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Legendary Pink Dots Preview
Legendary Pink Dots Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Double Door, Chicago Give it up for the Legendary Pink Dots: 25 years ain’t nothin’ to scoff at.
Costello & Toussaint CD Review
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint The River In Reverse (Verve Forecast) This anticipated ode to New Orleans stirs the soul of the city, though The Angry Young Man’s voice often gets in the way.
Drag The River CD Review
Drag The River It’s Crazy (Suburban Home) Aside from the mistake where band and album name sound like one entity, Drag The River are an obvious, though compelling mix of Son Volt, Drive-By Truckers, and big drums.
The Wonder Stuff CD Review
The Wonder Stuff Suspended By Stars (Independiente) Most people would just assume never hear another Wonder Stuff album, and here we are with a second within three years.
Wake Up!
The Sleeping Questions & Answers (Victory) Useless guitar fills and solos aside, intense Long Island band has it together on its second album.
Chevreuil CD Review
Chevreuil Capoeria (Sick Room) Chaotic French “duo” — three instruments — Chevreuil lumber through Don Caballero-esque instrumentals, hearing footsteps throughout.
Worthy Tribute
Various Artists Paupers, Peasants, Princes, & Kings: The Songs Of Bob Dylan (Doghouse) Far from “the emo tribute to Dylan,” Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings is refreshingly free of big names, opting for an exposé of Bobby D.’s influence on the young.
Cover Story: Slayer
The Unholy Bible Slayer guitarist Kerry King knows Chicago very well. Of course he knows many places extremely well because Slayer have now been touring the world for more than 20 years. But for Chicago, and more specifically the Aragon Ballroom, he reserves a special place in his heart. As nearly any band that have […]
INXS, Scott Stapp live
INXS, Scott Stapp Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont Tuesday, May 23, 2006 While the rest of the country was busy picking the next “American Idol” the Tuesday before last, a former rock idol and a new “rock star” stormed the sold-out Rosemont Theatre. But this wasn’t just another ’80s rock sensation attempting to revive their career with […]
Giraffes preview
The Giraffes Logan Sq. Auditorium, Chicago Thursday, June 1, 2006 Apparently The Giraffes don’t like Chuck Eddy.
Tilly & The Wall preview
Tilly & The Wall Abbey, Chicago Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Not to be negative, but it wouldn’t work to Tilly & The Wall’s favor to get huge. The five-piece (sometimes more) have discovered a particularly addictive brand of twee pop of the sort that’s on the rise (Decemberists, Shins, etc.), but have one element best […]
Charitably, Come
We’ve done this story way too many times: A well-liked, well-known local musician is blind-sided by some sort of medical emergency — be it disease or accident — that leaves him laid up in a hospital. And because he’s a working musician, there is no health insurance.
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom Peeping Tom (Ipecac) Guest-loaded, long-awaited Mike Patton project might be his first work in years to appeal to conservative Faith No More fans — maybe.
Tea Leaf Green
Tea Leaf Green Taught To Be Proud (Reincarnate) Jammy-award upstarts Tea Leaf Green meld downer reborn-speak with toe-tapping, hemp grooves.
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