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Robert Skoro Preview
Robert Skoro Empty Bottle, Chicago Sunday, January 29, 2006 Casually overlooked in a flurry of Fall 2005 releases, Robert Skoro‘s That These Things Could Be Ours gets a second chance for his winter tour.
Bound Stems preview
Bound Stems Empty Bottle, Chicago Friday, January 20, 2006 Despite occasionally getting lost in Bound Stems’ varied song structure, the intricate complexity and diverse arrangements showcase a brim musical forte of ambitious experimentation.
3 Friends Memorial
3 Friends Memorial Metro, Chicago Saturday, January 14, 2006 Family and friends of Chicago musicians Michael Dahlquist, John Glick, and Doug Meis have put together this memorial/benefit and add some closure to their senseless deaths.
Tomorrow Never Knows preview
Tomorrow Never Knows Schubas, Chicago January 12 to 15, 2006 Loyola’s college station, WLUW 88.7 FM, reprises its annual Schubas fest with headliners Kevin Tihista, Manishevitz, Chin Up Chin Up, and Magnolia Electric Co.
David Allan Coe Preview
David Allan Coe Joe’s, Chicago Friday, January 13, 2006 David Allan Coe‘s first run-in with the law happened when he was only nine, and the result was allegedly an immediate trip to reform school. As the legend goes, Coe spent the better part of the next 20 years of his life in some sort of […]
We Are Scientists Preview
We Are Scientists Subterranean, Chicago Monday, January 16, 2006 Having releasing a string of EPs after forming in 2000, We Are Scientists were signed to Virgin Records in 2005 and things have been moving quickly for the trio ever since. They appeared on David Letterman last month and will open for Kaiser Chiefs on a […]
Clear Skies
The Reputation, Low Skies Schubas, Chicago Saturday, January 7, 2006 Update: Due to an onset of bronchitis, Low Skies have cancelled their appearance. The Reputation and 8th Grade will still perform. Low Skies‘ second album, anxiously waiting for a calendar flip to February, confirms what their debut, The Bed, did in 2003: these guys know […]
Original Syn
The Syn Martyrs’, Chicago Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Thursday, January 12, 2006 Forty years ago, prog pioneer Chris Squire teamed with Steve Nardelli to form The Syn, an innovative ensemble that paved the way for such well-known acts as Yes (cofounded by Squire in 1968), Asia, and Genesis. The Syn quickly disbanded, but reunited late […]
Dem Franchize Boyz
Bow Wow, Dem Franchize Boyz Allstate Arena, Rosemont Thursday, December 22, 2005 Dem Franchize Boyz are the new hot hip-hop quartet out of Atlanta. Their single, “I Think They Like Me,” is climbing the Billboard charts with a full album, On Top Of Our Game, slated for release in February. DFB will open at WGCI’s […]
Jammin’ With Jane preview
Jammin’ With Jane Pint, Chicago Thursday, December 15, 2005 With the holiday season fast approaching it’s always a great idea to donate to a worthy cause. Besides that warm, cozy feeling you get inside, the Jammin’ With Jane charity event is providing attendees with music, drinks, food, and the chance to win prizes.
Mixel Pixel, Single Frame, Midstates preview
Mixel Pixel, Single Frame, Midstates Red Line Tap, Chicago Saturday, December 17, 2005 “Hi, I’m in Delaware.” More than 10 years later and we still laugh at that line from Wayne’s World, but we betcha Mixel Pixel, who actually hail from The First State, fuckin’ hate it. Come to think of it though, can you […]
The M’s preview new album
The M’s Schubas, Chicago Monday, December 19, 2005 The M’s last night of their Schubas residency will also be the first time you can hear the Chicago band’s sophomore album, Future Women, in its entirety.
Deadboy & The Elephantmen preview
Deadboy & The Elephantmen Schubas, Chicago Saturday, November 10, 2005 Deadboy & The Elephantmen are most recognized by lead man Dax Riggs of former heavyweight metal outfit Acid Bath. Or maybe you recall the short-lived Agents Of Oblivion. Either way, Riggs’ new project Deadboy & The Elephantmen isn’t a predictable move based on his musical […]
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills preview
Blood On The Wall, Psychic Ills Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, December 8, 2005 It’s hard to tell from here what we’ll be saying 2005 was the “year of” in the rock perspective. The Arcade Fire, maybe. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were the default hype-band in a calendar lacking them, metal’s resurgence lay dormant in […]
Beatallica preview
Beatallica Subterranean, Chicago Saturday, December 10, 2005 Combining Metallica and The Beatles into one big pot of bubbling, bloody, pop and thrash metal? Can you believe nobody though of this before?
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