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Iron & Wine/Calexico live
Iron & Wine/Calexico, Red Red Meat Congress Theatre, Chicago Sunday, December 11, 2005 Someone once told me listening to Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron & Wine) made him feel “like winter.” He would have found it fitting then, that the night Iron & Wine and Calexico hit town for their In The Reins tour (in support […]
Cameron McGill & What Army live
Cameron McGill & What Army Schubas, Chicago Wednesday, December 7, 2005 A native of Champaign-Urbana, Cameron McGill began his musical career as frontman of pop-rock trio Morris Minors. The band released an EP in 2002 before splitting the following year. McGill went on to record his solo album, Stories Of The Knife And The Back […]
Jammin’ With Jane preview
Jammin’ With Jane Pint, Chicago Thursday, December 15, 2005 With the holiday season fast approaching it’s always a great idea to donate to a worthy cause. Besides that warm, cozy feeling you get inside, the Jammin’ With Jane charity event is providing attendees with music, drinks, food, and the chance to win prizes.
Mixel Pixel, Single Frame, Midstates preview
Mixel Pixel, Single Frame, Midstates Red Line Tap, Chicago Saturday, December 17, 2005 “Hi, I’m in Delaware.” More than 10 years later and we still laugh at that line from Wayne’s World, but we betcha Mixel Pixel, who actually hail from The First State, fuckin’ hate it. Come to think of it though, can you […]
The M’s preview new album
The M’s Schubas, Chicago Monday, December 19, 2005 The M’s last night of their Schubas residency will also be the first time you can hear the Chicago band’s sophomore album, Future Women, in its entirety.
Lee’s Way Or The Highway
Evanescence singer Amy Lee is suing her former manager for “financial and sexual misconduct,” according to MTV.com. Lee filed the lawsuit December 7th against Denis Rider of Rider Management, whom she severed ties with in November. According to MTV.com, the suit charges Rider for a number of claims including, “breach of fiduciary duty, sexual assault […]
Story Of The CD Review
Story Of The Year In The Wake Of Determination (Maverick) Sure, debating the worth of Story Of The Year is like bartering with cigarette butts, yet In The Wake Of Determination could prove an invaluable document.
Thee More Shallows review
Thee More Shallows More Deep Cuts (Turn) We’ve finally figured out what the Dream Police are for, and they save lives, dammit!
Fiona Apple Live
Fiona Apple Riviera Theatre, Chicago Sunday, December 4, 2005 Will the real Fiona Apple please stand up, please stand up? Overlooked in the hoopla surrounding the long-awaited release of her Extraordinary Machine is Apple’s renaissance as a songwriter. Formerly the precocious and bratty wunderkind whose only real problem in relationships was herself, the “new” album […]
Sinead O’Connor live
Sinead O’Connor Vic Theatre, Chicago Tuesday, November 29, 2005 With a fiercely defiant attitude and a powerful voice to match, Sinead O’Connor may be one of the most interesting female artists in the modern rock world. From her refusal to perform following the “Star Spangled Banner” to her much maligned tearing apart a picture of […]
Deadboy & The Elephantmen preview
Deadboy & The Elephantmen Schubas, Chicago Saturday, November 10, 2005 Deadboy & The Elephantmen are most recognized by lead man Dax Riggs of former heavyweight metal outfit Acid Bath. Or maybe you recall the short-lived Agents Of Oblivion. Either way, Riggs’ new project Deadboy & The Elephantmen isn’t a predictable move based on his musical […]
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills preview
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, December 8, 2005 It’s hard to tell from here what we’ll be saying 2005 was the “year of” in the rock perspective. The Arcade Fire, maybe. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were the default hype-band in a calendar lacking them, metal’s resurgence lay dormant in […]
Beatallica preview
Beatallica Subterranean, Chicago Saturday, December 10, 2005 Combining Metallica and The Beatles into one big pot of bubbling, bloody, pop and thrash metal? Can you believe nobody though of this before?
Drowning Pool preview
Drowning Pool Pearl Room, Mokena Thursday, December 8, 2005 Drowning Pool are currently in the studio working on a new album, their third since joining Wind-Up in the early 2000s. That really isn’t news. But what is newsworthy is that the as-yet-untitled release will be their third . . . with as many singers.
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