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Dashboard Confessional live
Dashboard Confessional Chicago Theatre, Chicago Friday, July 28, 2006 Somewhere along the way, Dashboard Confessional, lead by non-threatening heartthrob/poet laureate Chris Carrabba, switched things up on us. And if you weren’t paying attention, you might not have really noticed. The group — or, more specifically, Carrabba — has gone from acoustic balladeer, writing tender songs […]
End Of Silence preview
The End Of Silence Cal’s, Chicago Thursday, August 3, 2006 Even if The End Of Silence’s debut full-length, Ugly People, Ugly Problems (Killer Puppy) was knock-out awesome, it would be hard to get past the bandmembers’ names, which include Twitch and, our favorite, Dr. Jelly.
The Adolescents preview
The Adolescents Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, August 5, 2006 As perhaps The Damned to The Clash and Sex Pistols of Social Distortion and Agent Orange, The Adolescents were an integral part of the Orange County punk explosion of 1980. Their inability keep the original lineup together long damaged their historical standing (as did the fact […]
Velvet Lounge Reopens
Jazz fans, your wish has been granted. The Velvet Lounge is back. The famed club owned by Chicago free jazz musician Fred Anderson opened its new doors for the first time on Friday (July 28th) with a show by Isaiah Spencer & Friends and also hosted concerts the 29th and 30th. The Velvet Lounge now […]
Movie Fundraiser
Baldwin Brothers Host Film Fundraiser Chicago’s bespectacled lounge funk cats Baldwin Brothers and Letter Blue Productions are trying to assemble greenbacks for Snap, about the “rise, fall, and redemption of a Webmaster who launches the world’s first and most famous amateur adult Web site.”
Wise In Time
Wise In Time The Ballad Of The Den Men (Crammed/Ryko) Former Juryman Ian Simmonds takes the dark roads through Bristol.
Hunters, Run! review
Hunters, Run! Broken Sounds (self released) Falling asleep making lo-fi bedroom rock and dreaming of stadium glory.
Jeffrey Luck Lucas review
Jeffrey Luck Lucas What We Whisper (Antebellum) An album that is on no schedule whatsoever and will get there when it friggin’ gets there.
The Finals review
The Finals Plan Your Getaway (Immortal) New Jersey pop punks avoid the teen and O.C. clichés, opting for an effective, if frill-less formula.
Melissa Etheridge Live!
Melissa Etheridge Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Thursday, July 20, 2006 Chances are Melissa Etheridge wouldn’t have had any trouble selling tickets to three nights at the Auditorium Theatre on her own, though it’s safe to say she found additional leverage from the Gay Games being in town last week. “You have a very gay city at […]
The Sword Live!
The Sword Subterranean, Chicago Monday, July 24, 2006 A funny thing happened after The Sword finished their second song Monday night: An audience member, standing toward the front of a packed Subterranean crowd, yelled “Black Sabbath” loud enough for everyone to hear. Sword frontman/guitarist J.D. Cronise smiled as he quipped, “No. We’re The Sword.”
DeVotchKa Live!
DeVotchKa Subterranean, Chicago Friday, July 21, 2006 When a band arrives onstage bearing a Christmas light-bedecked tuba played by a woman, you know you’re in for a good time.
Ane Brun, The Wood Brothers Preview
Ane Brun, The Wood Brothers Park West, Chicago Friday, July 28, 2006 The biggest Scandinavian singer-songstress you never heard and one half of Medeski, Martin & Wood on the same stage!
Early Man, Bad Wizard Preview
Early Man, Bad Wizard Subterranean, Chicago Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Early Man nearly weren’t going to be part of this package for the Chicago stop. A complete van breakdown left them stranded in Texas for three days and the rest of their tour in question. But, thanks to a gun-toting, beer-guzzling local (not enough room […]
Warped Tour Preview
Vans Warped Tour First Midwest Ampitheatre Sunday, July 30, 2006 Next month’s Lollapalooza features an amazing (overwhelming?) 130 bands in three days. The Vans Warped Tour says big fucking deal.
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