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Sophe Lux reviewed
Sophe Lux Waking The Mystics (Zarathustra) Sophe Lux toe the line between careening, surreal Dresden Dolls pastiches and the auburn moll herself, Tori Amos.
Clipse Previewed
Clipse Metro, Chicago Friday, March 2, 2007 The story of the brothers Clipse is of one but not the other. The only continuous pairing in their artificially elongated career is themselves — Pusha T and Malice.
Bayside Previewed
Bayside Metro, Chicago Friday, March 2, 2007 With its biggest names either gone (Atreyu, Taking Back Sunday) or trying their damnedest to leave (Hawthorne Heights), the top-dog spot at Victory Records is a wide-open race. Bayside, though, look to be the front-runners, a far cry from the position the band were in less than two […]
Daughtry Previewed
Daughtry Double Door, Chicago Wednesday, March 7, 2007 If you know the name Chris Daughtry it’s likely because of his stint on the fifth season of “American Idol,” where he was a top-five contestant. Five years from now, if music fans remember Daughtry, it will more than likely still be because of his stint on […]
Brent Amaker & The Rodeo Reviewed
Brent Amaker & The Rodeo Brent Amaker & The Rodeo (J-Shirt) A gang of Seattle music vets take a love of whiskey and Cash and turn it into what can best be described as a reverent parody.
El Perro Del Mar Reviewed . . . Again
El Perro Del Mar El Perro Del Mar (Control Group) Between helpings of crow, El Perro Del Mar’s self-titled debut redeems itself upon repeated listens.
Fall Out Boy live!
Fall Out Boy Metro, Chicago Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Here’s the secret about Fall Out Boy: They’re better than you want them to be. Sure, it’s easy to hate on them because of the increased pop profile the band now attracts, or de facto bandleader Pete Wentz’s PerezHilton.Com-worthy publicity antics. But you know what they […]
Winger, Enuff Z’Nuff live
Winger, Enuff Z’nuff House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, February 18, 2007 “We didn’t expect this many people,” said Kip Winger to a full House Of Blues. For his notorious, now-reformed hair metal band, the reunion concert succeeded in part due to coincidence: Across the Loop, the annual Chicago Auto Show was just letting out. So […]
The Ettes preview
The Ettes Ronny’s, Chicago Friday, Feburary 23, 2007 Most musicians, we hope, think their band is good. Confidence, after all, is probably what allows some people to take the chance and get onstage while the rest of us play in the privacy of our own homes, never heard by any ears but our own.
Orangeburg Massacre preview
The Orangeburg Massacre American Legion Hall, Highland Hall Tuesday, February 27, 2007 We can’t understand a darned thing these kids are sayin’!
Slings & Arrows preview
Slings & Arrows Schubas, Chicago Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Chicago’s Slings & Arrows have a knack for choosing poor monikers — they used to be Public Four — but more than make up for it with a shadowy dream pop/slow-motion pyrotechnic mindscrambler.
The Showdown reviewed
The Showdown Temptation Come My Way (Mono Vs. Stereo) Tennessee boys The Showdown are out to oust sensitive rock and bring back the bad boys. Let’s hope they can find some bad boys, ‘cuz it sure ain’t them.
Paolo Nutini reviewed
Paolo Nutini These Streets (Atlantic) A fourth-generation Scot with a Portugeuse/Italian name, singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini’s music couldn’t possibly sound less international.
Dark Romantics reviewed
The Dark Romantics Some Midnight Kissin’ (Lujo) It’s tough to be a stylish rock band and maintain any sort of interesting edge, a problem confronting Some Midnight Kissin’.
Kenny Rogers Live!
Kenny Rogers Paramount Theatre, Aurora Saturday, February 10, 2007 Some know him as the singer from First Edition and others as a country-to-pop crossover solo artist, but no matter what the circle, Kenny Rogers will always be “The Gambler.†Though he has crested countless times on a ride that has sold more than 105 million […]
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