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Mice Parade preview
Mice Parade Schubas, Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2007 We aren’t sure what an actual parade of mice would sound like (unless Speedy Gonzalez was the grand marshall), but it would likely be pretty quiet. Probably a lot like Mice Parade the band.
Brandi Carlile preview
Brandi Carlile Schubas, Chicago May 11 to 13, 2007 Something must be in the water out in the Pacific Northwest because, in the wake of Neko Case, another beguiling songstress with aching vocals and a keen sense of melancholy arrives with a compelling sophomore effort.
Coyote Bones preview
Coyote Bones The Note, Chicago Saturday, May 12, 2007 Coyote Bones, the recording pseudonym for former Jet By Day members David Matysiak and Mason Brown, went with a gimmick for their debut album, and now must translate “on the road” to the road.
Lifesavas preview
Lifesavas Subterranean, Chicago Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Portland-based hip-hop trio Lifesavas reemerge with the soundtrack to an aborted blaxploitation film, filling in the crevasses with an eclectic sampling of styles — all except the one you’d most expect.
Bless The Fall preview
Bless The Fall Mojo’s Coffee House, Orland Park Wednesday, May 16, 2007 If metalcore really is dead or dying, nobody told Bless The Fall.
Junior Boys/Amon Tobin/Cornelius preview
Junior Boys/Amon Tobin/Cornelius Chicago Three separate shows this week featuring the class of electronic music draw from Ontario (Junior Boys, Empty Bottle, May 3rd), Brazil (Amon Tobin, Metro, May 5th), and Japan (Cornelius, Park West, May 7th).
Fayrewether return
Fayrewether Chicago City Limits, Schaumburg Friday, May 4, 2007 Progressive rocker Paul Fayrewether and his band conquered Chicagoland as a top drawing club act in the dark age of the mid-’80s, back when the local rock scene was going through a decidedly lean period of major label record deals and commercial success.
Parts & Labor preview
Parts & Labor Empty Bottle, Chicago Friday, May 4, 2007 Parts & Labor attempt to prove the (nearly) impossible: Noise rock can be catchy.
Test Your Reflex preview
Test Your Reflex Abbey Pub, Chicago Saturday, May 5, 2007 Test Your Reflex are a group of five dudes from California between the ages of 19 and 21 who already have a record deal with RCA! Life must be sweet, huh? You sure as hell wouldn’t know it by hearing them.
Arctic Monkeys preview
Arctic Monkeys Riviera, Chicago Tuesday, May 8, 2007 England’s year-old next-big-things survive the sophomore jinx on Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino) but almost get stuck in gear.
Au Revoir Simone preview
Au Revoir Simone Empty Bottle, Chicago Tuesday, May 8, 2007 “Depressing things are empty beds and lonely dinners and women who are middle-aged with naked fingers” sing the interchangeable voices of Au Revoir Simone on “Fallen Snow,” a track from the trio’s first full-length release, The Bird Of Music (Our Secret Record Company).
Tub Ring Preview
Tub Ring Beat Kitchen, Chicago Friday, April 27, 2007 The remedies for ridding your bathtub of tub ring, the nasty, often orange, water mineral stains left by shampoo bottles that sit in one place too long, vary depending on whom you talk to. Besides the countless cleaning products available, lemon juice, vinegar, and mesh pads […]
Little Man Preview
Little Man Martyrs’, Chicago Saturday, April 28, 2007 Fresh off a Minnesota Music Awards nomination for Rock Group Of The Year and a slot at South By Southwest in Austin, Little Man heads back to Chicago after an eight-month absence and lives up to its name.
Jonatha Brooke Preview
Jonatha Brooke Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago Sunday, April 29, 2007 Without trying to assume too much about Jonatha Brooke’s fanbase, one can only assume they were scared shitless when they learned she had collaborated with Nick Lachey and J.C. Chasez prior to recording this spring’s Careful What You Wish For (Bad Dog).
Céu preview
Céu HotHouse, Chciago Thursday, April 19, 2007 We’ll probably never fully come to grips with the fact Starbucks is now part of the music industry, but we can at least applaud them to trying to introduce the U.S. to Maria do Céu Whitaker Pocas.
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