Weekly
Monty Are I previewed
Monty Are I Beat Kitchen, Chicago Tuesday, July 11, 2006 You may have known them once as simply Monty, trademarks be damned. Now with the grammarically defiant Monty Are I, the Rhode Island prog punk quintet drop an ambitious, soaring debut.
Learn To Write!
Chart Topping Songwriter To Host Chicago Workshop Jason Blume, who has written or co-written songs for Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, and Colin Raye, will be in the Chicago area on Saturday, July 15th for a writing workshop.
Replacements anthologized
The Replacements Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements (Sire/Reprise/Rhino) Touted as the first compilation featuring both The Replacements’ label careers, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? concentrates a little too heavily on their serious side.
Dinosaur reissues
Dinosaur Jr. Green Mind/Where You Been (Reprise/Rhino) Aiding in Merge’s reissuance of the early, SST Dinosaur albums, Rhino finishes the job.
Evangelicals reviewed
Evangelicals So Gone (Misra) Norman, Oklahoma’s Evangelicals have little in common with the college football powerhouse in their hometown and, culturally for the villa, couldn’t have come any soooner.
Kooks singles reviewed
The Kooks “Eddie’s Gun”/”Naive” (Virgin UK) They’re already crowning a successor to Arctic Monkeys in the U.K.
Blow Up Hollywood reviewed
Blow Up Hollywood The Diaries Of Henry Hill (MJ12) Similarly themed to Sleep Station’s After The War, Diaries Of Henry Hill is based on the private writings of a KIA Iraqi War veteran (not a Goodfellas reference).
Intonation Festival
Intonation Music Festival Union Park, Chicago Saturday, June 24, 2006 Sunday, June 25, 2006 The second annual Intonation Music Festival in Union Square was a successful mashup of old and new, rockism and hip-hop. While not as well-attended as a roster of this caliber might deliver individually, the anything-goes format catered to the strengths (and […]
Slayer Live
Slayer, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Children Of Bodom Aragon, Chicago Tuesday, June 20, 2006 There’s an episode of “Seinfeld” where George Costanza, while talking to his date, suggests toilet paper hasn’t changed in his lifetime and never will. In fact, he claims, everything has and will change, but not TP. His bubble is later burst, […]
Intonation 2
Page: [1] For the rest: The Good: Chromeo’s early set didn’t seem opportune for a retro funk, tongue-in-cheek humpbot duo, but their drunk-in-the-afternoon attitude had a lot to do with propelling Intonation’s early sets in the right direction . . . Though Mike Skinner seemed more interested in playing stand-up comedian, The Streets’ closing slot […]
American Music Festival Preview
American Music Festival FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Friday, June 30 through Monday, July 3, 2006 Yes, the annual extravaganza returns with real American celebratin’ in the Side Bar, main music room, and outside. Bring the kids (and a designated driver), or hire a babysitter and stumble on over!
The Court & Spark Preview
The Court & Spark Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, July 1, 2006 Some people mock rock critics’ habits of summarizing one band by comparing it to another. They call it lazy, even irresponsible. Maybe sometimes it is, but often it’s the most direct path to making a point. But how many comparisons are too many?
Cosmic Cowboy
Gram Parsons The Complete Reprise Sessions (Rhino) Rhino uncorks a disc of alternate takes to coincide with reissues of the little understood cosmic American’s only solo albums.
Bob Sinclair Reviewed
Bob Sinclair Western Dream (Tommy Boy) What happens when hedonism and idealism collide? Well it could be this carefree dance mix, but it’s unlikely.
You Spin Me Round
DJ Spinna Intergalactic Soul (Shanachie) International DJ Spinna, who can hardly contain his underground status with Das EFX, Zero 7, Mos Def, Michael Jackson, and George Michael projects under his belt, unleashes a lissome original work.
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