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The Hush Sound preview
The Hush Sound House Of Blues, Chicago Friday, July 7, 2006 Buried on a bill with pop punk upstarts Panic! At The Disco and mad cabaret unravelings by Dresden Dolls, Chicago’s The Hush Sound bow with Like Vines.
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.
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?
SSM Preview
SSM Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, June 22, 2006 SSM. Sweaty Sex Magic? Satan’s Simple Muse, maybe? Sweet Supple Mangos, perhaps?
MOBFest Preview
MOBFest Various Venues, Chicagoland Thursday, June 22 to Saturday, June 24, 2006 How often does $90 get you access to 15 different Chicagoland music venues featuring, like, a billion bands?
Mike Andrews preview
Mike Andrews Schubas, Chicago Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Former Greyboy Allstars founder Mike Andrews is pretty well connected, but he’s still one miserable son of a bitch.
Alehorn Of Power Preview
Alehorn Of Power Festival Saturday, June 10, 2006 Double Door, Chicago Can you think of a better name for a classic metal festival than the Alehorn Of Power fest? Makes you think of a Manowar album cover, a Hammerfall song, or a Dio video. Fuck yeah.
Ashton Allen Preview
Ashton Allen Wise Fools Pub, Chicago Saturday, June 10, 2006 That’s not Elliott Smith’s “Needle In The Hay” opening Ashton Allen’s debut; it just sounds like it.
Legendary Pink Dots Preview
Legendary Pink Dots Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Double Door, Chicago Give it up for the Legendary Pink Dots: 25 years ain’t nothin’ to scoff at.
Giraffes preview
The Giraffes Logan Sq. Auditorium, Chicago Thursday, June 1, 2006 Apparently The Giraffes don’t like Chuck Eddy.
Tilly & The Wall preview
Tilly & The Wall Abbey, Chicago Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Not to be negative, but it wouldn’t work to Tilly & The Wall’s favor to get huge. The five-piece (sometimes more) have discovered a particularly addictive brand of twee pop of the sort that’s on the rise (Decemberists, Shins, etc.), but have one element best […]
Howe Gelb preview
Howe Gelb Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago Sunday, May 28, 2006 It’d be overreaching to say there’d be no No Depression movement without Howe Gelb, but it certainly wouldn’t be the same. The versatile roots pioneer and Giant Sand frontman comes to Chicago to support his latest, Sno’ Angel Like You (Thrill Jockey), […]
Ted Wulfers Preview
Ted Wulfers Schubas, Chicago Thursday, May 25, 2006 Local singer-songwriter Ted Wulfers, who used to gallop around as Ted Wulfers & Beggars Bridge, has a new pair of old shoes on his latest album, Cheap Liquor.
Russian Circles Preview
Russian Circles Schubas, Chicago Saturday, May 27, 2006 It seems Chicago trio Russian Circles have picked the perfect time to introduce themselves.
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