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The Puppini Sisters preview
The Puppini Sisters Schubas, Chicago Friday, August 24, 2007 The last time many of the songs performed by The Puppini Sisters were popular, World War II was raging, radios were powered by vacuum tubes, and tunes such as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “In The Mood” were Top 10 hits.
Sunday Morning Chameleon
Sunday Morning Chameleon Empty Bottle, Chicago Thursday, August 23, 2007 Chicago quartet Sunday Morning Chameleon got a relatively quick start in the music game, earning hefty accolades out of the gate with the release of their self-titled debut EP. Now, as they prepare to release the follow-up, they only have to prove it wasn’t a […]
Sing Me Back Home preview
Sing Me Back Home Millennium Park, Chicago Friday, August 24, 2007 The city brings the all-star cast behind stellar New Orleans-tribute Sing Me Back Home to a free Jay Pritzker Pavilion concert.
A Fine Frenzy preview
A Fine Frenzy Ravinia, Highland Park Saturday, August 25, 2007 A summer tour with Rufus Wainwright, a performance slot on Jay Leno the very same day her debut album dropped in July, named VH1’s latest “You Oughta Know” artist — what can’t backing by a major label (Capitol) do for a 22-year-old songstress?
Gipsy Kings preview
Gipsy Kings Ravinia, Highland Park Friday & Saturday, August 17 & 18, 2007 Great music speaks no language. Although any Bob Dylan fan will tell you lyrics matter, rhythm and melody make our hearts flutter with the same intensity as the loveliest piece of poetry. Just ask Beethoven.
June preview
June House Of Blues, Chicago Friday, August 17, 2007 Baby steps. Chicago-area pop punk upcomers June made a snappy, if predictably safe debut album in If You Speak Any Faster (Victory), but while their mothers could pick them out of an emo police lineup, the rest of us do not have it so easy. Thankfully, […]
Sons Of Azrael preview
Sons Of Azrael The Note, Chicago Friday, August 17, 2007 In a scene where boundaries can’t be pushed hard enough, Sons Of Azrael nonetheless try to be the fastest, loudest, heaviest, and darkest.
Shameless Hours preview
Shameless Hours 2007 Stage 83, Lemont Saturday, August 18, 2007 The third-annual Shameless Hours festival continues to carve out its locals-only/Chicago punk niche.
Electro Mayhem preview
Electro Mayhem Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, August 10, 2007 It’s hard to keep up with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. If he isn’t on tour with the Crüe or starring in his own reality TV show (“Tommy Goes To College,” “Rockstar Supernova”), he has a new side project to promote.
Chuck Ragan preview
Chuck Ragan Metro, Chicago Thursday, September 9, 2007 By now, we’re pretty used to the whole rock-band-dude-mellows-out-for-a-unplugged story, so former Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan releasing an acoustic record isn’t too surprising.
Danbert Nobacon preview
Danbert Nobacon The Hideout, Chicago Thursday, August 9, 2007 Danbert Nobacon might have gotten knocked down when his group Chumbawamba disintegrated in 2004, but the vocalist and keyboardist got back up again with the release of The Library Book Of The World (Bloodshot). Of course “Tubthumping” gained a new lease on life with the pursuit […]
The Rentals preview
The Rentals Metro, Chicago Tuesday, August 14, 2007 There’s The Return Of The Rentals and then there’s the return of The Rentals.
Tafoya’s Lost Boyzz preview
Tafoya’s Lost Boyzz Champs, Burbank Friday, August 3, 2007 Chicago, 1979. Jane Byrne was mayor, the drinking age was 19, and The Boyzz from Illinois were the shit. Chicago was a scary place and the Boyzz were even scarier. A loud, bluesy biker band from the ‘burbs who were gonna be huge. It didn’t happen. […]
The Winter Sounds preview
The Winter Sounds Ronny’s, Chicago Friday, August 3, 2007 A common and valid criticism of The Winter Sounds’ Porcelain Empire (Livewire) is that the mix has the warmth of a toilet bowl (hence the title?). Opener “Windy City Nights” is probably the cleanest cut on the album, a double-timed shot drawn from Interpol’s bag of […]
The Sippy Cups preview
The Sippy Cups Lollapalooza, Chicago Friday, August 3, 2007 Saturday, August 4, 2007 When I was a youngster I remember stretching my Walkman headphones over my sister’s swollen, pregnant stomach hoping the Megadeth (Peace Sells . . . But Who’s Buying) coming from those cans would help make my future niece a lifelong music lover.
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