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Kelley Stoltz, Page France Preview
Kelley Stoltz, Page France Schubas, Chicago Tuesday, March 4, 2006 Studio wonk Kelley Stoltz, though he has toured extensively, won’t be one of those cats who’ll credit his modest victories to breaking his back on the road. No, his is a tale of the magic LP that had to circumscribe the globe before he could […]
Fuel Holding Tryouts For New Vocalist
95 WIIL ROCK is sending someone to Los Angeles to audition for post-grunge rock band Fuel. Turns out they’re looking for a lead singer and the radio station is sifting through locals, finding the diamond in the rough and providing one lucky someone with airfare and hotel accommodations to meet the band and possibly become […]
The Elected CD Review
The Elected Sun, Sun, Sun (Sub Pop) Rilo Kiley’s other side project doesn’t have the “indie tart stepping into the world on her own” angle. On its second album, The Elected preaches more from the gospel according to the West Coast.
Essential George
George Benson/George Duke The Essential George Benson/The Essential George Duke (Columbia/Legacy) Columbia/Legacy’s “Essential” series has been taking the easy way out lately, instead of distilling the essence, hard choices are not made and two-disc sets have become the norm. A pair of Georges, jazz great Benson and lite-funk pioneer Duke, test the new boundaries.
The Slackers CD Review
The Slackers Peculiar (Hellcat) Admittedly, we’re suckers for album titles that fit, be they unintentional (Ashlee Simpson’s Who I Am) or spot-on (this here Slackers album).
Edie Sedgwick CD Review
Edie Sedgwick Her Love Is Real . . . But She Is Not (DeSoto) Drag queen Edie Sedgwick looks nothing like the tragic, New York tart whose name he/she takes, and sounds even less like anything else.
The Soda Pop Kids CD Review
The Soda Pop Kids Write Home (Full Breach Kicks) Chicago label’s latest offering is a relocated Portland-via-Denver proto punk incarnate. And you thought they only made this stuff in L.A. nowadays.
The Spirit That Guides Us CD Review
The Spirit That Guides Us North And South (Goodfellow) Is the world ready for a Dutch, nu-emo/indie rock hybrid? The Spirit That Guides Us deeply hope they’re them.
Forever Young
Young People All At Once (Too Pure) Young People’s Too Pure debut is not only an assault on the disposable disco punk culture growing stale in New York, but also one on patience.
Mr. Gnome CD Review
Mr. Gnome Echoes On The Ground (Mr. Gnome) Cleveland rocks, albeit angrily and vindictively.
Nearly CD Review
Nearly Reminder (Kufala) Frequent Trent Reznor accomplice Jerome Dillon shows up as Nearly, a less-industrial but still synth-friendly mood monger with guests including Claudia Sarne and Greg Dulli.
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, […]
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