Weekly
Century reviewed
Century Black Ocean (Prosthetic) Carson Slovak’s tightly wound Century manage to create space for themselves on their third album, though, in accordance with some prevailing scientific theories, that space is finite.
Jason Miles & DJ Logic reviewed
Jason Miles & DJ Logic Global Noize (Shanachie) Fusion/bop veteran Jason Miles and the man largely credited with funneling jazz into early hip-hop, DJ Logic, are joined by Meshell Ndegeocello, John Popper, Vernon Reid, Bernie Worrell, and more in a largely frustrating, bland world blend.
Iron And Wine live!
Iron And Wine Vic Theatre, Chicago Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Just as bookends maintain a shelf’s order and organization, the breathtaking opening and closing numbers of Iron And Wine’s tour-closing show on Tuesday – the second of a two-night stand in Chicago’s Vic Theatre – kept the rest of the set list from going off […]
Constantines preview
Constantines Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, April 24, 2008 After releasing their second album in 2005, Ontario’s Constantines cranked out an album of Neil Young covers under their frequent alias, Horsey Craze. The band, who have always marked a sort of midpoint between classic rock and Fugazi, pendulum back on this spring’s Kensington Heights (Arts & […]
Antenna Shoes preview
Antenna Shoes Hideout, Chicago Thursday, April 24, 2008 Antenna Shoes, the solo project of Memphis man-about-town Tim Regan, crackles with a dark pop sensibility, which can be slightly hard to swallow (“M.I.A.”) or can go down as easy as Mary Poppins’ spoonful of sugar (“T New”). That Regan delves into a murky, not-suitable-for-primetime corner of […]
Jake Shimabukuro preview
Jake Shimabukuro Old Town School Of Folk, Chicago Saturday, April 26, 2008 The thing about the ukulele is, its range spans a whopping four strings and two octaves. Even if you are the “Eddie Van Halen of the ukulele,” there’s only so much you can do with it.
Peter Moren preview
Peter Morén, Tobias Fröberg Schubas, Chicago Saturday, April 26, 2008 The Peter of Peter Bjorn And John might seem like he’s exploiting his band’s recent success by releasing a solo outing. A quick check, however, reveals that the breakthrough Writer’s Block (Wichita) was actually the trio’s third album. Now it’s Peter Time.
Ari Hest Toasts Your Health
Music Inspires Health Tour Ari Hest will guest at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall as part of the Music Inspires Heath — National Health Education Tour.
Teen Stars On DVD
It’s A Brick . . . . . . House On the second and fourth Sundays each month Antioch’s Brickhouse (750 Rt. 173) turns all-ages for folks in Lake, McHenry, and Kenosha counties. Picking out the gems, the venue assembled a DVD and now they’re having a release party!
Leona Lewis reviewed
Leona Lewis Spirit (J/Syco) Is your business facing a profit squeeze? Is your market controlled by customers interested in lowest price only? Using the equation “Profit Margin = Promotion + Promotion + Promotion” you too can delude yourself into thinking you’ve outflanked a sagging industry.
Love reissued
Love Forever Changes (Collector’s Edition) (Rhino) One big difference between this version of Forever Changes and the last time Rhino reissued it is the event of Arthur Lee’s death.
Muse reviewed
Muse H.A.A.R.P. (Warner Bros.) The argument for live DVDs and against live CDs all in one snappy package.
Munk/Amelia reviewed
Munk Modest Among The Living (Waxboy) Amelia A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs (Adrenaline) After a high-speed collision with a drunk driver in 2003, Munk had to suppress the aftermath because his second album was arriving a month after the wreck. Amelia frontwoman Teisha Helgerson reportedly underwent cancer treatments. So Modest Among The Living and […]
Counting Crows — Double live!
Counting Crows To preview his upcoming interview with Adam Duritz in the May issue of Illinois Entertainer, we shipped Jaime de’Medici to a pair of outposts to catch Counting Crows getting intimate.
Billy Talent preview
Billy Talent Congress Theatre, Chicago Thursday, April 17, 2008 You know the old saying, “They’re huge in Japan,” right? Well, we don’t know how popular Billy Talent actually are in Japan, but they’re apparently pretty damn popular in England and Germany.
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