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Sevendust/Wicked Wisdom Preview
Sevendust, Wicked Wisdom Friday, February 10, 2006 Pearl Room, Mokena You have to give Jada Pinkett Smith points for bravery.
Mute Math Preview
Mute Math Schubas, Chicago Saturday, February 11, 2006 Bolder than bold, Myspace conquerers Mute Math embark on a national club-headlining tour without an album. Fall 2006 probably never felt so far away for the band, but then this a band built for distance: The members are individually based in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Springfield […]
Mice Parade Preview
Mice Parade Empty Bottle, Chicago Monday, February 13, 2006 Adam Pierce, aka Mice Parade, sure has a problem with names. His pseudonym sucks, but only a quarter as much as his album titles (Ramda, The True Meaning Of Boodleybaye, Mokoondi, All Roads Lead To Salzburg, Obrigado Saudade, Bem-Vinda Vontade), and then he inevitably gets dumped […]
Singin’ For A Reason
We must confess our sins: Auditions for “Inspiration Sensation” are more than half over at this point, and we are just now getting around to mentioning them.
Remixed Artifacts
Sound Tribe Sector 9 Artifact: Perspectives (1320) Collabo-electronic outfit offer up 2005’s Artifacts to friends like Mr. Lif, Bill Laswell, and Slicker to remix the thing.
Luke Doucet CD Review
Luke Doucet Broken (And Other Rogue States) (Six Shooter) Singer-songwriters usually need a good sales pitch, few come as well equipped as being the heartbroken ex-guitarist for Sarah McLachlan.
Baby Teeth CD Review
Baby Teeth For The Heathers (Lujo) Schizo band gets by on EP by sending each member home with a woman’s name and seeing what song they come up with.
You The Man, Portugal
Portugal. The Man Waiter: You Vultures! (Fearless) Alaskan indie rock isn’t as exotic as it sounds.
Clearlake CD Review
Clearlake Amber (Domino) Brighton, U.K.’s Clearlake waste time being photographed. Maybe not time, but publicity dollars.
Fort Minor Review
Fort Minor House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, January 29, 2006 Mike Shinoda has something to prove with his hip-hop side project Fort Minor. True, his regular role in Linkin Park has roots in hip-hop, but when coupled with the screaming chops of Chester Bennington, the band comes off as more rock-based. It’s no secret Shinoda […]
Raising Kane
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, & Fats Kaplin FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Friday, February 3, 2006 New York and Oklahoma: Friends forever? Music is full of odd couples (Simon & Garfunkel, Burt Bacharach and Dr. Dre), and the pairing of Nor’easter Kieran Kane with Okie Kevin Welch can’t hold a candle to the mere fact a native of […]
Mi, L’Au, Everyone
Mi And L’au Empty Bottle, Chicago Saturday, February 4, 2006 Mi & L’au‘s story is every music PR person’s wet dream. As the story goes, the couple met in Paris, where the Finnish Mi was working as a model and the French L’au was working in the music industry. They immediately fell in love and […]
East Village Preview
East Village Opera Company House Of Blues, Chicago Monday, February 6, 2006 Opera? Well, not exactly. This isn’t your typical opera. It twists the traditional classics by blending contemporary rock elements. The group re-creates some of the greatest hits of opera and electrifies them with a five-piece band, string quartet, and two vocalists.
Vote Pedro
Pedro Pedro (Mush) Manchester-based sound collage expert brings his IDM/post rock/hip-hop game of Twister to America.
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