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The Whigs preview
The Whigs Schubas, Chicago Friday, November 2, 2007 How do you possibly follow up a record that led Rolling Stone to proclaim you “the best unsigned band in America”? That’s the daunting challenge The Whigs face in January, when their new album is released.
Hellyeah, Otep preview
Hellyeah, Otep House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, November 4, 2007 After his brother Dimebag Darrell was murdered onstage – right in front of him – in 2004, ex-Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul hinted he would never play music professionally again. There was always the feeling, though, Paul would return, it’s just too bad it […]
Cass McCombs & Euros Childs previews
Cass McCombs/Euros Childs Empty Bottle, Chicago Monday, November 5, 2007/ Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The “singer-songwriter” label frequently oversteps its bounds. In the ’70s it referred directly to the James Taylor/Joni Mitchell/Jackson Browne types, and is used as a perjorative these days to mean any sort of coffeehouse qhinwe. Invoke Elliott Smith at your own […]
Koop preview
Koop Double Door, Chicago Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Koop’s third full-length, Koop Islands (Atlantic), finds the Stockholm-based duo providing a soundtrack to a week-long vacation onboard the “Love Boat.”
Queens Of The Stone Age preview
Queens Of The Stone Age Riviera, Chicago Thursday, October 25, 2007 When did Queens Of The Stone Age get so stinkin’ boring? Maybe the better question is what made the Queens so stinkin’ boring? The answer is pretty obvious.
Josh Rouse preview
Josh Rouse Park West, Chicago Thursday, October 25, 2007 Nebraska-born singer-songwriter Josh Rouse currently resides in Spain where he recorded his latest disc, Country Mouse, City House, in just six days. Released on his own Bedroom Classics imprint, the album has more in common with ’70s California than his new digs.
Nightwish preview
Nightwish House Of Blues, Chicago Saturday, October 27, 2007 Fans probably thought Finland symphonic metalers Nightwish were nuttier than squirrel turds for dumping their vocalist right after their most popular record. A stonesy move, for sure, but with it Nightwish proved a band can actually downgrade the singer position while upgrading the group.
Eulogies preview
Eulogies Schubas, Chicago Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Thursday, November 1, 2007 I can’t help think singer-songwriter Peter Walker has backed his new band into a corner by picking Eulogies as a band name. Aside from upsetting countless, burgeoning metal bands, everything they do is going to be filtered through a spectrum of death.
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster preview
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Every Time I Die Riviera, Chicago Friday, October 19, 2007 Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster frontman Dallas Taylor used to hold down the same job for Underoath before leaving the group and forming Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster. Logic might say this was a bad move. Underoath […]
Gliss & Johnossi previews
Gliss/Johnossi Empty Bottle/Logan Square Auditorium Friday, October 19, 2007 One might suggest , looking at this week’s docket in Chicago, going to New York for the annual CMJ New Music Marathon isn’t worth it. Especially when two of the hottest new bands are in the Windy City on the same night.
Chiodos preview
Chiodos House Of Blues, Chicago Sunday, August 21, 2007 Much like Fall Out Boy, Chiodos have built an unprecedented following without much help from the mainstream. Working the Warped stages and dozens of smaller circuits are paying off. But also like Fall Out Boy, they aren’t getting much respect in the process.
Rogue Wave preview
Rogue Wave Double Door, Chicago Wednesday, October 24, 2007 It isn’t hard to tell why Rogue Wave’s atmospheric pop often finds a home in the background of Hollywood movies and on prime-time television. Frontman Zach Rogue’s soothing vocals inject scenes with mood and weight without ever pushing actors from the forefront. That’s not to say […]
Liars preview
Liars Aragon, Chicago Thursday, October 11, 2007 During a post-millennial upsurge in one-word band names, “Liars” seemed as innocuous as any other. In retrospect it looks like a plan.
Kasey Anderson preview
Kasey Anderson Wise Fools Pub, Chicago Thursday, October 11, 2007 Without ever uttering the words “war,” “Iraq,” “president,” “Bush,” “Cheney,” “terrorism,” “Afghanistan,” “bomb,” or “impeach,” Kasey Anderson might have penned the most powerful anti-Dubya anthem yet in “The Reckoning.”
Brenda Weiler preview
Brenda Weiler Uncommon Ground, Chicago Saturday, October 13, 2007 On End The Rain (Speaker Phone), singer-songwriter Brenda Weiler grapples with her older sister’s 2005 suicide. Placed on the album in the order they were written, the 11 songs plaintively detail Weiler’s thought process throughout this tumultuous time.
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