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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.
Oxbow The Letter
Oxbow Love That’s Last: A Wholly Hypnographic & Disturbing Work (Hydra Head) In their prime, Oxbow were something of a disturbing San Francisco band that may have had something to do with The Jesus Lizard, or maybe the other way around.
Fahey Or Not Fahey?
John Fahey & Friends Tribute (Slackertone) In the five years since John Fahey died, posthumous reissues and albums have more or less consistently cast him as an avant-folk guitarist of impeccable skill. Here, his peers expand the palette considerably.
Hello, Parsons
Richard Parsons Until The Sun Dies (Not Likely Sober) Confessional singer-songwriters have a bad rap, so much so at IE we generally regard submissions such as this for the scrap heap, left to die with everyone else who “taught” themselves guitar and put G-C-D chord patterns together.
Back To The Future
Various Artists Future Retro (Rhino) Danced, thought I’d never stop. This spunky Rhino compilation throws mostly British ’80s cuts at some of the world’s top remixers.
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