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Crazy Horse
They Shoot Horses Don’t They Boo Hoo Hoo Boo (Kill Rock Stars) We all get weird; it’s the duration of those episodes that defines being mad as hatters.
Edguy CD Review
Edguy Rocket Ride (Nuclear Blast) German metal band writes the best rock anthem of the year (Decade? Century?) on an otherwise so-so record.
Arctic Monkeys review
Arctic Monkeys Metro, Chicago Saturday, March 18, 2006 It seems as if not a week goes by that the British music press doesn’t anoint some band as “The Next Great Band In The History Of Next Great Bands.†Occasionally, they get a few right (Blur, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass), or, at the very least help elicit […]
Richard Butler reviewed
Richard Butler Abbey Pub, Chicago Monday, March 20, 2006 Some rock ‘n’ rollers sure do take their time when it comes to releasing records, and Richard Butler certainly fits into that category. The ultra-cool frontman for The Psychedelic Furs and later Love Spit Love has been hinting at a solo album since the late 1990s, […]
Taste Of Chaos review
Taste Of Chaos UIC Pavilion, Chicago Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 The annual Taste Of Chaos tour has been called “the winter Warped.” And with last year’s event headlined by The Used and joined by tourmates like My Chemical Romance, plus the fact Chaos was put together by the powers behind Warped, it was a tag […]
Taste More Chaos
click here to return to page 1 of this review Metalcore act Atreyu left an impression due more to more memorable songs and a mix of melody and range in frontman Alex Varkatzas’ assault. Familiar material like “Right Side Of The Bed†were highlights, and new material like “Ex’s And Oh’s†suggested Atreyu look to […]
Flook preview
Flook Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago Friday, March 24, 2006 St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone leaving in its aftermath empty Guinness bottles and hung-over South Siders, but just because the celebration of the patron saint of Ireland has ended doesn’t mean Chicago is now a jig-free zone. On Friday, Flook, a […]
Taylor Hollingsworth preview
Taylor Hollingsworth Martyrs’, Chicago Friday, March 24 & Saturday, March 25, 2006 Taylor Hollingsworth proves you can’t judge a young singer-songwriter by his CD cover.
American Minor preview
American Minor Elbo Room, Chicago Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Recalling the halcyon days of Humble Pie and Free, when everyone’s idea of rock ‘n’ roll heaven was guitars through Marshalls, lead singers with scratchy vocals, and skinny band boys tossing long hair, American Minor arrive. On their recently released self-titled debut, American Minor, they play […]
Hope For Harmony
Hope For Harmony IE would like to say “get well” to local musician Carole Garcia. The vocalist/keyboardist/harmonica player for the Woodridge-based rock cover band Electric Harmony was recently diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Against The Wind
Kid Rock ‘Live’ Trucker (Atlantic) Kid Rock will always be a waste of my time, but this is the album he was meant to make.
His & Hearse
Roseanne Cash Black Cadillac (Capitol) As the title suggests, death haunts Roseanne Cash’s 10th album, particularly in the spirits of her mother, stepmom June Carter, and father, Johnny, whose voice kicks things off.
Fountain Of Youth
Sonic Youth Reissues (Geffen) The final installment of Geffen’s Sonic Youth re-release campaign lends an expanded, self-titled debut, the cryptic Whitey Album (under the pseudonym Ciccone Youth), and Thurston Moore’s lone solo effort, Psychic Hearts.
Band Of Gold
Mates Of State Bring It Back (Barsuk) That Mates Of State ever made more than one album, much less escaped almost certain novelty fate, has been a minor miracle. That they’ve turned it around into something as wonderful as Bring It Back is something else.
Volkswagon’s Herbie
Herbie Hancock Possibilities (Hear) On this star-studded effort (Sting, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Damien Rice), erstwhile jazzman Herbie Hancock tries to stretch his marketing bounds and relevance.
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