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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.
Twilight Singers preview
The Twilight Singers Metro, Chicago Friday, May 19, 2006 Before coming to Chicago for the first time in nearly three years, ex-Afghan Whig/current Twilight Singers frontman Greg Dulli agreed to a chat.
Danko Jones preview
Danko Jones The Note, Chicago Friday, May 19, 2006 Everyone we know dislikes Nickelback. The fact that we’ve never met an honest-to-goodness Nickelback fan makes us wonder how the hell they’ve sold a trillion records.
Theo & The Skyscrapers preview
Theo & The Skyscrapers Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, May 20, 2006 Is she weird? Is she white? Is she promised to the night?
Chicago Rocks Preview
Chicago Rocks Abbey Pub & Metro, Chicago Friday May 12 & Saturday May 13, 2006 Two bones to pick with the Chicago hip-hip production team Molemen (Panik, Memo, and PNS): First, the name of their annual music festival: Chicago Rocks festival? To apply a Kevin Pollack/The Usual Suspects quote to the process of naming this […]
Pretty Girls Make Graves preview
Pretty Girls Make Graves, Giant Drag Metro, Chicago Friday, May 5, 2006 Pretty Girls Make Graves’ third album is a reckoning of sorts for their fans. It’s a long road back to their early calling as a Murder City Devils side project, or as a spunky, female-fronted alternative to At The Drive-In. Élan Vital (Matador) […]
Dragonforce preview
Dragonforce Metro, Chicago Saturday, May 6, 2006 It takes a certain level of proficiency to be a U.K. metal band and sound continental. By gum, Dragonforce are at that level.
Duenow, Pay Later
Duenow Elbo Room, Chicago Saturday, March 6, 2006 Because Zach Duenow plays guitar and sings in the band that bears his last name, and his wife, Dorothea, is the group’s drummer, it’s a safe bet Duenow have and will receive far too many comparisons to a certain other (one-time) husband/wife, guitar/drums rock duo.
Kathy? A Go-Go?
Kathy Valentine Schubas, Chicago Saturday, May 6, 2006 Former Go-Go Kathy Valentine comes to Chicago with Blondie’s Clem Burke, the Bangles’ Abby Travis, and Jason DeCorse of Lo Mass Republic.
Exodus preview
Exodus Pearl Room, Mokena Wednesday, May 10, 2006 In November 2004, during Megadeth’s headlining set of their Chicago Blackmail The Universe tour stop, Dave Mustaine told the Riviera crowd the Big Four (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer) should have been called the Big Five to include the night’s opening band, Exodus. Then, the Bay Area thrash […]
Homeless J Preview
Homeless J Elbo Room, Chicago Saturday, April 29, 2006 Homeless J are a band without an identity. Their CD, Three Seconds To Gaze, showcases a group trying to run the gamut of all things rock. Rather than picking a genre, they poorly try their hands at a blending of metal, pop rock, and indie rock.
Office Preview
Office Schubas, Chicago Monday, May 1, 2006 Chicago’s Office, born in a London art school and transplanted by a Michigan native, are the inhabitants of Schubas’ “Practice Space” for May.
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