
Lollapalooza Grant Park, Chicago Friday, August 4th through Sunday August 6th, 2006 Conflicting Interests: Worst Time Crunches Friday, 11:45 a.m. — Deadboy & The Elephantmen vs. Sound Team: Right off the bat (almost)! Jeff Buckley fanatics will be amazed by Deadboy (Dax Riggs) while anyone who would rather wake up to something with a beat […]
Smokey Robinson interview
Smokey Robinson Life Of The Party Smokey Robinson, the man Bob Dylan famously called “America’s greatest living poet,” has had an impact on music like few others. He wrote such classics as “Shop Around,” “Tears Of A Clown,” “I Second That Emotion,” and “Going To A Go-Go” and, with Berry Gordy, made Motown Records successful. […]
Los Lobos Interview
Los Lobos Five Horse Town From humble beginnings in East Los Angeles to four Grammys, worldwide recognition to critical respect, Los Lobos — and, by extension, its multi-instrumentalist members Steve Berlin, Louie Perez, Conrad Lozano, David Hidalgo, and Cesar Rosas — have lived that part of the Great American Dream we hold most dear. To […]
Jurassic 5 interview
Jurassic 5 Adrenaline Rush Jurassic 5 are arguably the most popular act to come out of the L.A. underground — specifically the open mic night movement at the Good Life Café. Appearing: 9/1 at House Of Blues (329 N. Dearborn) in Chicago.
Say Hi To Your Mom Interview
Say Hi To Your Mom Interview With A Vampire (Fan) Robots and vampires aren’t only the domain of the movies or sci-fi conventions, though it’s unlikely the first place you’d look is a Say Hi To Your Mom record. Comically sincere and endearingly eccentric, for four albums Eric Elbogen, the man behind the moniker, has […]
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