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Baby Teeth CD Review
Baby Teeth For The Heathers (Lujo) Schizo band gets by on EP by sending each member home with a woman’s name and seeing what song they come up with.
You The Man, Portugal
Portugal. The Man Waiter: You Vultures! (Fearless) Alaskan indie rock isn’t as exotic as it sounds.
Clearlake CD Review
Clearlake Amber (Domino) Brighton, U.K.’s Clearlake waste time being photographed. Maybe not time, but publicity dollars.
Fort Minor Review
Fort Minor House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, January 29, 2006 Mike Shinoda has something to prove with his hip-hop side project Fort Minor. True, his regular role in Linkin Park has roots in hip-hop, but when coupled with the screaming chops of Chester Bennington, the band comes off as more rock-based. It’s no secret Shinoda […]
Raising Kane
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, & Fats Kaplin FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Friday, February 3, 2006 New York and Oklahoma: Friends forever? Music is full of odd couples (Simon & Garfunkel, Burt Bacharach and Dr. Dre), and the pairing of Nor’easter Kieran Kane with Okie Kevin Welch can’t hold a candle to the mere fact a native of […]
Mi, L’Au, Everyone
Mi And L’au Empty Bottle, Chicago Saturday, February 4, 2006 Mi & L’au‘s story is every music PR person’s wet dream. As the story goes, the couple met in Paris, where the Finnish Mi was working as a model and the French L’au was working in the music industry. They immediately fell in love and […]
East Village Preview
East Village Opera Company House Of Blues, Chicago Monday, February 6, 2006 Opera? Well, not exactly. This isn’t your typical opera. It twists the traditional classics by blending contemporary rock elements. The group re-creates some of the greatest hits of opera and electrifies them with a five-piece band, string quartet, and two vocalists.
Vote Pedro
Pedro Pedro (Mush) Manchester-based sound collage expert brings his IDM/post rock/hip-hop game of Twister to America.
Waning Days
AM Syndicate Empire (Sick Room) Austin band, featuring Trail Of Dead bassist Danny Wood, makes its Chicago label debut.
Say What?
Say Anything … Is A Real Boy (J) Major label reissue of the slow-burning indie “it” story, blurring lines of not only reality, but also Bright Eyes and Weezer.
Scene Now Heard
Jason Collett Idols Of Exile (Arts & Crafts) Arts & Crafts, the teeball of record labels, asks, “Has everyone had a chance to bat?”
Revenge Is Sour
She Wants Revenge She Wants Revenge (Flawless/Geffen) Apparently Geffen Records has instituted a new Interpolicy.
Sassy Benassi
Benassi Bros. Phobia (Ultra) Euro house duo nail down another non-stop barrage of club tracks.
Racket balls
Some Girls Heaven’s Pregnant Teens (Epitaph) Is there a therapist in the house? The guys in Some Girls could really use some attention right now.
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