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The Academy Is . . . Preview
The Academy Is . . . Metro, Chicago Tuesday, April 3, 2007 It’s now or never for The Academy Is . . ., having watched local friends in Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and Panic! At The Disco scale the pop heights.
Into Eternity, The Haunted Preview
Into Eternity, The Haunted Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Metro, Chicago A handful of countries are associated with nurturing heavy metal into what it is today. Britain gave us seminal bands like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden; Norway will always be known as black metal’s home; America spawned thrash; Sweden’s fingerprints are all over […]
Vince Neil preview
Vince Neil Austin’s, Libertyville Thursday, March 22, 2007 Friday, March 23, 2007 You might be surprised to learn Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has not one, but two solo records. You shouldn’t be surprised if he plays only a few of those during his two night-stand in Libertyville.
Zozobra preview
Zozobra Metro, Chicago Thursday, March 22, 2007 With his main band, Cave In, on indefinite hiatus, Caleb Scofield seizes the moment to debut his new project, Zozobra.
Albert Hammond Jr. preview
Albert Hammond Jr. Congress Theatre, Chicago Friday, March 23, 2007 It’s reasonable to assume things aren’t going well in The Strokes’ camp once a solo album appears. Albert Hammond Jr. has broken out for the time being, though tension has already unraveled the marriage of drummer Fabrizio Moretti and actress Drew Barrymore.
The Howling Hex preview
The Howling Hex The Hideout, Chicago Saturday, March 24, 2007 Avant-garde guitarist and vocalist Neil Michael Hagerty’s latest incarnation, The Howling Hex, scuttles all over the place like a bee dotting multiple varieties of flowers. On 1-2-3, a compilation of the band’s three limited-edition vinyl albums (Introducing The Howling Hex, Section 2, and The Return […]
Siderunners Preview
Siderunners Hideout, Chicago Friday, March 16, 2007 Never had the opportunity to see the Siderunners? Clear you calendar for Friday night because it will be one of your last chances — for awhile at least — to see the band in their hometown.
Harry Connick Jr. Preview
Harry Connick Jr. Chicago Theatre, Chicago Thursday, March 15, 2007 Friday, March 16, 2007 If you’ve been waiting, breath bated, to invoke the phrase “Go piss yourself,” now just might be your chance: Harry Connick Jr. sounds pretty convincing on his tribute to New Orleans****.
BARR Preview
BARR Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, March 17, 2007 Do NOT go see BARR on St. Patrick’s Day if you’ve been drinking. Repeat: Do NOT.
Baby Teeth Preview
Baby Teeth Schubas, Chicago Saturday, March 17, 2007 The news leading up to Baby Teeth’s release of their new album, The Simp (Lujo), on March 13th was that songwriter Abraham Levitan was now recording under his real name. Formerly, he preferred the monicker Pearly Sweets, which he apparently thought sounded more “New Orleans.”
Cold War Kids preview
Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club Subterranean, Chicago Friday, March 9, 2006 Internet passions Cold War Kids and Tokyo Police Club share the same stage Friday.
The Samples preview
The Samples Martyrs’, Chicago Saturday, March 10, 2007 Married couples are supposed to give each other china for their 20th wedding anniversary, but what does a band celebrating a similar milestone do? Needless to say, the guys in The Samples didn’t splurge on a gravy boat or a butter tray for the occasion. Of course, […]
Fu Manchu preview
Fu Manchu Double Door, Chicago Sunday, March 11, 2007 Some reviewers are calling Fu Manchu’s newest effort, We Must Obey, a “comeback” record, or a “second wind” for the Southern California rockers. We never noticed they were gone, and definitely weren’t aware everything had been used up in the “first wind.”
Nachtmystium preview
Nachtmystium, Lair Of The Minotaur Otto’s, DeKalb Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The United States will never be able to claim itself the home of black metal, that honor will forever be Norway’s to boast. But the Midwest, Chicago specifically, might just be able to lay claim to psychedelic black metal thanks to Nachtmystium.
Clipse Previewed
Clipse Metro, Chicago Friday, March 2, 2007 The story of the brothers Clipse is of one but not the other. The only continuous pairing in their artificially elongated career is themselves — Pusha T and Malice.
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