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Fort Minor Preview
Fort Minor House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, January 29, 2006 Taking on the popular “side project” concept, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park fame has constructed a hip-hop venture under the alias Fort Minor.
Robert Skoro Preview
Robert Skoro Empty Bottle, Chicago Sunday, January 29, 2006 Casually overlooked in a flurry of Fall 2005 releases, Robert Skoro‘s That These Things Could Be Ours gets a second chance for his winter tour.
R.I.P.
Wilson Pickett 1941-2006 Wilson Pickett, one of the brightest stars of ’60s soul music, died of a heart attack Friday (January 20th) near his home in Ashburn, Virginia. He was 64.
Robert Pollard CD Review
Robert Pollard From A Compound Eye (Merge) Pollard arrives with his first post-Guided By Voices package.
Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) CD Review
Animal Liberation Orchestra (ALO) Fly Between Falls (Brushfire) Jack Johnson’s buddies allow you to bring the frat party with you, wherever you go.
Ghislain Poirier CD Review
Ghislain Poirier Breakupdown (Chocolate Industries) Former techno maven dives further into hip-hop, college parties on urban campuses.
Demiricous CD Review
Demiricous One (Metal Blade) Slayer songs are hard to learn, so we can see why Demiricous is proud to play them.
Ian Allen CD Review
Ian Allen Nova’s Lounge (Mia Mind) Points for being a former NFL lineman and going in a direction you’d never expect.
Gil Mantera’s Party Dream CD Review
Gil Mantera’s Party Dream BloodSongs (Fat Possum/Audio Eagle) Aggressive synthpop from burnt-out industrial center Youngstown, Ohio.
Campbell & Lanegan CD Review
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Ramblin’ Man (V2) Indie odd couple drag their fingers through the mud on preview EP.
Josh Turner CD Review
Josh Turner Your Man (MCA Nashville) Deep-voiced Nashville newcomer Turner can do, but only does so half the time.
Quietdrive CD Review
Quietdrive Fall From The Ceiling (Epic) “I always wanna be a mystery” and other ironic lyrics, brought to you by Quietdrive.
The Subdudes CD Review
The Subdudes Behind The Levee (Back Porch) New Orleans, schmew orleans: Keb’ Mo’ makes his production debut behind roots band’s fifth.
Anthrax live
Anthrax House Of Blues, Chicago Friday, January 13, 2006 Of the Big Four bands that ruled metal in the ’80s and into the early ’90s, Anthrax were always the easiest to forget. The band didn’t have the songwriting of Metallica, the evil of Slayer, or the chops of Megadeth. They’re kind of like the Almond […]
James Brown live
James Brown House Of Blues, Chicago Thursday, January 12, 2006 James Brown is 72 (or 77, depending on whom you believe). That’s a fierce contrast to the James Brown of ’72. Back then he was peaking both musically and chemically, shouldering “I’m Black and I’m proud” while transcribing the sounds in his head that were […]
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